A look back at the 2008 draft

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

They say you need to give a draft class 3 years to fairly judge it, well let's look at the 2008 draft and see where it stands.

Devin Thomas - gone
Malcolm Kelly - IR
Fred Davis - 2nd TE
Chad Rinehart - gone
Justin Tryon - gone
Durant Brooks - gone
Kareem Moore - starting
Colt Brennan - gone
Rob Jackson - PS
Chris Horton - backup

Moore is the only guy currently starting and he's nothing special, Horton has been a decent reserve/spot starter, Jackson is still hanging on by a string on the PS, and Kelly is on IR. Davis is the only one of the bunch who's at least show he has a bright future, when utilized of course.

The rest of the guys are gone.

And we wonder why we have no depth right now.

For comparison sake i thought it would be nice to look at Denver's and Tampa’s 2008 draft. We had the 21st pick while Denver had 12 so obviously you would think that the overall talent level would be higher but since we swapped so much and had 3 picks in the 2nd I think everyone minus Ryan Clady was basically obtainable (for comparison sake) for us. Tampa had the 20th pick.

Denver
Ryan Clady (lt) - An absolute beast LT – I hope TW does as well.
Eddie Royal (wr) – decent receiver
Kory Lichtensteiger (c/g) – cut now w/ us
Jack Williams (cb) – don’t really know anything about him I think he’s a nickel corner though
Ryan Torain (rb) – cut now w/ us
Carlton Powell (dt) – blew his achilies in training camp his first year, most recently with the UFL
Spencer Larsen (olb/fb) – seems like a Lorenzo Alexander type
Josh Barrett (safety) – backup safety “stolen” by the patriots when he went though ir waivers
Peyton Hillis (rb) – not sure what happened to him??

Tampa
Aqib Talib (cb) - beast corner with anger management issues
Dexter Jackson (wr) – cut, bust receiver drafted because of his speed
Jeremy Zuttah (c) – upgrade over Rabach
Dre Moore (dt) – I remember a lot of people wanting him around here. We can still get him; hes on Jacksonville PS
Josh Johnson (qb) – backup QB
Geno Hayes (lb) – decent lb
Cory Boyd (rb) – cut, Shanahan checked him out after he was released and subsequently released him. Currently in the CFL


Also something that really pissed me and a lot of other people off about our 2008 draft was that every single player earned a roster spot on our team. I remember being absolutely pissed when Leigh Torrance was released and Tyron was kept. I think the same was true with a lot of people when we kept Brooks over Frost, when Frost preformed a little better then Brooks in preseason.

I dont think this realyl tells us anything, other then reconfirming the notion that Shanahan knows how to draft RB's but i think its neat to look at.