Not a great draft for pass rushers. Here's 8 options.

I'm not able to remember last week so, LOL, I'm not remembering last year for sure 

But you bring up a good point.  I don't think Poles is the kind of GM who will just "draft a guy" to check off a box on his grocery list.  I think he is trying to get the best talent in a given draft at positions where that talent can also help our team.  It's not necessarily pure "best player available" drafting.  But it is BPA at a position where the team will be upgraded/helped.  I'm thinking Poles is the kind of guy with a 3 year plan that factors into the equation the funding of the roster talent in that 3 year plan too.  He is probably planning (as best you can) for not having to pay crazy money for the existing veterans whose contracts are coming up in those years.  So the plan has to be in place now, for onboarding new guys (when you can) at those positions.  And recently I was thinking about how crazy-complex this all is, in light of the fact you also need quality depth more than every now in the NFL.  I read recently the data that stated 44% of all NFL starters miss games every single season now.  

Anyway, I get it, that fans just want the shiny new toys - and that's it for them.  What a good GM has to do is navigate each season with more thoughtful planning than that.  It is infinitely more complex to execute a multi-year plan effectively with the finite resources available.  It's a hybrid mix of draft and FAs and resigning your key guys already on your roster.  Looking at Poles' moves so far, in light of all that, I'm pretty darned impressed.  It really validates yesterday's article in "The Athletic" that graded Poles' moves this off-season (pre draft) as being the #2 team in the entire NFL this year.  

No I was on the JF1 stink bandwagon when his horrible performance was showing through the season. If you look back. I was all for trading down the #1 overall pick to get DJ Moore and more draft picks. What I said was this was prove it year for Fields. If you can't produce then we get rid of you. 

Personally I was all for Anderson Jr that draft. I saw an elite pass rusher in the making but we needed picks and players far more. 

I didn't think anyone noticed. I was hoping that everyone thought the driver passed out due to being dehydrated.