Looking Back – What a Draft!
After 6 Weeks of NFL football, I’m ready to rank this years’ (2006) rookie running backs from 1-10 based on how I think their NFL careers will transform.
1- Laurence Maroney
2- Reggie Bush
3- Jerious Norwood
4- Maurice Drew
5- DeAngelo Williams
6- LenDale White
7- Joseph Addai
8- Leon Washington
9- Michael Robinson
10- Jerome Harrison
I really think this is one of the best running back draft classes ever. Maroney, Bush, and Norwood will be pro-bowlers in the next 3 years (What a steal by the Falcons). Drew and Williams have a chance at being better than any of the first 3, and are surefire 1,200 yard backs. White has a chance to score more touchdowns than any player on this list. Addai and Washington are raw, but both run hard, forward, and fast. Michael Robinson is the wild card here, and when he gets a chance to carry the load, he’ll be a bright spot. He’s one of the best instinctual runners under 25 in this league. And Harrison, I see Warrick Dunn every time I look at the guy. An all around solid bunch of runners. Let me know what you think, am I crazy?
As for the rest of the NFL, here are 6 topics I couldn’t let marinate for a minute longer…
1- How much worse can Drew Bledsoe look? He’s set on idle in the pocket, just waiting to get sacked. You want to see how bad it can get? Watch Monday Night Football this week…
2- TO… God I’m sick as hell of those two letters…
3- People who are giving up on Daunte Culpepper’s career need to check their meat flaps at the door, because baby hands will be back firing away. Probably this year…
4- The league’s best signal caller is Tom Brady. With the cast he has, putting up the numbers he’s puttin’, and winning football games. Wow. Just wait until the Pats drop a 1st round pick on Randy Moss next season. Think I’m nuts? They did it with Dillon…
5- The steal of the draft was Bruce Gradkowski. This young QB has all the right tools to become an identical version of Rich Gannon when RG was good. 6th rounder. 194th overall. And the Raiders are starting Andrew Walter…
6- Matt Leinart is going to be damn good. Hell, he’s good right now. With Bruce, Vince, and Cutler, this draft (supposedly weak) could be one of the most amazing drafts most of us will remember. All the RB’s, all the QB’s, and some hard hitting defensive players have made themselves known already. As for the 9 teams who passed on Matt. Houston, Oakland, Detroit, and Buffalo will be the sorriest in 5 years.
That’s it for now. I can tell the future. The bad news is, sometimes even the future lies. The good news… Just switched to Geico. Championship!!!