The thing with the Jones pick is that everyone knew he was a raw prospect who needed time to develop. I was okay and didn't consider it a failure that he wasn't ready to go day one. The problem is that when he was ready, he should have been inserted at the position he was drafted to play. At the time he came in it was due to Chuks being sat down, and I understand that they didn't want to upset two positions on the line, but the long-term effect was much greater by not inserting Jones at LT. They should have found a RT when Chuks got bounced despite the short-term improvement Jones at RT provided.
It's classic personnel mismanagement by Clown-lin, more of the same. He's obviously never had t switch positions playing on the OL, he thinks it's so easy. Coaching staff has s--- the bed once again.
Cooch I swear you get worse by the year. Same old garbage day after day. You are some kind of oddball mixed with developmentally delayed.
I get the idea of position flexibility, but that just means the likelihood is passable at multiple positions instead of good/great at one. I was a communications electrician in the Navy. I was on a small ship with a smaller crew, so was also required to repair industrial electrical, since I we were trained in basic electrical too. I was never as good at electrical as I was analog electronics, but we did as we were told.
I have as also very much in favor of the C in the 1st that year as it was a much greater need for the long haul. When they took Muth I wasn’t upset, thinking they hat they were going to use him more in the passing game. As it turned out the C was still the better call.
I think Frasier will be solid for the next 10-12 years. By not taking the C years ago they wasted the Harris pick.
And who went right along with the charade: Clown-lin. He's been "buddies" with Moore for as long as he was drafted, starting with day 1. And by some miracle, Moore was paid an outrageous amount of $, even though he is consistently on the bottom of LT lists. Incredible that he stole the $ for his play.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hey, remember a certain likely HOF bound first round pick on DL couldnt start for 3 years because he was stuck behind the ever average Ziggy Hood...
who did he steal?
My point being you take a rookie in Jones who never played RT, move him from his natural position of LT and he played ok. Now wouldn’t you expect Moore could at least play RT at least to some degree ok like Jones?
It wasn't from lack of effort. I remember him being one of the front runners to from of Steelers strength and conditioning programs and taking his work outs to "off campus" to somewhere with leading edge equipment and training. It didn't help a whole lot as his performance didn't really ever get that good. But his wanting to get real S&C off site told the story. Pgh's on campus S&C was lacking as later player surveys really highlight. Rooneys have never put that much focus on player workouts.
I get it but...
but the one leg was shorter so the entire Steelers draft plan for 2 years was aborted to accommodate the slightly less able guy.