Curley Culp

Altho good choice on your part, but I'd take Buck Buchanan not withstanding the four Super Bowls Terry Bradshaw won. Buck Buchanan was a special kind of player.

It would be interesting to me if you took the top 55 picks, regardless of round, and had to create a full roster.

Tony Mandarich (sp?) is somewhere crying

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Geno Smith #1?

Sounds fun to me.

Per the Buck Buchanan suggestion, will you also include AFL draft picks? It's a gray area since some players were drafted in both leagues, but a guy like Buck gets shafted if we don't include the AFL. I'm not sure what the right answer is.

deion sanders over glenn dorsey at number 5. seriously?!?!?

Peyton Manning #1?? maybe

I really hate to bring this up, but Walter Peyton was picked 4th.
Not asking for a change though.

Ryan Sims #6

Ray Lewis Rd1:26 (1996)

Why the **** is Ray Lewis not at 26 yet? OP WTF are you doingggggggg

29th overall George Brett but it was the second round.

Yeah, I think I'd want to avoid gray areas... seems like the easiest way to get a unified draft board is to only pull from the unified era. But I know that would screw over Buck and other greats from before 1970. It's a tough decision...

Dana Stubblefield or Ray Lewis that is tough.

#1 Bo Jackson

#1 of 1 Earl Campbell.

#24 picks - The last decade was golden at this spot.

Calvin Hill, 1969
Roger Carr, 1974 (I enjoyed watching that guy.)
James Brooks, 1981 (perhaps my second-favorite non-Chiefs RB after Barry Sanders)
Ed Reed, 2002
Dallas Clark, 2003
Steven Jackson, 2004
Aaron Rodgers, 2005
Johnathan Joseph, 2006
Chris Johnson, 2008

BEST RUNNING BACK EVER

Oh. Yeah. So Brooks is my third-favorite non-Chiefs running back of all time.

Sanders.
Campbell.
Brooks.

Well, heck. Can I just say that I really liked James Brooks?

Wait, would you perhaps go for Calvin Johnson at #2???

#23 picks

Bill George, 1951
Ray Guy, 1973
Ozzie Newsome, 1978
David Williams, 1989
Ty Law, 1995
Antoine Winfield, 1999
Dwayne Bowe, 2007

If you threw in a 3 piece fish n more.

#22 picks - Not the biggest names, perhaps.

Ernie Stautner, 1950
Buddy Dial, 1959
Fred Arbanas, 1961
Hanford Dixon, 1981
Andre Rison, 1989

#21 picks

Lynn Swann, 1974
Robin Cole, 1977
Jerry Robinson, 1979
John Alt, 1984
Robert Smith, 1993
Randy Moss, 1998
Vince Wilfork, 2004

#20 picks

Forrest Gregg, 1956
Jack Youngblood, 1971
Mike Quick, 1982
Steve Atwater who didn't hit Okoye that hard, he just caught him off balance. Sheesh. 1989
Dale Carter, 1992
Tamba Hali, 2006

#1= Peyton, Elway or Bradshaw.


i'll go with Peyton.

Somebody gave rain man a project.

#19 picks

Roger Wehrli, 1969
Otis Wilson, 1980
Joey Browner, 1983
Ron Solt, 1984 (heck of a run blocker if you don't remember him)
Randall McDaniel, 1988
Marvin Harrison, 1996
Shaun Alexander, 2000

Jack Youngblood was the man

OCDD - Obsessive Compulsive Draft Disorder.

#18 picks

Tuffy Leemans, 1936
Bruiser Kinard, 1938
John Henry Johnson, 1953
Ray Mansfield, 1963
Paul Krause, 1964
Art Monk, 1980

#17 picks

Tobin Rote, 1950
Mel Renfro, 1964
Gene Upshaw, 1967 even though his team was a bunch of thugs
Emmitt Smif, 1990
Sebastian Janikowski, 2000
Steve Hutchinson, 2001

Okay, gotta get back to work. I'll do more later if anybody cares. Or even if they don't.

#6 Jim Brown 1957 draft.
nvm you said since the merger.
Scratch ol' Jimmah

#8 Ronnie Lott (1981)

I mean, there's nothing definitive on that, really.

Maybe we start another thread for pre-merger drafts...

Hell yea

Michael Irvin, Pick #11

?

Marcus Allen Pick #10

Darrell Green #28

?

Ozzie Newsome #23

Rod Woodson Pick #10

Ronnie Lott Pick #8

Jim Brown Pick #6

And Yea Id go with Manning at #1

Since this is about first round picks, #32 has to be Brees hands down.

I think Brees was 2nd round

Ahh, you're right. For some reason the site I used to sort 32's didn't deselect picks outside of the rounds. Hmm. That makes this tough.

haha yea, When you said Bress I thought OH YEA OFCOURSE.

We'd all feel like idiots if that were the case, fortunately that isn't the case haha.

I'd totally homer pick David Wilson because I ****ing LOVE what that guy brings to the table, but there hasn't been enough time to really test him out, I'm sure there's much more veteran, stoic, and storied guys who deserve that spot.

But if I had to choose a #32 guy going into the future, David Wilson is my guy for sure.

How about Logan Mankins or Mathias Kiwanuka?

It was as ATL gave SD their 1st and 2nd rounder to move up and pick Vick at #1. insane how that trade ended up working out. Tomlinson and Brees >>>> Vick

I think we need some more rules to the draft. Are we drafting the best player inclusive of positional importance? That seems kind of boring as a ton of QBs will be picked. Look at how many people are taking Big Ben at 11. You could argue he's the 8th or 9th best active QB in the NFL now. Is he a better QB than Willis is a lber?

For current players are we drafting on what they've accomplished so far or are we including future seasons? but then you have to assume how they'll continue to perform. Aaron Rodgers might be Carson Palmered in this postseason and put up 4 more mediocre seasons. If were just taking total career to this point I'd probably have to think about Ed Reed @ #24.

Reggie White selected 4th in 1985 by Eagles.
Bruce Smith selected 1st in 1985 by Bills.

Ty Law or Bruce Armstrong might be a contender at #23. Can't think of any 23rd picks that rocked the world, anyway.

As Rain Man said, Logan Mankins is in the running at #32.

That's it from Patriot-land. All our other best picks have someone who is pretty obviously ahead of them at that draft slot. Don't think anyone here will take John Hannah over DT at #4, etc.

Nope.

I hate to say it, but Reggie White belongs at 4.

FYP.

Blasphemy!

Yeah, 'fraid so.

Great as Smith was, you don't take him over Elway/Manning. You just don't.

Pains me deeply, but I'm keepin it real.

GOT to be Manning, or Elway.

Go ahead and take Elway off that list then and go for Manning, I don't see the two on the same tier personally. Call me crazy, but if we're talking #1 selection here, I'm taking the most cerebral QB to ever play the game.

was Peyton Manning drafted 1st or 2nd?

1st

I 2nd this.

Watched a football life documentary on him a couple weeks ago. Forgot what an unbelievable career he had.

No doubt should fill that #10 spot.

Does Lenny the cool get consideration at #1 overall.

"65 toss power trap"

http://youtu.be/coZxFtVsBVg

I'd take Manning over Elway, personally.

Wow, Manning is good.....but hes not nearly as clutch as Elway was.

Willie Roaf 8
Bruce Matthews 9
DeMarcus Ware 11

Went through the list of choices at #10. It's between Ron Woodson, Jerome Bettis and Marcus Allen, with a passing nod to Terrell Suggs and Herman Moore, who was a great WR dealing with crappy Lions QBs.

Out of that group, I'd probably take Marcus Allen, though it's not exactly a slam dunk over Woodson. I think he's clearly ahead of Bettis, however, as he was much more of a receiving threat.

Umm....sure? As the guy who saw Manning mount more than a few furious come from behind victories, including one over the Patriots in the 2005 AFCCG when down something like 31-17 in the second half, Manning is plenty clutch for me.

Believe me, I'd take Tom Brady over either of them, but as between Manning and Elway, I'll take Manning. The biggest advantage Elway has over Manning in my book isn't some vague "clutch" thing, it's his running/scrambling ability.

Warren Sapp 12

Terry Bradshaw at #1.

Not even close. Not even remotely close to being close. So far from close that it is, in fact, far.

Naaaah

Marvin Harrison 19
Tim Brown 6
Champ Bailey 7

I gotta stop this, but...

at number 6 (assuming 1970 forward) the contenders are:

Richard Seymour, Torry Holt, Walter Jones, Tim Brown, James Lofton, and John Riggins.

Out of that group, I like Seymour, Jones and Brown over the rest, and think I would take Jones over all of them, as one of the top 3 or so best offensive tackles in NFL history.