I was just looking back at the 2003 draft and it made my stomach sick. Hindsight is 20-20, but man was that a putrid draft. By round here is what we drafted and who was left on the board. Some of these players left just ended up being much better than ANYONE could have thought, but there are a few players that you just knew at the time could be special Round One 4 Dewayne Robertson DT Kentucky New York Jets 5 Terence Newman CB Kansas State Dallas Cowboys 9 Kevin Williams DE Oklahoma State Minnesota Vikings 10 Terrell Suggs OLB Arizona State Baltimore Ravens 13 Ty Warren DE Texas A&M New England Patriots 16 Troy Polamalu DB USC Pittsburgh Steelers 18 Calvin Pace DE Wake Forest Arizona Cardinals (haaaaa......does this make up for it?) 19 Kyle Boller QB California Baltimore Ravens 21 Jeff Faine C Notre Dame Cleveland Browns 23 Willis McGahee RB Miami (Fla.) Buffalo Bills 24 Dallas Clark TE Iowa Indianapolis Colts 27 Larry Johnson RB Penn State Kansas City Chiefs 29 Nick Barnett MLB Oregon State Green Bay Packers 31 Nnamdi Asomugha CB California Oakland Raiders 2003 - Round 2 39 Rashean Mathis CB Bethune-Cookman Jacksonville Jaguars 40 E.J. Henderson LB Maryland Minnesota Vikings 42 Ken Hamlin FS Arkansas Seattle Seahawks 53 Victor Hobson LB Michigan New York Jets 54 Anquan Boldin WR Florida State Arizona Cardinals 56 Osi Umenyiora DE Troy State New York Giants 2003 - Round 3 68 Lance Briggs OLB Arizona Chicago Bears 69 Jason Witten TE Tennessee Dallas Cowboys 72 Vince Manuwai G Hawaii Jacksonville Jaguars 73 Wayne Hunter T Hawaii Seattle Seahawks (another Jet, just left him on because) 74 Kevin Curtis WR Utah State St. Louis Rams 81 Derrick Dockery G Texas Washington Redskins 85 B.J. Askew FB Michigan New York Jets 90 Donald Strickland FS Colorado Indianapolis Colts (damn, Jets loved this draft after the fact) 91 Visanthe Shiancoe TE Morgan State New York Giants 93 Chris Brown RB Colorado Tennessee Titans 96 Justin Fargas RB USC Oakland Raiders 2003 - Round 4 Sel # Player Position School Team 103 Bradie James LB Louisiana State Dallas Cowboys 111 Terrence McGee DB Northwestern State-Louisiana Buffalo Bills 120 Asante Samuel CB Central Florida New England Patriots 121 Justin Griffith FB Mississippi State Atlanta Falcons 125 Ike Taylor CB Louisiana-Lafayette Pittsburgh Steelers 126 Rien Long DT Washington State Tennessee Titans 134 Ovie Mughelli FB Wake Forest Baltimore Ravens 2003 - Round 5 Sel # Player Position School Team 138 Robert Mathis DE Alabama A&M Indianapolis Colts 140 Derek Pagel DB Iowa New York Jets 143 Justin Gage WR Missouri Chicago Bears 149 Mike Scifres P Western Illinois San Diego Chargers 150 Matt Walters DE Miami (Fla.) New York Jets 156 Donald Lee TE Mississippi State Miami Dolphins 160 David Diehl G Illinois New York Giants 164 Dan Koppen C Boston College New England Patriots 166 Hunter Hillenmeyer LB Vanderbilt Green Bay Packers 2003 - Round 6 182 Gerome Sapp DB Notre Dame Baltimore Ravens 198 Cato June DB Michigan Indianapolis Colts 200 Brooks Bollinger QB Wisconsin New York Jets 213 Yeremiah Bell DB Eastern Kentucky Miami Dolphins 2003 - Round 7 222 Josh Brown K Nebraska Seattle Seahawks (just think Doug Brien) 237 Dave Yovanovits T Temple New York Jets 239 Tully Banta-Cain LB California New England Patriots 251 Scott Shanle LB Nebraska St. Louis Rams 255 Kevin Walter WR Eastern Michigan New York Giants
Actually that year was very very good for the Patriots --- they filled about 5 positions alone w/that draft ---- Warren (DE), Wilson (S), Samuel (CB), Koppen (C), Banta-Cain (OLB). 1 13 Ty Warren DE Texas A&M 2 36 Eugene Wilson FS Illinois 2 45 Bethel Johnson WR Texas A&M 4 117 Dan Klecko DT Temple 4 120 Asante Samuel CB Central Florida 5 164 Dan Koppen C Boston College 6 201 Kliff Kingsbury QB Texas Tech 7 234 Spencer Nead TE Brigham Young 7 239 Tully Banta-Cain LB California 7 243 Ethan Kelley NT Baylor
BJ ASKEW WAS A BEAST. Can't nobody block D-Rob. Imagine how the next few years would have turned out for us had we kept the 13th and 22nd picks in the 1st round. There was some pretty nice talent available, but then again, hindsight is 20/20...
This is very true, at this point since we have rid ourselves of many of those players, this just reaffirms my belief that Bradway sucked
Ok doing the draft over do we still trade up and take Williams instead. Or keep the original picks take Polamalu and Asomugha. Then take Boldin in the 3rd. That would be a great draft right there.
Our draft stank but I didn't think it was a deep draft (at the time) anyway. You'd have needed a serious crystal ball to predict some of the guys we missed were going to make a difference to their respective teams.
Take a look at what the Chargers did in that 2003 draft. Kris Dielman Antonio Gates Jacques Cesaire Stephen Cooper Kassim Osgood ...all undrafted pick-ups. Fuck the draft!
When the trade up to 4 happened, I was so hoping it would be for Andre Johnson....but he went to #3. Damn DRob.
I remember how everyone thought Pace was a reach when the Cardinals drafted. And then he was considered a bust.
misdrafted. He should have always been standing up. But not many teams were playing a 3-4 defense. Slightly related, Gholston should have never of been a 3-4 OLB. But even as a 4-3 DE, he wouldn't be doing all too well.
