Mager (aka T-Rex) growing up

[Bearded14YourPleasure]

Why would you take someone with a 4th round grade in the 3rd if you have anyone rated higher than that? If you don't have a second round pick you don't take someone with a second round grade in the first, you take the highest player on your board. Why would that change in the later rounds? Not having a pick in the following round should make you want to maximize the value of the picks you do have.

[KNSD]

So they could draft another guy worthy of a 3rd round pick with their 3rd round pick. Then they take a perceived 3rd round talent like Mager with a 4th round pick.
Mager + 3rd rounder = 2x third round talent. Taking Mager in 3rd round leads = 1x third round talent, 1x 4th round talent.

Who, other than the Chargers cared about this guy?

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/03...b-craig-mager/ 6th round projection
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/p...84/craig-mager 4th round

[Panamamike]

Why would you take someone with a 4th round grade in the 3rd if you have anyone rated higher than that? If you don't have a second round pick you don't take someone with a second round grade in the first, you take the highest player on your board. Why would that change in the later rounds? Not having a pick in the following round should make you want to maximize the value of the picks you do have.

Exactly. All the "they reached and took him a round early" is pure supposition and based on online mocks, which are fun to play around with before the draft, but in reality are meaningless. A ton of guys went a lot higher and a lot lower than they were consensus mocked. I don't for a minute believe that they panicked and reached for Mager, because it was not our biggest area of need and we were short on picks. I believe they had him rated highly and took him.

[Guest]

I believe they had him rated highly and took him.

This.

I don't think for a second that Telesco is an idiot, or that people on this board know more about the college players than our scouts & GM.

[Mister Hoarse]

We didn't have a 7th rounder either. Maybe we should've reached lower?

[Mister Hoarse]

Bump.

[KNSD]

Everybody is going oip with the bumps.