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  • "I felt that they threw him to the wolves too quick," Mitchell said. "But that's the NFL: They draft somebody high, they have to prove that they did the right thing and they'll do everything they can to make sure that we believe what they did is right."

    Heath Shuler: Rushed in, phased out →

  • "If you draft a guy at that high of a pick and he doesn't fit your system, then you're the fool, not him," Mitchell said.

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