Thread: Greg Gabriel Breaks down Emery's first draft

Originally Posted by Papa Bear

Here's what I love: We were all getting sick of Angelo picking athletes over true football players so most, if not all, of us were hoping Emery would start picking up football players. But, he went out and did something even better. He picked up athletic football players! That's brilliant! lol Not sure why Angelo never figured this out, but Emery already has. Of course, we need to see how these picks pan out, but I feel pretty optimistic about that.

Bingo!!!!!! Yep, PB that's exactly what he did. He put it out there from the start. He told us what he was looking for; size, speed, football character, and the ability to come in an make an impact somewhere day one. There isn't one of those guys in the first four rounds who doesn't meet that criteria but that still hasn't sunk in with a half dozen sportswriters apparently.

Every single on of those guys is a tactical fit in a spot we didn't already have a player with those skills or physical attributes. Isaiah Frey was the only guy that was drafted just to add some depth and competition at CB and he's no different than a guy like a Josh Moore was but he fit a need for competition and youth at CB. Greg McCoy on the other hand was drafted for his skills as a KOR guy, not as a CB, so that was a tactical pick too. Makes sense to be thinking about life after Devin Hester and McCoy is an All American KOR guy.