2005 Draft

[YardRat]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft08/news/story?id=3333998

Team Grades from '05 Draft

NFL- Team

2005 Average

-2008 Scouts Inc.

Buffalo - C+ - D
Miami - B+ - C+
New England - B- - B+
New York Jets - C_ - C+

Who knew the 10th overall pick, wide receiver Mike Williams, was going to be a bust in Detroit, or that fifth-round pick defensive end Trent Cole was going to be a Pro Bowler? These twists of fate are what make the draft worth watching, but they also are why it's tough to tell how good a team did on draft day until three years later.

12 Pro Bowlers came out of the 2005 draft: LB Shawne Merriman (Chargers, current grade: 93), DE DeMarcus Ware (Cowboys, current grade: 93), WR Braylon Edwards (Browns, current grade: 88), OT Jammal Brown (Saints, current grade: 87), G Logan Mankins (Patriots, current grade: 87), LB Lofa Tatupu (Seahawks, current grade: 87), RB Frank Gore (49ers, current grade: 84), DE Trent Cole (Eagles, current grade: 79), RB Marion Barber (Cowboys, grade: 77), QB Derek Anderson (Browns, grade: 74), KR Justin Miller (Jets, current grade: 65), KR Jerome Mathis (Texans, current grade: 56).

Fifty-four of the 255 players drafted are no longer in the league.

Only five teams' entire draft class remains in the NFL (Tennessee, N.Y. Giants, Miami, Houston and Baltimore).

No team has all its drafted players from 2005.

[bigbub2352]

Re: 2005 Draft

Our draft was horrible that year thanx TD

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: 2005 Draft

Billls 2005 Draft:

Buffalo
2. (55) Roscoe Parrish*, WR Miami (Fla)
3. (86) Kevin Everett, TE Miami (Fla)
4. (122) Duke Preston, C Illinois
5. (156) Eric King, CB Wake Forest
6. (197) Justin Geisinger, OL Vanderbilt
7. (236) Lionel Gates, RB Louisville

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: 2005 Draft

Parrish is actually working out. Who knows if Everett would have progressed last year. Preston sucks. I think King and Gates are hanging on elsewhere.

[Tatonka]

Re: 2005 Draft

basically one guy has contributed out of an entire draft class.

that ****ing blows.

[Tatonka]

Re: 2005 Draft

and wasnt our 1st rounder that year for drew bledsoe? that makes it even worse.

[EDS]

Re: 2005 Draft

and wasnt our 1st rounder that year for drew bledsoe? that makes it even worse.

I thought that was the pick the team gave up for Losman?

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: 2005 Draft

It was for JP.

[justasportsfan]

Re: 2005 Draft

this is why I didn't expect Dick and Marv to clean the mess in their 2nd year. There are no excuses however this season.

[ddaryl]

Re: 2005 Draft

the fact is most everyon ehere was scratching their heads after this draft. Most of knew it sucked that Sunday


Oh we tried ot put a spin on it, but I definitely said WTF a few times...

[Gunzlingr]

Re: 2005 Draft

SI had the first round of the Manning-Leaf draft. Talk about a clunker.

[YardRat]

Re: 2005 Draft

SI had the first round of the Manning-Leaf draft. Talk about a clunker.

First Round
No.	Team	Player	Position	School
1.	Indianapolis	Peyton Manning	Quarterback	Tennessee
2.	San Diego (from Arizona)	Ryan Leaf	Quarterback	Washington St.
3.	Arizona (from San Diego)	Andre Wadsworth	Defensive End	Florida St.
4.	Oakland	Charles Woodson	Cornerback	Michigan
5.	Chicago	Curtis Enis	Running Back	Penn State
6.	St. Louis	Grant Wistrom	Defensive End	Nebraska
7.	New Orleans	Kyle Turley	Tackle	San Diego St.
8.	Dallas	Greg Ellis	Defensive End	North Carolina
9.	Jacksonville (from Buffalo)	Fred Taylor	Running Back	Florida
10.	Baltimore	Duane Starks	Cornerback	Miami
11.	Philadelphia	Tra Thomas	Tackle	Florida St.
12.	Atlanta	Keith Brooking	Linebacker	Georgia Tech
13.	Cincinnati	Takeo Spikes	Linebacker	Auburn
14.	Carolina	Jason Peter	Def. Tackle	Nebraska
15.	Seattle	Anthony Simmons	Linebacker	Clemson
16.	Tennessee	Kevin Dyson	Wide Receiver	Utah
17.	Cincinnati (from Wash.)	Brian Simmons	Linebacker	North Carolina
18.	New England (from Jets)	Robert Edwards	Running Back	Georgia
19.	GREEN BAY (from Miami)	Vonnie Holliday	Def. Tackle	North Carolina
20.	Detroit	Terry Fair	Cornerback	Tennessee
21.	Minnesota	Randy Moss	Wide Receiver	Marshall
22.	New England	TeBucky Jones	Cornerback	Syracuse
23.	Oakland (from Tampa Bay)	Mo Collins	Off. Tackle	Florida
24.	New York Giants	Shaun Williams	Safety	UCLA
25.	Jacksonville	Donovin Darius	Safety	Syracuse
26.	Pittsburgh	Alan Faneca	Guard	LSU
27.	Kansas City	Victor Riley	Off. Tackle	Auburn
28.	San Francisco	R.W. McQuarters	Cornerback	Oklahoma State
29.	Miami (from Green Bay)	John Avery	Running Back	Mississippi
30.	Denver	Marcus Nash	Wide Receiver	Tennessee

Another year we gave up a first-rounder for a POS

[Oaf]

Re: 2005 Draft

I remember I laughed at the Logan Mankins pick.
I thought King and Everett were going to be sick.

[RockStar36]

Re: 2005 Draft

Maybe this is why TD is unemployed.

I have definitely liked the Marv drafts more.

[trapezeus]

Re: 2005 Draft

C+ to D- for that draft? that looks like an F. How could it be worse. all we got was a punt returner in 6 out of the 7 rounds. granted i think that Roscoe has to show this year that he can be a WR as well as a special teams weapon.

And not just one or two big plays every other week. i want to see him get 5-8 touches a game.