Casey Matthews Is Drafted By The Eagles, While The Packers Draft Smith and Elmore Instead

So with that aside, You’re right. You stated your opinion on him. Which is the kid is barely even worthy of the practice squad. Ok, you’ve seen him a couple times.

Now, work with me here a little. What makes you think that TT hasn’t gone through and studied this kid more thoroughly than just the times you’ve seen him? Other than the Harrell pick, he’s found quite a few gems in the rough. He gets paid what he does for a reason. He’s the one inside that office evaluating talent. Not us. I at least want to see what he’s got before saying that he’ll be lucky to even make the practice squad. I’ve been happy with Ted’s picks a lot more than I’ve just written off.

Look at Clay for instance. Clay wasn’t the “superstar” when he was drafted either. A lot of people thought the same way you did. Cushing was the one getting all the attention out of that draft. Now look what happened. Clay is the one grabbing all the headlines, making offenses worry. Who’s to say that won’t happen here? Sure, Elmore may not be nearly as good. But you also have to look at what was happening with the OLB’s last year. Clay was the only one who was healthy for the majority of the season and even he missed a couple games. Jones was out almost half the year. Zombo was in and out. Walden was picked up off the street, made some really good plays, then he was out for part of the playoffs too. We were hurting at OLB, but still made it work.

Now what if he comes in, wows them, and has a place on the roster. I’m sure he’s not going to keep all those TE’s and FB’s. A few of those guys like Williams and Taylor or tweeners. Hall, he may be let go because he’s primarily special teams. Havner was brought back last year, but as soon as he came back, he went on IR. Who’s to say he stays? Those guys could free up some space for an extra OLB. He could even bulk up some and try his hand at DE. TT and MM have earned some leeway in my eyes in who they pick and what they want to do with them. So, I’ll just leave it at that. You can have your opinion, and I’ll have mine. There’s really no use debating it anymore, because we probably won’t change each others minds.