ESPN RE-Draft 2006, 2007, 2008

[Ugly Duck]

ESPN rearranges the players to the spots they should have been drafted.

Broncos came in 5th by drafting players way below their value with a score of +206.
Chiefs came in #9 with a score of +59.
Chargers were #21 at -159
Raiders #26 at -283. Jabbarcus alone dropped Oakland 254 spots.

"LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell
may have gone first in the first 2007 draft,
but at the Official Re-Draft his phone never rings."


http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6528474

[Ugly Duck]

Originally Posted by Buck

Peyton Hillis was worth +221 of that +206

I didn't notice that! Maybe they should adjust for the fact that Denver traded Hillis for Brady Quinn...

[teedubya]

IMO Branden Albert is pretty decent... he is NOT 5th round talent as this redraft is suggesting.

[BigRock]

ESPN didn't do this, it's just a dumbass Rick Reilly column.

[Ebolapox]

brandon carr is a first rounder in a 2008 redraft, but brandon flowers isn't? that's ****tarded.

[Miles]

Originally Posted by H5N1

brandon carr is a first rounder in a 2008 redraft, but brandon flowers isn't? that's ****tarded.

Flowers is listed at #16.

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by Miles

Flowers is listed at #16.

nevermind. I was browsing quickly and saw carr, not flowers.

[veist]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Laurence Maroney is and always was a ****ing terrible running back.

This, plus he has a glass vagina.

To the Reilly article, the thing that really highlights how bad he is at this is he pegged Albert at a 5th rounder in 2008 but Levi "turnstyle" Brown only got dropped to #32 in 2007.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by H5N1

brandon carr is a first rounder in a 2008 redraft, but brandon flowers isn't? that's ****tarded.

what's ****tarded is your ability to read

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by Laz

what's ****tarded is your ability to read

dude, it's nice to see that you read the whole thread. I'd say your comprehension is on the low side, yeah?

[Mr. Laz]

NFL Re-Draft 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Team Totals
Rank	Team	Plus/Minus
1	New Orleans Saints	266
2	Tennessee Titans	244
3	Green Bay Packers	224
4	Indianapolis Colts	223
5	Denver Broncos	206
6	Minnesota Vikings	139
7	New York Giants	172
8	Baltimore Ravens	112
9	Kansas City Chiefs	67
10	Houston Texans	58
11	Carolina Panthers	53
12	Pittsburgh Steelers	48
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2
14	Washington Redskins	0
15	Philadelphia Eagles	-6
16	Cincinnati Bengals	-39
17	Chicago Bears	-101
18	New York Jets	-101
19	Jacksonville Jaguars	-104
20	Atlanta Falcons	-134
21	San Diego Chargers	-159
22	Arizona Cardinals	-192
23	New England Patriots	-231
24	Cleveland Browns	-234
25	Buffalo Bills	-273
26	Oakland Raiders	-283
27	Dallas Cowboys	-292
28	Miami Dolphins	-309
29	Detroit Lions	-316
30	San Francisco 49ers	-323
31	St. Louis Rams	-351
32	Seattle Seahawks	-377

And what do we learn from all this?

We learn that there's a reason the re-draft champions, the New Orleans Saints, have finally become a power. They stopped wasting first-round picks (their worst, WR Robert Meachem, only fell 44 spots) and they've found more bargains than Yelp (linemen Carl Nicks and Jahri Evans, to name two -- a combined +243 -- both of whom would be first-rounders now).

We learn that the Seattle Seahawks draft like the Iraqi navy. They're the re-draft chumps, with two first-round picks who fell 160 places or more: DE Lawrence Jackson (-167) and CB Kelly Jennings (-210).

We learn that one of the biggest thefts of those three years was the Denver Broncos' choice of RB Peyton Hillis, who jumped 221 places, from the seventh round to sixth overall. Hillis was like finding the crown jewels in a Goodwill store. Too bad the Broncos then hocked the crown for a Glad bag full of dirt by trading Hillis (and two picks!) to Cleveland for the nearly extinct Brady Quinn (-233).

Easy come, hard go.

We learn that Houston Texans DE Mario Williams may have gone first in the 2006 draft, but in the -- wait, he goes first in the re-draft, too.

Lastly, we find out that over this three-year period, USC has the best publicity department in college football. The Trojans may have had a lot of players taken in those three first rounds, but no school's picks underperformed worse (Leinart, Reggie Bush, Keith Rivers and Sedrick Ellis fell a combined -382). Then again, Mark Sanchez and Clay Matthews will be counted when we get to fixing 2009-11.

Next up: U.S. presidential elections.

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by H5N1

nevermind. I was browsing quickly and saw carr, not flowers.

hey laz, it's only two ****ing posts above yours.