Meet and get to know Phil Emery and what he has done to make me optimistic!

[BossChief]

For those of you who dont know who Phil Emery is...he is our new director of college scouting. He handles how we go about preparing our information for Pioli to go off of to make his decisions on draft day.

For the last 6 years, he has held the same position for the Atlanta Falcons. (04-09, while in 09 he became their national scout)

Before that span, he held the same title with the Chicago bears for the 7 years prior to that (98-04)

Here is a full list of every draft pick he has hand in drafting over his NFL career, I have to say it is quite impressive. Brace yourself for information overload:

Atlanta: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/history?team=1&year=-1&round=-1

2009 1 24(24) Falcons Peria Jerry DT Mississippi
2009 2 23(55) Falcons William Moore S Missouri
2009 3 26(90) Falcons Christopher Owens CB San Jose State
2009 4 25(125) Falcons Lawrence Sidbury DE Richmond
2009 5 2(138) Falcons William Middleton CB Furman
Pick Note from St. Louis
2009 5 20(156) Falcons Garrett Reynolds OT North Carolina
Pick Note from Dallas
2009 6 3(176) Falcons Spencer Adkins ILB Miami (FL)
Pick Note from St. Louis
2009 7 1(210) Falcons Vance Walker DT Georgia Tech
Pick Note from Detroit through Dallas
2008 1 3(3) Falcons Matt Ryan QB Boston College
Distinctions Offensive Rookie of the Year: 2008
2008 1 21(21) Falcons Sam Baker OT USC
Pick Note From Redskins
2008 2 6(37) Falcons Curtis Lofton ILB Oklahoma
2008 3 5(68) Falcons Chevis Jackson CB LSU
2008 3 21(84) Falcons Harry Douglas WR Louisville
Pick Note From Redskins
2008 3 35(98) Falcons Thomas DeCoud S California
Pick Note Compensatory selection
2008 5 3(138) Falcons Robert James OLB Arizona State
2008 5 19(154) Falcons Kroy Biermann OLB Montana
Pick Note From Redskins
2008 6 6(172) Falcons Thomas Brown RB Georgia
2008 7 5(212) Falcons Wilrey Fontenot CB Arizona
2008 7 25(232) Falcons Keith Zinger TE LSU
Pick Note From Steelers
2007 1 8(8) Falcons Jamaal Anderson DE Arkansas
Pick Note from Houston
2007 2 7(39) Falcons Justin Blalock OG Texas
Pick Note from Houston
2007 2 9(41) Falcons Chris Houston DB Arkansas
Pick Note from Minnesota
2007 3 11(75) Falcons Laurent Robinson WR Illinois State
2007 4 10(109) Falcons Stephen Nicholas LB South Florida
2007 4 34(133) Falcons Martrez Milner TE Georgia
2007 6 11(185) Falcons Trey Lewis DT Washburn
2007 6 20(194) Falcons David Irons DB Auburn
Pick Note from Jacksonville
2007 6 24(198) Falcons Doug Datish C Ohio State
Pick Note from Denver through Jacksonville
2007 6 29(203) Falcons Daren Stone DB Maine
Pick Note from Baltimore through Jacksonville
2007 7 34(244) Falcons Jason Snelling RB Virginia
2006 2 5(37) Falcons Jimmy Williams DB Virginia Tech
Pick Note from San Francisco through Denver and Green Bay
2006 3 15(79) Falcons Jerious Norwood RB Mississippi State
2006 5 6(139) Falcons Quinn Ojinnaka OT Syracuse
Pick Note from Green Bay
2006 6 15(184) Falcons Adam Jennings WR Fresno State
2006 7 15(223) Falcons D.J. Shockley QB Georgia
2005 1 27(27) Falcons Roddy White WR UAB
2005 2 27(59) Falcons Jonathan Babineaux DT Iowa
2005 3 26(90) Falcons Jordan Beck LB Cal Poly
2005 4 27(128) Falcons Chauncey Davis DE Florida State
2005 5 24(160) Falcons Michael Boley LB Southern Miss
Pick Note from Denver
2005 5 27(163) Falcons Frank Omiyale OT Tennessee Tech
2005 6 27(201) Falcons DeAndra Cobb RB Michigan State
2005 7 27(241) Falcons Darrell Shropshire DT South Carolina
2004 1 8(8) Falcons DeAngelo Hall DB Virginia Tech
2004 1 29(29) Falcons Michael Jenkins WR Ohio State
Pick Note from Indianapolis
2004 3 27(90) Falcons Matt Schaub QB Virginia
Pick Note from Indianapolis
2004 4 5(101) Falcons Demorrio Williams LB Nebraska
2004 5 10(142) Falcons Chad Lavalais DT LSU
2004 6 21(186) Falcons Etric Pruitt DB Southern Miss
Pick Note from Miami
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XL
2004 7 18(219) Falcons Quincy Wilson RB West Virginia
Pick Note from New Orleans through Miami

Chicago: http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/history?year=-1&round=-1&team=3

2004 1 14(14) Bears Tommie Harris DT Oklahoma
Distinctions All Pro Second Team: 2005, 2007
2004 2 15(47) Bears Terry Johnson DT Washington
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2004 3 15(78) Bears Bernard Berrian WR Fresno State
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2004 4 14(110) Bears Nathan Vasher DB Texas
Distinctions All Pro Second Team: 2005; Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2004 4 16(112) Bears Leon Joe LB Maryland
Pick Note from San Francisco
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2004 5 15(147) Bears Claude Harriott DE Pittsburgh
Pick Note from San Francisco
2004 5 16(148) Bears Craig Krenzel QB Ohio State
2004 7 14(215) Bears Alfonso Marshall DB Miami (FL)
2003 1 14(14) Bears Michael Haynes DE Penn State
Pick Note from Buffalo through New England
2003 1 22(22) Bears Rex Grossman QB Florida
Pick Note from N.Y. Jets
Distinctions Heisman Finalist: 2001 (2nd); Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2003 2 3(35) Bears Charles Tillman DB Louisiana-Lafayette
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2003 3 4(68) Bears Lance Briggs LB Arizona
Distinctions All Pro First Team: 2005; All Pro Second Team: 2006; Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2003 4 3(100) Bears Todd Johnson DB Florida
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2003 4 19(116) Bears Ian Scott DT Florida
Pick Note from N.Y. Jets
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2003 5 4(139) Bears Bobby Wade WR Arizona
2003 5 8(143) Bears Justin Gage WR Missouri
Pick Note from Jacksonville
2003 5 36(171) Bears Tron LaFavor DT Florida
2003 6 18(191) Bears Joe Odom LB Purdue
Pick Note from Miami
2003 6 33(206) Bears Brock Forsey RB Boise State
2003 7 47(261) Bears Bryan Anderson OG Pittsburgh
2002 1 29(29) Bears Marc Colombo OT Boston College
2002 3 7(72) Bears Roosevelt Williams DB Tuskegee
Pick Note from Dallas
2002 3 28(93) Bears Terrence Metcalf OT Mississippi
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2002 4 6(104) Bears Alex Brown DE Florida
Pick Note from Dallas
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2002 5 5(140) Bears Bobby Gray DB Louisiana Tech
Pick Note from Dallas
2002 5 30(165) Bears Bryan Knight LB Pittsburgh
2002 6 27(199) Bears Adrian Peterson RB Georgia Southern
Pick Note from Miami
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2002 6 31(203) Bears Jamin Elliott WR Delaware
2002 6 38(210) Bears Bryan Fletcher TE UCLA
Distinctions Super Bowl Wins: XLI
2001 1 8(8) Bears David Terrell WR Michigan
2001 2 7(38) Bears Anthony Thomas RB Michigan
Distinctions Offensive Rookie of the Year: 2001
2001 3 6(68) Bears Mike Gandy OG Notre Dame
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLIII
2001 4 8(103) Bears Karon Riley DE Minnesota
2001 5 7(138) Bears Bernard Robertson C Tulane
2001 7 8(208) Bears John Capel WR Florida
2000 1 9(9) Bears Brian Urlacher LB New Mexico
Distinctions All Pro First Team: 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006; Defensive Player of the Year: 2005; Defensive Rookie of the Year: 2000; Super Bowl Losses: XLI
2000 2 8(39) Bears Mike Brown DB Nebraska
Distinctions All Pro First Team: 2001; All Pro Second Team: 2005
2000 3 7(69) Bears Dez White WR Georgia Tech
2000 3 25(87) Bears Dustin Lyman TE Wake Forest
Pick Note from Washington
2000 4 31(125) Bears Reggie Austin DB Wake Forest
Pick Note from St. Louis
2000 6 4(170) Bears Frank Murphy RB Kansas State
Pick Note from San Francisco
2000 6 8(174) Bears Paul Edinger PK Michigan State
2000 7 17(223) Bears James Cotton DE Ohio State
Pick Note from Cleveland+
2000 7 48(254) Bears Mike Green DB Northwestern State
Pick Note from Cleveland+
1999 1 12(12) Bears Cade McNown QB UCLA
Pick Note from New Orleans through Washington
Distinctions Heisman Finalist: 1998 (3rd)
1999 2 17(48) Bears Russell Davis DT North Carolina
Pick Note from Oakland
1999 3 5(66) Bears Rex Tucker OG Texas A&M
1999 3 10(71) Bears D'Wayne Bates WR Northwestern
Pick Note from New Orleans through Washington
1999 3 17(78) Bears Marty Booker WR Louisiana-Monroe
Pick Note from Oakland
1999 4 11(106) Bears Warrick Holdman LB Texas A&M
Pick Note from Washington
1999 4 16(111) Bears Rosevelt Colvin DE Purdue
Pick Note from Oakland
Distinctions Super Bowl Wins: XXXVIII, XXXIX
1999 5 10(143) Bears Jerry Wisne OG Notre Dame
Pick Note from Washington
1999 5 11(144) Bears Khari Samuel LB Massachusetts
Pick Note from New Orleans through Washington
1999 5 14(147) Bears Jerry Azumah RB New Hampshire
Pick Note from Kansas City
Distinctions All Pro Second Team: 2003
1999 6 15(184) Bears Rashard Cook DB USC
Pick Note from Cleveland+
1999 7 15(221) Bears Sulecio Sanford WR Middle Tennessee State
Pick Note from Cleveland
1999 7 47(253) Bears Jim Finn RB Pennsylvania
Pick Note from Cleveland+
1998 1 5(5) Bears Curtis Enis RB Penn State
1998 2 5(35) Bears Tony Parrish DB Washington
Distinctions All Pro Second Team: 2003
1998 3 3(64) Bears Olin Kreutz C Washington
Distinctions All Pro First Team: 2006; All Pro Second Team: 2005; Super Bowl Losses: XLI
1998 4 2(94) Bears Alonzo Mayes TE Oklahoma State
1998 6 4(157) Bears Chris Draft LB Stanford
1998 6 36(189) Bears Patrick Mannelly OT Duke
Distinctions Super Bowl Losses: XLI
1998 7 28(217) Bears Chad Overhauser OG UCLA
Pick Note from San Francisco
1998 7 43(232) Bears Moses Moreno QB Colorado State


That is like 1000% better than what we are used to, so we may have a reason to think that we might have some decent drafts in the near future to help us turn this thizang around!

GO CHIEFS!!

[Fritz88]

i hope he likes turtles

[AustinChief]

1998 7 28(217) Bears Chad Overhauser OG UCLA

Wierd! I know this guy, I used to do his IT stuff for his title/mortgage company.

[Mojo Jojo]

So let's get this straight; after Dimitroff came to Atlanta this guy was demoted from Director Of College Scouting to National Scout and you are happy we have him. FYI...according to the Falcons he was demoted in '08 when David Caldwell became Director of College Scouting.

National Scout is the NFL way of saying we owe you money to do a job, we won't fire you but you don't have a real position so get your resume ready. An example of this would be Terry Bradway is still a National Scout and Consultant for the NY Jets.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

That draft history sucks except for about 3 picks.

Were doomed !

[HemiEd]

Mmmmm, Rex Grossman. Woo hoo, can't wait to tell my Bear's fan friends, that the Chiefs now have the guy responsible for them drafting Rex!

[Bugeater]

TO THE HINDENBURG!!!1

[chiefsfan4life1978]

Bobby Wade...Sweet!

[BossChief]

I know it isnt a great history, but FCS we have NOTHING but a backup linebacker and a punter from the whole DV era of drafting. At least that history has a couple players from each year that stuck. The posts was meant as a 50% serious and 50% stab at the old regime.

[L.A. Chieffan]

Some good picks, some not so good ones. I guess the positive would be that the Atlanta ones look better than the Chicago ones.

[milkman]

So we will be using the Emery board in the draft?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

So we will be using the Emery board in the draft?

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[Deberg_1990]

Curtis Enis... ROFL

[BossChief]

Curtis Enis... ROFL

Cade McNown..ROFL