I didn’t say that all switches were stupid or failures, I acknowledged Evans and Nicks panning out.
I’m also not saying that these moves are stupid because they don’t always pan out (Plenty of players are drafted to their natural position and never pan out in the NFL). The moves are stupid because they don’t pan out AND because of the value of the assets we burned to acquire the picks.
What round was Ruiz drafted in?
What round was Kikaha drafted in?
What round was Jenkins drafted in?
What round was Baun drafted in?
What round was Peat drafted in?
Keep in mind, we traded draft capital to make some of those risky moves, which make the moves even dumber.
That’s like throwing your mortgage into penny stocks. Maybe it works out, but most likely we know how this story will end.
Now compare that to what round Evans, Nicks, Ellis were or others were drafted in. You can draft a project player and take those risks all day when you are only spending a mid or late round pick. You aren’t counting on those guys being an impact player out the gate (as you would an early round draft pick). It’s why nobody is penning Bub Means as a 1st string receiver.
It’s why we get upset when Marcus Davenport and Payton Turner don’t pan out, and are over the moon when guys like Colston, Evans, or Nicks do.