The 2011 NFL draft is proof why you dont reach for QBs

[SoulController]

what 3 guys stand out as busts? keeping in mind that while 3 was too high Dareus made the Pro Bowl last year and is a big reason why BUF clogs the run

1 1 Carolina Panthers Cam Newton† QB Auburn SEC
1 2 Denver Broncos Von Miller† LB Texas A&M Big 12
1 3 Buffalo Bills Marcell Dareus† DE Alabama SEC
1 4 Cincinnati Bengals A. J. Green† WR Georgia SEC
1 5 Arizona Cardinals Patrick Peterson† CB LSU SEC
1 6 Atlanta Falcons Julio Jones† WR Alabama SEC from Cleveland [R1 - 1]
1 7 San Francisco 49ers Aldon Smith† LB Missouri Big 12
1 8 Tennessee Titans Jake Locker QB Washington Pac-10
1 9 Dallas Cowboys Tyron Smith† OT USC Pac-10
1 10 Jacksonville Jaguars Blaine Gabbert QB Missouri Big 12 from Washington [R1 - 2]
1 11 Houston Texans J. J. Watt† DE Wisconsin Big Ten
1 12 Minnesota Vikings Christian Ponder QB Florida State ACC
1 13 Detroit Lions Nick Fairley DT Auburn SEC
1 14 St. Louis Rams Robert Quinn† DE North Carolina ACC
1 15 Miami Dolphins Mike Pouncey† C Florida SEC
1 16 Washington Redskins Ryan Kerrigan† DE Purdue







outside of Fairley, the other 12 non-Gabby/Ponder/Locker guys have made Pro Bowls and there are 7 borderline or established superstars in there. good ass 1st round...

 

[NatiboyB]

He'll Fairly is a borderline star himself.

 

[904]

JJ Watt

 

[Bboystyle]

JJ should of stayed in Wisconsin

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

Take out the reach on QB's, is there a better first 14 picks ever?


That's an impressive list right there

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

That draft was loaded

 

[Da_Eggman]

locker could be good but dude is just injury prone they should be looking qb this next draft again

 

[Yogi]

Damn that was a good ass draft.

 

[CaughtInTWebb]

Sitting here like damn.....that was a hell of a draft class....

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Most drafts NEVER have that many hits in the first round.

For what it's worth, nobody was put into a worse situation than Blaine Gabbert...even in spite of him being drafted too high.


But how is this proof of why you don't reach for QB's ? the 2012 Draft would be better "proof" of that, seeing that Cleveland just went for Weeden in the 1st, when Russell Wilson, Nick Foles went 2 rounds later...and Austin Davis was undrafted

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Kap/Dalton in 2nd round too

 

[mastermind]

The funny thing about this draft is everyone knew this at the time. When each of those picks were made, we all went.

Far cry from the 1997 NFL draft when only Jim Druckenmiller went in the first round to San Fran and only he and Jake Plummer went the first day of the draft.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

look@the 2nd round of that draft. We got Alshon at 57 or something-wrong year but kaep/dalton in the 2nd round as well as several others
Blaine Gabbert

 

[dem bath salts]

the bucs went ten and six in the wrong fukking year. it was so many good players in that drat

 

[FaTaL]

locker could be good but dude is just injury prone they should be looking qb this next draft again

dude blows, its been almost 4 years

hes gotten a longer rope then gabbert and ponder