Grantland: 2009, the worst draft ever

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2009-nfl-draft-may-be-the-worst-ever/

 

Good read. What the hell was in the water that year?

 

 

The most egregious moves of that draft, though, are those that had the most lasting effect on draft-day strategy. Teams have become warier than ever of trading away future first-round picks to move up for players they want. Alphonso Smith and Everette Brown are the reasons why. The Broncos traded away their 2010 first-rounder to get Smith with the 37th pick. He’s currently out of the league. Carolina gave away its 2010 first-round pick to San Francisco in order to grab Brown at 43. He has seven career sacks. That future first-rounder became Mike Iupati.

 

[nctarheel0619]

Man, why was Aaron Curry so bad?  He was a beast in college, I guess he just didn't have It in the NFL.  

[All about the Benjamin]

Damn. Imagine if we had Iupati right now.

[frash.exe]

Man, why was Aaron Curry so bad? He was a beast in college, I guess he just didn't have It in the NFL.

There will never ever ever be a "sure thing" in the draft. Every pick, no matter who it is, will make a self respecting GM rack their brain on whether or not they are actually a good investment. If you do lose sight of that, well every once in a while you get reminded of that inconvenient truth when an Aaron Curry comes along

[Cary Kollins]

Everette freaking Brown.

Hurney you fuggin moron.

[frash.exe]

I remember when Everette Brown got drafted and he was flown in to tour the stadium, and the guy interviewing him looked bigger than he did

[R0CKnR0LLA]

give up a 1st rounder in a really good draft in exchange for a 2nd rounder in a terrible draft

 

 

#hurneymagic

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

Everette Brown was a top 10 pick....in the draft guides that come out before the combine and pro days..

I am almost positive Hurney used these to draft. I have a guide where Everette Brown and Duke Robinson are both on the cover as the stars of the draft. We drafted both lol..

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Everette freaking Brown.

Hurney you fuggin moron.

 

look at it this way, we got greg hardy the next year to balance it out

[R0CKnR0LLA]

seeing as how Hardy was the only good player we got out of that entire draft then no, it didn't really balance out

 

2009 and 2010 drafts combined we got hardy, munnerlyn, lafell and 14 other guys that were completely useless (also trading away the 33rd pick in the 2011 draft in the process)