Pretty sure Hyde would have stayed if Ted knew Sam Shields was going to be out after the first quarter of the first game the following year.
Of course Ted didn't have the opportunity to go back and change what happened during any season.

Real easy to play the what if game.

Originally Posted by: buckeyepackfan 

No GM gets all the picks right. Ted made some good and some bad picks, just as all GMs do.
Hindsight makes it easy to blast a guy.
The only thing that bugged me with Ted, was that he seemed to pick injured guys high, hoping they would get healthy and be a great catch.
Like “Bustin Justin Harrell.”

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

Careful Cheesey, Ted apologists like to claim he was perfectly healthy when he was drafted and mysteriously was injured in the weight room thus absolving Ted from any and all blame.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

To add to 2Sheds comments:

CB was a bigger priority than OLB at draft time 2017. King is rated by PFF as "above average" and Watt, with 6 sacks is ranked as "average." Watt has two 3 sack games, which shows his pass rush ability is dependent on the match-up or circumstances, plus that only accounts for 6 of Watt's whopping 377 snaps!

Ted got a better player, at a position of greater need and an extra early 4th round pick. Who can bitch about this?

NOTE: Hayward in his prime only got $15M for 3 years when he left; at 29 he got 33.3M for 3 years. PLEASE, understand he played much better for Chargers. GB passed on Hayward because he was a self-absorbed child that REFUSED to take coaching and they didn't want this attitude rubbing off on the youngsters. There was zero indication that he'd ever get better.

When he went to SD, he took his work more professionally. Hayward's mom died tragically in the off-season B4 his 1st season in SD; this is what catapulted him to manhood.

Originally Posted by: Barfarn 

Careful Cheesey, Ted apologists like to claim he was perfectly healthy when he was drafted and mysteriously was injured in the weight room thus absolving Ted from any and all blame.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

Careful Cheesey, Ted apologists like to claim he was perfectly healthy when he was drafted and mysteriously was injured in the weight room thus absolving Ted from any and all blame.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

I thought he was injured coming out of college and from what he said, he tried to push too hard to compensate for lost time which lead to his back injury. It's been a long time, so maybe I don't remember correctly.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Yep. He re-injured or exacerbated the injury while in the weight room. Nerd has blamed it on the strength coach for years. Now it's a broken leg. The point is it's anything but Teddy drafting an injured player that many other teams chose to take a pass on.

Originally Posted by: wpr