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Raiders waive OT Alex Leatherwood; claimed by Bears


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1 minute ago, lomaxgrUK said:

Most experts seemed to have Leatherwood pegged as a 2nd round Guard, so I do wonder if some team tries to stash him away this year and develop him as a Guard.

Unfortunately for him he played guard the majority of last year and was terrible.

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10 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

Easy to make fun of but in that time span they also drafted Pro bowl and 2nd team All Pro Maxx Crosby as a 4th rounder, Hunter Renfrow who is a stud as a 5th rounder, Tre'von Moehrig who is starting and Nate Hobbs who is starting as a 5th round pick and John Simpson who is starting as a 4th rounder.  And Jacobs/Adrams are not a total loss and still have potential in their career just were not signed long term yet.  

 

But yeah seems rough and the Leatherwood one is arguably the biggest surprise considering he is on the OL and only played one season, and arguably only played a bit at guard when that should have been his position all along.  

Even a blind nut can find a squirrel every once in a while 

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3 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

Easy to make fun of but in that time span they also drafted Pro bowl and 2nd team All Pro Maxx Crosby as a 4th rounder, Hunter Renfrow who is a stud as a 5th rounder, Tre'von Moehrig who is starting and Nate Hobbs who is starting as a 5th round pick and John Simpson who is starting as a 4th rounder.  And Jacobs/Adrams are not a total loss and still have potential in their career just were not signed long term yet.

4th overall pick Clellin Ferrell has 8 total sacks in 3 years.

12th overall pick Henry Ruggs is in jail.

17th overall pick Alex Leatherwood was cut after 31 teams didn't see value even worthy of a future 7th round pick.

19th overall pick Damon Arnette has yet to register his first career INT.

2nd round pick Trayvon Mullen was just traded foir a 7th round pick.

3rd round pick Malcom Koonce has yet start a single game

3rd round pick Lynn Bowden was traded for a conditional(?) and then released IIRC.

3rd round pick Tanner Muse was waived less than 5 months later.

 

 

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15 minutes ago, JAF-N72EX said:

4th overall pick Clellin Ferrell has 8 total sacks in 3 years.

12th overall pick Henry Ruggs is in jail.

17th overall pick Alex Leatherwood was cut after 31 teams didn't see value even worthy of a future 7th round pick.

19th overall pick Damon Arnette has yet to register his first career INT.

2nd round pick Trayvon Mullen was just traded foir a 7th round pick.

3rd round pick Malcom Koonce has yet start a single game

3rd round pick Lynn Bowden was traded for a conditional(?) and then released IIRC.

3rd round pick Tanner Muse was waived less than 5 months later.

 

 

Yeah that was basically said already.  I am saying they did hit on a few guys so it is not like a total wash every draft class for three years in a row.  But this is not exactly a rare thing, look at the Lions a few years back, they had top picks and they all flamed out or close to it.  Yes going to a failing organization, you as a rookie will fail most likely because too much is put on your performance for the team to succeed, and the team lacks any real good veteran leadership to help you develop, and since there is no minor league if you fail early you are pretty close to done for.

 

BS if players career is not greatly impacted by the team ownership they go to, owners/coaches/staff along with the veteran players that are around them to help them develop.  That along with the fact the NFL is loaded and each year tons of elite college players come out and there are not enough jobs even for those guys, that does not mean they are bad players it just means playing football is extremely competitive but why would it not be.   It is the most popular sport in the United States the one and only country really that plays the game of football like this in the world.  

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