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Favorite Moments in Draft History


Doc Holiday

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Ok the Draft is 2 weeks from today, so my question is what are your favorite moments in watching the draft.

Mine

3, the Julius Peppers pick, loved it from the moment it was announced.

2, the Jonathan Stewart, Jeff Otah thought we struck gold when we landed both and probably would have if both had stayed healthy

1, Brady Quinn dropping to 22nd, his girlfriend on camera was priceless, you could tell that she knew how much money he was loosing every time he dropped a spot in the draft, if they had been married at the time I bet that gold digger would have devorced him on the spot for not being worth the millions she thought he would have been worth.

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I was big on Deangelo so when he was still there with 2-3 picks to go, I was excited. And then when we got him, I was ecstatic.

I was bummed by the Jon Beason pick because I thought Posluzny was a beast (that didn't really hold up long)

Cam was fun because it seemed like we'd do it, but I didn't know if we actually would, and a season where Jimmy wasn't at the helm any more was such a relief.

And I remember being a kid and getting excited because people were excited about the Kerry Collins pick after we got him, but I didn't really understand what the hell was going on. Still fun though

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Ryan Lief going before Manning. But in the Panthers case I would say the Cam Newton pick. Mostly cause the coaches were able to block out all the espn negativity surrounding his potential. Not to mention the refreshed feeling of a new qb that was not over-hyped like Clausen and weinke.

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Ryan Lief going before Manning. But in the Panthers case I would say the Cam Newton pick. Mostly cause the coaches were able to block out all the espn negativity surrounding his potential. Not to mention the refreshed feeling of a new qb that was not over-hyped like Clausen and weinke.

I'm pretty sure Manning went before Leaf.

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If it was at the time, no hindsight? I loved the Dwayne Jarrett pick. Loved Keyshawn trying to explain it too.

If it's hindsight, obviously that punt returner we drafted in 2001.

that was really a funny moment, Keyshawn was like "yeah I'm going to teach him everything" and was a June 1st cut I think. Lmao
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