Posted on 01/20/2015 3:27:06 PM PST by Perdogg
According to NJ.com, the Eagles will try to trade up in the draft to select Heisman winning quarterback Marcus Mariota.
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Fool’s errand. All the juicy picks are in the middle rounds.
Brady and Terrell Davis were 6th rounders.
Heisman trophy winner/Super Bowl Winners
1) Paul Hornung, 1956 Heisman winner, with the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I.
2) Roger Staubach, 1963 Heisman winner, with the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowls VI and XII.
3) Mike Garrett, 1965 Heisman winner, with the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV.
4) Jim Plunkett, 1970 Heisman winner, with the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XV and the Los Angeles Raiders in Super Bowl XVIII.
5) Tony Dorsett, 1976 Heisman winner, with the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XII.
6) George Rogers, 1980 Heisman winner, with the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XXII.
7) Marcus Allen, 1981 Heisman winner, with the Los Angeles Raiders in Super Bowl XVIII.
8) Desmond Howard, 1991 Heisman winner, with the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI.
9) Charles Woodson, 1997 Heisman winner, with the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV
Ask Rashan Salaam and Andre Ware.
A lot of Philly sports commentators predicted this based on Kelly’s prior relationship with Mariota. Most think it will be a costly dud. Then again, most of the Eagles draft picks have been costly duds so what else is new.
Except for Nick Foles, who Philly will have to dump if it drafts Mariota.
Well, they could trade their #1 for RG III . . . .
He should do fine as long as he never has to face a 3rd string quarterback.
Are they keeping Don Henley?
What are the odds, dude?
The teams that improve the most make good late round picks. The teams that win big make GREAT early round picks.
Mel Kiper was unavailable for comment.
Literally LOL.
Re the Heisman trophy winner/Super Bowl Winners, wonder if the low number of Heisman winneers winning superbowls might have more to do with the fact that they tend to get picked early by the lower level teams that need help from more than one person.
I have no idea if this is the case, but it would be neat to look at this.
Cowboys need to draft Defense! Defense! Defense!
1. Plunket was a bust with both New England and San Francisco - Only two time Super Bowl winner not in the hall of Fame.
2. Dallas got Dorset with the trade with Seattle.
3. Staubach was a 10th round pick (129).
4. Allen was the 10th pick in the draft.
5. Desmond Howard was picked by the Redskins then ended up in Jacksonville with the expansion draft.
6. Garret was the 18th pick in the draft.
7. George Rogers was picked by the Saints ended up in Washington.
8. Woodson was picked by the Raiders, went to Green Bay, back to Oakland.
9. Hornung was a Lottery bonus pick for the Packers.
A lot of teams would love to get Nick Foles. He'd be a great match in Arizona.
1. Michael Bennett - Ohio State - DT
2. Shilique Calhoun - Michigan St - DE
don’t forget the secondary! The Cowboys need better DB’s back there
They shouldn’t have let got of Randy Meisner and Don Felder.. Oh wait a minute.. wrong Eagles... Never mind...
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