Scenarios for Top 2 Picks in 2006 NFL Draft

[Oski]

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Houston
#1 Draft Adrew Bogut

San Fran
#1 Draft Adrew Bogut

Green Bay
#1 Draft Adrew Bogut

Jets
#1 Draft Adrew Bogut

Saints
#1 Draft 11 little Ditkas, release Aaron Brooks.

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[MEbenhoe]

Just because I love draft day craziness, now that the Packers pretty much cant get Bush, I'm hoping for some team to pull off a Ditka-like trade to pick up Reggie Bush.

[TwoNiner]

I could see Casserly blowing all of our hard work these last few weeks by trading the #1 Bush spot for an extra third rounder. Or simply taking D'Brick 1st b/c (Hey, he was our guy!)

[Victor]

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.

[BadBoyBenny]

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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.

[Victor]

bengals are good bc marvin overhauled the oline and defense and filled the skill position with talented players picked in later rounds.

colts sucked for years with peyton (ask jim mora) and recently have made the additions to make the team successful.

i can buy vick. dude can turn franchises around.

pace is not gonna turn a team around. faulk, 3 awesome recievers and a long shot qb will tho.

[antidan444]

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colts sucked for years with peyton

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Wrong.

Peyton's rookie year (1998) they went 3-13. They had one blip after that, in 2001 (6-10). Every other year they've won at least 10 games. I'll grant you they haven't been great in the playoffs, but "sucked" is a little too strong.

[Jack of Arcades]

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colts sucked for years with peyton

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Wrong.

Peyton's rookie year (1998) they went 3-13. They had one blip after that, in 2001 (6-10). Every other year they've won at least 10 games. I'll grant you they haven't been great in the playoffs, but "sucked" is a little too strong.

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The Colts pretty much sucked in 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2002. Wow, weird saying that a team that went 13-3 sucked, but that team wasn't very good at all.

It's really only been the last three years that they've been good. And 2000.

[BadBoyBenny]

I agree with most of what you say here. My point was not that the first round picks were the sole catalyst, but that they were perhaps a bigger part of the turnaround than what these teams would have gotten by trading the pick.

[CarlSpackler]

Rumor has it the JETS might trade their 1st round pick to San Diego for Phillip Rivers and San Diego's #1 pick.