Why Andy Isabella is Valuable

Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images In the middle of this week’s ROTB podcast hosted by Blake Murphy, Johnny and I debated whether WR Andy Isabella should be considered a bust at this point.

Johnny is absolutely correct that one would expect much more production in 23 games from a #62 pick (Round 2) in the draft---and made worse by the fact that D.K. Metcalf was on the board—-and that the #62 pick was the 2nd rounder the Cardinals received from the Dolphins for Josh Rosen.

I offered a few counter points, as you can hear if you take a listen to the ROTB podcast. But, here are the full slate of contexts that I would like to add to the points I made on the podcast.

1---when Isabella was picked, he…