The Pirates didn’t have a lot of draft picks to work with, and historically haven’t built their team in the draft. How did they do? Vote and comment below.
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Draft Grades – Marshfield Pirates
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Not sure how the Henderson pick will play out. I think he’s a big talent, but he’s buried on that depth chart. Still, my philosophy is to draft the talented guys – they usually rise up the ranks. In this case, unseating Gurley seems like tall timber, but who knows.
I don’t love Devin Singletary, but he’s the reverse case of Henderson – he has nothing but old guys in front of him and should theoretically be able to become the top back.
I have no quarrel with getting a DE in the 5th round. You never know.
Yup, a pretty lame and boring draft. One pick about talent and potential, the other strictly opportunity. I had a draft board that still had Campbell, Bush and White on it, and I tried for hours to trade the damn pick, and when I couldn’t I again went away from my board and got caught in the RB/Henderson hype. Not as bad a reach as Manziel, but Bush was my guy here.
But what it really boils down to is I absolutely suck at R1 picks. It’s actually pretty amazing.
There was one draft – maybe 2015? – where pretty much every player sucked. I was going back and looking at old drafts this morning, and my conclusion is that pretty much nobody knows what they are doing. Did you know that Jarvis Landry was selected in the 5th round? There are some big time R1 misses for every franchise, not just you. But yeah, Manziel and Treadwell will haunt you for a while. Good thing you can console yourself with 3 titles.
It’s too bad Darrell Henderson wasn’t drafted by the Chargers, because then he could be a backup but eventually become a starter somewhere else, like Michael Turner and Tevin Coleman and Darren Sproles (not a starter, per se, but a starting fantasy player.)