Armchair Quarterback
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The intent of the post was in its title: perspective. That the vast majority of players taken at that point in the draft make no significant impact. Clearly, in the future I should lead with a thesis statement, like middle school teachers always tell you.
Even given that I overlooked a couple of players, it's still the case that 90%+ of the o-linemen drafted in rounds 4-7 have done little. I'd suspect that percentage holds across all positions -- if anybody has the patience to do the math, I'd love to see it.
But honestly, I'm still kind of surprised that my OP which led with...
...and said NOT ONE SINGLE POSITIVE WORD ABOUT OHRNBERGER lead people to conclude that I thought Ohrnberger was a way awesome pick. Oh well.
And this was the one comment that mentioned Ohrnberger and "good" in the same sentance.
"Ohrnberger doesn't suddenly turn into a good pick because other OL picked in that draft haven't worked out."
Ohrnberger was taken in the 4th round, why should he be compared to players taken in the 5th, 6th and 7th round. Is that perspective or is that a way of justifying a poor choice. I don't care about the percentages , I want a fourth rounder to compete for a starting job, provide quality depth or at the very least make an impact on Special Teams. If he can't do any of those, than it was a failed pick. That's my perspective.