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spagsbacker
but you don't seem to like his strategy of trading picks for players. I understand the Ramsey deal if you think he is a generational talent, but his diva tendencies do not endear me to the guy. If things go bad, he is not someone who will be a leader....see Jaguars. If he is a Revis type lockdown corner for next 5 years, it will be a win I guess.
My main issue with Snead, is all the busts over the years. His fascination with raw, physical ability led to picks like GRob and Quick. His desire to force need picks led to trading a 2nd rd pick to move up to #8 to pick Tavon Austin. His love for wheeling and dealing led to I Pead & Rok Watson instead of Bobby Wagner. I know there have been Kupp & JJ picks as well, and AD, Gurley, etc...but all told his picks have been average to below average considering the plethora of picks he has had.
I was not a fan of Goff and still think Wentz is the better qb but both have had their struggles. I don't like Goff and the more I see, the more concerns I have. But yeah, we did not have a qb and now we do. I think the extension at the time was foolish. Goff had struggled enough that there was no point in extending him before necessary, and that includes using franchise tag for potentially 2 years.
Speaking of extensions, I don't know who is making the decisions, but extending Tavon, Gurley, Goff, Higbee were all highly questionable decisions.
This has not been a well run organization for some time, despite the SB appearance and overall win %. Its not how you build a team.
To be blunt, it really doesn't matter what you think about Ramsey and his tendencies. I don't like it either. But, like most lockdown CBs, it comes with the package. Fine. But how Ramsey carries himself has nothing to do with Snead.
Now, as far as high high risk picks, you take the good with the bad. Donald and Gurley were great high risk picks. Donald was a 280 lb DT and Gurley was coming off of a knee. Heck, Cooper Kupp was a FCS WR. So you cannot cherry pick to make your argument. GRob was a bad pick. J. Jenkins was a risky pick, but he panned out. So it comes and it goes.
Snead, himself, said this year with fewer picks, it is probably time to take safer players. Safer players usually means, higher floor, lower ceiling guys. So I hope you don't complain when this years picks never become superstars. Because you are probably going to get exactly what you want.
As far as forcing need picks, I'll let you in on a secret. Every pick in the draft is a need pick. The idea is to move around to match need with value. I've explained this in depth in a previous post a month ago or so, so I'm not going to do it again. But all told, Snead's hit rate has been above average. I made a post about it a while ago. You disagree, do the amount of research I did and prove me wrong.
As far as contracts, talk to Demoff and his team. Leave Snead out of it.
I think 3 years of playoffs and a SB appearance is the exact opposite of a poorly run organization. Poorly run organizations are the Browns.
Don't waste your time looking back, you're not going that way. - Ragnar Lothbrok