Morgan vs Pierre-Paul, 1-pick away

I agree that it looks like JPP is the better player at the moment, but Stever4life brings up a good point. We don't know that the Titans didn't have Morgan ahead of JPP on their board anyway. Even if NYG didn't take him, we still may have taken Morgan.

 

Don't get me wrong, I loved the Morgan pick when we got him and I'm still rooting for the guy to do something. With him getting injured last year I was willing to give him a pass because he was still working to get back to full health but he's been a big disappointment. I don't see him getting after the QB and he doesn't stop the run either.

And the sig was the only pic that I found with our D in it. And well I made the change because I wanted one with Locker.

 

I don't regret the Morgan pick any. Sure his numbers are way down, but the dude ripped his knee in half last September, which mean he's still recovering.

 

Yup. I would actually put my money on us having Morgan rated higher than JPP. IIRC he was by far considered the more "NFL ready" of the two. JPP had the higher upside but many questioned whether he would even be successful at all at the next level. At the time we needed a DE to step in and make an impact right away, not a project.

I haven't completely given up on Morgan though. As others have mentioned, he is coming off of a very serious injury. That said, I don't really see him ever being much more than just "solid". Don't see him as that game-changing type DE that you expect out of a first rounder. Hopefully I'm wrong about that.

 

You can compare the 2 of course.

But how do we know JPP would have been a stud in Nashville, and how do we know if Morgan would have been a stud in NY?

And I recall 9 out of 10 people on here saying to stay away from JPP. It's crazy how things change.

 

Yes they were. And I was one of them. The Morgan pick was weird for me. I remember feeling very apathetic about it. I didn't hate it by any means. But I wasn't excited either. I knew we really needed a pass rusher so I couldn't complain.

If we're going to play the "woulda-coulda-shoulda" game I wish we would've taken Pouncy. And if not him, Dez Bryant.

 

Honestly, I wanted Dez Bryant that year. I have watched a lot of Georgia Tech and Morgan was nothing to really rave about.

 

I think that's one thing that different now that Fish is gone. He would ALWAYS go BPA and you see where that got us. Now look at this years draft class. They drafted players they thought would fit their scheme and it looks like it worked to perfection.

 

Yeah. When it was our pick and Dez was still on the board I was really hoping he would be our guy. But I wasn't too disappointed when we passed since we had just taken a 1st round WR the previous year and really needed a pass rush. In retrospect though, it sure would've been nice to have had some Britt insurance. And Morgan has been just about worthless so far. So...

 

Dez Bryant is a liability off the field, at least with Morgan we know he'll be available if not hurt.