[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

That is a legitimate question, no? Since the Eagles were hell bent on taking Cox (one of the commentators said Philly was willing to trade into the top ten to get him), Pioli could have said "we have Poe and Cox as 1a and 1b, but if you really want Cox, we can make a deal", that the Eagles would not have been willing to work with that?

The draft choice would look much better if made later in the first with a couple of extra picks thrown in there. The consensus seems to be that Poe was going to be there later in the first round.

Of course, Pioli could have tried exactly that, and Philly called his bluff, and then they got Seattle to take less to move up to #12. That is a completely reasonable scenario as well.

I am trying to be upbeat but my gut is telling me this is a bad, bad pick. Ryan Sims bad. Tyson Jackson bad. Todd Blackledge bad. Time will tell, and I hope my gut is wrong and is just overreacting.

Tyson Jackson wasn't a good pick. But he certainly wasn't a bad pick either.