Bill Polian Admits Drafting Jerry Hughes Over Rodger Saffold Was A Mistake

Makes some sense but letting Lilja go and not drafting a tackle or getting one in free agency makes no sense.. so Peyton essentially got screwed this year..

…lets be honest here. Everyone and their mother was screaming for Polian to draft some offensive line talent. Even Polian himself criticized the group for underachieving in one of the biggest games in this franchise’s history.

So why not draft the talent if it is there and is needed? I don’t get it. I realize we needed more depth at DE, but depth isn’t created from the 1st pick in the draft. Depth is created from later picks.

Why would you draft a MLB in the second round when you just signed your veteran for a few more years? Don’t get me wrong, I love Pat Angerer, but he was still going to be there in the 3rd round.

This is what Polian has been doing the past serveral years. Drafting guys that are destined to be backups on the roster. There is no need to add depth at the WR/RB/DE positions when you have quality players already there.

but the Jets are getting beat 45-3. I guess someone will have to tell Rex Ryan that his team isn’t better than the Pats, afterall.

No, I don’t think so either.

Last year’s training camp was the first time I heard reports of our DTs blowing Saturday off the line of scrimmage, especially Dan Muir. I thought to myself, Saturday has had his issues with the Shaun Cody and Jamal Williams type of NTs but now, he is going to be aging and have more issues with NTs. Looking at this year, he has been beaten enough times. Polian referred to in his radio show yesterday about the middle 3 being disappointing. That means, he was taking a shot at Saturday, and rightfully so.

With an aging Saturday, and letting go of Lilja, if it was a project that we were interested in anyway picking late, why not bank on your late round magic to find another Mathis. We were not going to find a Freeney, IMO, at No.31. So, no point in trying to get a Mathis kind at No.31, IMO. If Polian was as good as they say he is, he would have found one in rounds 2, 3 or 4.

What they probably did not expect was that Jerry Hughes was available at No.31, I felt he would have been a good OLB candidate for Rex Ryan’s D but with Manning in mind, Rex went with Kyle Wilson.

Not only Saffold doing well with the Rams, I have seen some film of Jared Veldheer with the Raiders too, he is holding up just fine, we could have gotten him in round 2.

The last 2 drafts – if Polian got Lauranitis and Saffold, both the guys that the Rams got at the top of the second round, we would have been better prepared for transitioning from Gary Brackett and gotten a good left tackle thus moving Charlie Johnson inside, IMO.

I missed beginning of show, but I thought it was interesting that Polian called out the secondary over the d-line considering we gave up +200 yards to a poorly ranked running team. Either he is thinking that we can’t cover the run if we can’t cover the pass, or that he doesn’t think we need to cover the run in order to win. I guess the secondary has an excuse? On the bright side, our losing streak has given us something to talk about other than making up controversies ; )

Its obvious to me that there are very few if any bloggers that have watched football for multiple decades. I saw the Colts dilema in 2008, what they would be like without Manning at his best (re: out all preseason). How many times has Dungy and even Caldwell said " the difference between winning and losing is miniscule" The reason for Colts success was Manning and Manning alone,,,game after game the Colts were outplayed in trenches but still won. This goes against all football logic. The great dynasties of the past all had exceptional lines. In my opinion it was just a matter of time before this would catch up with Colts and they would lose the tight games instead of winning them.
Hughes is a terrible pick because he is ONE DIMENSIONAL. This has nothing to do with hindsight,,I would say the same even if he was playing. QB pressure has to involve the middle of the line in addition to outside. Sacks are a very poor way to evaluate how good a team is in pressuring the qb. IE if Colts would have drafted a pass rushing defensive tackle on 1st round,,,I would have been satisfied.
Two points you failed to mention,,,,there were some very goot OT s still left after 1st round,,,why didnt Colts at least get one on second,,,especially since every posting I have read said Angerer would be available on round 3. Another point,,,,Polian mentioned the best OTs were drafted ahead of Colts,,,,, why didnt Colts trade up?
The Colts are a very flawed team because of Polian. They only aquire players thru draft
or by signing off practice rosters or unknown free agents. The 31 other teams also trade and purchase FA’s. Think of 2 pharmacutical companies starting out,,,one gets their scientists only by newspaper ads or internet,,,other one raids other companines and also hires headhunters in addition,,,,eventually which company would have superior scientists?
One other thing,,,,its been said that preseason is meaningless. I disagree. If a team every year is winless or 1 -4,,, it says their reserves and rookies are not as good as their competition. Colts have been fortunate enough until this year that quality of reserves havent effected their overall performance. This year is first true test…results speak for themselves.

that the Colts get Albert Haynesworth!!!!