with the 1st and 2nd pick overall facing each other in super bowl 50 i thought this would be a good discussion. impressive list but is it the greatest? let's hear it draft gurus POSITION SCHOOL 1 Carolina Panthers Cam Newton QB Auburn 2 Denver Broncos Von Miller LB Texas A&M 3 Buffalo Bills Marcell Dareus DT Alabama 4 Cincinnati Bengals A.J. Green WR Georgia 5 Arizona Cardinals Patrick Peterson DB LSU 6 Atlanta Falcons Julio Jones WR Alabama 7 San Francisco 49ers Aldon Smith LB Missouri 8 Tennessee Titans Jake Locker QB Washington 9 Dallas Cowboys Tyron Smith T USC 10 Jacksonville Jaguars Blaine Gabbert QB Missouri 11 Houston Texans J.J. Watt DE Wisconsin 12 Minnesota Vikings Christian Ponder QB Florida State 13 Detroit Lions Nick Fairley DT Auburn 14 St. Louis Rams Robert Quinn DE North Carolina 15 Miami Dolphins Mike Pouncey C Florida 16 Washington Redskins Ryan Kerrigan LB Purdue 17 New England Patriots Nate Solder T Colorado 18 San Diego Chargers Corey Liuget DE Illinois 19 New York Giants Prince Amukamara DB Nebraska 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Adrian Clayborn DE Iowa 21 Cleveland Browns Phillip Taylor DT Baylor 22 Indianapolis Colts Anthony Castonzo T Boston College 23 Philadelphia Eagles Danny Watkins G Baylor 24 New Orleans Saints Cameron Jordan DE California 25 Seattle Seahawks James Carpenter T Alabama 26 Kansas City Chiefs Jonathan Baldwin WR Pittsburgh 27 Baltimore Ravens Jimmy Smith DB Colorado 28 New Orleans Saints Mark Ingram RB Alabama 29 Chicago Bears Gabe Carimi T Wisconsin 30 New York Jets Muhammad Wilkerson DT Temple 31 Pittsburgh Steelers Cameron Heyward DE Ohio State 32 Green Bay Packers Derek Sherrod T
That is a very good draft class. Amazing how none of the first 8 picks busted. I see your 2011 draft class and I raise you the 1983 draft class: Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 1 Baltimore Colts (player later traded to Denver) John Elway Quarterback Stanford - Hall of Fame 2 Los Angeles Rams (from Houston through Seattle) Eric Dickerson Running Back Southern Methodist - Hall of Fame 3 Seattle Seahawks (from Los Angeles Rams) Curt Warner Running Back Penn State - 3x All pro, 3X Pro Bowl 4 Denver Broncos(player later traded to Baltimore) Chris Hinton Guard Northwestern - 3X All pro, 7X pro bowl 5 San Diego Chargers (from San Francisco) Billy Ray Smith Linebacker Arkansas - 2nd Team All-Pro, Chargers Team MVP 6 Chicago Bears Jim Covert Offensive Tackle Pittsburgh - 1980s All Decade Team, 2X All-pro, 2X pro bowl, Bears SB 7 Kansas City Chiefs Todd Blackledge Quarterback Penn State 8 Philadelphia Eagles Michael Haddix Running Back Mississippi State 9 Houston Oilers (from Seattle) Bruce Matthews Offensive Tackle USC- Hall of Fame 10 New York Giants Terry Kinard Safety Clemson - Pro Bowl, Giants SB 11 Green Bay Packers (from New Orleans) Tim Lewis Cornerback Pittsburgh 12 Buffalo Bills Tony Hunter Tight End Notre Dame 13 Detroit Lions James Jones Fullback Florida 14 Buffalo Bills (from Cleveland) Jim Kelly Quarterback Miami (FL)- Hall of Fame 15 New England Patriots Tony Eason Quarterback Illinois - Worst performance in SB history, first starting SB QB not to complete a pass in the game 16 Atlanta Falcons Mike Pitts Defensive End Alabama - Started 123 games 17 St. Louis Cardinals Leonard Smith Cornerback McNeese State - All-pro 18 Chicago Bears (from Tampa Bay) Willie Gault Wide Receiver Tennessee - Played 170 games, Bears SB 19 Minnesota Vikings Joey Browner Cornerback USC - 1980s All Decade Team, 4x All-Pro, 6x pro bowler 20 San Diego Chargers (from Green Bay) Gary Anderson Running Back Arkansas - USFL All-Star, pro bowl 21 Pittsburgh Steelers Gabriel Rivera Defensive Tackle Texas Tech - Paralyzed in car accident during rookie year 22 San Diego Chargers (from San Diego through San Francisco) Gill Byrd Cornerback San Jose State - 4X All-pro, 2X pro bowl, Bart Starr Man of the Year, Chargers All-Time Interception Leader (42) 23 Dallas Cowboys Jim Jeffcoat Defensive End Arizona State - Nominated for pro football HOF, 102.5 Career NFL sacks, Played 227 games, 2X Cowboys SB 24 New York Jets Ken O'Brien Quarterback California-Davis - Second best QB in Jet History, AFC Player of the Year, 2X pro bowl 25 Cincinnati Bengals Dave Rimington Center Nebraska 26 Los Angeles Raiders Don Mosebar Center USC - All pro, 3X pro bowl 27 Miami Dolphins Dan Marino Quarterback Pittsburgh- Hall of Fame 28 Washington Redskins Darrell Green Cornerback Texas A&I University- Hall of Fame There are a lot more great players as late as round 12 including Richard Dent. My post went over 10,000 characters so the edit with the other rounds was lost.
good call on '83 hasty, that was the only 1 thought could compete. 6 h.o.f players including 3 qbs is unelievable.
The 2011 draft could feature 6 Hall of Famers in the first 9 picks. Figure Cam Newton, Von Miller, AJ Green, and Julio Jones are all going to finish with Hall of Fame numbers. Patrick Peterson and Tyron Smith have the name recognition and some All-Pro's. If Aldon Smith wasn't a moron he was trending that way too. Even the so-so players like Anthony Castonzo and Gabe Carimi are still starters in this league. Go deeper into that draft and you have: Andy Dalton Randall Cobb Justin Houston Demarco Murray Jurrell Casey Jordan Cameron Julius Thomas Richard Sherman Pernell McPhee Tyron Taylor Jason Kelce Pro-bowlers straight into the 6th round. Nice knowing we didn't mess up our first round pick in that draft.
Geez can you believe there was once a debate over the best QB in that draft class. That class definitely didn't get much hype if I remember correctly, probably because it was weak at QB, that is one hell of a pass rusher/DL draft. To think we got Mo where we did in that round is mind boggling
Seven, Harry Carson was drafted later on. Also Jim Jeffcoat was the only player never in the pro bowl to receive a HOF nomination.
Well no. That's logical. I was talking about that draft on Sunday. The talent was huge. Sent from my SM-G928V using Tapatalk
#25 Rimington was a top center in the league at the time too--recall him breaking his leg in a freak play in the SB edit--oops, wrong about the broken leg; that was Krumrie
It's crazy. The following players are the only not above average starters in this league Gabe Carimi (starter) Danny Watkins Phil Taylor (killed by injuries if I remember correctly) Gabbert, Locker, Ponder Jonathan Baldwin Adrian Clayborn (hasn't been the same since injuries) Derrick Sherrod Jimmy Smith (fell off last year but has all the ability in the world, starter) There's a couple players like Ingram and Amukamara you could say aren't above average but still good players. Outside of that everyone else in the draft are damn good football players.
That 2011 draft was something special. So many pro bowlers and future HF players. That QB class was a joke though
Is that surprising? After all, how many drafts have several topflight QB prospects? Cam is probably going to wind up a HOFer. I haven't done any research, but I can't remember but a couple of drafts where there were several topflight QB prospects that went on to be great NFL QBs or even quality starters. Last year there were two topflight QB prospects (Mariota and the FSU kid). In 2014 there was Bridgewater and the drunk in Cleveland. In 2013 there were none.
It's mostly a joke because 3 out of 4 QB were top 12 picks and had no business being that high with the talent that followed them.
Well it happens because teams set up their offseason where they have no choice but to take a quarterback high that's going to need to start. The 2011 draft highlights how terrible it is for a franchise to simply take a quarterback high because they need one. You can easily miss out on All-Pro/Hall of Fame talent doing that. Cleveland (yet again), St. Louis are all teams flirting with that this year. Philly and San Francisco might be in that spot too.
