Alternate History: 2008 NFL Draft

[thunderraiden]

With the 13th pick of the 2008 NFL Draft, the Carolina Panthers select:

Joe Flacco.

With the 19th pick of the 2008 NFL Draft, the Carolina Panthers select:

Chris Johnson.

Discuss.

[mmmbeans]

i'd take flacco over stewart but I'd take otah over johnson. That being said, I understand why they drafted like they did.

[Dpantherman]

I know we drafted Thomas Davis in 2005, but we could have had Aaron Rodgers, plenty of LB's

[Jbro]

But Aaron Rodgers looks like Ellen.

[frash.exe]

I know we drafted Thomas Davis in 2005, but we could have had Aaron Rodgers, plenty of LB's

we fuged the 2005 draft up badly.

we still got davis out of it, but we could've gotten a lot more talent

[Dpantherman]

But Aaron Rodgers looks like Ellen.

i know, but he throws lots of touchdowns!

[outlaw4]

With the 13th pick of the 2008 NFL Draft, the Carolina Panthers select:

Joe Flacco.

With the 19th pick of the 2008 NFL Draft, the Carolina Panthers select:

Chris Johnson.

Discuss.

Don't know what dropoff there would be without Otah for run/pass blocking.

I can say what the Huddle would say about Flacco after yesterday's game, though (these are taken from the Ravens board):

Absolutely no excuse for this guy. I'm so sick of hearing about how strong his arm is, yet he constantly underthrows recivers week after week. He's become a cancer to us.

Only a sophomore slump. Calm down guys.

Ridiculous play out of flacco downright maddening I love the ravens but this is one lackadaisical team on offense seem to lack a sense of urgency flacco play in the clutch was horrible

Its only his second year. Joe will learn from this performance.

I want Kyle Boller back. Laugh all you want, but I think he'd be better. He never got a chance with this new offense. Don't even bring up the Rams, they are a qb cemetary, no matter who you put in.

Pack it up for the season Flacco you ****!!!!!!

Look people, the offense had a horrible night and Flacco had one of his worst games of his career and you can't say that this loss shouldn't fall on the young QB's shoulders but some of the crap that has been saids about Flacco tonight just is wrong and really doesn't belong here.

[frash.exe]

Don't know what dropoff there would be without Otah for run/pass blocking.

I can say what the Huddle would say about Flacco after yesterday's game, though (these are taken from the Ravens board):

all we'd really lose is the run blocking. Otah is an average pass blocker

[House]

Yeah, revisionist history is great.

In 2000 we could have drafted Tom Brady 23rd overall instead of Rashard Anderson. Such Bullshit.

[Kevin Greene]

we f**ked the 2005 draft up badly.

we still got davis out of it, but we could've gotten a lot more talent

Then it took Fox a couple years to stop ping ponging Davis from Safety to LB, inside and out til he finally got it right.

[Argus Plexus]

Yeah, revisionist history is great.

In 2000 we could have drafted Tom Brady 23rd overall instead of Rashard Anderson. Such Bullshit.

Rashard Anderson? WHO DAT??!?! I would kill to have Tom Brady.

[guyinchesapeake]

Well, the Ravens are paying a steep price for Flacco's 'sophomore blues' this year. But at least he has the opportunity to HAVE the sophomore blues, because on this team, he probably wouldn't get a look at! And given how Jake has never learned how to look his receivers off, why would anyone think that our current crop of coaches could develop Flacco, or anyone else for that matter?

[Mr ocho nueve]

Why would you want to take away our draft history, Stewart and Otah are beasts and make double trouble what it is today. We are lucky to have two excellent backs who compliment each other great(Stewart is the big bruiser and Dwill is the speedy one) and a good run blocking o-line.

makes no sense to me

[House]

Why would you want to take away our draft history, Stewart and Otah are beasts and make double trouble what it is today. We are lucky to have two excellent backs who compliment each other great(Stewart is the big bruiser and Dwill is the speedy one) and a good run blocking o-line.

makes no sense to me

Because it is really easy to look back and say "Oh,they should have done this or that." and it makes people feel smart. When in all reality just about everyone would have freaked the fug out if we would have taken Flacco 13th overall.

Yeah, he has panned out but the general consensus was that Flacco might go low 1st most likely high 2nd and the only reason he would go that high was the class was weak. He was thought of as a project by most. Tall kid with the big arm who played DII ball.