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Old 03-03-2010, 12:32 PM   #142
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Originally Posted by dirk digler View Post
Fair enough I was just curious because you said that isn't what you meant which in all honesty it is what you meant. And if you think CP didn't have worse drafts then you have bad memory.

2002 Draft

Ryan Sims North Carolina
2 Eddie Freeman Alabama-Birmingham
4 Omar Easy Penn State
5 Scott Fujita California
7 Maurice Rodriguez Fresno State

2001 Draft

Eric Downing Syracuse
3 Marvin Minnis Florida State
4 Monty Beisel Kansas State
4 George Layne Texas Christian
5 Billy Baber Virginia
5 Derrick Blaylock Stephen F. Austin
6 Alex Sulfsted Miami (OH)
7 Shaunard Harts Boise State
7 Terdell Sands Chattanooga
2000 Draft
Rnd Name College Note
1 Sylvester Morris Jackson State
2 William Bartee Oklahoma
3 Gregory Wesley Arkansas-Pine Bluff
4 Frank Moreau Louisville
5 Dante Hall Texas A&M
5 Patrick Dennis Louisiana-Monroe
6 Darnell Alford Boston College
7 Desmond Kitchings Furman
Here's the problem - all 3 of those drafts will turn out better than last season's.

The Sims draft sucks because of Sims, he was a lazy jackass, but he was also the consensus pick at the time. I have a hard time faulting Peterson because NOBODY had Sims being that bad. Fujita is a better player than anyone that will come from the 2009 draft.

2001 is a completely lost draft, but IIRC, we gave up our 1st and 2nd pick in that draft for Vermiel and Green. Ultimately, I'd have preferred take Brees with the first but Vermiel wanted his guy and the trades weren't pure busts; they did make the Chiefs an enjoyable team again.

2000 is a defensible draft - Morris was going to be a good player but blew out his knee; shit happens. Wesley was a better player for longer than anyone we'll get from 2009 and Hall was an absolute difference maker.


Seriously, don't underestimate how stunningly horrible Scott Pioli was at every facet of his job last offseason. Carl Peterson never had an offseason as bad as the one Pioli just put out there as his first impression. From assembling a roster to assembling a coaching staff, one would be hard pressed to come up with a more epic fail than the one put forward by Pioli.
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