NFL Draft Would you take a modern-day Art Still with the #3 pick? - Page 2

**cdcox** · 02-08-2009, 11:20 AM

So would you take a guy guaranteed to have an equivalent career as Art Still with the 3rd overall pick of the draft, over whoever you favor now?

For those of you that didn't see him play, he was a LDE with 48.5 career sacks, not including his first 4 years, when the NFL was not recording sacks. Considering that sacks were not counted during his best year of 1980, I think he probably had around 75 career sacks. He went to 4 pro-bowls and in 1980 he was named to several all-conference and all-NFL teams. Of the years where his sacks were recorded he had 14.5 in 1984 and 10.5 in 1986, with 4 to 6 sacks in the other years. But his real strength was in the running game. He anchored the left side of the line against the run for a decade. He was probably one of the best run defenders at DE that I've ever seen. He had the ability to hold his ground and slip off the block just at the right moment to pull down the RB for little or no gain. Surrounding talent around him was bad at the beginning of his career but got better when Bill Mass came.

If you draft Stills, he will be exactly the kind of player he was when he played: no better or no worse. Do you take him over whomever you currently like in this draft?

JuicesFlowing · 02-08-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Stills didn't like to practice but he really didn't need to.

**Rain Man** · 02-08-2009, 05:41 PM

I'm a huge fan of Art Still and think that his career was damaged a bit by being on such bad teams through most of his career. Even so, I would be willing to gamble a career like his in hopes of getting someone with a better career.

It pains me to say that, though, because I really liked him as a player.

I loved his big fumble return in the pro bowl, which is one of the more humorous plays I've ever seen, and I remember one play against the Jets on a goal-line stand where the Jets RB headed to Art's side and all of a sudden the OT just exploded backwards into the RB and knocked him down. Art had a burst that was enviable.

Basileus777 · 02-08-2009, 05:43 PM

If Sanchez and Stafford are gone before we pick I might be willing do it.

Mecca · 02-08-2009, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by kcchiefsus

I just love how you already know this as a fact.

The point is there isn't an elite DE prospect...I'm not even sure if there's one with elite upside.

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cdcox www.nfl-forecast.com Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $-568231	Would you take a modern-day Art Still with the #3 pick? So would you take a guy guaranteed to have an equivalent career as Art Still with the 3rd overall pick of the draft, over whoever you favor now? For those of you that didn't see him play, he was a LDE with 48.5 career sacks, not including his first 4 years, when the NFL was not recording sacks. Considering that sacks were not counted during his best year of 1980, I think he probably had around 75 career sacks. He went to 4 pro-bowls and in 1980 he was named to several all-conference and all-NFL teams. Of the years where his sacks were recorded he had 14.5 in 1984 and 10.5 in 1986, with 4 to 6 sacks in the other years. But his real strength was in the running game. He anchored the left side of the line against the run for a decade. He was probably one of the best run defenders at DE that I've ever seen. He had the ability to hold his ground and slip off the block just at the right moment to pull down the RB for little or no gain. Surrounding talent around him was bad at the beginning of his career but got better when Bill Mass came. If you draft Stills, he will be exactly the kind of player he was when he played: no better or no worse. Do you take him over whomever you currently like in this draft?
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02-08-2009, 05:41 PM	#17
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-652449 VARSITY	I'm a huge fan of Art Still and think that his career was damaged a bit by being on such bad teams through most of his career. Even so, I would be willing to gamble a career like his in hopes of getting someone with a better career. It pains me to say that, though, because I really liked him as a player. I loved his big fumble return in the pro bowl, which is one of the more humorous plays I've ever seen, and I remember one play against the Jets on a goal-line stand where the Jets RB headed to Art's side and all of a sudden the OT just exploded backwards into the RB and knocked him down. Art had a burst that was enviable. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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02-08-2009, 05:43 PM	#18
Basileus777 MVP Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Jersey Casino cash: $2235958	If Sanchez and Stafford are gone before we pick I might be willing do it.
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