Anytime you cut somebody in the third round, obviously you feel like you made a mistake ... in a true evaluation of your entire organization, anytime you use a third-round choice and he doesn't make your team - that's not good.
Quotes about third-round (11 Quotes)
Obviously you don't like cutting a third-round draft pick. The flip side of that is Jovan Haye, a sixth-round draft pick, made the team. Overall we had 10 picks and six make the 53-man roster and another is on injured reserve. When you can add six players
I'm in the pick business, so if you have 10 picks and we could get 15 picks, I would be ecstatic. But you have to have somebody else to trade with. I just think its a deep draft. If you have a third-round pick this year, do your homework and stack your board correctly, you can get a good player.
There will be no 'third-round' of reductions, but we recognize the need to reduce the duties on some goods based on individual requests.
Well, obviously you don't like cutting a third-round draft choice,
We have not handled success well. We have not handled prosperity well. So my message to the kids is, listen it's a 10-round fight and what happened in the third-round today has no bearings on what happens next week. That's been the mindset, and I think this team has the culture of holding each other accountable so that that doesn't happen.
They could be a second- or third-round opponent in the playoffs, and knowing we can come in here and win is a big mental boost for everyone. We believe we can win against the best teams in the league and that's nice to know come playoff time.
You never expect a rookie to be able to step in and do the job they did. Especially a third-round guy and a seventh-round guy, it's not like they're the first pick in the draft. They just stepped in with an attitude.
Basically, it's that I know I want it more than anyone else. I'm going to be the most successful cornerback taken in this draft. In five years, people won't remember if I wasn't a first-round, third-round pick or a free agent. But they will know that I am
I thought he would be a low second- or third-round pick. I think most people had him in that area, but for whatever reason, he fell.
Garnett is a third-round draft pick of ours and it's his chance to establish himself. It's a great experience for him. I like his attitude and I like how he prepares for the game and I'm pulling for him.