Homegrown Talent

Reese sucks.....MR needs a strong class this year though. Last years is a little lacking but its early.

 

Wow that list is depressing... Reese had some good years, but those 3 drafts are the reason we are in the situation we're in. Of the players we've let go - how many are even in the league anymore?

Roos & Stewart. I don't agree we'll let them go - I think those 2 guys + AH are the reason we're letting others go this year. MR identified who we can/can't live without, and is (hopefully) willing to wrap those guys up long term.

Jones & Williams are in the poop or get off the pot year now... might not see them back.

Fuller & Hill... Fuller is a decent backup, but I wouldn't say we need to go overboard to keep him around. Hill will probably be gone.

MR might have done ok in his 1st draft... Griffin is going to stick for a long time. Johnson should be solid if the injury is healed up. Looks like Harris will stick. Henry was getting some traction late in the year, and the suspension came at a bad time. The jury is still out on him, but you can't call him a bust yet. That list is a decent draft - not fantastic but solid. But he needs a string of good drafts to make up for 2002-2004.

 

If we somehow let Roos go, we might all have a legitimate reason to start acting like the sky is falling.

 

2002: carlos hall, haynesworth, tank williams, rocky calmus, rocky boiman all contributed and were pretty solid players until they left.

2003: chris brown was good for awhile, but i'll give you this one, this draft sucked.

2004: leboy, odom, starks, bell, and amano all contributed to their positions...

we seem to have talent with these players but they have a tendency to want too much money...its not lack of talent.

 

Not sure how you can blame Reese for drafting guys that are good enough to sign nice big contracts after 4 years. We should add Hartwig to the list of pretty decent picks. How about Roos, Stewart, and Finnegan. How about Young and LW?

I agree Reese had some bad drafts right at a time we couldn't afford them but so far Reese might be a draft genius compared to MR. Can you say Chris Henry? Paul Williams? 2nd and 3rd round picks! Reese didn't sign Fowler either.

 

i agree. i think mr is a moron still. i dont care who he signs. reese made some good calls, last years draft was awful

chris henry should have been a third or fourth round pick...there were still so many great players on the board. fowler was supposed to be a special teams great, not our starting middle linebacker. tulloch is better.

 

Reese was also responsible for getting us into a mess with the salary cap.

 

And making us a yearly Super Bowl contender for many years in a row...