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Steveo16220 is a GGTK said 04/30, 01:14 AM
Dont get me wrong here, I Know Mendenhall's worth....Im an Illini fan myself, while i only see one team that passed him up that needed a RB...and thats Arizona...and your probably like WHAT? They have Edgerin..yes they do but he is a 9 year vet who has NO back up what so ever...ther next in line for Zona RB's is Marcel Shipp a man who has 20 some touches for 40 some yds...So other than that teams needs going to a CB..which i dont know why? many other teams had a need for OT, DE DT or MLB....this has been probably the draft with the most OT/DT and Linemen drafted in the first round....saying this your probably like what dos this have to do with RM? Well when a team doesn't have a great need for one position than another its silly, in my eyes, to go for that position that hold lesser need....and this is what happen with RM, its not that people didn't want him, its that people didn't need him...
RM is a 1 year starting running back that was a up the middle hitting runner, not really a pass blocker or drop out from the box and catch the ball RB...something you look at as well as the running aspect of a RB...he had only 1 FULL season of running the ball in Illinois and yes did very well

Steveo16220 is a GGTK said 04/30, 10:01 PM
I couldn't disagree more

your right it being passed up in the draft doesn't diminish your skills, but its doesnt mean that your a steal when a team doesnt have a need for you or your position to be filled. Its a steal when other playes go before you when the need is there and you are a higher rated prospect

Second RM wasn't the best player left in the draft when he was picked up...he has had ONE season of full time running, behind a spread offense...which in case you havent seen, the NFL doesnt have that in any of the teams play books

3rd.. take the best player available for the position you need to fill...not the best player for a position not needing to be filled...that is my way of seeing how drafts should be done...not what the actual teams did

4th Best steal of the First round was Mike Jenkins out fo S. Florida, there were 2 other CB taken higher than this guy and he, IMO is a stud. Kick return saftey and CB are all skills he honed in College. he averaged 30+ yds on kick returns, and a 100 yds kick off return for a td.
He recorded 133 tackles 7 Ints, and 41 pass break ups...he was the top CB prospect for the draft and dallas got away with taking him at the 25 pic

Steveo16220 is a GGTK said 05/01, 02:06 AM
Of the examples you gave me with Reggie bush and so forth...how has that turned out for them? The Saints still have Deuce McAllister running the ball, Reggie has had NO impact on the position...and they still lack a good TE that they could have drafted...or the Raiders have 4 running backs now with 3 of them last year having 75 + touches...how is a 4th man going to help that?
Thats what happens when you draft for best player and not need


You say you can fill your larger needs in latter rounds....if that was the case then why would you WAIT to fill a BIGGER need with a statistically lower caliber player? when there are better ones in the earlier rounds? That just sounds ridiculous...why would you do that?

That WASN'T my 4th best steal of the 1st round....hahaha.. i was numbering my arguments...you didn't catch on to that?

Mendenhall, great college back who had a great season of play...i do not think that it was obsured for him to drop that far down, in fact i even thought he would be second round with all the Tackles and linemen that were being drafted...good RB but a steal? nah...NOW the #! prospected CB going 25 after 2 other CB's... steal!