The only sure thing about NFL Draft: Mistakes will be made

[Rick Cleveland]

http://msfame.com/ricks-writings/the-2014-nfl-draft-mistakes-will-be-made/

 

[esplanade91]

Biggest miss of all time is Tom Brady, and if you go back and look at him in the Combine it's laughable. Who can be that awful at drills and be so elite in the real thing?

 

[futaba.79]

The Patriots had the audacity to draft Plunkett...........

ahead of Archie. Surprised you didn't point that out.

 

[Indndawg]

Would have like to see Manning on a decent team.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

http://msfame.com/ricks-writings/the-2014-nfl-draft-mistakes-will-be-made/

A lot of the guys you listed were still 1st and 2nd rounders. Obviously you can't predict what will happen with everyone but enough people saw good things in Rice and Farve that they still took them early on.

The best example of your article's point would be Kurt Warner - an undrafted free agent who ended up appearing in 3 Super Bowls as the starting QB and won one of them.

 

[Rick Cleveland]

I was trying to focus mainly on Mississippi guys. The worst all time draft choice, in my opinion, was when the Saints took punter/placekicker Russell Erxleben early in the first round. Disaster. He was the all-time bust and is now serving time in federal prison for investment fraud.

 

[esplanade91]

Can you imagine if Ray Guy had been drafted in the same spot today?

 

[Rick Cleveland]

The Saints were actually trying to copy Al Davis and the Raiders when they took Erxleben. To say it didn't work out would be one of the great understatements of the 20th century.

 

[Rebels7]

I was trying to focus mainly on Mississippi guys. The worst all time draft choice, in my opinion, was when the Saints took punter/placekicker Russell Erxleben early in the first round. Disaster. He was the all-time bust and is now serving time in federal prison for investment fraud.

For at least the second time. Maybe third, I can't remember. His kid kicks/punts for Texas Tech.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

It's also a perfect example of someone being a perfect fit inside a system that was initially there and then built around him further.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Speaking of Brady ? WTF

 

[patdog]

Yeah. He was going to be an All-Pro as both a kicker and a punter. Just checked his Wikipedia and it looks like he was as good a securities investor as he was an NFL kicker. Convicted of securities fraud in 99, got out of jail in 05, convicted again this year and sentenced to 7-1/2 years.

 

[MagnoliaHunter]

his wife picked out his clothes and hairdo

and considering her looks and her money, you would wear it too and be damn happy about it. Everybody here would wear a lot worse for a lot less in the looks and money departments.

 

[dawgstudent]

What was their reasoning of pushing the draft back? I'm tired of hearing about it.

 

[missouridawg]

I think you kind of answered your own question...

What was their reasoning of pushing the draft back? I'm tired of hearing about it.

I think they're trying to get an event in every month of the year.

January - Playoffs
February - Super Bowl and Combine
March - Free Agency and Annual Owners' Meeting
April - Schedule Release
May - Draft
June - Training Camp
July - Training Camp
August - Pre-Season
September - December - Reg Season

 

[CivilEngineerDog]

Actually the saints trading the No. one away for Billy Newsome

I was trying to focus mainly on Mississippi guys. The worst all time draft choice, in my opinion, was when the Saints took punter/placekicker Russell Erxleben early in the first round. Disaster. He was the all-time bust and is now serving time in federal prison for investment fraud.

Would also be up there. They gave the top pick in the draft to the Colts for an average defensive end and the Colts drafted Burt Jones. The saints didn't even get a first round pick back in the trade. Supposedly the Colts GM was laughing when he hung up the phone at the saints stupidity!

 

[dawgstudent]

It's just too much talk. I don't know if it's a perfect storm b/c of Manziel but I am sure there is a Manziel type (great player but character concerns) every year.