2006 draft

Instead of Ernie Sims, I would have drafted Ngata in round 1. Instead of Daniel Bullocks in round 2, how about Roman Harper? If not Harper, then how about Daryn Colledge (starting LG for the Packers, OT out of Boise State), or Marcus McNeill (starting RT for the Chargers, OT out of Auburn)? Instead of Brian Calhoun in round 3, how about Jerious Norwood (or even Owen Daniels, who went with the first pick of round 4)? We had no fourth round pick in 2006, because of a trade with NE. Instead of Jonathon Scott in round 5, why not Dawan Landry (this pick would have allowed us to take McNeill or Colledge in round 2)? Instead of Dee McCann in round 6, why not Johnny Jolly? Instead of Fred Matua and Anthony Cannon in round 7, why not Marques Colston at least?

The problem with all of this is that hind sight is 20-20……it would have taken a true clairvoyant to be able to tell that some of the above mentioned guys would turn into anything better than what we picked. The draft is a huge crap shoot.

of all the what if talk…its been going on for soo long in this city, and i know it will go on until this team becomes a winner, but i gotta say i dont see a point in revisiting drafts and seeing “who we could’ve had”.

its true, we could’ve drafted ngata, but that wouldnt really make any sense at the time…we had redding and rogers in the middle, and its hard to see how a 3-4 OLB like Wimbley would fit into the Tampa 2 scheme at the time or now for that matter.

i guess cutler might have been a good idea, but i think leinert would be the pick if it came down to a qb.