Re: Scenarios for Top 2 Picks in 2006 NFL Draft
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the best thing to do with the number 1 pick is to trade it. this is true every year. these teams are so bad that one player is not gonna make a difference.
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I don't know about this.
2002 Bengals were 2-14 and picked Carson Palmer and are now one of the league's elite teams.
The same arguement could be made for Peyton Manning, Mike Vick, even Orlando Pace. Most of the teams who had the #1 pick and aren't the Cleveland Browns have turned things around quickly after taking the best player in the draft.
Not saying these picks are the only thing that flipped these teams fortunes, but they were certainly a big part of the solution.
I don't know if Reggie Bush is that guy or not, but I think he could be.
For number 2 picks, the 2001 Panthers were 1-15 picked Julius Peppers #2 and were in the Superbowl 2 Years later. McNabb certainly turned his franchise around, but the rest of the recent picks have been busts.
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