Wotan_the_Wanderer
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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But seriously, folks, this latest episode involving Reid underscores the unfortunate fact that, aside from Wilfork and, to a much lesser extent, Watson, the 2004 draft was an inexplicable, Grier-esque disaster. What is esp. puzzling is that just one year earlier, the NEP had one of the better drafts in its history, at least in the BB/SP era (Bethel Johnson and the overdrafting/misuse of Dan Klecko notwithstanding). The lack of quality depth at DB and LB in the AFCC can partly be traced back to that weekend in late April of 2004. What should have been a group of 3rd-year players who were ready to contribute, instead became Eric Alexander, Corey Mays, Rashad Baker and Antwain Spann...who are all still here. Is the 2007 draft headed in the same direction? I hope not, but...
I think we need to consider Randall Gay who, though the Pats didn't draft him, was signed as an undrafted free agent following the '04 draft. He contributed quite a bit as a rookie as I'm sure you'll recall. Thus, considering that we got one pro-bowl quality player, one very solid starter, one near-starter and one excellent back-up, I'm not so sure I'd go as far as to say it was Grieresque.
From top to bottom, '04 is no worse than the Seymour draft and if we were to consider the depth issue, I personally think it was better than the '01 draft.