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SC Skins Fan · 04-20-2007, 03:01 PM

I went back and looked at the 2002 draft to see how we might have 'better used' our second round pick. Definitely no one you would take over Betts, though Sheldon Brown and Michael Lewis went to Philadelphia in back-to-back picks a little later on in the round, they are the only people you might have heard of. I do notice a ton of scrubs got picked ahead of Portis, who went at #51 (just a few picks ahead of Betts at #56). The real kick in the junk came in the third round when the Skins took Rashaud Bauman and Cliff Russell ahead of Brian Westbrook. Ouch . . . The real thing that I was reminded of was that the draft is a complete crapshoot. Pretty much every top 10 pick that year (save Julius Peppers) was a bust (including Ryan Sims, the DT taken at [gulp] #6 overall). If anything this reinforces the importance of trading down to get more picks because you really have no idea who is going to be good so the more chances the better.

04-20-2007, 03:01 PM	#13
SC Skins Fan The Starter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,555	Re: How we forget. I went back and looked at the 2002 draft to see how we might have 'better used' our second round pick. Definitely no one you would take over Betts, though Sheldon Brown and Michael Lewis went to Philadelphia in back-to-back picks a little later on in the round, they are the only people you might have heard of. I do notice a ton of scrubs got picked ahead of Portis, who went at #51 (just a few picks ahead of Betts at #56). The real kick in the junk came in the third round when the Skins took Rashaud Bauman and Cliff Russell ahead of Brian Westbrook. Ouch . . . The real thing that I was reminded of was that the draft is a complete crapshoot. Pretty much every top 10 pick that year (save Julius Peppers) was a bust (including Ryan Sims, the DT taken at [gulp] #6 overall). If anything this reinforces the importance of trading down to get more picks because you really have no idea who is going to be good so the more chances the better. __________________ It has taken a long time, but I have finally realized that nothing I say about the Redskins will have any effect upon anything the Redskins do.