2009 draft Kool Aid

[Vinnie2u]

Am I being a homer but is the 2009 draft picks/ UFA's growing on me.. At first I was disapointed because none of my pet cats were drafted, But now it seems that Jerry and his crew know what they are doing. Mcgee, J Will, Brewster, B Will, Hamlin, Buehler, Phillips, Otree, Bright, Octavien. None of these guys will probably make canton. But we are younger and more talented..

 

[speedkilz88]

Butler? Octavien wasn't a 2009 rookie.

 

[tomsanders921]

As much as that draft got bashed by people everywhere, as it turns out, most of them could prove decent players. I for one am surprised so many of them are still on the team, after all, everyone said we reached for so many of them in the draft

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Jerry never should have called that class a "special teams" draft. It made people think they were purely a bunch of ham-and-eggers with no talent.

At the time, our depth was questionable, so we needed an influx of young players to develop, and trading back a few times was the way we did it.

Of course the Roy trade took away a couple of our best picks, but that's not the fault of the guys who were drafted.

 

[Chief]

That draft got torn apart pretty good on this board back then.

I liked it at the time ... I liked the fact that they drafted a lot of high character, hard-working, team captain types.

I still think some of them have a good future (I really like Phillips, Butler, Brandon Williams, and have urged patience with McGee even well before his game against Miami).

But I look at Brewster (up close and in person at camp, and on TV) and I watch him move, and try to play, and I can't believe they thought he was a third-round talent. I like his effort, but my gosh.

And while I love Jason Williams' physical talent, he seems to at least once a game show a complete lack of "feel." I worry about his instincts to do this.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Round 3, Pick 5 (69) (From Browns)
Jason Williams OLB 6'1" 241 Western Illinois

Round 3, Pick 11 (75) (From Bills)
Robert Brewster OT 6'4" 325 Ball State

Round 4, Pick 1 (101) (From Lions)
Stephen McGee QB 6'3" 225 Texas A&M

Round 4, Pick 10 (110) (From Bills)
Victor Butler DE 6'2" 248 Oregon State

Round 4, Pick 20 (120) (From Buccaneers)
Brandon Williams DE 6'5" 252 Texas Tech

Round 5, Pick 7 (143) (From Raiders through Falcons)
DeAngelo Smith CB 5'11" 194 Cincinnati

Round 5, Pick 30 (166) (From Titans)
Michael Hamlin FS 6'2" 214 Clemson

Round 5, Pick 36 (172) (Compensatory selection)
David Buehler K 6'2" 227 Southern Cal

Round 6, Pick 24 (197) (From Dolphins)
Stephen Hodge SS 6'0" 234 TCU

Round 6, Pick 35 (208) (Compensatory selection)
John Phillips TE 6'5" 251 Virginia

Round 7, Pick 18 (227)
Mike Mickens CB 6'0" 186 Cincinnati

Round 7, Pick 20 (229) (From Bears through Buccaneers)
Manuel Johnson WR 5'11" 189 Oklahoma