Cardinals Worst Draft Class?

[football karma]

Check out some of the players we could have had we have drafted smarter. I tracked backed to 1997.
1997- We took Tom Knight. We could have had Tony Gonzalez.
1998- We took Andre Wadsworth. We could have had Charles Woodson.
1999- We took David Boston and L.J. Shelton. We could have had Chris McAlister and still should have taken Shelton.
2000- We took Thomas Jones. We could have had either Brian Urlacher or SHAUN ALEXANDER!!
2001- We took Leonard Davis. I would have taken him so that pick was good.
2002- We took Wendell Bryant. We could have had Ed Reed.
2003- We took Bryant Johnson and Calvin Pace. We had the sixth pick and could have taken hometown hero Terrell Suggs. Even ESPN analysts said live "what were they thinking?". And that's a trade I will never forgive them for.
2004- We took Larry Fitzgerald and I agreed with the pick because we weren't the only ones who passed on Roethlisberger.

Imagine how our team would be doing if we had that roster.

What is real torture is, per draft day coverage by the local media folks is the following:

1997-- war room debate over Gonzales and Knight. Need wins out. Dohh.
1998-- Guy they wanted. Oh well. NOBODY second guessed them on this.
1999-- Fergy really wanted John Tait. Dont know who over ruled him, but that was the beginning of the end for Fergy.
2000- three way race between those mentioned. Considered Urlacher the best upside, went with need for RB, and picked the wrong one.
2001- Everyone had them picking Gerard Warren. Finally - a good move.
2002-I beleive it came down to Bryant and Phillip Buchanon. Dohh.
2003- Here is where it is scary -- if they hadnt traded down, it would have been Jonathan Sullivan of Georgia. Bigger bust for the Saints than Bryant for the Cards.

So close to making good decisions, so many made the wrong way.

 

[Scott MS]

Here's 1990 through 1994. Kind of old, but worth a look at:

1990
2 31 Anthony Thompson RB Indiana
3 58 Ricky Proehl WR Wake Forest
4 85 Travis Davis DT Michigan State
5 115 Larry Centers RB Stephen F. Austin
6 142 Tyrone Shavers WR Lamar
7 169 Johnny Johnson RB San Jose State
8 199 Mickey Washington DB Texas A&M
9 225 David Bavaro LB Syracuse
10 252 David Elle TE South Dakota
11 282 Dempsey Norman WR St. Francis (IL)
12 308 Donnie Riley RB Central Michigan
12 330 Ken Mitchell DB Oklahoma

1991
1 6 Eric Swann DE None
2 32 Mike Jones DE North Carolina State
3 59 Aeneas Williams DB Southern
4 86 Dexter Davis DB Clemson
5 117 Vance Hammond DT Clemson
6 144 Eduardo Vega T Memphis State
7 171 Ivory Lee Brown RB Arkansas-Pine Bluff
8 198 Greg Amsler RB Tennessee
8 204 Jerry Evans TE Toledo
8 209 Scott Evans DT Oklahoma
10 255 Herbie Anderson DB Texas A&I
11 282 Nathan LaDuke DB Arizona State
12 309 Jeff Bridewell QB California-Davis

1992
2 46 Tony Sacca QB Penn State
3 61 Ed Cunningham C Washington
4 91 Jeff Christy T Pittsburgh
4 100 Michael Bankston DT Sam Houston State
6 146 Brian Brauninger T Oklahoma
7 175 Derek Ware TE Central State (OK)
8 202 Eric Blount WR North Carolina
9 229 David Henson DT Central Arkansas
9 239 Tyrone Williams WR Western Ontario
10 259 Reggie Yarbrough RB Fullerton State
11 286 Rob Baxley T Iowa
12 313 Lance Wilson DT Texas

1993
1 3 Garrison Hearst RB Georgia
1 18 Ernest Dye T South Carolina
2 32 Ben Coleman T Wake Forest
4 87 Ronald Moore RB Pittsburg State (KS)
6 143 Brett Wallerstedt LB Arizona State
7 172 Will White DB Florida
8 199 Chadrick Brown DE Mississippi
8 215 Stevie Anderson WR Grambling

1994
1 10 10 Jamir Miller LB UCLA
2 38 Chuck Levy RB Arizona
3 76 Rich Braham G West Virginia
3 89 Eric England DE Texas A&M
4 107 Perry Carter DB Southern Mississippi
4 113 John Reece DB Nebraska
4 115 Terry Irving LB McNeese State
5 139 Anthony Redmon G Auburn
6 172 Terry Samuels TE Kentucky
7 204 Frank Harvey RB Georgia