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Ha, I think most people did (myself included).Of course, a few rounds later I also took Chris johnson.....and later on I picked Ray Rice (although I traded him away a few weeks later...doh!).
Took Mendenhall...and took a lot of #### for it too!
That is the great thing about early drafts, CJ fell a lot further in our early drafts and started going higher as the season approached.I took Chris Johnson at #4 and caught #### for it.Guess I'm a homer...
Right now it looks pretty good but I'm guessing in a few years only the last half won't hold much value. Still dang impressive top 5, maybe 6.
Timmy Hightower also.
Not as good as those (at least this early), 2006 wasn't shabbyReggie Bush, Laurence Maroney, DeAngelo Williams, Joseph Addai, Maurice Jones-Drew, Leon Washington, Jerome HarrisonThe '69 and '01 classes were excellent:
2001: Tomlinson, Deuece McAllister, Travis Henry, Rudi Johnson, Kevan Barlow, Anthony Thomas, LaMont Jordan, Correll Buckhalter, Michael Bennett and Mike Vick
1969: O.J. Simpson, Calvin Hill, Larry Brown, Dave Hampton, Ed Podolak, Altie Taylor, Ron Johnson, Carl Garrett, Mercury Morris and John "Frenchy" Fuqua.
I think you can say that about any position when it comes to 1992.
I did not follow football too closely in 1992, but what was the thinking behind the Tommy Vardell pick? Would it be like the equivalent of taking Toby Gearhart top 10 today?
Touchdown Tommy had a nice little college career at Stanford and was considered more of a big back than a blocking back. He could block and pound it up the middle, but he could also find a hole between the tackles and catch the football. It turned out that none of those skills looked as good against NFL talent.
Yeah, the careers of RBs go through so many ups and downs, it take a while to make sense of it.Just look at the '05 Class. All of their careers have been roller-coaster rides (Ronnie B., Ced Benson, Cadillac, Gore, Barber III, Jacobs, Sproles). Those 7 guys have all been on top of the world at times and other times, looked done or like a bust. Long way to go on this '08 class. There's talent here, but it wouldn't be a big stretch for this class to really be unimpressive when it's all said and done. What do we really know about these guys yet?-I love Ray Rice and he looks like the real deal, but he's only had 1 great season.-Stewart is very effective in tandem, but who knows how old he'll be (if ever) when he becomes a primary back.-Felix Jones has less than 150 carries in his entire career.-Mendenhall and Charles were nice last year. Would anybody be shocked if either or both busted this year?-Forte and Slaton tore it up as rookies and looked useless last year (though, in fairness, I guess Forte never really looked good as a rookie either).Not a logical reason for it, but I have a bad feeling about Chris Johnson this year too.
Don't remind meThe '69 and '01 classes were excellent:
2001: Tomlinson, Deuece McAllister, Travis Henry, Rudi Johnson, Kevan Barlow, Anthony Thomas, LaMont Jordan, Correll Buckhalter, Michael Bennett and Mike Vick
. True but none of those guys ever were as high as CJ or rice. Gore came close at one point but if Johnson and Rice stay healthy I think they could both be top 10 all time running backs
Give a WR 3-4 years...
I took Stewart and am still waiting for that really 'great' year but thankfully didnt take mcfadden
I think he will rush for 1500 yards in 2011 and 2012
let's just calm down a little here.
