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Rams_81
If this was a mid rounder or late rounder it wouldn't be such a tremendous eye sore, but to not take a play maker (somebody who touches the ball or rush the passer) you simply cannot miss on that #2 PICK
When you make a pick that makes no sense from the get go, you have to hit. To boot, Robinson was a known development project with no guarantee he could develop versus a player that was NFL ready.
It was a shot in the dark for an asset that could have been used for an entire draft as we see with #1's and #2's pick year after year.
So think of it as this. Do you want a player that struggles to compete for a roster spot in year 5 or do you want another team's entire draft or multiple #1's and #2's?
Donald is a great player but too much to overcome a pick that made no sense from the get go.
People just disagree on what to count here and what not to. Everyone knows that Robinson was a #2 pick. It seems to me (just guessing) they value Donald SO much that they think that's the strongest consideration regardless of any other issue.
I bet if you put up a poll saying "is missing on a #2 pick a bad thing, a really bad thing, etc." that the vast majority would go "it's a very bad thing."
The results here tell me how much people value Donald. He is SO good he balances out missing on a #2 pick.
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