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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1029248" data-attributes="member: 18006">Or maybe we don't develop some of those positions very well once we bring them into the family? But yeah, you're probably more right than I am. I disagree with you about O-line (Bakhtiari,Tom, Walker, Sitton, Lang, Linsley, etc) but yeah.... quite a lot of RBs seem to have topped out in college and never got any better once they got off the plane at Austin Straubel. Over the last 20 years, the only RBs I can think of that came up through our system and turned into really good backs were James Stark and Jones. That's not great. Half of our really good RBs in the 2000s were drafted by Seattle and we traded for them.We've had a few good DBs, but considering how many we've drafted, I'm not sure how good our percentage is. Maybe it's part scouting, part coaching/development, or maybe it's just an overall low league average for that position. I'm sure someone else will know.Considering how many high-round picks we've spent on defensive players in general the last 15 years or so, it seems to me we're getting a pretty low return for investment all around on that side of the ball. I'm hoping that Hafley will turn that trend around for us.</blockquote>

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