2009 'Special Teams' Draft in Retrospect

[kskboys]

Checking that link, that Top 10 in 2009 is about as brutal as I can ever remember seeing.

Jason Smith, Tyson Jackson, Curry, Sanchize, and DHB are all colossal busts. Not even like OK starters, like backup level or sub-NFL level players.

Crabtree and Andre Smith put in some workmanlike starter years. BJ Raji was a stud for 2 minutes and then fell off hard. The only guys who really justified their picks were Eugene Monroe and Stafford.

Max Unger. Seachickens 2nd round pick, the guy we should have taken. C. Several were calling for him on the boards, not a secret.

Derek Cox wasn't bad. Vance Walker. Sean Smith. Louis Vazquez. Kenny Britt. Andy Levitre. Sammie Hill. Jason McCourty. Terrance Knighton. Roy Miller. Vontae Davis. Greg Toler. Arian Foster(UFA). Brian Cushing. Steve McClendon(UFA). Alex Mack. Desmond Bryant(UFA). Paul Kruger. Michael Johnson. Michael Oher. Ladarius Webb. Sebastian Vollmer. Brian Hartline. Mike Wallace. Chris Clemons. Kraig Urbick. Eric Wood. Jairus Byrd. Alex Boone(UFA). Jared Cook. James Laurinitis. Reggie Walker(UFA). Demar Dotson(UFA). Keenan Lewis. Malcolm Jenkins. William Moore. Phil Loadholdt. Jamarca Sanford. TJ Lang. Brad Jones. Brandon Pettigrew. Deandre Levy. Louis Delmas. Glover Quinn. Matt Slauson. Henry Melton. Orakpo. James Casey. Jeremy Maclin. Connor Barwin. Patrick Chung. Will Beatty. Hakeem Nicks.

There are a ton more good/useful players from the 09 draft than you guys are remembering. Me too.

When you have a GM who sucks at player evaluations, the chances of finding them are next to zero. Hades, if we just take Unger in the 2nd instead of trading back, that alone would've made for a decent draft, and then we wouldn't have had to watch Costa coasting backward at the snap.

 

[cej757]

Dallas was sitting back thinking Max Unger was gonna fall in their laps and Seattle ended up snatching him up. I wanted them to draft Shady McCoy but I guess they were still high on Felix Jones?

 

[conner01]

Yes. The overall draft itself was awful.
Dallas just managed to do worse than most in an already bad draft

Drafting is so much easier when looking back. But I think any of us here could have done a better job
That said since then we’ve done a really good job at the draft. Every teams misses on guys but overal we’ve done really well

 

[conner01]

Max Unger. Seachickens 2nd round pick, the guy we should have taken. C. Several were calling for him on the boards, not a secret.

Derek Cox wasn't bad. Vance Walker. Sean Smith. Louis Vazquez. Kenny Britt. Andy Levitre. Sammie Hill. Jason McCourty. Terrance Knighton. Roy Miller. Vontae Davis. Greg Toler. Arian Foster(UFA). Brian Cushing. Steve McClendon(UFA). Alex Mack. Desmond Bryant(UFA). Paul Kruger. Michael Johnson. Michael Oher. Ladarius Webb. Sebastian Vollmer. Brian Hartline. Mike Wallace. Chris Clemons. Kraig Urbick. Eric Wood. Jairus Byrd. Alex Boone(UFA). Jared Cook. James Laurinitis. Reggie Walker(UFA). Demar Dotson(UFA). Keenan Lewis. Malcolm Jenkins. William Moore. Phil Loadholdt. Jamarca Sanford. TJ Lang. Brad Jones. Brandon Pettigrew. Deandre Levy. Louis Delmas. Glover Quinn. Matt Slauson. Henry Melton. Orakpo. James Casey. Jeremy Maclin. Connor Barwin. Patrick Chung. Will Beatty. Hakeem Nicks.

There are a ton more good/useful players from the 09 draft than you guys are remembering. Me too.

When you have a GM who sucks at player evaluations, the chances of finding them are next to zero. Hades, if we just take Unger in the 2nd instead of trading back, that alone would've made for a decent draft, and then we wouldn't have had to watch Costa coasting backward at the snap.

Unger was gone when we picked. We would have had to trade up for him

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Max Unger. Seachickens 2nd round pick, the guy we should have taken. C. Several were calling for him on the boards, not a secret.

Derek Cox wasn't bad. Vance Walker. Sean Smith. Louis Vazquez. Kenny Britt. Andy Levitre. Sammie Hill. Jason McCourty. Terrance Knighton. Roy Miller. Vontae Davis. Greg Toler. Arian Foster(UFA). Brian Cushing. Steve McClendon(UFA). Alex Mack. Desmond Bryant(UFA). Paul Kruger. Michael Johnson. Michael Oher. Ladarius Webb. Sebastian Vollmer. Brian Hartline. Mike Wallace. Chris Clemons. Kraig Urbick. Eric Wood. Jairus Byrd. Alex Boone(UFA). Jared Cook. James Laurinitis. Reggie Walker(UFA). Demar Dotson(UFA). Keenan Lewis. Malcolm Jenkins. William Moore. Phil Loadholdt. Jamarca Sanford. TJ Lang. Brad Jones. Brandon Pettigrew. Deandre Levy. Louis Delmas. Glover Quinn. Matt Slauson. Henry Melton. Orakpo. James Casey. Jeremy Maclin. Connor Barwin. Patrick Chung. Will Beatty. Hakeem Nicks.

There are a ton more good/useful players from the 09 draft than you guys are remembering. Me too.

When you have a GM who sucks at player evaluations, the chances of finding them are next to zero. Hades, if we just take Unger in the 2nd instead of trading back, that alone would've made for a decent draft, and then we wouldn't have had to watch Costa coasting backward at the snap.

Why yes. Who could ever forget Deandre ‘Drove my Chevy to the’ Levy. Remind me again what position and what team this player played for.

You basically went through the list and picked players you heard of.

 

[chagus]

Please just stop. What did they have 12 or 13 picks? it’s well established it’s one of the worst team drafts of all time. Stop being such a shameless homer.

No shame whatsoever.

 

[Whyjerry]

No shame whatsoever.

Obviously

 

[chagus]

Obviously

Yet, here we are.