OT: 1998 NFL Draft

Scott MS

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Was checking out some of the old drafts and '98 was particularly interesting due to the number of players in the '98 draft that are making headlines this offseason. Always funny to see where players were selected and how right and wrong the picks were:

1 Indianapolis Colts Peyton Manning QB Tennessee
2 San Diego Chargers (from Arizona) Ryan Leaf QB Washington State
3 Arizona Cardinals (from San Diego) Andre Wadsworth DE Florida State
4 Oakland Raiders Charles Woodson DB Michigan
5 Chicago Bears Curtis Enis RB Penn State
6 St. Louis Rams Grant Wistrom DE Nebraska
7 New Orleans Saints Kyle Turley OT San Diego St.
8 Dallas Cowboys Greg Ellis DE North Carolina
9 Jacksonville Jaguars (from Buffalo) Fred Taylor RB Florida
10 Baltimore Ravens Duane Starks DE Miami (Fla.)
11 Philadelphia Eagles Tra Thomas OT Florida State
12 Atlanta Falcons Keith Brooking LB Georgia Tech
13 Cincinnati Bengals Takeo Spikes LB Auburn
14 Carolina Panthers Jason Peter DT Nebraska
15 Seattle Seahawks Anthony Simmons LB Clemson
16 Tennessee Oilers Kevin Dyson WR Utah
17 Cincinnati Bengals (from Washington) Brian Simmons LB North Carolina
18 New England Patriots (from NY Jets) Robert Edwards RB Georgia
19 Green Bay Packers (from Miami) Vonnie Holliday DT North Carolina
20 Detroit Lions Terry Fair DB Tennessee
21 Minnesota Vikings Randy Moss WR Marshall
22 New England Patriots Tebucky Jones DB Syracuse
23 Oakland Raiders (from Tampa Bay) Mo Collins OT Florida
24 New York Giants Shaun Williams DB UCLA
25 Jacksonville Jaguars Donovin Darius DB Syracuse
26 Pittsburgh Steelers Alan Faneca OG LSU
27 Kansas City Chiefs Victor Riley OT Auburn
28 San Francisco 49ers R.W. McQuarters DB Oklahoma State
29 Miami Dolphins (from Green Bay) John Avery RB Mississippi
30 Denver Broncos Marcus Nash WR Tennessee
31 Oakland Raiders * Leon Bender DT Washington State

32 Indianapolis Colts Jerome Pathon WR Washington
33 Arizona Cardinals (from San Diego) Corey Chavous DB Vanderbilt
34 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Oakland) Jacquez Green WR Florida
35 Chicago Bears Tony Parrish DB Washington
36 Arizona Cardinals Anthony Clement OT SW Louisiana
37 St. Louis Rams Robert Holcombe RB Illinois
38 Dallas Cowboys Flozell Adams OL Michigan State
39 Buffalo Bills Sam Cowart LB Florida State
40 New Orleans Saints Cam Cleeland TE Washington
41 Pittsburgh Steelers (from Philadelphia through NYJets) Jeremy Staat DT Arizona State
42 Baltimore Ravens Pat Johnson WR Oregon
43 Cincinnati Bengals Artrell Hawkins DB Cincinnati
44 Miami Dolphins (from Carolina) Patrick Surtain DB S. Mississippi
45 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Atlanta) Brian Kelly DB USC
46 Tennessee Oilers Samari Rolle DB Florida State
47 Seattle Seahawks Todd Weiner OL Kansas State
48 Washington Redskins Stephen Alexander TE Oklahoma
49 Miami Dolphins Kenny Mixon DE LSU
50 Detroit Lions Germane Crowell WR Virginia
51 Minnesota Vikings Kailee Wong DE Stanford
52 New England Patriots (from NY Jets) Tony Simmons WR Wisconsin
53 Atlanta Falcons (from Tampa Bay) Bob Hallen OC Kent
54 New England Patriots Rod Rutledge TE Alabama
55 New York Giants Joe Jurevicius WR Penn State
56 NY Jets (from Pittsburgh) Dorian Boose DE Washington State
57 Jacksonville Jaguars Cordell Taylor CB Hampton
58 San Francisco 49ers Jeremy Newberry OC Cal-Berkeley
59 San Diego Chargers (from KC through Oakland through Tampa Bay) Mikheal Ricks WR Stephen F. Austin
60 Detroit Lions (from Green Bay through Miami) Charlie Batch QB E. Michigan
61 Denver Broncos Eric Brown DB Mississippi State

62 Carolina Panthers (from Indianapolis) Chuck Wiley DL LSU
63 Oakland Raiders Jon Ritchie FB Stanford
64 Chicago Bears Olin Kreutz OC Washington
65 St. Louis Rams (from Arizona through NY Jets) Leonard Little DE Tennessee
66 Pittsburgh Steelers (from San Diego) Chris Conrad OT Fresno State
67 New York Jets (from St. Louis) Scott Frost DB Nebraska
68 Buffalo Bills Robert Hicks OT Mississippi
69 Washington Redskins (from New Orleans) Skip Hicks RB UCLA
70 New York Giants (from Dallas through Philadelphia) Brian Alford WR Purdue
71 Indianapolis Colts (from Baltimore) E.G. Green WR Florida State
72 Philadelphia Eagles Jeremiah Trotter LB Stephen F. Austin
73 Carolina Panthers Mitch Marrow DT Penn
74 Atlanta Falcons Jammi German WR Miami
75 Cincinnati Bengals Steve Foley DE NE Louisiana
76 Seattle Seahawks Ahman Green RB Nebraska
77 Tennessee Oilers Dainon Sidney DB Ala.-Birmingham
78 Cincinnati Bengals (from Washington) Mike Goff OG Iowa
79 Miami Dolphins (from Detroit) Brad Jackson LB Cincinnati
80 Minnesota Vikings Ramos McDonald DB New Mexico
81 New England Patriots (from NY Jets) Chris Floyd RB Michigan
82 Miami Dolphins Larry Shannon WR E. Carolina
83 New England Patriots Greg Spires DL Florida State
84 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jamie Duncan LB Vanderbilt
85 Philadelphia (from New York Giants) Allen Rossum DB Notre Dame
86 Jacksonville Jaguars Jonathan Quinn QB Mid-Tenn. State
87 New York Jets (from Pittsburgh) Kevin Williams DB Oklahoma State
88 Kansas City Chiefs Rashaan Shehee RB Washington
89 San Francisco 49ers Chris Ruhman OT Texas A&M
90 Green Bay Packers Jonathon Brown DE Tennessee
91 Denver Broncos Brian Griese QB Michigan
92 Pittsburgh Steelers * Hines Ward WR Georgia

93 Indianapolis Colts Steve McKinney OG Texas A&M
94 Chicago Bears Alonzo Mayes TE Oklahoma State
95 Arizona Cardinals Michael Pittman RB Fresno State
96 St. Louis Rams (from San Diego) Az Hakim WR San Diego State
97 New Orleans Saints (from Oakland) Fred Weary DB Florida
98 St. Louis Rams Roland Williams TE Syracuse
99 New Orleans Saints Julian Pittman DT Florida State
100 Dallas Cowboys Michael Myers DT Alabama
101 Jacksonville Jaguars (from Buffalo) Tavian Banks RB Iowa
102 Miami Dolphins (from Philadelphia) Lorenzo Bromell DT Clemson
103 Atlanta Falcons (from Baltimore) Omar Brown DB North Carolina
104 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Atlanta Falcons) Todd Washington OL Virginia Tech
105 Cincinnati Bengals Glen Steele DL Michigan
106 Carolina Panthers Donald Hayes WR Wisconsin
107 Tennessee Oilers Joe Salave'a DL Arizona
108 Seattle Seahawks Deshone Myles LB Nevada
109 Oakland Raiders (from Washington) Gennaro Dinapoli OG Virginia Tech
110 Minnesota Vikings Kivuusama Mays LB North Carolina
111 New York Jets Jason Fabini OT Cincinnati
112 Philadelphia Eagles (from Miami) Brandon Whiting DT California
113 Washington Redskins (from Detroit though Oakland) Shawn Barber LB Richmond
114 Atlanta Falcons (from Tampa Bay) Tim Dwight WR Iowa
115 New England Patriots Leonta Rheams DT Houston
116 Philadelphia Eagles (from NY Giants) Clarence Love DB Toledo
117 Pittsburgh Steelers Deshea Townsend DB Alabama
118 Jacksonville Jaguars Harry Deligianis DL Youngstown State
119 San Francisco 49ers Lance Schulters DB Hofstra
120 Kansas City Chiefs Greg Favors LB Mississippi State
121 Green Bay Packers Roosevelt Blackmon CB Morris Brown
122 Denver Broncos Curtis Alexander RB Alabama
123 Pittsburgh Steelers * Carlos King FB NC State

124 Baltimore Ravens (from Indianapolis) Martin Chase DT Oklahoma
125 Arizona Cardinals Terry Hardy TE S. Mississippi
126 San Diego Chargers Cedric Harden DE Florida A&M
127 Oakland Raiders Jeremy Brigham TE Washington
128 Kansas City Chiefs (from Chicago) Robert Williams DB North Carolina
129 St. Louis Rams Raymond Priester FB Clemson
130 Dallas Cowboys Darren Hambrick LB S. Carolina
131 Buffalo Bills Jonathon Linton FB N. Carolina
132 New Orleans Saints Wilmont Perry RB Livingstone College
133 Baltimore Ravens Ryan Sutter DB Colorado
134 New York Jets (from Philadelphia) Casey Dailey LB Northwestern
135 Indianapolis Colts (from Cincinnati) Antony Jordon LB Vanderbilt
136 Carolina Panthers Jerry Jensen LB Washington
137 Pittsburgh Steelers (from Atlanta) Jason Simmons DB Arizona State
138 Dallas Cowboys (from Seattle) Oliver Ross OL Iowa State
139 Tennessee Oilers Benji Olson OL Washington
140 Washington Redskins Mark Fischer OL Purdue
141 New York Jets Doug Karczewski OL Virginia
142 Philadelphia Eagles (from Miami) Ike Reese LB Michigan State
143 Miami Dolphins (from Detroit) Scott Shaw OL Michigan State
144 Minnesota Vikings Kerry Cooks DB Iowa
145 New England Patriots Ron Merkerson LB Colorado
146 New York Jets (from Tampa Bay) Blake Spence TE Oregon
147 New York Giants Toby Myles OT Jackson State
148 Jacksonville Jaguars John Wade OC Marshall
149 New York Jets (from Pittsburgh) Eric Bateman OL Brigham Young
150 Green Bay Packers (from Kansas City) Corey Bradford WR Jackson State
151 San Francisco 49ers Phil Ostrowski OG Penn State
152 Oakland Raiders (from Green Bay) Travian Smith LB Oklahoma
153 Denver Broncos Chris Howard RB Michigan

154 Baltimore Ravens (from Indianapolis) Ron Rogers LB Georgia Tech
155 San Diego Chargers Clifford Ivory DB Troy State
156 Oakland Raiders Scott McGarrahan DB New Mexico
157 Chicago Bears Chris Draft LB Stanford
158 Arizona Cardinals Zack Walz LB Dartmouth
159 St. Louis Rams Glenn Rountree OG Clemson
160 Buffalo Bills Fred Coleman WR Washington
161 New Orleans Saints Chris Bordano LB SMU
162 Seattle Seahawks (from Dallas) Carl Hansen DT Stanford
163 New York Jets (from Philadelphia) Eric Ogbogu DE Maryland
164 Baltimore Ravens Sammy Williams OT Oklahoma
165 Carolina Panthers Damien Richardson DB Arizona State
166 Atlanta Falcons Elijah Williams CB Florida
167 Cincinnati Bengals Jason Tucker WR TCU
168 Tennessee Oilers Lee Wiggins CB S. Carolina
169 Seattle Seahawks Bobby Shaw WR California
170 Washington Redskins Patrick Palmer WR NW Louisiana
171 Miami Dolphins Nathan Strikwerda OL Northwestern
172 Miami Dolphins (from Detroit) John Dutton QB Nevada
173 Minnesota Vikings Matt Birk OT Harvard
174 New York Jets Chris Brazzell WR Angelo State
175 Tampa Bay Buccaneers James Cannida DL Nev-Reno
176 New England Patriots Harold Shaw RB So. Missouri
177 New York Giants Todd Pollack TE Boston College
178 Pittsburgh Steelers Chris Fuamatu'ma RB Utah
179 Jacksonville Jaguars Lammanzer Williams DE Minnesota
180 San Francisco 49ers Fred Beasley FB Auburn
181 Kansas City Chiefs Derrick Ransom DT Cincinnati
182 Jacksonville Jaguars (from Green Bay) Kevin McLeod FB Auburn
183 New York Jets (from Denver) Dustin Johnson RB Brigham Young
184 Tampa Bay Buccaneers * Shevin Smith DB Florida State
185 Detroit Lions * Jamaal Alexander DB S. Mississippi
186 Pittsburgh Steelers * Ryan Olson DT Colorado
187 Green Bay Packers * Matt Hasselbeck QB Boston College
188 Dallas Cowboys * Izell Reese DB Ala.-Birmingham
189 Chicago Bears * Patrick Mannelly OG Duke

190 Indianapolis Colts Aaron Taylor OC Nebraska
191 Washington Redskins (from Oakland) David Terrell DB Texas-El Paso
192 Jacksonville Jaguars (from Chicago) Alvis Whitted WR N.C. State
193 Arizona Cardinals Phil Savoy WR Colorado
194 San Diego Chargers Jon Haskins LB Stanford
195 New York Jets (from St. Louis) Lawrence Hart TE Southern
196 Carolina Panthers (from New Orleans) Villami Maumau DT Colorado
197 Seattle Seahawks (from Dallas) Jason McEndoo OG Washington State
198 Buffalo Bills Victor Allotey OG Indiana
199 Atlanta Falcons (from Baltimore through Pittsburgh) Ephraim Salaam OT San Diego State
200 Denver Broncos (from Philadelphia) Trey Teague OC Tennessee
201 Atlanta Falcons Ken Oxendine RB Virginia Tech
202 Cincinnati Bengals Marcus Parker RB Virginia Tech
203 Atlanta Falcons (from Carolina through Pittsburgh) Henry Slay DT W. Virginia
204 New Orleans Saints (from Seattle) Andy McCullough WR Tennessee
205 Tennessee Oilers Jimmy Sprotte LB Arizona
206 Washington Redskins Antwaune Ponds LB Syracuse
207 Detroit Lions Chris Liwienski OG Indiana
208 Minnesota Vikings Chester Burnett LB Arizona
209 Arizona Cardinals (from NY Jets) George Cousins DE Florida A&M
210 Miami Dolphins Jim Bundren OG Clemson
211 New England Patriots Jason Anderson OL Brigham Young
212 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Chance McCarty DE TCU
213 New York Giants Ben Fricke OC Houston
214 Jacksonville Jaguars Brandon Tolbert LB Georgia
215 San Francisco 49ers (from Pittsburgh through Atlanta) Ryan Thelwell WR Minnesota
216 Kansas City Chiefs Eric Warfield DB Nebraska
217 Chicago Bears (from San Francisco) Chad Overhauser OG UCLA
218 Green Bay Packers Edwin Watson RB Purdue
219 Denver Broncos Nate Wayne LB Mississippi
220 Philadelphia Eagles * Chris Akins DT Texas
221 Pittsburgh Steelers * Angel Rubio DT SE Missouri State
222 Cincinnati Bengals * Damian Vaughn TE Miami (Ohio)
223 Dallas Cowboys * Tarik Smith RB California
224 Kansas City Chiefs * Ernest Blackwell RB Missouri
225 Minnesota Vikings * Tony Darden DB Texas Tech
226 Arizona Cardinals * Pat Tillman DB Arizona State
227 Dallas Cowboys * Antonio Fleming OG Georgia
228 Carolina Panthers * Jim Turner WR Syracuse
229 Tennessee Oilers * Kevin Long OC Florida State
230 Oakland Raiders * Vince Amey DT Arizona State
231 Indianapolis Colts * Cory Gaines DB Tennessee
232 Chicago Bears * Moses Moreno QB Colorado State
233 Arizona Cardinals * Ron Janes RB Missouri
234 San Diego Chargers * Kio Sanford WR Kentucky
235 Oakland Raiders * David Sanders DE Arkansas
236 St. Louis Rams * Jason Chorak LB Washington
237 Dallas Cowboys * Rodrick Monroe TE Cincinnati
238 Buffalo Bills * Kamil Loud WR Cal-Poly SLO
239 New Orleans Saints * Ron Warner LB Kansas
240 Philadelphia Eagles * Melvin Thomas OG Colorado
241 Baltimore Ravens * Cam Quayle TE Weber State
 
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2 San Diego Chargers (from Arizona) Ryan Leaf QB Washington State
3 Arizona Cardinals (from San Diego) Andre Wadsworth DE Florida State
4 Oakland Raiders Charles Woodson DB Michigan
5 Chicago Bears Curtis Enis RB Penn State
6 St. Louis Rams Grant Wistrom DE Nebraska
8 Dallas Cowboys Greg Ellis DE North Carolina

Ouch...that's a pretty bad top 10.
 

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I'd say that was the weakest draft for RB ever!
 
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'98 was such a bad draft for the Cards, starting with Wadsworth.

The only bright spots were drafting Clement and then Tillman in the 7th.

Ironically, with the 65th pick, which was originally the Cards then sent to the N.Y. Jets and finally the Rams, the Rams selected Leonard Little . . .
 

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Wow!! Starks played defensive end @ Miami? That's crazy, he must have shed some pounds after the draft. :rolleyes:
 
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CorporalCardinal said:
remind me again how CLement is a bright spot? Is it cause he's one of the few that actually managed to stick?

Bright because he actually made it past one year or two. He's still with the team 7 years later. No superstar, but you don't make $3M a year in the NFL if you suck.

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