”We had hits and misses, even in free agency,” Pioli said. ”Donald Hayes, I blew that one. No offense to Donald. What it is, it’s difficult sometimes to see a player in a different system. And depending on how complicated or how the challenges of your offense … there’s the mental part. There’s some guys that can get by purely on athletic ability and skill and make a difference in college. As those players become pro players, and other people around them improve, sometimes it becomes difficult. Some of that becomes the mental part of the game. ” F

”College receivers don’t get a lot of press coverage. If they get it, it’s not good quality,” Pioli said. ”Their ability to get off the line of scrimmage, and escape the line of scrimmage … there are some really good corners in this league that know how to press, and really good defensive coordinators know how to set things up … so beyond size, how is that player going to be able to get open?”