Gene is a scout, not a GM. I respect his due diligence and all the hard work he puts in, but his scout mentality of trying to find the diamond in the rough that nobody else knows about has crippled out roster. There needs to be a GM in place to “check” some of his decisions because this roster isn’t NFL caliber.”

If it wasn’t “NFL caliber”, they wouldn’t have won 8 games last year.

They would trade the pick away, and by the grace of God they’d actually draft a WR.

No QB – not Brady, Brees, Vick, Flacco, Ryan, or Rivers – could be successful with these WRs. None.

Gene is a scout, not a GM. I respect his due diligence and all the hard work he puts in, but his scout mentality of trying to find the diamond in the rough that nobody else knows about has crippled out roster. There needs to be a GM in place to “check” some of his decisions because this roster isn’t NFL caliber.

Gene Smith’s three first round picks have been from the ACC, Pac 10 and Big 12. Whats the problem?
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Sarcasm dude.

If I play devils advocate, Eugene Monroe hasnt proven himself worthy of the #8 pick (and where’s Eben?). Especially when Michael Oher fell to the 23 spot.

I like Alualu, but seriously, #10? Good player, horrible pick placement. I’m not buying that they couldnt have traded down and picked up the same player and got another pick.

I really like the Gabbert pick, but lets be realistic. The Jags #1 receiver is 5’9. This is a draft failure by not committing some picks for blue chip receivers.

And I’m not going to ignore Rounds 2-7 and the GM’s penchance for small school (re: cheap) athletes and pass that off as an NFL caliber team.

People are ready to off Del Rio’s head and I’m first in line. But it’s time for “In Gene we Trust” to start producing.

This guy has it right. Pretty sure they’ll be eyeballing a fullback from Barbizon Beauty School in the first round. Hey, he’s the team captain so he must be good.”

Gene Smith’s three first round picks have been from the ACC, Pac 10 and Big 12. Whats the problem?

This guy has it right. Pretty sure they’ll be eyeballing a fullback from Barbizon Beauty School in the first round. Hey, he’s the team captain so he must be good.

The same reason Marvin Lewis, Tony Sparano and Gary Kubiak do. Teams were less likely to can their coach this offseason because of the lockout. Had the lockout gone into the season, the team would be paying two head coaches to essentially do nothing. Had this been a normal offseason, a few if not all of the coaches I mentioned would have been gone.