Eli, Ben, Rivers all poised to join the 50,000-yard club

it turned out to be a great draft for the first round....3 qb's in the top 11, that have had very successful careers.....drafts like that don't dome around that often....

Elway, Kelly, Marino, Blackledge, O'Brien, Tony Eason.

Eli, Ben, Fitz, and Wilfork are HoF.

Rivers has been a very good franchise QB for a shitty franchise.

Sean Taylor would have certainly made things interesting.

All of that barely halfway through the 1st. Don't know how many HOFers you can ever expect, but that's a haul.

You can create a super bowl team with that draft and have 2 of the QBs as backups, Eli as the 4th quarter guy.

Lol.

Amazing draft class tho, especially round 1 and 2.

Wow.

Lot of those round 1 guys still playing too really old like deangelo Hall


Those QBs tho.. I remember it like yesterday . Wanting Sean Taylor.

Glad EA had massive balls. Im certain Rivers or Big Ben would have been good as well.. but Eli is a great man and easy to root for. I love him.

I really wish we got to see him develop / play out his career

Having said that, I'd prefer if it wasn't in Washington ... he was an incredible talent.

Wants to play 4 more years at least.

In comment 13530049 feelflows said:

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Wants to play 4 more years at least.

8 kids must be expensive ...

Larry Fitzgerald that year too, who's probably heading to the Hall in his own right.

And while he never lived up to the hype, Robert Gallery did carve out a nice NFL career.

Looking at it now...

7 of the top 8 made Pro Bowls, and 13 of the top 21.

That's a hell of a draft.

In comment 13529317 PatersonPlank said:

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Elway, Kelly, Marino, Blackledge, O'Brien, Tony Eason.

Why would you include Blackledge and Eason?

And if you include O'Brien for 1983, you have to include Matt Schaub for 2004.

In comment 13530256 Mr. Bungle said:

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In comment 13529317 PatersonPlank said: Quote: Elway, Kelly, Marino, Blackledge, O'Brien, Tony Eason. Why would you include Blackledge and Eason? And if you include O'Brien for 1983, you have to include Matt Schaub for 2004.

I thought the same thing ...great point

Eason was in the NFL 8 years and Blackledge 7 years. While neither ended up being great starters, it isn't like they were total busts.

In comment 13532366 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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Eason was in the NFL 8 years and Blackledge 7 years. While neither ended up being great starters, it isn't like they were total busts.

So then the 2004 class notables should include Matt Schaub, JP Losman, and Luke McCown.

technically, the top drafted players should be listed to give a fair representation. Hell, Luke McCown played until he was 34. He obviously wasn't a great NFL QB, but he stuck around the league.

played the better part of 6 years as a starter and played until he was 35. And he actually led the league is certain stats a few years. He is definitely worth inclusion.