No. 9 picks of recent Drafts....

[realtick]

History has no bearing on who we'll draft at No. 9 in 2011, but it's interesting to see who has been taken at the spot in years past...

'10 - C.J. Spiller
'09 - B.J. Raji
'08 - Derrick Harvey
'07 - Ted Ginn Jr.
'06 - Ernie Sims
'05 - Carlos Rogers
'04 - Reggie Williams
'03 - Kevin Williams
'02 - John Henderson
'01 - Koren Robinson
'00 - Brian Ulracher

 

[SDogo]

some real split results there.

 

[DFWJC]

Yeah, each team picks differently. Many of those would have gone later depending on which team was drafting. The six slot has its losers too...like Vernon Gholston a couple of years ago. Also, I like seeing what could have been taken at a certain slot vs what was taken. That better reflects potentially lost value.

I guess the main the thing to keep in mind besides that the draft is at least a bit of a crapshoot is this: there are hundreds of players in a draft pool and the team picking 9th will have at MOST 3 (but maybe zero) players less to choose from (that they want). The 6 slot has more value on paper, but in a salary cap world picking a 3 slots later also frees up more cash for other players.

 

[TheCount]

lol, some terrible picks in there. Luckily we're not (I Hope) in the market for a WR or RB in the first this year.

 

[InDakWeTrust]

Well, if we were to draft a DT, it seems as though we would probably hit a homerun! Henderson, Raji and Williams are some pretty good NT/DT's, at least according to the draft guru's around here..

 

[baj1dallas]

seems like a lot of those guys were drafted because they were either big or fast, instead of how productive they were.

 

[realtick]

seems like a lot of those guys were drafted because they were either big or fast, instead of how productive they were.

Really, like who?

All those guys were productive college players.