Post by Minniman on Nov 21, 2014 9:53:54 GMT -6
This topic is about players the Vikings passed over for someone else in the NFL draft .
This can either be a draft pick that upset you at the time or in hindsight, but please be specific on which it was because hindsight is easier.
1995 NFL Draft
One that comes to mind immediately was Derrick Alexander being drafted over Warren Sapp in 1995. I was doing a Vikings draft chat live on GEnie at the time, and I was so upset I nearly threw my Amiga computer across the room. Note that the keyboard was part of the main computer back then. I was on a dial up modem that is laughable now but was fast at the time.
Sapp had won the Bronko Nagurski Award (best overall defensive player), the Bill Willis Award (best defensive lineman), and the Rotary Lombardi Award (best defensive lineman or linebacker). He was a first-team All-American and was named the Defensive Player of the Year by the Football Writers' Association of America. Rumors of a little pot use dropped him down, and the Vikings drafted Alexander instead.
Warran Sapp:
7× Pro Bowl (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
4× AP First-Team All-Pro (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
2× AP Second-Team All-Pro (1997, 1998)
Super Bowl champion (XXXVII)
AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1999)
NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers #99 retired
2013 Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Ring of Honor
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2013)
Derrick Alexander:
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2005 NFL Draft
In 2005, I almost had to leave work because I got upset over the draft. With the seventh overall pick, from the Raiders in the Moss trade, the Vikings could have selected one of three very skilled linebackers, but instead they reached for Troy Williamson. I had Williamson as a late second or likely third round receiver, so I was not happy. The only receivers I thought were going in the first round were Braylon Edwards, Mark Clayton, and perhaps Mike Williams. Matt Jones, Roddy White, and Williams were penciled in as early second round picks that could slip into the late first for a team in need. All of these receivers were ranked higher than Troy Williamson on my board. Even if Williamson had been a decent player, it was a bad pick with Derrick Johnson, Shawne Merriman, and DeMarcus Ware on the board.
With their second pick in the first round in 2005, the Vikings drafted Erasmus James. James was a good football player at Wisconsin, but Aaron Rodgers had slipped in the draft and was still available. I had Marcus Spears rated higher than James, and he was available too, as was Mark Clayton. If I had been GM, I would have targeted Derrick Johnson and Mark Clayton in the first round, but I would have ended up drafting Johnson and Aaron Rodgers at those spots. Johnson ended up being a pretty good player in the NFL, and Clayton was a much better receiver than Troy Williamson. I would have missed out on Roddy White, who ended up being a better professional player than both of those receivers, but I did not know as much about him coming from a smaller school. It did not matter because Rodgers was on the board, and he was the best value with the 18th selection ( I projected him to go in the top ten).
That was not all. The rest of the 2005 draft did not go well either, as the players I wanted were passed over time and time again. Perhaps I will get to that in another post.
This can either be a draft pick that upset you at the time or in hindsight, but please be specific on which it was because hindsight is easier.
1995 NFL Draft
One that comes to mind immediately was Derrick Alexander being drafted over Warren Sapp in 1995. I was doing a Vikings draft chat live on GEnie at the time, and I was so upset I nearly threw my Amiga computer across the room. Note that the keyboard was part of the main computer back then. I was on a dial up modem that is laughable now but was fast at the time.
Sapp had won the Bronko Nagurski Award (best overall defensive player), the Bill Willis Award (best defensive lineman), and the Rotary Lombardi Award (best defensive lineman or linebacker). He was a first-team All-American and was named the Defensive Player of the Year by the Football Writers' Association of America. Rumors of a little pot use dropped him down, and the Vikings drafted Alexander instead.
Warran Sapp:
7× Pro Bowl (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
4× AP First-Team All-Pro (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
2× AP Second-Team All-Pro (1997, 1998)
Super Bowl champion (XXXVII)
AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1999)
NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers #99 retired
2013 Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Ring of Honor
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2013)
Derrick Alexander:
Null
2005 NFL Draft
In 2005, I almost had to leave work because I got upset over the draft. With the seventh overall pick, from the Raiders in the Moss trade, the Vikings could have selected one of three very skilled linebackers, but instead they reached for Troy Williamson. I had Williamson as a late second or likely third round receiver, so I was not happy. The only receivers I thought were going in the first round were Braylon Edwards, Mark Clayton, and perhaps Mike Williams. Matt Jones, Roddy White, and Williams were penciled in as early second round picks that could slip into the late first for a team in need. All of these receivers were ranked higher than Troy Williamson on my board. Even if Williamson had been a decent player, it was a bad pick with Derrick Johnson, Shawne Merriman, and DeMarcus Ware on the board.
With their second pick in the first round in 2005, the Vikings drafted Erasmus James. James was a good football player at Wisconsin, but Aaron Rodgers had slipped in the draft and was still available. I had Marcus Spears rated higher than James, and he was available too, as was Mark Clayton. If I had been GM, I would have targeted Derrick Johnson and Mark Clayton in the first round, but I would have ended up drafting Johnson and Aaron Rodgers at those spots. Johnson ended up being a pretty good player in the NFL, and Clayton was a much better receiver than Troy Williamson. I would have missed out on Roddy White, who ended up being a better professional player than both of those receivers, but I did not know as much about him coming from a smaller school. It did not matter because Rodgers was on the board, and he was the best value with the 18th selection ( I projected him to go in the top ten).
That was not all. The rest of the 2005 draft did not go well either, as the players I wanted were passed over time and time again. Perhaps I will get to that in another post.
... and neither is this Chris guy.