No one said superstar or bust. That's just you ratcheting up the hyperbole to suit your needs.
This is about a very simple point on maximizing the impact with early picks, and hoping the team can do that.
I'm sorry, I happen to think Colledge and Jackson, and, yes, Worthy, who I think is a poser and too small to be effective, were BIG misses. That's my opinion.
Colledge was never a "solid" starter, but just a starter by default. Jackson was never a "good" RB, but he did make some great contributions along the way in 2010. It was without a doubt his best of 4 seasons. In his 4th season he finally learned how to pass protect.
Originally Posted by: play2win
Right there is the reason you are almost always disappointed.
Your expectations are always way to high.
Calling Brandon Jackson a big miss is incorrect, he was on the team for 4 years, just because Ryan Grant turned into the#1 guy, doesn't mean Jackson was a "big miss".
Being beat out by Ryan Grant was nothing to be ashamed of, Grant came from The Giants PS, do you remember why he couldn't crack their 53 man roster and was available?
Giants at the time had Brandon Jacobs, Derrick Ward, Rouben Droughns and Ahmad Bradshaw on their roster, all were healthy and they made a pretty damn good stable of RB's.
Ted was doing his job back then, knowing that Grant was available.
Jackson became a backup, played special teams, was used in 3rd down situations.
He put together a solid 4 years for The Packers then went on to The Browns where injuries derailed him.
Funny how some peoples opinions on this forum change(not talking about you), I distinctly remember Ryan Grant continually being banged on by some on this forum.
He wasn't fast enough, he couldn't hit the hole on time, he was always running into his blockers, yet all he did was put together back to back 1200+ yd seasons.
Back then some just couldn't wait for Brandon Jackson to be the starter.
Now I see Grant being called "the savior" in 2013.
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