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Rams43
And none of us yet had a clue what a HR pick Fuller was. As if we needed more evidence of the difficulty of snap judgments after a draft.
I’m fascinated by how accurate some posters early takes were and by how poorly some other posters’ takes have aged.
No need to name names because the posts speak for themselves. Judging a draft is hard and it becomes even harder if one brings preconceived biases to the grading process.
Hopefully, many can enjoy walking down memory lane here.
Fuller, Akers, and Sloman.
Fuller is an A- - getting a solid starter as a rookie at that draft position is awesome, but I personally think we, collectively, have tended to overstate how well he's performed. Still, very good pick, no doubt.
Akers is obviously coming off a very good game and has showed well, not only in terms of the stats, but his tough yards. And NO fumbles, which is great given that he came in with some ball security concerns. But 1 great game doesn't tell the whole tale, he's had some injury issues, and he was, after all, a #2 pick. B+.
Sloman was a disaster, not least because they kicked (haha) better kickers to the curb for him and it took over half the season to stabilize the position. OTOH, no games obviously lost because of the woeful kicking game. D-.
The rest? Jefferson, Burgess, Lewis, et. al. Incomplete. Worried about Lewis, honestly, who is arguably the high pick we MOST need to blossom. He's showed fine when he's played, but that danged knee...
