NFL draft thread

[Steak Snabler]

hell, they passed on freaking Marino, another Pitt product, in '83 to grab the inimitable Gabe Rivera

Señor Sack!

 

[CD Boogie]

Señor Sack!

Pittsburgh's batting average in the 1980s was no bueno. Woodson and Lipps are the exceptions. Worley was a big miss at No. 7.

 

[QYFW]

Holy **** stat of the day: Only THREE of the Bears' last 23 first-round picks made the Pro Bowl.

 

[CD Boogie]

Holy **** stat of the day: Only THREE of the Bears' last 23 first-round picks made the Pro Bowl.

They really don't get enough credit for being a ****ty franchise.

 

[outofplace]

hell, they passed on freaking Marino, another Pitt product, in '83 to grab the inimitable Gabe Rivera

To be fair, Rivera showed promise before the car accident that paralyzed him.

Also, the rumor was they knew too much about Marino and had concerns about off-field behavior during college.

 

[outofplace]

QYFW, I'm coming around to Adams and it sounds like you are as well. Secondary is the biggest need this team has.

Adams would be an excellent fit for the Bears. I also think teams are valuing the position more than they did a few years ago.

 

[Steak Snabler]

I think the all-timer might have been Huey Richardson, who went No. 15 overall in 1991, and was cut after one year.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

They really don't get enough credit for being a ****ty franchise.

Oh, I think they get plenty of credit.

 

[QYFW]

Pretty amazimg they made a Super Bowl during that stretch.

 

[outofplace]

I think the all-timer might have been Huey Richardson, who went No. 15 overall in 1991, and was cut after one year.

Truly an awful first-round pick. It sounded like they knew he was a complete bust before they broke training camp. No way he makes that team as a rookie if he hadn't been a first-round pick.

 

[QYFW]

Hearing Lattimore a lot lately connected to Bears. Don't like that. Maybe an OSU fan can convince me otherwise.

 

[CD Boogie]

Truly an awful first-round pick. It sounded like they knew he was a complete bust before they broke training camp. No way he makes that team as a rookie if he hadn't been a first-round pick.

Based on a conversation with the former Steelers director of scouting, Max McCartney, with three picks remaining before the Steelers picked at number 15, they had three players targeted that they would be willing to select: Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Alvin Harper, Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Mike Pritchard and Arizona State Sun Devils running back Leonard Russell. When those three players were all selected with the three immediately preceding picks (by the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots, respectively),[6] the Pittsburgh draft managers were unprepared and were forced to make a selection before their fifteen-minute time limit expired, and they settled on Richardson.​

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Based on a conversation with the former Steelers director of scouting, Max McCartney, with three picks remaining before the Steelers picked at number 15, they had three players targeted that they would be willing to select: Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Alvin Harper, Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Mike Pritchard and Arizona State Sun Devils running back Leonard Russell. When those three players were all selected with the three immediately preceding picks (by the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots, respectively),[6] the Pittsburgh draft managers were unprepared and were forced to make a selection before their fifteen-minute time limit expired, and they settled on Richardson.​

You'll note that none of the other 3 are in the HOF.

 

[outofplace]

You'll note that none of the other 3 are in the HOF.

True, but none of them was a complete disaster like Richardson.

It was still a stunning level of incompetence from an organization that had built a dynasty in the draft a little over a decade earlier.

 

[CD Boogie]

You'll note that none of the other 3 are in the HOF.

yeah but Alvin Harper once led the league in yards per catch, Russell twice rushed for more than 950 yards and Pritchard had five seasons of more than 50 catches and finished his career with a pretty respectable 422 receptions. That's not nothing, which is what the Steelers got from Richardson.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

yeah but Alvin Harper once led the league in yards per catch, Russell twice rushed for more than 950 yards and Pritchard had five seasons of more than 50 catches. That's not nothing, which is what the Steelers got from Richardson.

YPC is a mixed bag. All fine, and they had them ranked properly. He went 15th. That's not a historic bust. Every team has 10 of them.

 

[QYFW]

I don't think the Bears will go QB at 3, but if they do I'd prefer Watson.

 

[User 11148]

Would like to see Garrett go No. 1. As a sophomore member of the JV/scout team, SonofQuant used to have to block him (or try) during practice. Hmmm ..
it was around then that SonofQuant got really serious about the cello. I wonder if there was a connection ...

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Would like to see Garrett go No. 1. As a sophomore member of the JV/scout team, SonofQuant used to have to block him (or try) during practice. Hmmm ..
it was around then that SonofQuant got really serious about the cello. I wonder if there was a connection ...

You will: Myles Garrett will be the Browns pick at No. 1, multiple sources say

 

[User 11148]

This will be the second really high pick I've had some connection with in the last few years. There was a time when I played golf frequently with Luke Joeckel's grandfather, and I got invited to the family's draft party (not as big a deal as you might think ... they had it on the driving range at our country club and used it as a fundraiser for Joeckel's high school). SonofQuant's alma mater's doing a draft party/fundraiser at a local watering hole tonight, but I think I'll just watch at home ... once that pick is in my interest will drop to zero in a skinny minute.