Good stuff Bill. I had a lot of the same thoughts through the draft. The 3 big things that had me upset initially but grew on me a couple days after the fact we’re:

1.) passing on Watson at 12
2.) drafting Peppers
3.) drafting Kizer

Watson, I wasn’t completely sold on but I still liked him at 12. Though, he had some accuracy issues and I know there was the one combine measurement where the velocity on his throws was less the Kesslers, and really low altogether, so I’m over him.

Peppers and Kizer I was more upset initially because I had gotten so used to the talk of drafting them at 12 and 33, and I HATED them at those spots. Where they were drafted, I have to admit it’s potentially a steal if they can play up to their potential.

We came into this season with a ton of needs. You’d be foolish to think we could fill them all in one off-season.

Yet we did a hell of a lot better than expected. Shored up both lines,invested in productive players, and drafted at least 6 players that will likely start this year and be an upgrade to what we already have.

That is a damn clinic on how you rebuild a team. Sure, they didn’t get this or that player when he was available, but because of Sashi working his magic, we own 5 of the first 64 picks next season. That’s excellent work to get all of that and have the draft that we did.

And a side note- we were in about 4-5 games last year with a stripped-down team that wasn’t very good. Between the bad playing and the bullshit calls (the Duke non-fumble comes to mind) we lost those games. Imagine what happens when we field this team in those games.

We are going to shock some people this year. Doubtful this is our playoff year, but I expect to see a ton of improvement. And the record will reflect it.

This was a great draft got the best player in the draft, got perhaps the second best tight end prospect and the third rated safety now that’s a haul, I liked the Kizer pick for where we got him all the other picks are dead on solid. add this to the improvements we made in FA and were getting closer to not being the butt of espn jokes.