GM Rick vs GM Paton

[IIsweet]

The Broncos new GM has put together a heck of a 1st draft as a GM. Kinda makes you wonder if we didn't miss out again.
I always regret letting Tomlin leave !!!
Anyways, Patons picks thus far
9 CB Patrick Surtain 'Bama
35 RB Javonte Williams UNC
98 C Quinn Meinerz Wis Whitewater
105 LB Baron Browning Ohio State
152 S Caden Sterns Texas
164 S Jamar Johnson Indiana
219 WR Seth Williams Auburn
237 CB Kary Vincent Jr LSU
239 DE Jonathan Cooper Ohio State


I like A LOT of what the Vikings have done this year. However, Rick reaches so much....
Completely whiffed the 4th round, IMO.
Anyways,neat to compare

[RandyMoss84]

What a weird comparison

[YikesVikes]

What a weird comparison

Why is it weird? We compare Qbs and teams?

[RandyMoss84]

What a weird comparison

Why is it weird? We compare Qbs and teams?

I thought the comparison is between Paton and Speilman?

[YikesVikes]

Why is it weird? We compare Qbs and teams?

I thought the comparison is between Paton and Speilman?

Aren't both GMs?

[CharVike]

They forgot the QB position. Need to fill that eventually or it will be spinning the wheels forever. They traded for Teddy which looks like a Rick move. He was a Rick pick so they maybe they're closer than you think. I have seen Rodgers linked to this team. That would get them in the hunt more than anything. 3 1st rounders is the starting point. I hope Rodgers is out of our division and conference.

[IIsweet]

If the Broncos draft was ours !!! I would be doing backflips right now ! Did we let a future great GM leave ???

[S197]

This was a very unusual draft for Rick. Finally took a contingency at QB. Didn’t compile picks for next year. Etc. Maybe some of that was Paton influence.

[RandyMoss84]

I thought the comparison is between Paton and Speilman?

Aren't both GMs?

Yes but comparing a first time general manager to a experienced general manager is weird

[Maelstrom88]

I thought both teams had a good draft on paper. Surtain is about as sure a thing as it gets. I have to applaud Rick for the 3rd round. I love the Mond and Davis picks.

[cogitator]

They forgot the QB position. Need to fill that eventually or it will be spinning the wheels forever. They traded for Teddy which looks like a Rick move. He was a Rick pick so they maybe they're closer than you think. I have seen Rodgers linked to this team. That would get them in the hunt more than anything. 3 1st rounders is the starting point. I hope Rodgers is out of our division and conference.

I posted this already in a different thread, but the local chatterboxes (knuckleheads) on the radio in Denver were apoplectic over Paton passing on Justin Fields. I think it was a good draft however and expect Lock to take a step up this year, so good to expend draft picks on position players. Different draft than Elway too. Elway seemed to reach a little more, and draft qbs who didn't pan out (Paxton Lynch, Osweiller)

[IIsweet]

The reasoning was our current GM vs what could have been our next GM.
Did the student outplay the teacher ?

[S197]

They forgot the QB position. Need to fill that eventually or it will be spinning the wheels forever. They traded for Teddy which looks like a Rick move. He was a Rick pick so they maybe they're closer than you think. I have seen Rodgers linked to this team. That would get them in the hunt more than anything. 3 1st rounders is the starting point. I hope Rodgers is out of our division and conference.

I posted this already in a different thread, but the local chatterboxes (knuckleheads) on the radio in Denver were apoplectic over Paton passing on Justin Fields. I think it was a good draft however and expect Lock to take a step up this year, so good to expend draft picks on position players. Different draft than Elway too. Elway seemed to reach a little more, and draft qbs who didn't pan out (Paxton Lynch, Osweiller)

Unless the rumor is true that they basically have a trade in place for Rodgers, I can understand their fans being upset.

[Rhodes Closed]

The reasoning was our current GM vs what could have been our next GM.
Did the student outplay the teacher ?

No, and frankly it's impossible to gauge such a thing until a few years into the future.

[Pondering Her Percy]

One thing I will say, is that there were rumors saying Paton was the big "trade down for the late rounders" guy. Maybe that proved to be true. I was pretty shocked that Spielman didnt budge from a single pick after round 1.