This is the best draft I've looked at so far. Just completely loaded. I think there are a few Hall of Famers here. If you look back at the this class, you had Vince Young, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush as the big names, however the rest of the guys are the ones who make this draft memorable. So here we go again, we'll go over the top 10 then the rest of the notable guys taken.
#1 Houston-Mario Williams-NC State. With all those huge names Houston goes off and takes this guy #1. Boy were they right Mario has had a better career than Reggie Bush and Vince Young (who was the hometown Houston boy). Wow this sounds awfully familiar, Houston has the #1 pick and they have the choice between a big time DE or the hometown dynamic athletic QB. Wow can't believe I just put that together. Anyway back to Williams, he turned out pretty good and even though he left as a free agent I still think Houston made the proper choice.
#2 New Orleans-Reggie Bush=USC. Supposed to be on of the best RB's ever coming out of college. Can do it all, can run, can catch out of the backfield, can return kicks. Reggie had it all, and even though he was never a breakthrough feature back, he has been in the league and is still a valuable player. Maybe not #2 worthy but he's still a good pro.
#3 Tennessee-Vince Young-Texas. Well VY bursted onto the scene he senior year. Lead Texas to a national title. He then was talked about go #1 to Houston but he fell to 3 and Tennessee. He had a great start to his career but soon he fizzled out. He tried to latch on at other places but never really made it. He is currently without a team but I don't think he's technically retired. Is he considered a bust? Not sure how to answer that exactly but I don't think he's an all out bust just a sort of bust.
#4 New York Jets-D'Brickashaw Ferguson-Virginia. Was probably my favorite player in this draft, mostly for his name. Brick has made a few pro bowls and is one of the better paid lineman in the league. He's a solid player and honestly one of the best players in this draft.
#5 Green Bay-AJ Hawk-Ohio St. Not often a MLB goes top 5, but Green Bay felt he filled a need. He has been a good pro, has a ring, and is till in GB. The guy is pretty good.
#6 San Francisco-Vernon Davis-Maryland. Once again not a typical position to see in the top 10. Davis has been stud in SF. The guy could be in the HOF when it's all said and done. He's had some weak points, being called out by former coach Mike Singeltary, bur for the most part a pretty solid career so far.
#7 Oakland-Micheal Huff-Texas. What is it about Oakland that when they draft the safe positions it still doesn't work. I mean they took Gallery he fizzled, and Huff wasn't much better. The guy was maybe thought as the surest thing in this draft. He's bounced around but still hasn't been much. He's bust worthy and even though he wasn't a head scratcher during the draft he seems to be now.
#8 Buffalo-Donte Whitner-Ohio St. This guy has been one of the better DB's in the league. He isn't the best probably not considered a top 5 CB, but he has been reliable.
#9 Detroit-Ernie Sims-Florida St. Finally Detroit doesn't take a receiver in the top 10, but Sims didn't pan out much better than the rest of their picks. Bust
#10 Arizona-Matt Leinart-USC. If he would've came out a year earlier some say he would've gone #1. Instead he stayed in school, fell to 10 and honestly should've fell farther. Pretty big bust.
Now onto some other notable picks,
You don't have to go far to find the next best player Denver took Jay Cutler at 11, easily the best QB in this draft.
Baltimore got Haloti Ngata at 12, could be a HOF type guy, even though he killed RG's knee.
Hawkeye Chad Greenway went to Minny at 17, he's been a pretty good player for them.
Picks 20-29 gave us 6 eventual Pro Bowlers, Tamba Ali, Davin Joseph, Johnathan Joseph, Deangelo Williams, Marcedes Lewis, and Nick Mangold. Also Pittsburgh got Santonio Holmes in the 20's, so that's 7 difference makers taken in that neighborhood.
Bears took Devin Hester in the 2nd, a pretty good steal for the best return man ever.
Jacksonville got MoJo Drew in the 2nd as well, his #'s compared to Reggie Bush are actually better so that seems like a pretty good steal.
The 4th round yielded some studs, Owen Daniels, Jahri Evans, Leon Washington, and Stephen Gostowski.
Denver had a pretty awesome 4th round, they got Brandon Marshall and Elvis Dumervil.
Thorn in my side Cortland Finnegan went in the 7th to Tennessee, nice pick by Jeff Fischer there.
The best players to slip through the cracks, were Miles Austin and Tramon Williams.
Really feel that Ernie Sims, Mike Huff, and Matt Leinart were pretty big busts and all 3 teams could've done better.
I think Denver had the best draft, they got 3 Pro Bowlers and Marshall could be an a HOF'er.
That's it for this one, if I have time I'll try to keep this up, follow me on twitter @DerekBredeson
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