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Title: Parcells three drafts Post by: Landshark on August 26, 2012, 03:35:04 pm With the trading of Vontae Davis, it's time to look at the three draft classes that were conducted by Bill Parcells, the supposed "franchise savior" who robbed this team blind.
2008 Jake Long- elite player Phillip Merling- gone Chad Henne- gone Kendall Langford- gone Shawn Murphy- gone Jalen Parmele- gone Donald Thomas- gone Lex Hilliard- gone Lionel Dotson- gone 2009 Vontae Davis- gone Pat White- gone Sean Smith- average, nothing special Patrick Turner- gone Brian Hartline- average and can't even get on the field at this point, will probably walk in free agency John Nalbone- gone Chris Clemons- average, good speed but not a playmaker Andrew Gardner- gone JD Folsom- gone 2010 Jared Odrick- average, nothing special Koa Misi- below average and only starting because they have no one better John Jerry- see Koa Misi although he's not even worthy to be labeled as below average AJ Edds- gone Nolan Carroll- below average and third corner by default Reshad Jones- average, ball magnet but gets burned easily Austin Spitler- special teams contributor Chris McCoy- gone These drafts look no better than the ones handled by Saban or Wanny. In fact, they may be even worse considering players like Matt Ryan, DeSean Jackson, Clay Matthews, LeSean McCoy, Earl Thomas, Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham were passed over. Title: Re: Parcells three drafts Post by: Spider-Dan on August 26, 2012, 04:20:02 pm My one objection is Kendall Langford. He is a solid player that the Dolphins elected not to resign (he ended up getting a $24m contract from STL). Most of the other guys were bums. (I also think it's somewhat unfair to grade a team's draft without mentioning the undrafted rookies they picked up, like Davone Bess and Dan Carpenter.)
Interestingly enough, that means that right now, Cam Cameron's draft has Paul Soliai and Brandon Fields still on the team. Those players are better at their positions than anyone Parcells drafted in three years (outside of the #1 overall). Title: Re: Parcells three drafts Post by: Thundergod on August 26, 2012, 06:24:41 pm I'll go ahead and lump in Ireland with Parcells since I wasn't personally there in the "war room" on draft day. Otherwise why in the flip was Ireland hired...
Title: Re: Parcells three drafts Post by: el diablo on August 26, 2012, 06:37:01 pm That was just depressing. Informative, but depressing. Especially when the man with the keys just acquired two more draft picks.
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