O'Dell Thruman's Son

[J24]

(08-28-2022, 02:05 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Just look at the first three picks of the '05 draft.  Talk about "cursed".

David Pollack
Odel Thurman
Chris Henry

Those guys could have transformed our team for years.  Instead they averaged 29 games played over 2.6 seasons each.

Thurman made big plays from opening day, but by the end of the '05 season Pollack was coming on very strong. Over his first 9 games he only had 17 tkls, 1.5 sacks, and 1 TFL.  Over his last 6 games he had 19 tkls, 4 sacks, and 7 TFL.

If we had not lost Chris Henry in the middle of the '09 season that team might have had a shot to contend instead of making it into the playoffs on smoke and mirrors.

Underrated part of that draft was Tab Perry as a KR/WR and Johnathan  Fanene as a DE/DT. Both of those guys were good but suffered significant injuries. Perry with his Hip and Fanene had Hamstring issues throughout his career.