Like I was saying all offseason before the draft, we need our first two picks to be no less than 600-650 lbs combined. That's offensive and defensive linemen. Didn't care which order we took em, long as we got them.
Why reach for a defensive linemen with that 16th pick? And safety plays too far off the ball to take that high (unless he's 1OAK ah la the great Sean Taylor) so we took the best non skills player we could.
There is a small fact that could be huge...Jerry and Co., are making good financial and, most importantly, good TEAM BUILDING moves. The light seems to have come on with 3 straight 8-8 seasons tho I hope