The Gipper Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 I wonder if this draft will have someone that will match some of the following......who are/were the biggest steal of a draft: A. By far the biggest steal of a draft is to sign a guy that was not drafted, i.e. a UDFA. And here is a list of Hall of Fame players who meet that criteria. NOT drafted: 948 Joe Perry FB San Francisco 49ers (AAFC) 1948 Emlen Tunnell DB New York Giants 1951 Jack Butler CB Pittsburgh Steelers 1952 Dick "Night Train" Lane DB Los Angeles Rams 1960 Willie Wood DB Green Bay Packers 1962 Mick Tingelhoff C Minnesota Vikings 1963 Willie Brown DB Houston Oilers (Cut during training camp by Oilers and then signed by Denver Broncos.) 1966 Emmitt Thomas DB Kansas City Chiefs 1967 Larry Little G San Diego Chargers 1970 Jim Langer C Cleveland Browns (Cut by Browns during training camp and then signed by Miami Dolphins.) 1984 Warren Moon QB Houston Oilers 1990 John Randle DT Minnesota Vikings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Now also these: Roosevelt Brown #321 Chris Hanburger 245 Raymond Berry 232 Ken Houston 214 Richard Dent 203 Bart Starr 200 Tom Brady 199 Shannon Sharpe 192 Deacon Jones 186 Willie Davis 181 Roger Staubach 129 George Blanda 119 Steve Largent 117 Leroy Kelly 110 Don Maynard 109 Dante Lavelli 103 Johnny Unitas 102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 So....do any of you have any predictions for any Sleepers who could go 100 or below and turn out to be something special. We shall see from those taken on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Here are major Draft Steals in this Century. All of the following were taken below pick #100: Julian Edelman #232 Jon Sitton 135 Jahri Evans 109 Brandon Marshall 119 Kyle Williams 154 Domata Peko 123 Marques Colston 252 Ryan Fitzpatrick 250 Darren Sproles 130 Jared Allen 126 Geno Atkins 120 Antonio Brown 195 Richard Sherman 154 Jason Kelce 191 Kirk Cousins 102 David Bakhtari 109 Stefon Diggs 146 Dak Prescott 135 Tyreek Hill 165 Eddie Jackson 112 George Kittle 146 So, there are gems down below 100 if a team can ferret them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby73 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 i was listening to Iowa's HC Kirk Ferentz on the radio the other day..Ferentz was asked "who he won't miss in the Big 10 after this draft class?.. "Simple..Wisconsin RB Jonathan Taylor..it just seems like, I've watch that kid blow by nfl draftee's at 4.3 speed for like 6 years" 🤣 As a Buckeye fan... Amen, Kirk Ferentz! I remember my dad, wanting RB Emmitt Smith coming out of Florida... JT has all those tools imo..Good Luck & GoodBye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 I guess you can never have too many "Steals" threads... On 4/17/2020 at 2:20 AM, Tour2ma said: Started thinking about my own list rather than Bleachers. In no particular order... Jalen Hurts - QB, OU... the more I look, the more I see Dak 2.0... Anthony McFarland - RB, Maryland... fast and quick.. good receiver... Devin Duvernay - WR, Texas... almost uncoverably quick... extremely productive. Shane Lemieux - IOL, Oregon... made for our ZBS. Matt Peart - OT, UConn... I believe I may have mentioned him before. Khalil Davis - IDL, Nebraska... quick disruptor... Jabari Zuniga - Edge, Florida... strong for his size, if can improve his "get-off", he's going to be really good. Troy Dye - OLB, Oregon... has the speed, needs to get a little stronger. Malik Harrison - LB, tOSU... I keep seeing him as a Mike... and a good one with thump and surprising coverage skill. JR Reed - FS, UGA... good size... decent speed... needs work on tackling, but otherwise the skill set is pretty well complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 My purpose was to highlight the steels of the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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