I hear what you're saying but I'm not sure that either of those players meets the lofty "worth his salt" standard . We're talking about a fullback/halfback tweener with 3.3 yards per carry and a backup defensive lineman who has never recorded a sack on a team where a rookie 4th round pick out of Stilman College is considered a starter. It's just my opinion but I think their presence on the roster has more to do with "somebody has to make it" rather than "these are decent players."

You are talking about fifth and seventh round picks. I think your standards for them are more lofty than they should be. Felton has been used almost exclusively as a fullback, rarely as a halfback. Cohen has played decently when he's been in there. Would they have made it as backups on other teams? It depends on the team. But considering that we've had second and third round picks who have played LESS than those two, I'd say they've done well enough for some level of recognition.

But I would say that they're only successful in a relative way. I think we've been burned by so many drafts that we've deluded ourselves into thinking that a fifth or seventh round pick is decent just because he manages to stick on the roster for two years. For example, Kelly Butler stuck around and even started for us for a few years but quickly fell off the face of the Earth whne he was released.