Come on man... are we really going to spin this thread into some bashing between Ireland bashing and defending too? This thread has nothing to do with Ireland. I started this thread to discuss with people how they feel the rookie cap impacts draft value... Not whether Ireland is good or not, or whether people are homers, objectivers (made up word?), or haters...
If arguing that a highly drafted player [at a position where success is significantly impacted by outside factors] deserves one last shot under a new OC to prove himself [after previously spending 3 years in an unchanged system whose coordinator was forcefully retired], then I guess I'm a homer, especially when factoring in the previous offensive coordinator failing to ever develop a successful rookie QB in any offense he had ever run. You're greatly confusing objectivity with homerism b/c you, too, are guilty of the same thing R&R is. You feel that b/c someone else doesn't share your critical opinion with as much haste as you personally do, it makes them a homer. It's quite idiotic TBH. There were more than enough mitigating circumstances and historical precedence to substantiate my objective belief. If I had submitted such argument in the absence of precedence, mitigating circumstances, and supportive facts, then you'd have every right to label my opinion as homeristic. Unfortunately for you that wasn't the case.
I did picks 5-13 to give us a good range. As I suspected, they all were roughly around the same percentage of busting: 5th Overall Patrick Peterson – Seems to be a good player Eric Berry – Good player Glenn Dorsey – Bust Levi Brown – Bust AJ Hawk – Bust Cadillac Williams – Bust Sean Taylor – Good player Terence Newman – Good player Quentin Jammer – Disappointment Ladainian Tomlinson – Good player 40-50% chance 6th Overall Julio Jones - Good player Russell Okung – Jury still out, but disappointing Andre Smith – Bust Vernon Gholston – Bust LaRon Landry – Disappointment Vernon Davis – Good player Pacman Jones – Bust Kellen Winslow – Good player Johnathan Sullivan – Bust Ryan Sims - Bust 50-60% chance of busting 7th Overall Aldon Smith – Jury still out Joe Haden – Good player Darrius Heyward-Bey - Bust Sedrick Ellis - Meh Adrian Peterson – Good player Michael Huff - Bust Troy Williamson - Bust Roy Williams (WR) - Bust Bryant McKinnie – Good player Andre Carter - Good player 40-50% chance of busting 9th Overall Tyron Smith - Jury still out, but promising CJ Spiller – Jury still out, but disappointing BJ Raji – Good player Keith Rivers – Bust Ted Ginn – Bust Ernie Sims - Disappointment Carlos Rogers – Disappointment Reggie Williams – Bust Kevin Williams – Good player John Henderson – Good player 40-60% chance of busting 10th Overall Tyson Alualu – Jury still out Michael Crabtree – Good player Jerod Mayo – Good player Amobi Okoye - Bust Mike Williams - Bust Dunta Robinson – Good player Terrell Suggs – Good player Levi Jones - Bust Jamal Reynolds - Bust Travis Taylor - Bust 50% chance of busting 11th Overall JJ Watt – Jury still out, but promising Anthony Davis – Jury still out, but promising Aaron Maybin – Bust Leodis McKelvin – Bust Patrick Willis – Good player DeMarcus Ware – Good player Marcus Trufant – Good player Dwight Freeney – Good player Dan Morgan – Good player. Ron Dayne – Bust 30% chance of busting 12th overall Ryan Mathews – Jury still out, but promising Knowshon Moreno – Bust Ryan Clady – Good player Marshawn Lynch – Good player (but was a disappointment for Buffalo) Haloti Ngata – Good player Shawne Merriman – Had a couple good years, but was it the roids? Bust since caught Jonathan Vilma – Good player Jimmy Kennedy – Bust Wendell Bryant – Bust Damione Lewis – Bust 40-60% chance of busting 13th Overall Nick Fairley – Jury still out, but off to a poor start Brandon Graham – Jury still out, but not looking good for him Brian Orakpo – Good player Jonathan Stewart – Disappointment Adam Carriker – Bust Kameron Wimbley – Disappointment, if not bust Jammal Brown – Good player Lee Evans – Disappointment, if not bust Ty Warren – Good player Donte Stallworth – Bust 40-50% chance of busting
