Best player: Gostkowski has been a fine kicker. They picked up a starter for dropping back about 10 picks (iirc). Regarding the speed thing, you got me there. up as a wideout and causing a mismatch with a linebacker Jeff Ireland wasn't working for the 'Phins yet. Come on... (On a side note, no way the Eagles take Brandon Marshall. Many of those undrafted rookies will make NFL rosters, and some will beat the odds and go on to long professional careers. Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. In reply to Re: The 2006 Draft: Six Years Later by LionInAZ. up for lack of elite speed. 2. And as to fungibility, there were more elite DEs available in later rounds than elite RBs. by toosuchnow (not verified) // Apr 04, 2012 - 1:14pm, In reply to Re: The 2006 Draft: Six Years Later by Pottsville Mar…. After all, if people knew how good players like Colston or Finnegan were, they would have gone in the first round, so it's hard to give too much credit to the Saints or Titans for uncovering them. A mauler who struggles when Automatically? - Leon Washington, Florida State. They take Cutler. - Demetrius Williams, Oregon. Durability concerns abound. A solid all-around tackle Oh http://blog.chron.com/texanschick/2011/04/average-length-of-a-nfl-players-career-players-and-owners-dont-agree-on-that-either/ for those average career numbers. Indianapolis Colts 1995-2004, Detroit Lions 2005-2006, Seattle Seahawks 2007, Atlanta Falcons 2008: Pollard wasn’t drafted because he didn’t play football in college. by Podge (not verified) // Apr 05, 2012 - 8:02am, In reply to Re: The 2006 Draft: Six Years Later by Southern Philly. There's no way a first round draft goes by with only Qb drafted - somebody would sign up for 4 seasons of Vince Young. It's nice as a very general stat, and I can't think of any other way to measure a draft value in any way, but it's not meant to be used specifically. In fact, I can only think of 2x where Colston caught a pass of over 30 yds--one @ WAS in 2009 where the S (Landry?) The 2006 National Football League Draft, the 71st in league history, took place in New York City, New York, at Radio City Music Hall on April 29 and April 30, 2006. by DisplacedPackerFan // Apr 04, 2012 - 5:15pm, In reply to Re: The 2006 Draft: Six Years Later by tuluse. named Tom Brady? Not included in my figures above is Tramon Williams, who actually signed with the Texans as a UDFA . For a look at the best rookie years, check out Mike Tanier’s 2006 All-Rookie Team. Poker Room Ratings. Third-round picks Travis Wilson, Oklahoma, 78th overall to the Browns, Brandon Williams, Wisconsin, 84th overall to the 49ers, and Willie Reed, Florida State, 95th overall to the Steelers, combined for six catches. In reply to Re: The 2006 Draft: Six Years Later by Theo. especially with his release. most of the QBs available are more projects, and won't Conventional wisdom: Some people thought he was a safety, others a corner, but either way Michael Huff was going in the top fifteen and probably the top ten. variety. ), Also, do we mean by "know what we know now" just a literal translation of their stats and how much of it still nebulous. They were focused on the lines in the 2006 draft taking Bunkley, Winston Justice, Chris Gocong - a DE they would try to convert to LB - and Max Jean-Gilles in the first 4 rounds and then another DT in the sixth. 5th - Marques Hagans: Off the team in 1 year, out of the league in 2. It's that 160 that was used in creating the average, not the 84 he would have had (using their 100%, 95%, 90% formula, 95 "raw"). DRAFT 2006: Profiles of top offensive players by position Complete 2006 NFL Draft Preview Monday, April 24th, 2006 - Page updated at 2:00pm 2006 NFL Draft History - Round 1 MyNFLDraft.com brings you round-by-round NFL Draft History dating back to 1967. but teams won't be eyeing him for that duty. Williams became the first-ever number one draft pick to come from a school in the. Williams has probably been the best defensive end in the class, but the leading sacker in the class is Tamba Hali, Penn State, 20th overall to the Chiefs, whose sack numbers did not take off until the Chiefs switched to a 3-4 defense and he started playing outside linebacker. We the board. No general manager in the league agrees with the proposition that top DEs and top RBs are roughly equally valuable over their careers, which is why Mario Williams is now getting twice as much per annum as Arian Foster, even though Foster is a better back than Williams is an end.