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Vince Young! Seahawks-Rams in Week 11 2011 is what sold me. I was visiting a relative in St Louis and we went to the game. For the first time, I could see what Pete Carroll was trying to do, and I liked it. A rookie LB--#50--was all over the field and had me reaching for my program early on to see who he was. I’ve been a KJ Wright fan ever since.

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In fairness to the NFL (five words I never thought I’d write), drafting GMs have to project the equivalent of the major league success of AA baseball talent. This is *really* hard to do. Remember Jesus Montero? He was supposedly can’t-miss as a hitter--the only question about him was whether he could play catcher. If you don’t recall Jesus, there’s a reason why. If you do, you remember a guy who close to inept as a hitter. NFL GMs have to sort out the Monteros of NCAA football without benefit of a farm system. And that’s the last time I will sympathize with NFL GMs!

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