There are plenty of sizzle picks available in Round 1... we tend to take the foundational/solid types. Justin Harrell was not a sizzle pick to me at all. Man, it hurts to type that name. I love the draft...favorite event in all of sports but Harrell did nothing for me, and, ironically, nothing for us same as Jamal Reynolds...Ahmad Carroll. Man, have we had some brutal 1st rounders.

Check this link and look at some of the sizzle to be had at the end of Round 1 and beginning of Round 2.


http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/rounds/round_1 

Ted Thompson just ain't into sizzle. These touted game changers aren't usually his cup of tea.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

There are plenty of sizzle picks available in Round 1... we tend to take the foundational/solid types. Justin Harrell was not a sizzle pick to me at all. Man, it hurts to type that name. I love the draft...favorite event in all of sports but Harrell did nothing for me, and, ironically, nothing for us same as Jamal Reynolds...Ahmad Carroll. Man, have we had some brutal 1st rounders.

Check this link and look at some of the sizzle to be had at the end of Round 1 and beginning of Round 2.


http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/rounds/round_1 

Ted Thompson just ain't into sizzle. These touted game changers aren't usually his cup of tea.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

There are plenty of sizzle picks available in Round 1... we tend to take the foundational/solid types. Justin Harrell was not a sizzle pick to me at all. Man, it hurts to type that name. I love the draft...favorite event in all of sports but Harrell did nothing for me, and, ironically, nothing for us same as Jamal Reynolds...Ahmad Carroll. Man, have we had some brutal 1st rounders.

Check this link and look at some of the sizzle to be had at the end of Round 1 and beginning of Round 2.


http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/rounds/round_1 

Ted Thompson just ain't into sizzle. These touted game changers aren't usually his cup of tea.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

clicked your link, tried to find sizzle in the last 3rd of round 1. did not find it. A sizzle pick to me is someone who has a ton of hype leading up to the draft, not someone who just turns out to be good. maybe your definition isn't the same as mine.

Originally Posted by: gbguy20 

Cordarrelle Patterson and DeAndre Hopkins were both taken at the end of Round 1 last year after Datone Jones.

Doug Martin was taken late the year before that.

Dez Bryant, Demaryius Thomas and Jahvid Best two years before Doug Martin draft. Dez had plenty of buzz.

Vonnie Holiday taken at 19... Randy Moss at 21. There was a ton of hype on Randy.

We take Raji at 9...Vikes take Harvin at 22. There was hype on Harvin.

Vernon Davis goes 1 pick after we take AJ Hawk. There was hype on Vernon Davis and certainly Crabtree.

So, the Vikes got two electrifying game changers after 20...we got Vonnie Holiday and BJ Raji sooner than the Vikings selection. That is...losing.

Ted Thompson has a reluctance to go after highly touted offensive game changers. He passed on Michael Crabtree to take BJ Raji and passed on Dez Bryant to take Bryan Bulaga. I remember just having this sinking feeling that Ted Thompson would not take Dez. He passed on him to add a guy who wasn't really a LT, even though that's where he was drafted to play, who was a RT only guy. Meanwhile, an electrifying game changing WR went next to Dallas.

There are few guys I've ever been excited about in Round 1. Sterling Sharpe, Terrell Buckley (a mistake on my part), Brent Fulwood (another mistake), and Aaron Rodgers. I wasn't excited about Clay Matthews...a one year wonder at USC who went from 160 to 230 almost overnight raising a lot of questions about him. That was a risk pick by TT, the kind he normally doesn't make, and it worked out well.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

Raji emerged as arguably the most dominant defensive lineman in the country, registering 42 tackles, 16 tackles for loss and eight sacks. An even more dominant performance throughout the week of practice at the Senior Bowl made Raji a top-10 player on some boards.

Nope...sizzle can be any round. I was lamenting that our franchise, and that includes TT's tenure, seems to pass on guys who can change games.

Raji had similar maturity concerns as a guy like Dez Bryant...I realize different drafts. Raji was not known as a pass rusher nor as a guy who went full tilt on every play.

I would just like to see us grab someone who can change a game...really change it. I like Attaochu from G Tech. The guy looks like he could be a JPP type coming off the edge. Tons of upside.

Yes, WR's are the guys who change games in a passing league. We've had all world QB play for decades. It makes it harder to notice what a truly skilled WR looks like. Just because you have what we've had doesn't mean you shouldn't have tried for a Harvin type. Cobb is our closest to that. I LOVED when we took him. Lacy I wasn't so sure about but he looks like he's going to work out well.

I've watched this team for almost 35 years. I just want to see a few more hits in the first round. That shouldn't be too much to ask as the purple have done well up top vs. Green Bay. Thankfully, Green Bay seems to do well mid and late as well as UDFA and has that stud QB that changes the game. We're a QB removed from being Jacksonville...we all saw that last season. So fortunate Rodgers fell in our laps. Now, that is a game changer... a franchise changer.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa