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At least if he was saying that in terms of hoping the player they really wanted as their first choice who had a reasonable shot of making it to the 2nd Round. That player is Evan Engram, who happens to be getting rave reviews for his polish, speed, and athleticism at Giants mini camp. That's the guy many on this board were hoping we'd get. I didn't see anyone say I hope Everett drops to us or even we should take him in the 2nd round.
If Snead really meant Everett well then it was never in doubt that he'd make it to the 2nd round. Some thought he'd make it to the 3rd Round.
No big deal really. Just an example of a GM tossing out BS, when he doesn't get the guy he really wanted going into the draft.
Everett was their backup plan. They'll hope that he becomes a serviceable move TE. But watching Engram you can see that we missed out on an elite player.
Snead knew Engram would be gone. Doubt they were hoping for him. He had a late "rise" with fans and the media but NFL people aren't surprised like that.
Besides, I think a trade down was his plan A. Get that extra 3rd. It's something I was saying for weeks before the draft. Instead of lamenting over Engram (who was never in play) or Lamp, we should think of it as one player for Everett and Johnson.
As far as a Plan A player, they had multiple targets in mind. When Snead said the player is still there, McVay quickly corrected him with "players." I don't see why it's so inconceivable that Everett was one at the top of that list. IOW, our guy could one of several in a group.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2017 05:01PM by dzrams.
