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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 615897"><p>Looking a couple of years into the future, besides being interesting and challenging, helps to clarify what is going in the present.</p><p></p><p>For example, lets look at the 1st. and 2nd. round 2015 picks. If one does not look past 2015, the rationale would appear to be simple...the #2 and #3 cover corners departed in free agency and needed to be replaced, either to compete for a starting job or, if failing in that, provide injury placement insurance. Right?</p><p></p><p>Looking out a couple of years and at the particular players selected, that's only half the story while also calling the 2015 competition aspect into some question.</p><p></p><p>In looking at 2015 in isolation, these player selections look a little odd. These players have limited college experience in the cover corner role. Rollins in particular played against weak competition. There is a developmental curve that needs to be climbed.</p><p></p><p>When looking into the future, we see Hayward is a free agent after 2015 and Hyde after 2016, and the rationale comes into sharper focus.</p><p></p><p>Having Hayward in the wings, with some organizational confidence that he can perform adequately on the island allowed the Packers to forgo overpaying Williams or having to guarantee House a starting spot with the associated money attached.</p><p></p><p>It's reasonable to think that in picking Randall and Rollins in particular, one eye was cast toward 2015 and 2016, perhaps more so than providing direct competition in 2015.</p><p></p><p>We've seen what happens when the options are limited. The Packers offered Raji $8 mil per year after a couple of lackluster seasons. That he fortunately declined is beside the point. There was money in that offer reflective of who was on the bench behind him and the difficulty of getting a plug-and-play NT in the draft.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 615897"] Looking a couple of years into the future, besides being interesting and challenging, helps to clarify what is going in the present. For example, lets look at the 1st. and 2nd. round 2015 picks. If one does not look past 2015, the rationale would appear to be simple...the #2 and #3 cover corners departed in free agency and needed to be replaced, either to compete for a starting job or, if failing in that, provide injury placement insurance. Right? Looking out a couple of years and at the particular players selected, that's only half the story while also calling the 2015 competition aspect into some question. In looking at 2015 in isolation, these player selections look a little odd. These players have limited college experience in the cover corner role. Rollins in particular played against weak competition. There is a developmental curve that needs to be climbed. When looking into the future, we see Hayward is a free agent after 2015 and Hyde after 2016, and the rationale comes into sharper focus. Having Hayward in the wings, with some organizational confidence that he can perform adequately on the island allowed the Packers to forgo overpaying Williams or having to guarantee House a starting spot with the associated money attached. It's reasonable to think that in picking Randall and Rollins in particular, one eye was cast toward 2015 and 2016, perhaps more so than providing direct competition in 2015. We've seen what happens when the options are limited. The Packers offered Raji $8 mil per year after a couple of lackluster seasons. That he fortunately declined is beside the point. There was money in that offer reflective of who was on the bench behind him and the difficulty of getting a plug-and-play NT in the draft. [/QUOTE]
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