sonsofkraftybob on 03-13-2007 at 02:28 PM said:
He ain't smart enough.
First...he's a Gator.
Second...he's dumb Gator...he needed Junior College for a couple years.
Landry is well tested in the SEC.
Third....he's undersized
http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/s/reggienelson.html
C'mon AFpatsfan...don't bring that weak ass rebuttle to THE BEST safety in the draft this way.....
While I wouldn't know either Landry or Nelson if they kicked me in the ass, I do have a rebuttal:
{taken from a post of mine on patsfans}
In the BB/SP they have made the following post-20 first round draft selections with the corresponding top 10 from each draft. I marked any player that was even debatable (read: I don't agree that all of the red are better, just that it is debatable) with red font.
2006
Laurence Maroney (21)
1 Houston Mario Williams DE North Carolina State
2 New Orleans Reggie Bush RB Southern California
3 Tennessee Vince Young QB Texas
4 N.Y. Jets D'Brickashaw Ferguson T Virginia
5 Green Bay A.J. Hawk OLB Ohio State
6 San Francisco Vernon Davis TE Maryland
7 Oakland Michael Huff SS Texas
8 Buffalo Donte Whitner SS Ohio State
9 Detroit Ernie Sims OLB Florida State
10 Arizona Matt Leinart QB Southern California
2005
Logan Mankins (32)
1 San Francisco Alex Smith QB Utah
2 Miami Ronnie Brown RB Auburn 3 Cleveland Braylon Edwards WR Michigan
4 Chicago Cedric Benson RB Texas
5 Tampa Bay Carnell Williams RB Auburn
6 Tennessee Adam Jones CB West Virginia
7 Minnesota Troy Williamson WR South Carolina
8 Arizona Antrel Rolle CB Miami
9 Washington Carlos Rogers CB Auburn
10 Detroit Mike Williams WR Southern California
2004
Vince Wilfork (21)
Ben Watson (32)
1 San Diego Eli Manning QB Mississippi
2 Oakland Robert Gallery T Iowa
3 Arizona Larry Fitzgerald WR Pittsburgh
4 N.Y. Giants Philip Rivers QB North Carolina State
5 Washington Sean Taylor FS Miami
6 Cleveland Kellen Winslow TE Miami
7 Detroit Roy Williams WR Texas
8 Atlanta DeAngelo Hall CB Virginia Tech
9 Jacksonville Reggie Williams WR Washington
10 Houston Dunta Robinson CB South Carolina
2002
Dan Graham (21)
1 Houston David Carr QB Fresno State
2 Carolina Julius Peppers DE North Carolina
3 Detroit Joey Harrington QB Oregon
4 Buffalo Mike Williams T Texas
5 San Diego Quentin Jammer CB Texas
6 Kansas City Ryan Sims DT North Carolina
7 Minnesota Bryant McKinnie T Miami
8 Dallas Roy Williams SS Oklahoma
9 Jacksonville John Henderson DT Tennessee
10 Cincinnati Levi Jones T Arizona State
NE has made 5 selections. All but one are bonafide starters at their position, and NE apparently has faith that the 5th will prove to be a starter next year. In those same drafts, there were 17 players drafted in the top ten that a case could be made that they have proven to be better guys than who NE ended up with.
Said another way, the 5 players taken after the top 20 had already passed are clearly better than 23 of 40 guys who were taken in the top 10.
With that track record, why would anyone be in favor of moving up?
****Pacman has proven to be a very good player, but I considered him out of the running for red considering that it is likely that he is unemployed soon.