lol OK. So only someone with Cam Newton's height and weight can be competent with ability to run. So what excuse do you have for Russell Wilson?
They are going off on 610. 14-18 of the 2-4th round picks Rick Smith has made since 2011 are no longer on the team. One of the 4 is XSF..... eww.
To be (sorta) fair, Brandon Brooks should have gotten a contract. That was not a bad pick. Same with Earl Mitchell.
Mitchell was 2010. But exactly 3 were by choice (Reed, Brooks, and Jones). But outside of them + Swearinger, I don't think the rest of the guys are even on a NFL roster right now.
Could be a BOB effect not sure but the Texans/Smith seem to accept and try and fix mistakes much much quicker now than ever before. I actually like that. The problem though, Smith can't stop making mistakes to begin with.
Because ankle injuries don't count? I'll let Nick Martin know that, smh. Wilson is a pocket QB, not a read option guy like Cam. He's accurate with adequate arm and very high football IQ. Like Rodgers he's a pocket QB who can run, not a one-read and flee QB. Both run more than scheduled because of OL issues. So no "excuse" needed for Wilson. Watson is built like Teddy, not Russell. Rick not addressing OL is flat out dumb. He should be protecting Watson, not setting him up for injuries. $21M in cap space but we wouldn't guarantee Duane Brown. Why? So we can "win" free agency in 2018? Like anybody's ever won winning free agency, lol.
Since 2011, rounds 2-4, 25 picks... 6 went on to earn 2nd contracts (Brooks Reed, Brandon Brooks, Ben Jones, Jared Crick & D.J. Swearinger; C.J. Fiedorowicz only with Houston) 11 are still on the team (Su'a-Filo, Fiedorowicz, Savage, McKinney, Martin, B.Miller, Ervin, Cunningham, Foreman, Davenport & Watkins) The rest(9): Brandon Harris, Roc Carmichael, DeVier Posey, Keshawn Martin, Brennan Williams, Sam Montgomery, Trevardo Williams, Louis Nix, Jaelen Strong Spoiler Rounds 2-4 since 2011 2011: 2-42 Brooks Reed --> Left as FA to Atlanta (5 yrs, $22.5M 9M guaranteed) 2-60 Brandon Harris --> Bounced around with Tennessee & Miami; currently in the CFL 4-117 Roc Carmichael --> Bounced around with Philadelphia & Arizona; currently in the CFL 2012: 3-68 DeVier Posey --> Traded with a 3rd, 5th & 7th round pick to NY Jets for a 3rd (Jaelen Strong) (Bounced around with NY Jets & Denver; currently in the CFL) 3-76 Brandon Brooks --> Left as a FA to Philadelphia (5 yrs, $40M 17M guaranteed) 4-99 Ben Jones --> Left as a FA to Tennessee (4 yrs, $17.5M 7.5M guaranteed) 4-121 Keshawn Martin --> Traded with a 6th round pick to New England for a 5th (D.J. Reader) (Bounced around with New England, San Francisco & Detroit; currently a free agent) 4-126 Jared Crick --> Left as a FA to Denver (2 yrs, $4M 1M guaranteed) 2013: 2-57 D.J. Swearinger --> Bounced around with Tampa, Arizona & Washington 3-89 Brennan Williams --> Cut without ever playing a down; bounced aroudn with Jacksonville & New England; currently in professional wrestling 3-95 Sam Montgomery --> Cut without ever playing a down; bounced around with Oakland & Cincinnati; currently a free agent 4-124 Trevardo Williams --> Bounced around with Arizona, Indianapolis & Washington; currently a free agent 2014: 2-33 Xavier Su'a-Filo 3-65 C.J. Fiedorowicz 3-83 Louis Nix --> Bounced around with NY Giants, Washington & Jacksonville; currently a free agent 4-135 Tom Savage 2015: 2-43 Benardrick McKinney 3-70 Jaelen Strong --> released 2016: 2-50 Nick Martin 3-85 Braxton Miller 4-119 Tyler Ervin 2017: 2-57 Zach Cunningham 3-89 D'Onta Foreman 4-130 Julien Davenport 4-142 Carlos Watkins
Posey and Strong are the most head scratcher. It seemed there was so much potential there. No one could predict Brennan Williams would get injured and then start wrestling. Sam Montgomery and Nix were just bad picks. Whoever was responsible, Rick (ultimately it is his responsibility), Gary, Wade, took a big L with those picks.
Deandre Hopkins was 5th in receiving yards and 7th in receiving TDS from 2014-2015, so I don't think it was the system.
Rick isn't the biggest turd in the toilet. Spoiler 14 of the 18 Rick Smith 2nd-4th round picks between 2011-2015 no longer are with the club. Chicago: 12/14(85.7%) no longer with club Jerry Angelo 2001-2011 General Manager Phil Emery 2012-2014 General Manager Ryan Pace 2015-2017 General Manager Buffalo: 14/17(82.4%) no longer with club Tom Donahoe 2001-2005 President/General Manager Marv Levy 2006-2007 General Manager/VP of Football Operations Russ Brandon 2008-2010 General Manager Buddy Nix 2011-2012 Executive VP/General Manager Doug Whaley 2013-2016 General Manager Brandon Beane 2017-present General Manager Miami: 13/16(81.3%) no longer with club Dave Wannstedt 2000-2003 Head Coach/Player Personnel Rick Spielman 2004-2004 VP of Player Personnel Randy Mueller 2005-2007 General Manager Bill Parcells 2008-2009 Executive VP of Football Operations Jeff Ireland 2008-2013 General Manager Dennis Hickey 2014-2015 General Manager Chris Grier 2016-2017 General Manager New York Giants: 12/15(80%) no longer with club Ernie Accorsi 1998-2006 General Manager Jerry Reese 2007-2017 Senior VP/General Manager Tennessee: 14/18(77.8%) no longer with club Floyd Reese 1994-2006 General Manager/Executive VP, General Manager/Executive VP of Football Operations Mike Reinfeldt 2007-2011 General Manager Ruston Webster 2012-2015 Executive VP/General Manager Jon Robinson 2016-2017 Executive VP/General Manager Houston: 14/18(77.8%) no longer with club Charley Casserly 2002-2005 General Manager Rick Smith 2006-2017 Executive VP/General Manager Detroit: 11/15(73.3%) no longer with club Matt Millen 2001-2007 President, President/General Manager Bill Tobin 2001-2002 Director of Player Personnel Martin Mayhew 2008-2015 Senior VP/General Manager, Executive VP of Football Operations/General Manager(Fired on 11/5/15) Sheldon White 2015-2015 Interim GM (Named Interim GM on 11/5/15) Bob Quinn 2016-2017 Executive VP of Football Operations/General Manager New Orleans: 8/11(72.7%) no longer with club Mickey Loomis 2002-2017 General Manager, Executive VP/General Manager Cleveland: 13/18(72.2%) no longer with club Butch Davis 2002-2004 Head Coach/General Manager Phil Savage 2005-2008 General Manager George Kokinis 2009-2009 General Manager Tom Heckert 2010-2012 General Manager Michael Lombardi 2013-2013 General Manager Ray Farmer 2014-2015 General Manager Sashi Brown 2016-2017 Executive VP of Football Operations San Francisco: 15/21(71.4%) no longer with club Terry Donahue 2001-2004 General Manager Scot McCloughan 2005-2009 VP of Player Personnel, General Manager Trent Baalke 2010-2016 VP of Player Personnel, General Manager John Lynch 2017-2017 General Manager Denver: 12/17(70.6%) no longer with club Ted Sundquist 2002-2007 General Manager Jim Goodman 2008-2008 VP of Football Operations/Player Personnel Brian Xanders 2009-2011 General Manager John Elway 2011-2017 Director of Player Personnel, Executive VP of Football Operations/de facto General Manager, Executive VP of Football Operations/General Manager Los Angeles Chargers: 9/13(69.2%) no longer with club John Butler 2001-2002 General Manager A.J. Smith 2003-2012 General Manager Tom Telesco 2013-2017 General Manager Pittsburgh: 11/16(68.8%) no longer with club Kevin Colbert 2000-2017 General Manager, VP & General Manager Baltimore: 15/22(68.2%) no longer with club Ozzie Newsome 1996-2017 VP of Player Personnel/de facto General Manager, General Manager, General Manager/Executive VP Philadelphia: 10/16(62.5%) no longer with club Andy Reid 2001-2012 Head Coach/General Manager, Head Coach/Executive VP of Football Operations (Head Coach has personnel authority) Tom Heckert 2006-2009 General Manager (Head Coach has personnel authority) Chip Kelly 2015-2015 Head Coach/GM (Took over personnel on 1/2/15) Howie Roseman 2010-2017 General Manager, Exec. VP of Football Ops (Head Coach has personnel authority; Reclaimed personnel power on 12/30/15) Indianapolis: 8/13(61.5%) no longer with club Bill Polian 1997-2009 President/General Manager Chris Polian 2009-2011 VP of Football Operations/General Manager Ryan Grigson 2012-2016 General Manager Chris Ballard 2017-2017 General Manager Carolina: 8/13(61.5%) no longer with club Marty Hurney 1998-2012 Director of Player Operations, General Manager George Seifert 1999-2001 Head Coach/de facto General Manager Dave Gettleman 2013-2017 General Manager Los Angeles Rams: 11/18(61.1%) no longer with club Charley Armey 2000-2005 General Manager Jay Zygmunt 2000-2008 President of Football Operations, President of Football Operations/General Manager Billy Devaney 2009-2011 General Manager Jeff Fisher 2012-2013 Head Coach/Player Personnel, Head Coach/VP of Player Personnel (Head Coach has personnel authority) Les Snead 2012-2017 General Manager (Head Coach has personnel authority) New England: 12/20(60%) no longer with club Bill Belichick 2000-2017 Head Coach/de facto General Manager Scott Pioli 2000-2008 Asst. Director of Player Personnel, Director of Player Personnel, VP of Player Personnel Jacksonville: 9/15(60%) no longer with club Tom Coughlin 1995-2002 Head Coach/de facto General Manager Michael Huyghue 1995-2001 VP of Football Operations James Harris 2003-2008 VP of Player Personnel Gene Smith 2009-2012 General Manager David Caldwell 2013-2017 General Manager Oakland: 10/17(58.8%) no longer with club Al Davis 1963-2010 Head Coach/General Manager, Minority Co-Owner/General Manager, Principal Owner/General Manager Hue Jackson 2011-2011 Head Coach/de facto General Manager (Assumed de facto GM role when Al Davis died on 10-08-2011) Reggie McKenzie 2012-2017 General Manager Minnesota: 7/12(58.3%) no longer with club Dennis Green 2000-2001 Head Coach/de facto General Manager Rob Brzezinski 2002-2005 VP of Football Operations Fran Foley 2006-2006 VP of Player Personnel/de facto General Manager (Served from Jan 2006-May 2006) Rick Spielman 2006-2017 VP of Player Personnel/de facto General Manager, General Manager, Executive VP/General Manager Seattle: 11/19(57.9%) no longer with club Mike Holmgren 1999-2002 Head Coach/Executive VP/General Manager Bob Ferguson 2003-2004 General Manager Tim Ruskell 2005-2009 President/General Manager Ruston Webster 2009-2009 Interim General Manager Pete Carroll 2010-2013 Head Coach/VP of Football Ops (Head Coach has personnel authority) John Schneider 2010-2017 General Manager, Executive VP/General Manager (Head Coach has personnel authority) Arizona: 9/16(56.3%) no longer with club Bob Ferguson 1996-2002 VP of Player Personnel, General Manager Rod Graves 2003-2012 General Manager/VP of Football Operations Steve Keim 2013-2017 General Manager Atlanta: 7/13(53.8%) no longer with club Dan Reeves 1997-2003 Head Coach/de facto General Manager, Head Coach/Player Personnel Harold Richardson 1998-2001 General Manager Rich McKay 2004-2007 General Manager Thomas Dimitroff 2008-2017 General Manager Washington: 9/17(52.9%) no longer with club Vinny Cerrato 2000-2009 Director of Player Personnel, Executive VP of Player Personnel/Football Operations Marty Schottenheimer 2001-2001 Head Coach/de facto General Manager Joe Mendes 2002-2002 VP of Football Operations Bruce Allen 2010-2017 Executive VP/General Manager, President/General Manager, President Mike Shanahan 2010-2013 Coach/de-facto GM Scot McCloughan 2015-2016 General Manager Cincinnati: 10/19(52.6%) no longer with club Mike Brown 1991-2017 Principal Owner/President/General Manager (Owner serves as team's de facto General Manager) New York Jets: 7/14(50%) no longer with club Dick Haley 1991-2002 Director of Player Personnel, General Manager Rich Kotite 1995-1996 Head Coach/de facto General Manager Bill Parcells 1997-2000 Head Coach/General Manager, General Manager Terry Bradway 2001-2005 Director of Player Personnel, General Manager Mike Tannenbaum 2006-2012 General Manager John Idzik 2013-2014 General Manager Mike Maccagnan 2015-2017 General Manager Green Bay: 9/18(50%) no longer with club Mike Sherman 2001-2004 Head Coach/General Manager Ted Thompson 2005-2017 Executive VP/General Manager/Director of Football Operations Dallas: 7/15(46.7%) no longer with club Jerry Jones 1989-2017 Owner/President/General Manager (Owner serves as team's de facto General Manager) Tampa Bay: 6/13(46.2%) no longer with club Rich McKay 1995-2003 General Manager Bruce Allen 2004-2008 General Manager Mark Dominik 2009-2013 General Manager Jason Licht 2014-2017 General Manager Kansas City: 7/16(43.8%) no longer with club Carl Peterson 1989-2008 President/General Manager Scott Pioli 2009-2012 General Manager John Dorsey 2013-2017 General Manager
