Cheb wrote:MJW wrote:MJW in the 80s: I'm not sure if we'll ever have a worse 2nd round pick than Booker Reese.
MJW in the 90s: I'm not sure if we'll ever have a worse 2nd round pick than Demetrious DuBose.
MJW in the 00s: I'm not sure if we'll ever have a worse 2nd round pick than Dexter Jackson.
MJW in the 10s: ...
I couldn't speak to the 80s and 90s, but Dexter Jackson had zero career receptions. 34 touches as a returner, most all of them average.
Knock Aguayo if you want for inconsistency, but he has done good things, like make kicks and score points. Jackson did neither.
Just saying.
How about this:
As as player, he's been more useful than Jackson.
As a DRAFT PICK, he was worse. That's not HIS fault, it's Licht's, because drafting a kicker in the 2nd round is the act of an idiot. Dexter Jackson COULD have been Tyreek Hill for all we knew at the time. With his pure speed and playmaking prowess at App State, it wasn't science fiction to take that shot and hope you're right. You hope he gives you good kick returns, a few big plays on bubble screens, and the odd long TD catch. You're happy with that in the 2nd.
On the flipside, you draft a kicker, and unless he's absolutely the best in the game, it was a dumb pick. I don't want to debate this point because I've been there, done that, and honestly, I feel validated (though not PLEASED) by everything since. But the Dexter Jackson pick failed. The Aguayo pick was DESTINED to fail. Two different things.