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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
And that isn't on the scouts - they picked a great horse, but he died down the stretch.
This, exactly. Great pick, IMO, and if they felt he wouldn't be around in the 2nd round, and wanted him in the 1st, that's fine.
As you said, the mistake was pounding their chest and claiming to be the smartest guys in the room. Just make your pick, and say "we really like the player, and believe he can develop into a good one"
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I think we know that at least one team (NJ I want to say) was going to take Jankowski with their first.
I think the other error you could identify is moving down. I don't see a lot of impactful players after Jankowski but if they had held on to their pick, there were some guys around there. Particularly since the 2nd pick was Patrick Sieloff who was a terrible pick that day and every day after.