NFL Network - How Could Any Team Have Passed on Peterson in the 07 Draft?

[Master4Caster]

I didn't look it up, but I bet Schefter was one of those talking heads who were saying on draft day that Peterson was too fragile to play at the NFL level. There was LOTS of concern about his many injuries.

A lot of teams, including Washington, would be glad to have Peterson, but at the time, we had a plan for the defense and it involved LaRon Landry. The way things turned out, we need Landry a lot more than we need Peterson right now.

I'll go on record, though, and say Peterson should be the first player you take in next season's fantasy draft. If Schefter said that, it would have been an intelligent thing to say.

[jgalecpa]

After we won the '83 super bowl, Dan Marino was passed on by 28 teams, I beleive, before the Dolphins picked him.

A number of people still rue the day we missed him by one pick, since we picked 30th.

We got a young kid named Darryl Green.

I don't regret the dependable Hall of Famer defenseman over the flashy Offensive player one bit.

IMHO

J-Dawg

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by jgalecpa

After we won the '83 super bowl, Dan Marino was passed on by 28 teams, I beleive, before the Dolphins picked him.

A number of people still rue the day we missed him by one pick, since we picked 30th.

We got a young kid named Darryl Green.

I don't regret the dependable Hall of Famer defenseman over the flashy Offensive player one bit.

IMHO

J-Dawg

Thats a great example of why playing the "what if" game with something like the draft is so stupid. You never know what would have happened if things had worked out differently. It's a pointless arguement.
Hell, IF he had drafted Peterson he could have tore his knee to pieces on the first day of training camp and then where would we be.