Kendall Wright and drafting BPA

100% agree, you kidding...

go back over the years to those pre-draft threads and polls and just look at my posts. Draft the best damn player on the board...REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING!

i remember when we drafted Wright, I was mad not b/c we went WR, but rather b/c I really thought his stats and play was a product of RG3 and that open offense at Baylor. i'm very happy how far he's come along, extremely promising indeed...

 

Kendall Wright has inspired me to buy those stupid expensive vapor jet receiving gloves.

 

When we drafted Wright, I wasn't disappointed just shocked.

I did identify receiver as a need for us but I just didn't expect us to address it with our first pick.

I did question the Wright pick in particular because, although I really liked him, I didn't foresee drafting a slot receiver with the 21st overall pick.

 

No, he has a valid point. No guard is worth a top-ten pick. Ever.

We screwed the pooch on that one.

 

Millen became a punchline for repeadly taking a WR no matter what else was available.

 

He took 3 receivers in 8 years...

He took Charles Rogers, who was doing well as a rookie (22 catches, 3 TD's in his first 5 games), then broke his clavicle in a freak injury in practice, then broke it again, then became a drug addict. Unlucky pick.

He then took Mike Williams, who was a terrible pick.

He then took Calvin Johnson, who is arguably the greatest ever.

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...st-draft-picks-of-the-matt-millen-era/page/11

'It was unfathomable that two of the three Williamses could end up teammates, but that's what happened in 2005 when the tenth overall selection in the draft belonged to the receiver-happy Detroit Lions'

http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/content/draft-primer-those-shiny-wide-receivers/2454/

'The Lions committed an unprecedented personnel sin by drafting four – count 'em, FOUR – wide receivers with Top 10 first round picks over a five year span!

2003 - Charles Rogers (2nd overall pick)
2004 - Roy Williams (7th pick)
2005 - Mike Williams (10th pick)
2007 - Calvin Johnson (2nd pick)

Millen obviously never read Einstein's definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/61244-the-worst-decisions-of-the-matt-millen-era

'Millen decided to go after what he loves most, wide receivers.'

 

Crap. I forgot about Roy Williams. He was good, too.

The thing that killed Millen is that all of his non-receiver picks were terrible.

 

cam you imagine if millen hit on all those wr picks. that offense would be unstoppable