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[Fritz]

Bulaga, Perry and Jones can play but they have had issues staying healthy and you really can't put that on Ted. He's not that clairvoyant.

That's really where the debate begins. I can't, myself, say for sure that Bulaga would've been the left-tackle-for-the-next-ten-years guy we thought or hoped he'd be when drafted. Is he a little slow-moving because of injury, or is he not what Ted thought, exactly?

Same with Perry. He's been healthy, knock on wood, yet he's not a full-time, effective outside linebacker. He's a niche guy, which is not what you hope for with a first round pick. Is that injuries which held him back, or was he never going to be that guy?

Same with Sherrod. Would he ever have been that Chad Clifton clone we hoped for? It's hard to say.

I used to think it was more a failure of these guys due to injury, but now, having them all be healthy yet not really playing like first rounders, I wonder.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

That's really where the debate begins. I can't, myself, say for sure that Bulaga would've been the left-tackle-for-the-next-ten-years guy we thought or hoped he'd be when drafted. Is he a little slow-moving because of injury, or is he not what Ted thought, exactly?

Same with Perry. He's been healthy, knock on wood, yet he's not a full-time, effective outside linebacker. He's a niche guy, which is not what you hope for with a first round pick. Is that injuries which held him back, or was he never going to be that guy?

Same with Sherrod. Would he ever have been that Chad Clifton clone we hoped for? It's hard to say.

I used to think it was more a failure of these guys due to injury, but now, having them all be healthy yet not really playing like first rounders, I wonder.

Bulaga hasn't played as well as I thought he would when we drafted him, but lets remember we don't win the superbowl in 2010 without him. That alone + him being a decent player make him a fair pick. Perry and Jones I can't say the defense would be any better or worse if they were on the team or not. That says a lot. And Sherrod....I mean wow.