Post by butkus3595 on Apr 25, 2017 10:17:47 GMT -6
Apr 25, 2017 9:35:08 GMT -6 @soulman said:
Actually thats incorrect. Matt Ryan was drafted in 2008, before Julio Jones, before Sam Baker, and Peter Konz, and Desmond Trufant, and Jake Matthews, and Devonta Freeman, and Vic Beasley, Tevin Coleman, etc, etc. In fact their starting lineup this season didn't feature one player drafted prior to Ryan. Tom Brady was drafted in 2000 on a team who already had a QB, had a solid drafts the 2 years prior and then a great draft the next year.
As for our Super Bowl appearances and your point...we drafted sexy rexy in 03...same year as Tillman and Briggs. Then the next year we drafted Tommie Harris, Tank Johnson, Nate Vasher, and Bernard Berrian. Then in 05 we drafted Orton, Chris Harris, and Benson, and then finally in 06, the draft prior to our Super Bowl appearance, we drafted Danial Manning, Devin Hester, and Mark Anderson. The only defensive starters drafted before Sexy Rexy were Urlacher and Alex Brown. And the ONLY player drafted by the Bears on offense before Rex was Olin Kreutz. On that offensive line that we had in place before Grossman was picked allegedly...only Kreutz was there BEFORE he was drafted...everyone else was added after the fact. Everyone else that started on that offense was actually signed from another team in free agency. So Rex was there BEFORE they were. Sorry brother...it is what it is. If you have a QB you have conviction in...you take him.