Not necessarily your favorite outcome, but your favorite lead up, debate, etc.
For me it was 2002 and the lead up to drafting Shockey. Picking a TE was definitely on everyone's radar -- but would it be Shockey, Graham, or Stevens?
That was a great pre-draft period on BBI.
I was -1 years old, and even I agree.
81 is the best 1 player draft by far.
1 Lawrence Taylor LB
2 Dave Young TE
3 John Mistler WR
4 Cliff Chatman RB
5 Bill Neill NT
6 Melvin Hoover WR
6 Edward O'Neal RB
7 Louis Jackson RB
8 John Powers G
8 Mark Reed QB
8 Billy Ard G
9 Byron Hunt LB
10 Mike Barker DT
12 Mike Maher TE
2004 was crazy
Same here, 1981 with 2004 2nd.
The lead up was a blast.
I don't even honestly remember who I wanted. I really like Collins so I probably wanted Gallery or Taylor.
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 19 Eric Dorsey DE Notre Dame
2 44 Mark Collins DB Cal State-Fullerton
2 46 Erik Howard * DT Washington State
2 51 Pepper Johnson * LB Ohio State
2 53 Greg Lasker DB Arkansas
3 73 John Washington DE Oklahoma State
Thank you, Ernie.
I wanted WRs, and we did grab Jurevicius and Alford in rounds two and three, but the rallying cries for Faneca were awesome (see Joey in Virgina).
This place was bloody and great as we all scrambled trying to get information without the benefit of internet search.
Old timer here.
They had many extra picks from trades .... Erik Howard, Mark Collins, Pepper Johnson ... what a haul.
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 19 Eric Dorsey DE Notre Dame
2 44 Mark Collins DB Cal State-Fullerton
2 46 Erik Howard * DT Washington State
2 51 Pepper Johnson * LB Ohio State
2 53 Greg Lasker DB Arkansas
3 73 John Washington DE Oklahoma State
Sorry - I posted before I read this ...
+1!!!!
It's bonkers Tom Brady and Ron Dayne were picked in the same draft.
Jump into my Time Machine and go back to early 1984. You're the NY Giants GM and based on your choices at that time you could wind up stocking the 1986 Giants roster with the players on either list 1 or list 2. Which list would you choose?
List 1
Eric Dorsey
Mark Collins
Erik Howard
Pepper Johnson
Greg Lasker
John Washington
List 2
Eric Dorsey - Probably would have picked an OT instead
Erik Howard
John Washington
Mark Haynes
Reggie White
The road taken was glorious and the only sustained great period of Giants football in the Super Bowl era. Who knows if the other road would have lead to 2 Lombardi trophies, no Lombardi trophies or several more than 2 Lombardi trophies.
But if you put me in that Time Machine back to 1984 I'm pairing Reggie White with Lawrence Taylor and taking my chances.
Over the years I started to realize that not everything I read is true, and even when stuff may be true they may not come into fruition, and the checking for updates on bated breath calmed down, but for the first couple of years after 2004 it was like I was obsessively checking the forum from February to end of April just waiting for the next bombshell to drop.
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 19 Eric Dorsey DE Notre Dame
2 44 Mark Collins DB Cal State-Fullerton
2 46 Erik Howard * DT Washington State
2 51 Pepper Johnson * LB Ohio State
2 53 Greg Lasker DB Arkansas
3 73 John Washington DE Oklahoma State
This.
We were planning on trading our draft for Orlando Pace per Gloveone #2! That was a wild ride
I don't think Aaron Ross was on a lot of our radars. Seemed like most of us were focused on guys like Nelson, Bowe, Meachem, Meriwether, Beason and I believe Staley as well. I think there was a hope for some going in that Timmons would fall into our laps.
1 - Carl Banks ****
1 - William Roberts ****
3 - Jeff Hostetler ****
4 - Conrad Goode
4 - Gary Reasons ****
5 - Clint Harris
6 - Jim Scott
7 - Lionel Manuel ****
10 - David Jordan
10 - Heyward Golden
11 - Frank Cephous
12 - Lawrence Green
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 19 Eric Dorsey DE Notre Dame
2 44 Mark Collins DB Cal State-Fullerton
2 46 Erik Howard * DT Washington State
2 51 Pepper Johnson * LB Ohio State
2 53 Greg Lasker DB Arkansas
3 73 John Washington DE Oklahoma State
'86 was my favorite too. Obviously LT is a special case, but for a draft as a whole, this was the best IMO.
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 19 Eric Dorsey DE Notre Dame
2 44 Mark Collins DB Cal State-Fullerton
2 46 Erik Howard * DT Washington State
2 51 Pepper Johnson * LB Ohio State
2 53 Greg Lasker DB Arkansas
3 73 John Washington DE Oklahoma State
Second and third round picks are the meat of your team from what I gather!!! I don't know for sure the bust/success rate compared to 1st rounders, however, pretty sure thats the sweet spot
It was the only I remember the Giants having 2 HIGH 1st round picks, and the night of the draft, they seemed to nail BOTH of them at their two highest need positions. I was over the moon.
As others have said, the Eli draft was crazy. I was shocked, but really pleased they got him.
I liked the Shockey draft because need and value lined up perfectly.
Most drafts I'm in more of a cautious, wait and see mode.
The ones I was most pissed about were Apple, Barkley (nothing against him -- just the position, and I wanted a QB), Dayne.
I've been wrong about a lot of players in both directions. Never dreamed OBJ would become as good as he did. Never dreamed Flowers would be such a bust.
81 is the best 1 player draft by far.
Bill Neill was a pretty good NT. He eventually took the job from fan favorite Jim Burt IIRC
2 Tiki Barber
3 Ryan Phillips
3c Brad Maynard
4 Pete Monty
5 Same Garnes
6 Mike Cherry
7 Matt Keneley
Quote:
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 19 Eric Dorsey DE Notre Dame
2 44 Mark Collins DB Cal State-Fullerton
2 46 Erik Howard * DT Washington State
2 51 Pepper Johnson * LB Ohio State
2 53 Greg Lasker DB Arkansas
3 73 John Washington DE Oklahoma State
Sorry - I posted before I read this ...
+1!!!!
Best one we have ever had.