NFL Draft: No Huskers Drafted So Far - Clearly NFL Doesn't Understand "Value"

by Cobby on Apr 26, 2009 9:02 AM CDT in Cobby - Humor Comment 8 comments

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Some beady-eyed dude with the Broncos wondered the same thing we are - where are the Huskers? Where are they? Dammit!!! (Either that or he just showed up and they're out of ham and cheese sandwiches already

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There were no Huskers taken on the first day of the 2009 NFL Draft. Clearly the NFL doesn't understand the work ethic and value of what it means to draft a Nebraska player.

The NFL does understand what it means to make no sense of anything.

Around the Big 12:

- Baylor had a lineman, Jason Smith, drafted at the #2 spot overall. You're wondering the same thing I am - what the hell was this guy doing at Baylor?

- Michael Crabtree went 10th overall to the 49ers. Al Davis proved once again that he's still living in the '70s and picked some guy no one's ever heard of ahead of Crabtree.

Who doesn't love Al Davis? He's still the same act, same show, year after year. He's dependable. Hell, he tells old men to get off his lawn.

- Texas' Brian Orakpo went to the Washington Redskins. I liked watching Orakpo play in college, at least as much as a Nebraska guy can enjoy watching a Texas guy (I know, I'll say three "Hail Mary's" for that one), and it's always a little sad when these guys come out of college and get sentenced to hell.

- Josh Freeman went at 17th to the Buccaneers. Nice pick, Tampa Bay. Josh can throw a ball real far. He's big. Suddenly he's worth millions. What's that you said about society and misplaced priorities? You may be right.

- Jeremy Maclin went after Freeman at 19th, to the Eagles. AFTER Freeman. And you thought utter stupidity was limited to Al Davis? Shame on you.

- Brandon Pettigrew from Oklahoma State went to the Detroit Lions with the 20th pick. Brandon, I don't know you or your family, but my prayers are with you and yours.

- Evander Hood from Missouri went to the PIttsburgh Steelers. I don't have a joke here.

- Darcel McBath, Texas Tech, went to the Denver Broncos. I have nothing against Tech, nor Darren. At least I didn't before yesterday, but I can't stand the Denver Broncos. Maybe it's just Colorado in general. Yeah, that's it. Good luck, Darcel, I hope you suck.

- Phil Loadholt from Oklahom went to the Minnesota Vikings at #54. Blocking for his old teammate, Adrian Peterson. Good for Phil. Good for the Vikings. Now learn what it means to be a perennial disappointment.

Oh. Yeah, that's right, you probably already know what that is.

- William Moore went to the Atlanta Falcons at #55. Missouri had a good player in the defensive secondary? How could they tell that?

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simply didn’t have anyone worth picking in the first two rounds. Sad to say that is how far our program has dropped these last five years or so, although I think we are on the way back up now. We might have some guys with a good work ethic but when the physical tools aren’t there work ethic gets you a late round pick or free agent contract. I not saying those guys won’t be successful in the NFL. But teams draft on talent, they can say what they want about character and all that but it boils down to physical talent. Unfortunately, the Huskers lacked some of that this past season. Our highest draft pick would have been Suh and with him returning he probably will be a first rounder next year if he stays healthy. I would say overall the talent in this draft is down from past years.

by Huzkerfan on Apr 26, 2009 12:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually, I think it was just the opposite...

…I think that this group of seniors probably had some decent talent, but I think the previous regime so totally squandered it on poor development practices (training AND coaching) that many of these men had no chance to make it in the league. Give these players more time working with the new staff, and they might have a chance.

by Husker Mike on Apr 26, 2009 1:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That may be true,

but for the most part you want your first and second rounders to be able to potentially contribute right away. Suh was the only Huskers that had that potential. Those guys with that decent talent will still be there in the later rounds or free agency. You are not going to draft a project early unless it is a future quarterback, a.k.a. Josh Freeman, I think a risky pick for Tampa Bay.

by Huzkerfan on Apr 26, 2009 1:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'll absolutely agree with you on Freeman...

Tampa took a heck of a chance on drafting the eighth-best quarterback in the Big XII as the third quarterback drafted by the NFL.

by Husker Mike on Apr 26, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea

I am a Bucs fan and have been since they wore the ugly yellow back in the day, the only thing Freeman has is the physical tools he didn’t get it done at K-State, maybe coaching had some to do with it I don’t know. I think the Testeverde, years ago, was a better pick than Freeman and that didn’t turn out well for them. I guess they think they can coach him up. Here’s to hoping!!!

by Huzkerfan on Apr 26, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Vikings...

Needed a right tackle bad. It wouldn’t matter if Jesus Christ himself were QB with Ryan Cook at right tackle, and Loadholt is the guy that I wanted, even over Harvin. It just so happened that both of them fell to us.

So the Vikings addressed that, but still no QB on the Vikings roster not named Rosenfels or Jackson, so apparently Childress is content with running Peterson thirty times a game and shortening his career by about five years and winning ZERO Super Bowls.

Perennial disappointment is right, and still, like the kid getting the crap kicked out of him that keeps getting up and taunting his abuser, I keep right on cheering for the Vikings. sigh

If I were Peterson, I would be looking to get traded if the Vikings don’t bring a decent QB in. My $.02.

The Minnesota Vikings - Undefeated in the Playoffs at Lambeau Field!

by BaldViking on Apr 26, 2009 8:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

if Childress

doesn’t produce a deep playoff run this year, don’t you think he’ll be gone?

by Cobby on Apr 30, 2009 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hear ya

BaldViking….Have been a Vikings fan since I was a kid and Allen Page, Carl Eller, Sammy White, Fran Tarkenton, etc …..played for them. I know I am one of very few Viking fans that still wish we had Randy Moss, but give us a reciever to throw to and a qb to throw it with AP running and we win tons of games. And you can put up with Moss’s antics then….LOL.

by taflorom on Apr 27, 2009 7:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs