Draft class value

[Benton]

(06-25-2015, 04:58 PM)Bengal Dude Wrote: The 08 draft pretty much summed up the 08 season for us fans. Almost everyone was on board with us trying get a DT. Marvin wanted to land Dorsey/Ellis/Harvey. We all knew Dorsey was a long shot, but we thought Ellis was realistic. Then we heard about New Orleans trying to trade up. Sure enough, it happened and the fan base was deflated. It also turned out that Marvin wanted Derrick Harvey, which I'm glad we missed on him, but the Jags got him. Our pick was completely spoiled when they cut to Keith Rivers and he was already wearing the hat. Some people tried to get up with the pick, but you could tell the staff wasn't happy. Marvin looked pissed in his presser announcing the pick.

Then the 2nd round comes and people were all over DeSean. Then we took Simpson. I was probably one of the few who loved the pick, because I had mocked Simpson to us in the 3rd round (a lot). I believe Sims was the favorite pick of everyone because we wanted a DT, and he was a well known one. People didn't mind Caldwell. No one really complained about Collins. The Shirley pick ticked some off since people we thought we could get him after the draft. Matt Sherry generated absolute zero buzz. Corey Lynch had a warm welcome just because App State beat Michigan before the season. Angelo Craig played at UC, so some people liked him. Urrutia was liked because he had a funny last name.

Then we sucked that year.

Man that was a rough draft for me. 08 was probably the hardest draft to watch until this year because of the talent that was there, the needs that were there (both short and long term) and then the guys we took. Not that we took bad guys — I really thought Lynch and Collins were good picks that would turn into something. And I thought Rivers was a safe pick in that he was one of the more ready and stable LBs.