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According to McDonough, he was in the hospital having his knee operated on when they drafted him.
Lack of information there.
Old school, It had to be Dennis Byrd. Ray Clay is right. When they called to inform him he was the Patriots number 1 pick, sixth overall, he was in the hospital recovering from knee surgery. Remember this was 1968, no artroscopics then. I believe it was in the 3rd round that the Pats took a player who died in a car accident the previous week. Great scouting department.
New school, Chris Canty, he was absolutely terrible.
At least guys like Ken Sims could play a little. That 1982 draft was pretty poor. Ken Sims, Johnie Cooks, Chip Banks, Art Schlicter went 1-4. The Pats were lucky, they had 2 number 1's that year. They also took Lester "Fat" Williams. Sims and Williams were Not quite like the Hannah, Cunningham, Stingley draft, or the Haynes, Brock, draft.
IMO, Another poor number one draft pick was Chris Singleton. He got lots of hype but I thought he sucked. The Pats traded down from #3? overall for the #8 and #10 picks and took Singleton and Ray Agnew. Again, not much help there.
For those who pick Plunkett, I think you are wrong. That poor guy was, along with 1 receiver,the only offensive player the Pats had for a couple of years. He got the sh!t kicked out of him. He had one receiver, Vataha, who was a midget that Plunkett brought in with him. Everytime, he went back to pass he got hit. I actually felt bad for him. By the time the Pats got some talent around him, Plunkett was shell shocked. It took him 2 years to recover from the beatings he got in NE before he was able to function again. When he got to Oakland, you saw what Plunkett was really about.
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