an interesting historical tidbit. In 2003 the Bears held the 13th pick in the draft, while the Pats stood at 14. After watching the Jets and Saints use their 2 first rounders to move up and select Drob and Sulivan, then watch as Minn took Kevin Williams and the Rams took Jimmie Kennedy; I was trying to figure out what DTs were left for the Pats to pick.
The Bears were about to pick at 13, when Tags announced that the Bears and Pats had switched picks and the Pats selected Ty Warren, who most draft experts predicted would be a late first round or early second round selection. With the pick that the Bears got from us, they selected Michael Haynes.....plus a 5th or 6th rounder IIRC. I bet they wish they had THAT one to do over.
Its interesting to note that 2003 was the year of the DT with 6 going in the first round. Since the next few weeks are going to be spent in speculating greatness from our picks, it should be noted that out of those 6 picks ONLY TWO can be concidered successful (Warren & Williams, and only 3 of those 6 are even regular starters (Warren, Williams & Drob.)
That lack of success should be a sobering notice to all of us speculators, especially since DL, next to OL, is perhaps the safest position to project a player successfully
On the Jet pick up. Its very similar to our Johnathan Sullivan pick up. A first round talent, who has been a bust, but might be able to turn it around in a new system. On the plus side, Haynes was shuffled from DE to DT whil in Chicago, where he was too small to be a DT, and too slow to be a DE in their 4-3. Its possible being a DE in a 3-4 2 gap system, might be just the perfect fit for him. At least that is what Jet fans are hoping.
