Nice to see Mel giving some love to the Hawks.
At the end of the day, the whole draft grade thing is pretty pointless. Kansas will get an A grade for taking Glenn Dorsey when he falls right into their laps, and then taking Brendan Albert later.
Well done Kansas, it was so difficult to make those moves.
Here's an A +.
The Sporting News' draft magazine gets an F-, for what its worth. Who are they to inject any opinion after that rag? Jonathan Stewart going 43rd? Trevor Laws not in the top three rounds? Jake Long #12??
Draft grades are like mock drafts--somewhat interesting but ultimately pointless. Let's grade this puppy in two to three years.
As far as Sporting News giving us a D+? Please! These rags grade on who they wanted you to take with no consideration with what player is a better fit for the team. It's all surface level analysis. As useless as as a jam sandwich to a drowning rabbit.
I think Michael Steffes has the best comments- in that it isn't worth grading a draft until the players picked have an opportunity to make an impact. But I suppose they grade them because people will read those grades....so I guess I'm guilty of fueling the fire. The last time I checked, no superbowl trophy was handed out today.
That Sporting News guy makes himself look bad with many of his comments. I'm a bit confused how the Redskins have such a good draft- two big WR's, who are really bigger than their TE. Taller, at least. That'll be weird for them. Throw in a young QB and that group could take a while to jell.
This Owen Schmitt guy is a character though... I'm sure he'll become a fan favorite quickly. Can you say, "Wedge-buster"? Bruce DeHaven has to love that pick.
Good to see Mel learn though. Ruskell has clowned that guy too many times to not earn a little room for praise.
The Sporting News folks are total douches. They probably hadnt even heard of any of the players the Hawks drafted, because they only watch college teams from Florida and California.
Thier comments only covered the first round. And how much you wanna bet that jackson becomes a fine DE?
Getting Bryant and Schmitt in the fourth and fifth rounds was unbelievable! The Hawks look to have two of the biggest steals in the draft. And the sixth and seventh round picks will most likely be huge contributors. How many playoff teams find contributors in the last two rounds?!
The talking heads always bash Ruskell, since we dont make splashy picks of WR's and RB's and qb's in the first round. But playoffs 5 years in a row tell a different story...
too slow, too small. hmm, sounds very earily similar to something said about someone we drafted in 2005.
Unfortunately, draft analysts aren't paid to be right, they're paid to flap their arms and make a lot of noise. Researching and understanding the draft trends of different teams would take time away from that.
oh, and the comment about us needing WR's just shows that they know absolutely nothing about the Hawks--the front office or the players.
Ruskell and Holmy are fine with our stable full of unproven young guys and Burly Nate and Engram.
I would have liked to get Limas Sweed, but hey, I got Bryant and Schmitt so no complaints!
I normally love what the guy's at FO write but Michael David Smith's line about Jackson being too slow to be a pro DE is the kind of throw-away comment that gives post-draft analysis a bad name. You might make an argument about taking him too soon or taking someone else at 28 but Jackson is rated as one of the top DE's on every pre-draft analysis.
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