Who Were the Players Drafted One Pick Before Superstars?

Eagles drafted jalen reagor over Justin Jefferson

Interesting story about that Jermane Mayberry pick, right before Ray Lewis. Eagles coach at that time was Ray Rhodes, who desperately wanted to draft Ray Lewis, and went to war in the war room for Lewis. Unfortunately, he lost the battle to some fresh blood head of scouting just brought in from the Chargers. Rhodes was so mad he stormed out of the war room. After calming down, the Eagles front office called Rhodes back into the room, and told him he could pick any player he wanted in round 2, Rhodes went with Brian Dawkins. Imagine if the Eagles had just followed Rhodes and drafted Ray Lewis and Brian Dawkins with their first 2 picks in 1996.

Feel so bad for David carr, I truly believe no QB could have succeeded with that oline.

The fact that the 2007 draft had so many franchise changing stars that would be considered the best at their position (Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas, Adrian Peterson, Marshawn Lynch, Patrick Willis, Darrelle Revis, Joe Staley, Eric Weddle, Marshall Yanda) plus other great talent (LaRon Landry, Lawrence Timmons, Reggie Nelson, Jon Beason, Greg Olsen, LaMarr Woodley, Ryan Khalil, Dashon Goldson and the list goes on) it’s gotta be a tough pill to swallow for the Raiders taking Jamarcus Russell #1 overall

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I knew the Raiders mismanaged the first round during Al Davis’s last years. But I didn’t realize they passed over that many HOFers in a row, that’s just painful.

As someone who has spent their entire life living in Wisconsin, the Tony Mandarich pick physically causes me pain every time it's mentioned. Could you imagine Favre, Sterling Sharpe and Barry Sanders sharing an offense? Or Derrick Thomas and Reggie White teaming up to terrorize opposing QBs? Heck, Deion Sanders doesn't really fit the vibe of Green Bay but I'm sure we could've figured out something for one of the greatest cornerbacks of all time to do. We draft any of those guys and we have several Lombardis by the end of the nineties, but instead we took the biggest draft bust in NFL history

Shame what happened to Junior Seau. He was a great player.

something to consider is that Jerry Rice wasn't a highly touted recruit out of college and honestly might not have gone immediately before or after his actual draft position (i recall this being the narrative of his draft situation, he was seen playing on tv while walsh was at a hotel somewhere?) and then next consider the situation with Aaron Rodgers draft slide where it's not always the next pick for your position, the team might have it's needs met and you wouldn't consider drafting a QB if you have your starters sorted. still love this type of content cause it starts a conversation ! keep doing it !

Lewis & Reed. An ultimate duo on defense for a decade 🔥🔥

What about a Mr Irrelevant history video

Packers and Bucks fans like myself will never forgive missing out on Sanders in 89 and trading Nowitzki in 98

Rip to Seau and Cortez, two elite players, also never forget the fact the Birds selected Jalen Reagor over JJettas, as well as JJAW over DK

In the penultimate game of the 2006 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the hapless Cleveland Browns in a game that had zero playoff implications. This victory moved them from the 2nd draft pick to the 4th. The players that went #2 and #3 directly in front of them were Joe Thomas and Calvin Johnson.

Shoulda woulda couldas are always interesting. However saying a team should've drafted that HOF player where they drafted a bum, you just never know how that player would've panned out on that team. Other players, scheme, coaching, etc goes a long way to a player being successful, especially at a HOF level. A high percentage of HOF players played on SB teams, usually surrounded by other top players, maybe even other HOF players and of course had good coaches. Some players just fall into the best situation for them.

Hindsight is always 20/20 and while there are head scratching picks every year, people should put these drafts into context to understand why some of the players got drafted where they did. If you need a cornerback instead of a wide receiver, you end up drafting a Ricky Dixon and not Tim Brown. As a Seahawks fan I remember two unknown guys getting drafted in the fifth round named Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor, another in the sixth named Byron Maxwell. They ended up being a part of the Legion of Boom. Pre-draft scouting isn't an exact science by any means. Scheme, coaching, spot on the depth chart, and opportunity will make or break a player as well.

Could you imagine the Eagles would've had Brian Dawkins, Ray Lewis and Troy Palamalu defense!?🤯🤯😶 Scary!!💯

Ki Jana Carter would of been a monster if it wasn't for injuries.. So unlucky I was too young at the time but I've watched some college highlights and what not and he reminded me a lot of Maurice claret from ohio state came out the gate straight savage but didn't amount to anything in the NFL! Maurice a little different story but no one ever came out and dominate the way he did

So many of those picks were out of context because many teams drafted by need not by position

Dallas definitely would’ve taken Jerry Rice and openly planned to do so as well. Ironically in a round about long haul way this worked out for Dallas. Had they taken Rice he’d likely have changed their win loss record enough they’d be unable to pick Troy Aikman a few years later with the first overall pick. A similar thing happened in basketball explained by Magic Johnson. LA and Chicago had a coin flip for the first overall pick which the lakers clearly won. Magic said over the years Chicago fans occasionally come up to him and say wow we almost had you in a bulls uniform to which Magic explained if you’d gotten me you would not have had Michael Jordan a few years later. Obviously Magic is saying he would’ve changed the bulls draft order because he would’ve produced more wins therefore not in position to pick Jordan.