Draft Nostalgia Thread

[Aston]

Since we're heading back to draft territory soon (how 'bout that roll call/recruiting push, by the way?), thought it'd be a good time to go back over the years and pump up our previous draft exploits...and revisit some failures.

I'll start with an awful trade I made last year: WR Paul Marchion for a 3rd. Wouldn't have been so bad, only I took a complete scrub with that pick that I later cut. Hope you enjoyed those 8.22 yards/target and 34.6 KR average, Camden...

And my favs from the past few years:

The Good

TE Nate Barlow - 2015 7.27, 45/45. Beat expectations a lot by still sticking around. Still creeping up. Some random guy that happened to be at the top of the queue when I missed the end of the draft that year.

ILB Howard Cote - 2016 3.10, 55/55. Kind of a stud, glad I have him manning the middle of the D.

WR Alvin Foley - 2017 1.23, 60/60. Surprised me by making a strong push in ratings as the weeks went by this year. Almost every week I'd look back and see his ratings had jumped again. Endurance is a downer, but he's a serious threat and a comforting thought as Chester Quinteros watches his career wind down. I think I traded down and still got him, so that's a plus, too. Of course I passed up guys like Linty's stud LB.

SLB Johnnie Higgs - 2017 3.19, 60/60. Did the same thing as Foley this year, which I thought was awesome. Great LB-ing duo. Wasn't really expecting it, just picked some guy when other guys on my board got picked up.

The Bad

1) Every cornerback I've ever drafted
2) Rico Dietz
3) 2nd round RT Jesse Wagner. 44/44. Booo, I thought he had a stud combine and took him over a guy like C Bob Benton.
4) Speaking of that, every second round pick I've ever had. My first year, 2014, I didn't have one. 2015: Traded down into Round 3, I believe. 2016: Wagner. 2017: QB Rico Dietz 2018: Traded away to move up to get Boone. Clay gets an extra 2nd, and Mickey Baines.
5) Watching Washington draft FB Corwin Metzenbaum, 57/57 and my top target at the time, with 6.07, one of a horrible bevy of late-round picks I traded him to pick up a useless 6th round QB the previous year.

Hope 2019 breaks the trend. Taking my 2nd rounder off the trade table in advance, just so I can finally get a 2nd rounder on the team that doesn't suck. Hopefully. How bout you guys?

[Lintyfresh85]

I remember my first draft in the OSFL... I was brought in during the draft... first thing I did was trade down, then I traded down again and again.

I got a ton of picks... most didn't amount to much... though, DT Jose Booker, my first ever pick, is still on the team to this day. 11 years is a great run for a DT.

[Guest]

5) Watching Washington draft FB Corwin Metzenbaum, 57/57 and my top target at the time, with 6.07, one of a horrible bevy of late-round picks I traded him to pick up a useless 6th round QB the previous year.

I came in after the 2015 draft started. Wish I could take credit for Nate Graham, but he was anointed by the admin. I think WR Lenny Weaver was my first pick, and he's not bad, nice 3rd option & return guy.

A.J. McGee's gotta be one of my favorites, just a freaking horse. I didn't think much of him at the time, but he's far exceeded expectations.

[Guest]

Hope you enjoyed those 8.22 yards/target and 34.6 KR average, Camden...

Yes, yes we did.

As for our drafts, their success has to be measured against my 2012 class. That draft (which involved trading away a future first rounder for a guard and some lower round picks) produced 6 starters on our 2014 Steven's Cup winning team including 5th rounders RT Artie Kramer (58/58) and C Jerome Huntley (57/57) and 6th rounder DE Randy Bryant (56/56). Oh, and 2014 Defensive Player of the Year and New Jersey native LB Trent Woodfield. Since then our drafts haven't been nearly so impressive, prompting me to make some big draft day trades the last few years.

The Good

2018 – The Trades. We had only one rookie from 2018 even make our team (S Bryce Lyons) but I still count this one as a success. We traded away the top end of our draft for a Pro Bowl Corner, a Pro Bowl Tight End and the above mentioned Paul Marchion. Downsides here are numerous. I over payed for all of them, we're only going to get a couple of years out of these guys, and we were already the oldest team in the league. But after winning it all in 2014 we've had too many years of quick playoff exits while we waited for our younger players to mature and something needed to be done.

2107 – RB Burt Newman (1.12) Another draft day trade made to grab the replacement for the league's retiring all time leading rusher. Newman missed a chance to become the first player to rush for 2000 in consecutive seasons by just 13 yards this year, but did pick up a Dogbytes Offensive Player of the Year trophy.

2016 – CB Leonard Johnson (7.23) First and second round offensive linemen Nick Brooks and Larry Okuyama have also worked out well for us, but they are first and second rounders and that's to be expected. Johnson was only drafted because I was using an outdated chemistry profile in the Stelmack Draft Analyzer, but he made the team anyway and this year pulled down 3 interceptions and finished with a PDPct of 82.6.

2015 – OG Lamont Tanner (7.32) WR Roy Garner is this years Special Teams Player of the Year and has been a sold receiver for us, and C Casey Boticario led our team in KRBs, but Tanner was Mr. Friken' Irrelevant and he finished the year with just one fewer KRBs than Boticario and led the team with 9 pancakes.

The Bad

2018 – Everyone not named Bryce Lyons. Not expecting too much when my first pick isn't until the 4th round, but this bunch still managed to let me down.

2017 – LT John Buhner (3.25) Not only did I blow a 3rd rounder on him, I also sent him to the Summer League, and then I cut him.

2016 – LB Teddy Turtschin (4.20) Not a bad pick for where I picked him, or how he turned out, but because for some reason I cut him, and for the life of me I cannot remember why.

2015 - RB Alan Weber (1.32) A reach for a perceived need that it turns out I didn't need for another 2 years. 2015 was a terrible year for running backs but I was hoping that Weber's better combines meant he was the best of the bunch. He had a couple of decent years as a back up, but after a disastrous start to the 2017 season he lost that job to FB Tom Church who is a more reliable (if totally unspectacular) runner and a better receiver.

2015 - C Scott Wilcox (3.32) Totally wasted pick, I missed a draft roll back notification and took Wilcox instead of the player I wanted, who was still on the board. As a result I had to trade away another pick to trade up to the top of the 4th to take the player I wanted all along.

[Guest]

Nice thread Nutah. I hope to also have one in the future. I am happy to see Bart Ross is already 70/70 but not yet 100% developed. Maybe it is wishful thinking but I am hoping maybe that -4 he had at training camp was not the final answer to his development.

[Guest]

(how 'bout that roll call/recruiting push, by the way?)

I was the first one to bring this up in another thread. Linty, I don't want to step on your toes but if you are busy I am happy to put up the roll call thread and manage it. Just say the word.

I could also draft up something to post over at FOFC once necessary. I like the threads that post up what teams are available, the best players and the picks that the available teams have.

[Guest]

the Good

1.21 (2014) Will Shumway, steady consistent and injury free, not spectacular but steady, my 1st ever pick


1.15 (2017) Alfred Morrison awesome set osfl records for targets and catches and had the 2nd best season ever in yardage (1661)

the bad

1.12 (2015) Matt Jeffries looks like hes gonna be a bit of a bust, serviceable but not worth his pick

the ugly

my entire 2015 draft


so still learning how to draft and ive had a couple picks that were ok in the 3rd and 4th that are serviceable starters (Monty Lester, Rondell Starks) and hopefully Kris Burke will turn out ok

[tomr1962]

The Good

2007 2.9 Buddy Offord Best TE in league history 8 Pro Bowls

2009 1.14 Shane Wilkerson 597 catches 15.8 ypc Great deep threat.

2010 1.10 Lincoln Ramsey 4 time all-league #7 all-time INT's

2013 1.22 Joe Durham drafted as DE, asked to play DT at 282 lbs
3 Pro Bowls later and counting

The Ugly

2007 1.10 Percy Grier 12 yrs as LT, 2 Pro Bowls but never turned
into the dominating player he was at Alabama St

2008 1.20 Omar Webster C-G who never played to his potential
in 8 seasons

[Guest]

Ok, I already have a few to add to the list for my early career... Still not sure where these guys are heading but still wanted to contribute.

OLB Bubba Corbett - gains 8 points future value at TC and climbs another 6 in FA 1-1 of this season. Now has a future rating of 69 and still climbing. Not bad for a low 1st round pick.

LG Harvey Borders - gains 6 points future value at TC and climbs another 5 in FA 1-1. Future rating is up to 51 and growing. Looks like a solid pick at 2-10.

But the best of all...

MLB Bernie Price - was browsing through change tracker results just before the season started and noticed this guy. He gained +11 future value in the TC stage. I thought... it must be volatility - that's why no one picked him up. Then I check and his volatility is only 14. I figured I had to take a shot. I moved him to MLB and he jumped a bit more to 40 future rating. He jumped again to 43 after staff hiring. Wow - looks like a 2nd round pick for absolutely nothing. I am very interested to watch his development.

Some disappointments:

Bart Ross, my 1.9 pick last season. He projects as a solid starter in the league but not as good as I thought he would be. He lost 2 more ticks in future value and is down 68 now.

Broderick Westbrook - I wanted more from this 2.27 pick. He is down to 45 future value and may creep down even further.