Lessons From the Draft Part Three

This post is focused on a bit of common sense.  I know common sense rarely comes into play on draft week, but here goes.  Are you sitting down?  Okay.  Here goes.  There is no magic list that correctly ranks the hundreds of draft eligible players.  So when the guy the experts had going 10 drops to your team at 30, but they pass and take some guy you never heard of, it does not mean that they are wrong.  They liked that guy at 30 better than the guy expected to go 10. Or he fits the system better. Or the other guy has a screw loose.  Is injury prone.  Or just does not fill a certain need.
Take the Giants, since I know them best.  The fans are upset because they took a guy that hadn't heard being mentioned in the first round in the Cuse lineman Justin Pugh.  On the board at the time were a couple of players that had dropped--dropped from the position placed on them by experts.  But because that really does not mean anything, being that the experts do not have access to the teams' boards, you cannot compare say Shariff Floyd to Pugh.  So you may have Floyd ranked higher than Pugh based on what some experts say, you probably have not seen either player live and certainly have not tested them and scouted them the way the teams do.  So shut up already since you are totally ignorant.
Now don't get me wrong.  Some picks are so dumb that they are worth negative attention.  But to rip an offensive lineman that you have not seen when the Giants are desperate for offensive linemen is just stupid.  And your wanting him in the second round is wonderful except for one thing. He would not have been there.  My guess is that if the Bears did not take him instead of Long at 20, the Cowboys would have since he is exactly what they need.  And not one lineman expected to go from the Giants pick in the second round on down would have been a big help next year.  This was the last chance to help the 2013 O-Line.  And as for the 2014 line, Pugh can pick any spot he wants to the right of left tackle.  And as for his short arms they are similar in length to Joe Thomas so it is not impossible that he sticks at RT.
That is enough venting for now.