re: If we take an Offensive lineman in the 1st......

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We were the #4 defense in the NFL in 2013 and added Jairus Byrd last offseason. Only significant loss was Greer, and they drafted a guy that they thought would replace him with their second pick.

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This.

If SJB was able to contribute in just sub packages this past season, our draft would have looked a lot better. But he didn't. Add that to the fact that last years WR class was ridiculously deep, you can say we should have gone D in the 1st then get a WR in the 2nd or later when you look back on it.

Cooks was a legit pick when we took him and will be big time for us next season. But since SJB was passed up by UDFA rookies and only played 8 snaps on D, you can sit there and say "Cooks was a bad pick in the 1st" and " we should have gone defense there". And yea that is a valid point.

But it's not Cooks fault that SJB wasn't the guy we thought he could be. Cooks was going in the 1st round last year, probably before our originial draft slot which is why we traded up. You can't say that we blew that pick by drafting Cooks just because we saw how it played out with SJB his rookie year.

If SJB was able to get on the field and be in the rotation, you wouldn't be saying we blew the pick on Cooks. Because we didn't blow the pick on Cooks. SJB was the pick we messed up on, not Cooks.