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-Quick was a reach yes, but one they viewed as a long term project
-Pead was viewed as 3rd, so they grabbed him at #50 to make sure they didn't miss out on him since they were picking in the 2nd half of the 3rd.
-Austin had a great chance to be grabbed by the Jets at #9, hence why we moved up to grab him. And sighting where a player was ranked months before the draft doesn't help your cause. Players move up and move down from the combine and pro days leading up the draft. I didn't think he would be taken that high either.
-TJ was viewed as a 3rd-4th round prosepct, so they grabbed him because they liked him.

Everything is in hindsight. Geno Smith seemed like a steal in the 2nd. No reach there. Milliner seemed like a top CB, he has sucked so far. Kyle Long was a reach that paid off big time.

Yup. When you start splitting hairs on this stuff it becomes a stretch.

Bottom line is you can find plenty of draft boards that had all of those players ranked in the rounds they were drafted, except for Quick.

Heck, Boylhart had McDonald as a 2nd rounder.

My view is that they are looking for talented players who can play now. Only Quick doesn't fit that description. It was a strange pick to be sure.