LegionOfDoom91
Registered User
That draft truly sucked ass & it wasn’t even that surprising from the get go how it’s been unfolding.
OT: Philadelphia Eagles: Once You Start Down The Dark Path, Forever Will It Dominate Your Destiny
- Thread starter Hollywood Cannon
- Start date
- Status
That draft truly sucked ass & it wasn’t even that surprising from the get go how it’s been unfolding.
FatTugboatFlahr
Registered User
My favorite pick from that draft was Jones. Such an underwhelming class for us and it was obvious that night.
woof. Terrible.
N.D. Kalu 2019 edition in Barnett, a backup CB in Douglas and nobody else.
athleticism was a question before the injury...but I don't think he looked this clueless at UW..maybe could have been a safety to salvage the pick. Such a disappointment.
Lotusflower
Tha Snake, Tha Rat, Tha Cat, Tha Dog
- Dec 23, 2013
- 4,446
- 4,659
HFEagles was one of the few places I saw at the time who called foul on Barnett/Jones pretty much immediately.
Called it perfectly, sadly.
Hollywood Cannon
I'm Away From My Desk
LegionOfDoom91
Registered User
They essentially drafted a bunch of dudes with subpar athletic profiles.
Schwarbomb
Howie Be Thy Name
With how medicine is in this age, I'm all for drafting players that fall due to injuries. But with Jones I had a little more hesitation, he had probably the worst possible injury a CB could have outside of an amputation. Now, he could have failed because he didn't posses NFL caliber CB skills, but no way that injury didn't play a part in him busting.
JojoTheWhale
CORN BOY
- May 22, 2008
- 33,617
- 104,987
There were major questions as to whether Sidney Jones was athletic enough to translate to the NFL before the injury. That pick was indefensible.
Hollywood Cannon
I'm Away From My Desk
Remember that great story from Howie about how he has Barnett’s name written in a card when Joe Douglas came in to say who they needed to draft and Howie opened it. Then they embraced.
#FireHowie
#FireHowie
Schwarbomb
Howie Be Thy Name
Hollywood Cannon
I'm Away From My Desk
Hollywood Cannon
I'm Away From My Desk
FLYguy3911
Sanheim Lover
- Oct 19, 2006
- 53,007
- 86,277
- Jun 19, 2018
- 31,939
- 69,871
Hollywood Cannon
I'm Away From My Desk
- Jun 19, 2018
- 31,939
- 69,871
BrindamoursNose
Registered User
- Oct 14, 2008
- 20,118
- 14,229
I think this is unfair, even though obviously the pick turned out bad. Jones before the injury was pretty much a consensus Top 15 pick. Definitely worth rolling the dice, IMO.
JojoTheWhale
CORN BOY
- May 22, 2008
- 33,617
- 104,987
As I've been explaining since god damn draft day, no he was not a consensus Top 15 pick outside of completely irrelevant, way behind the curve, Mel Kiper types.
Sorry, this has become my pet peeve. He was falling way down and even out of the first in many mocks by the end of October/early November.
BrindamoursNose
Registered User
- Oct 14, 2008
- 20,118
- 14,229
Well if you discredit some experts, then yeah it doesn't seem like it happened in your mind sure. It appears you were correct in your assessment, but it wasn't an "out of nowhere" thought to take Jones in early rounds it seems.
JojoTheWhale
CORN BOY
- May 22, 2008
- 33,617
- 104,987
Mel Kiper is a joke and an expert on absolutely nothing.
There are people that do this for a living and take it seriously. The one guy on the god damn planet who is respected for their views who still had Jones as anywhere near that on draft day was Mike Mayock, who had him at CB1 above Lattimore. One guy among dozens and dozens. You're uninformed.
Hell, he was behind Teez Tabor in most mocks in November.
BrindamoursNose
Registered User
- Oct 14, 2008
- 20,118
- 14,229
JojoTheWhale
CORN BOY
- May 22, 2008
- 33,617
- 104,987
*Edit* I quit. Let the Sidney Jones truthers cling to it for whatever reason they choose.
- Status
