Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 9:18:05 GMT -6
Jan 30, 2018 7:36:04 GMT -6 @bearsinhouston said:
I don't know. If you do, please tell us.Is it a preconception when it happens? I define a stud player as someone who has at least one Pro Bowl selection. The average career length for that type of player is 11.7 years. That does not make it a preconception. It makes it a fact. And linemen seem to play longer than most in general.
And again, there seems to be a shift on some teams to prioritize the interior of the line, making the C and G more important than the T. Not sure I agree, but it is what it is. It's not like a G is never taken early. They tend to go in the mid to lower teens all the way to the late 20's in the draft, but two guards were taken in the top 10 in 2013 and a guard was taken second overall in 2001 when the interior was not as important. So it's not like we would be doing something no one else has done like punt on second down or something.
OG might well viewed as more important(and for Pace's system he was building similar to NO's it is), but it's still a rare commodity to be taken in the top 10 4 in the last 5 years were drafted top 10; and it's not a given they'll be great. 2015 2 were taken, Brandon Schreff has been to 2 pro bowls, but he was drafted to be an OT, and moved to OG after being outplayed in TC. Ereck Flowers, no pro bowls was drafted OG and was moved to OT. 2013 you had 2 OG's also taken, neither were all pro or pro bowl selections. So 1 of 4 OG's in the last 5 years taken in the top 10 has gone to a pro bowl, and he was drafted as an OT and moved to OG. So what you are looking at is 1 of 3 OG's(playing in the nfl right now) that are all really good starters, and one exceptional starter, and that guy moved from OT to OG, the 4th moved to OT to become a really good but not great OT.
btw that doesn't mean Nelson won't go or won't be great, or that I'll be disappointed if the Bears take him, but him going in the top 10 wouldn't really mean anything anymore then if he went in the top 15 or top 20 regarding trying to assume his future career.
yes, it is all positions. Which includes the OL.
And find where I said guaranteed. How you manage to make an argument out of a non argument is always a head shaker....