The NFL draft- any sport’s draft- is a crapshoot(see Bosworth, Brian and Leaf, Ryan). Hindsight is also good for those too perplexed by the ambiguities of the present to form an opinion. Pollack and Thurman, barring circumstance beyond our control, would have been two thirds of a LB corps the envy of the league. Obviously, nobody could have foreseen the tragedy of Pollack but I’d argue that Odell’s eventual problems were not writ large on him coming out of UGA either. In all seriousness, I can’t fault the team for either of those two picks. Odell is like Josh Hamilton, without the support system of family and friends, without(so far) the strength of character, and, presumably, without the Jeebus that helped the former Red get his shit together.

Chris Henry was a different story. He was a reach and, despite flashes of Moss-like athleticism, we got burned. But, hell, we took a shot and it didn’t work out.

In any event, it’s history, and I’m much more concerned with this year’s draft, this year’s team, etc…