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Why I never would have drafted Vontae Mack

posted 10 years ago by joetigersfan
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Forget that I could have had him at #7 for a lot less money than he would cost me at #1. Forget that I could have had him without giving up three-THREE!- first round picks to get him. Forget that you don't draft a LINEBACKER with the first overall pick.

Nevermind all that. The reason I would not have drafted Vontae Mack is because of that impractical, pretensious, and downright idiotic brass knuckles phone of his. Brass knuckles? Seriously? Are you TRYING to look like a tool? Apparently you are. No thanks.

[–] nutsberryfarm 10 years ago

that phone was bad news!

i would have drafted bo callahan.

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[–] joetigersfan 10 years ago

And let's trade THREE first round draft picks to get the guy we could have gotten for nothing. Great GM.

[–] nutsberryfarm 10 years ago

agree. and what qb isn't arrogant?

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[–] dk17111 10 years ago

It's the browns. They have done dumber things.

[–] Ohio9 9 years ago

Why do I keep hearing people say they would never draft a linebacker with the first pick? You're telling me there is no situation where someone like Ray Lewis, Lawrence Taylor, or Kevin Greene would ever by worth a #1 selection?

The linebacker position isn't comparable to the punter or something like that. It's probably the single most important position on defense. Teams have taken defensive and offensive linemen with the first pick before. What's less reasonable about using it on a linebacker?

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 9 years ago

The guy who played Mack (Chadwick Boseman) was born in 1976 per IMDb, making him 38 years old?

Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

[–] mighty_frogman 9 years ago

You won't ever have to worry about that decision because you're not an NFL GM.

The New Orleans Saints spent the next decade regretting not taking Lawrence Taylor #1 in 1981. The Texans took Clowney at #1 just 2 years ago, and everyone knew he was going to be an NFL linebacker. Von Miller would have been the #1 pick in the draft if it wasn't for Cam Newton. Remove Newton from the equation and Miller goes #1 in any draft either 5 years before or 5 years after his draft year.

When a linebacker is the best player in the draft, you pick him. It's pretty much that simple. The linebacker is the QB of your defense. Saying "you don't draft a linebacker with the #1 overall pick" is not a rational nor logical statement.

[–] SydneyIz 9 years ago

I've always figure that coaches and GMs draft a player who is dominant player at any position, besides K,P, and TE. It's completely plausible for a player to go first, if the player is once in a lifetime talent. Who would pass up a dominant DT/DE, WR, LT, OG, or CB, if the opportunity presents itself.

[–] BrotherZed 9 years ago

Assuming that the Browns are running a 3-4 defense, that outside linebacker is solid *beep* gold. In a 3-4 the OLB is a pass rushing specialist similar to a DE. That edge pass rusher is one of the most coveted spots in football after QB. The emergence of the super athletic speed rusher is what that whole Blind Side movie was really about.

Von Miller, a similar player to Mack, recently went #2 overall. He probably did more to get the Bronco's past the Pats and into the Super Bowl than anyone else. Tom Brady is still probably waking up with the shakes because of that guy.

[–] johnston.scot 9 years ago

... kind of a prescient post by BrotherZed.

[–] BrotherZed 9 years ago

To be totally honest, it wasn't that big of a secret. Everyone who follows football knew about Von Miller.

If anyone here is interested, take a look at the Blind Side book. The part that was made into the movie was only maybe a quarter of the book, the rest is about the dynamic between the blindside edge rusher (Vontae Mack) and how that turned the position of left tackle into a premium one.

[–] johnston.scot 9 years ago

I still think it's impressive you managed to call out the Super Bowl MVP in advance.

Expert opinion generally didn't even pick the correct team.

Anyway ... it seems pretty straightforward that, if a team has drafted a linebacker #2 and not regretted it, a situation in which one drafts a linebacker #1 is not unbelievable in any way.

Okay ... the phone. Yeah, that would probably give me pause if I were hiring him for the training program at Proctor & Gamble, but we're talking NFL players here.