How does Pioli do it?

This is good to see. Maybe there’s a method to his candy wrapping madness?

Too many gaffes on ST for him this year and he played really well when he was matched on the other teams TE and in the other limited DB time he got this year.

That is all.

and he had better,..cause that 1st draft class sucked except for Succop,.. Jackson is okay but for a top 5 pick,..not worth it

IMO Pioli is not that great in the first round.

Eric Berry anyone?

I don’t think the 2009 draft was good for anyone except the Packers who picked Matthews and Raji. Raji was an achilles heel this year. Folks also say he’s living on Carl and Herm’s picks. That could be true, but Todd and the rest of the current staff took those players to another level in my opinion. The 2011 draft will be much harder to grade with the lack of OTA’s. Sure, other teams got an immediate impact from some rookies, but I think linemen, especially D linemen, need time to develop. I think we’ll see some great things from the 2011 class next year once they’ve had a real off season to work with coaches. I also think the 2010 class was exceptional. Berry was an easy pick, but what about Lewis? That dude came out of no where and he’s a stud. I even like the Arenas and McCluster picks. We need an OC that knows how to use Dex and I think a different Special Teams coach can get more out of Arenas, at least come up with better blocking schemes for punt and kickoff returns. Asamoah is going to be a staple on our O-line for a long time.
Pioli is doing a great job of evaluating talent and getting the most out of his picks. I’m just like everyone else though when I hope to God he finds the franchise quarterback of the future.

Why is he so paranoid? Why has he stuck with Cassel so long and may still believe in him. He’s taking this Patriots thing too far. I’m not sold an a lot of his picks and he’s creating an environment where no one would like to work.

I say oust the scoundrel.

LMAO.

What do I see? Pioli reached in the first round in most of his drafts. IMO Pioli is not that great in the first round.

IMO, neither Berry nor Baldwin were reaches. Pioli got a future HoFer in Berry, and the WR he wanted plus a 3rd round pick in Baldwin. The fact that the Falcons were asking about Baldwin should tell you more about where actual GMs thought he was valued.

As for Jackson, yeah he was a reach… BUT… he’s paying off now. Our defense made huge strides this year, and TJax was a big reason why. IMO, Pioil has been putting together some great drafts, 2009, not so much (but hey, across the NFL that was a bad class), but his 2010 and 2011 drafts look very good.

That Pioli traded up to the number 2 spot and drafted a OT. RGIII went next and I was sad.

I believe that trading back from the 1st round to collect 2nd’s and 3rd’s was a product of the jacked up rookie pay scale, which made 2nd and 3rd round picks have the highest value-to-risk ratios.

In reality, the change in rookie pay scale will certainly change the mentality of GM’s and I expect to see much more trading INTO the 1st round. Draft day mentality will be unlike it has been in the past, and the smart GM’s will get ahead of the curve. You can now get 1st round picks at a discount (when compared to years past).

Based on this, my vote would be to select the “new” TRICH at #11, and then trade back into the 1st round and get the best RT left on the board. Our defense doesn’t need much of anything (getting Berry back is enough to make them elite). Imagine our offense with , Charles coming back, Moeaki coming back, TRICH and a stud Offensive line. Variables are Bowe and QB. Sign Bowe and Orton, groom Stanzi to be QBOTF this year as backup and we will be dangerous.

After the first 2 picks I mentioned above, the rest of the draft should be dedicated to finding an ILB and depth on both lines.

Look, I am just an accountant over here, but it seems pretty easy for a GM to make this team a winner ;-)

I dont see the big mystery, in my opinion its easy for him, its easy to screw things up when you dont know what your doing.If Piollis reign shows anything it shows Belecheck was the reason for NE success. Berry was pretty much a no brainer but Jackson and Dorsey has to be considered bad picks, esspecially considering some of the guys we passed on by picking them. Something I havnt seen anything about is what % of his picks are still with team and contribute to the team. To me the only thing Piolli has done well is stock the team with backups and practice squad players. What do you expect when a team waits till teams have to do their final cuts to sign FA’s.I dont think what hes done in drafting and the FA he brings in supports that talent guru label he came here with. If I were to grade him on his first 3 years it would be an D-. It would be an F but I gave him credit for what little he did right in the draft room. On top of that I heard he is the highest paid GM the other day. Dont know if its true but it wouldnt surprise me.