2005 - Alex Smith seemed likely, but he wasn't a certainty. And there was all sort of speculation they would trade down. Sound familiar?2004 - Few people believed that San Diego would actually pull the trigger and draft Eli Manning when he said he would sit out a year and re-enter the draft rather than play for the Chargers.2000 - Courtney Brown looked like he had the stuff to be the first guy off the board, but there was a TON of hype regarding Arrington, Samuels, and even Warrick.1999 - The Browns were interested in a QB, and seemed t be favoring Couch, but others were in the mix: McNabb, Culpepper, and even Akili Smith. Ricky Williams got a lot of attention too.1998 - Afterwards, the Colts claimed they had eyes for no one but Peyton, but leading up to it there seemed to be about a 20-30% chance that they could actually draft Leaf.