First Half Grades
about Colston, I don't think ANYBODY KNEW what he was all about......
Well that wasn't quite my point. No one EVER knows about late round picks. That's why they are late round picks. If you knew, you would have taken them earlier.
But there seem to be 2 real schools of thought here. Some coaches/front offices seem to feel the best philosophy with second day picks is to take highly talented players with good measurables but some red flags (like injuries, character, experience, etc) and hope you hit a home run with some.
The other school of thought, embodied by Payton apparently, is that you take highly productive football players who may not have prototype measurables or fit the "perfect mold" and hope the production, instincts, and character carries over for you.
The first school produced Onome Ojo, Talmen Gardner, Chase Lyman, etc.
The second school has, in one year, produced Zach Strief, Marques Colston, Jahri Evans, etc.
My point was that Paytons philosophy provides a higher probability of "striking gold" then Hasletts.