My Cherry Pick of the 06 07 08 drafts.

[painekiller]

Oh what a difference a few years make. How you people booed the young man who is now our best player. I know I am going to hear it on a few of these guys.

1st Mario Williams DE North Carolina State
2nd D'Qwell Jackson ILB Maryland
3rd a Eric Winston T Miami (Fla.)
3rd b Jerious Norwood RB Mississippi State
4th Owen Daniels TE Wisconsin
6th Cortland Finnegan DB Samford
7th Marques Colston WR Hofstra


How about the 2007 draft

1st Patrick Willis ILB Mississippi
3rd Matt Spaeth TE Minnesota
4th Fred Bennett CB South Carolina
5th a Kolby Smith RB Louisville
5th b Troy Smith QB Ohio State
6th Adam Koets T Oregon State
7th DeShawn Wynn RB Florida

OK I'll add 2008

1st Tracy Porter CB Indiana
3rd a Jeremy Zuttah G Rutgers
3rd b Steve Slaton RB West Virginia
4th Xavier Adibi OLB Virginia Tech
5th Frank Okam DT Texas
6th Dominique Barber FS Minnesota
7th Peyton Hillis FB/RB Arkansas

Assuming most of the same FA signings

CB1 Dunta
CB2 Tracy Porter
Nickle Cortland Finnegan

SS Dominique Barber
FS Bennett

WILL Adibi
SAM D'Qwell Jackson
Mike Patrick Willis

DE Williams
NT Okam
DT Robinson
DE Bulman

WR AJ
WR Marques Colston
TE Owen Daniel, Matt Spaeth

OLT Adam Koets
LG Pitts
OC Meyers
RG Jeremy Zuttah
RT Winston

QB Schaub, Troy Smith
RB Steve Slaton, Norwood, Kolby Smith , DeShawn Wynn
FB Leach, Hillis

[painekiller]

Come on Roy, your cherry picking is always better than mine. :)

[NBT]

Hmmmm....D'Qwell Jackson - We didn't have a 2nd round choice that year. I think we had used it for that Raider CB who shall remain unmentioned due to the pain the thought causes.

By a process of elimination I was for Mario. I hated Reggie, and I thought Vince was overrated & overhyped also, so I was pleased with the Mario selection.

And IIRC, I was about the only one on the old board who DID like Marcus Colston, and I was vocal about it. Others might have been for him, but they didn't say much. The facft that he lasted till the 7th round was a real waste.

[painekiller]

Hmmmm....D'Qwell Jackson - We didn't have a 2nd round choice that year. I think we had used it for that Raider CB who shall remain unmentioned due to the pain the thought causes.


We took a 3 time Pro Bowler with the 2nd round pick in 2006, a guy named Ryans, ring any bells?

And I do remember arguing with you over Mario, you were pro and I was against him. By Sunday of the draft I was feeling much better about the pick. BTW, I was not a Bush or Young supported, I was a trade down at any cost guy.

[NBT]

Oh well, In my case I just thought, if there were only 3 good enough to be the #1 pick, Mario was the one. I was worried about his taking plays off in college just like you were.