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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The draft separates the good from the great.
Hill, Kelce, Jones, Schwartz and yes even Fisher are key players here who he inherited. And Hill, Kelce and Schwartz are going to get HoF consideration when all is said and done. We sure are quick to gloss over that.
The bar from his predecessor in that regard is pretty damn high. If this team isn't going to atrophy on his watch, it's going to be because he was able to bring in guys like say George Kittle in the 3rd round. And maybe he's done something like that with Hardman - a big time 'heat check' pick when easier bets like McLaurin were on the board. That may be a serious home-run for him before all is said and done.
Grabbing Thornhill instead of 'safe' pick at a position of need like Winovich and then piece-mealing the LDE spot together a bit was a risky gamble that worked out great (though the Thornhill pick specifically was almost universally lauded).
He clearly prefers swinging for the fences in the draft so if enough of those land, he'll continue to cycle in great players. But THAT'S the bar - great players. Because he inherited a few of those guys upon taking over and in the next handful of years, he'll need to replace 'em.
Will he do that? Time will tell. Hard to write that book just yet.
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That’s been our strategy ever since Andy got here. Kelce, Mahomes, Jones, Tyreek, Hardman, Thornhill. Basically all these Guys are boom or bust. And sure Peters and Hunt were 2 gambles that failed, but they were hits and provided excellent value while they were here.
Coaching and environment matter so much in the league. With our coaching staff, I don’t think there’s any issue with boom or bust players.