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Originally posted by The Bitter Truth@Apr 30th '06 @ 8:48 am
I'm not happy. 
I like Holmes but I don't like hat we gave up for him. I think we should have given up less an then moved up in the second with another package.
Anthony Smith is a bum. I want to trust Cowbert but I can't with that pick. Terrible. Awful. Reid isn't bad but its a little bit of a reach. We've really passed on some stellar talant and reached for scrubs. D so far.
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I gave it a day to sink in and read up some more on all of them...
Holmes ... 18.4 ypc. That's ****ing ridiculous. This kid is big time and after reading his conference call it sounds like he's got his head on straight. Ward moves the chains, Miller brings up the safety and the Holmes burns them deep. Ben is going to love this offense next year. As far as what we gave up to get him, at first I hated it but after seeing what fell to us and what the Giants did with the extra day 1 pick. It's no big deal. we still came out of day 1 with 3 picks and it looks like all 3 were our targets.
Smith is the only one I'm still sitting on the fence about. His combine numbers are god awful but from all accounts he's a gamer and a team leader. A lot like Hope but he can catch the ball. With Clark on the roster, we've hedged our bets on that one. The coaches say he was 4th best safety on their board. I guess Simpsons 11 wonderlic/lack of experience scared them off.
Reid... the more I read about him and watch his film the more I like the kid. The dude has hands like glue, is an awesome runner and will be an absolute demon in the return game. He can take hits, he can make some break neck moves out there and the hands are ****ing crazy. Ward, Holmes and Reid should be our top 3 WRs coming out of TC. If Arians works with this kid he could be our slot guy for the next 4-5 years. Easy.
People are looking at this as having drafted Randle El's replacement in 2 players. Bull****. With Miller, Holmes and Reid we've actually set ourselves up with offensive weapons for most of Ben's stay here in the Burgh. Holmes is just as much, if not more of, a deep threat than Plax/Randle were. He has better size than Randle and has amazing reach as far as getting up there to fight for balls. He hardly ever gives up position to CBs. If you watch the film a lot of the times you'll see the top corners running step for step with him and you think he's covered but somehow he manages to gain the position and always come up with the catch. It's ****ing crazy when I go back and look more closely. And what he does after the catch.
I'm pumped.
Reid is also ****ing crazy. Not near as polished a receiver (mostly because of the position switch) but tenacious in fighting for the ball and yardage. And holy hell can the guy move. You know how we always said Randle El was more quick than he was fast? This guy is both.
My main disappointment with day 1 is that we didn't grab any o line. But with some of the guys who slipped we should be able to come out of round 4/5 with a few bodies for the line, a big back like Riggs and an ILB like Parham, Roach or even Kudla if we decide to go that route. Anyone we take will be a two down run stuff though. but that's exactly what we're missing.
I'll bump my grade up to a B- with most of the negative coming from taking Smith (little to no upside but solid) over a guy with more potential (Watkins or Simpson) ..
If we hit the right spots in Day 2... B+/A-
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