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Posted on 06/02/2005 7:38:37 AM PDT by Asphalt
You should be golfing and pitching insurance ads instead of sullying your career with non-Jerry-Rice-like swoon songs.
nothing against the pats, but the way that pic was taken, those guys look very ghey.
I have much respect for Rice. He's a great example of a winner. I've tried to learn from him.
hehe
If you do Internet searches, you can find what people wrote about past drafts. It can often be amusing.
For example, the 2002 draft of the Philadelphia Eagles was a great draft. It was one of the main reasons why they were in the Super Bowl this year. They picked up Lito Shephard, Sheldon Brown, Michael Lewis, and Brian Westbrook. Everyone but Brown has been all-pro, and a lot of people think Brown should have been named all-pro.
At the time, the reviewers said the Eagles had an okay but not great draft. Some reviewers said Brown was a reach and Westbrook was too small to play in the N.F.L. Some questioned the wisdom of drafting three defensive backs when the Eagles already had three all-pro defensive backs.
That year, many of the critics were praising the Raiders' draft. The Raiders did get a few starters that year, but no all-pro players from that draft as of yet. It's hard to think of a team's draft where the critics praised it the next day and it proved to be as good as they said. Can anyone think of any examples?
Peyton Manning. First overall pick in I believe 1998. Everyone knew he would be great.
huh?
Some doubted his arm strength but that was more because of the comparison to Ryan Leaf.
Predicting if a team had a good draft is very much a guess. Predicting if a team had a bad draft is a lot more firm.
From just an anecdotal observation, teams seem to do better when they have lots of draft picks rather than trading up and having only couple. Picking up a lot of guys in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th rounds really seems to be the way to go to build a solid team. Dallas during the 90s, Tampa Bay in the late 90s and the present day Eagles seem to do a really good job with this approach.
The Falcons on the other hand have a history of trading away their 2nd and 3rd round picks just to move up a few spots.
The Chiefs picked just before the Niners that year.
They picked Ethan Horton.
It's like being a Cubs fan.
Jerry Rice could have easily flamed out if he had been picked by another team. Rice and the 49ers offense were a PERFECT match for each other. Many superstars have been just ordinary once they went on to another team.
Deion Sanders was certainly impressive as a punt returner while on the Falcons, but wasn't that great of a pass defender. After he moved to the 49ers he was capable of shutting down his side of the field.
Plus, a knock on Rice was that he was not very sure handed.
He had a reputation for dropping passes. I know that is impossible to believe, but he actually practiced his way out of his bad habits and made himself one of the most sure handed receivers of all time.
Yeah, he's great. Probably the greatest receiver playing today, even though he's far outside his prime.
But the HAIR! Jerry, it's time to Bic it for good pal. Just admit defeat.
-Eric
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