2002: With the 3rd pick, the Detroit Lions select QB Joey Harrington.
He started 55 games for Detroit. 60 touchdowns, 62 interceptions. 54.7% completion rate. 176 yards per game. Quarterback Rating: 68.1.
2003: With the 2nd pick, the Detroit Lions select WR Charles Rogers.
Played 15 games for Detroit. Career totals: 36 receptions, 440 yards, 4 touchdowns.
2004: With the 7th pick, the Detroit Lions select WR Roy Williams.
Played 60 games for Detroit. Detroit totals: 262 receptions, 3884 yards, 29 touchdowns. (Note: not bad)
2005: With the 10th pick, the Detroit Lions select WR Mike Williams.
Played 22 games for Detroit. Detroit totals: 37 receptions, 449 yards, 2 touchdowns.
2010: With the 30th pick, the Detroit Lions select RB Jahvid Best.
Played 22 games for Detroit. Career totals: 43 rushing yards/game. 35 receiving yards/game. 9 total touchdowns. Released by team.
2011: With the 57th pick, the Detroit Lions select RB Mikel Leshoure.
Played 14 games for Detroit. Totals: 57 rushing yards/game. 15 receiving yards/game. 9 total touchdowns. Still on the team but not on the active roster.
The funny thing is that I was on board and excited about almost all of those picks.
ReplyDeleteWe needed a QB and Harrington was highly rated.
Then we gave him a target, and a local guy at that.
Roy Williams actually was pretty good.
Mike Williams, if memory serves, was being talked up as maybe the #2 overall pick, so when he slipped all the way to the Lions, I was happy.
Best added a lot to the anemic running game before injuries hit hard, but his issues were already known as he suffered from concussions in college.
I was happy about Leshoure because of the Illinois connection and the fact that Best got hurt a lot.
But you cherry-picked on all of the bad picks. Megatron and Stafford have turned out well. Same with Suh and Fairly. And an offensive tackle is playing, though I don't know how well.
The funny thing is that I was on board and excited about almost all of those picks.
ReplyDeleteWe needed a QB and Harrington was highly rated.
Then we gave him a target, and a local guy at that.
Roy Williams actually was pretty good.
Mike Williams, if memory serves, was being talked up as maybe the #2 overall pick, so when he slipped all the way to the Lions, I was happy.
Best added a lot to the anemic running game before injuries hit hard, but his issues were already known as he suffered from concussions in college.
I was happy about Leshoure because of the Illinois connection and the fact that Best got hurt a lot.
But you cherry-picked on all of the bad picks. Megatron and Stafford have turned out well. Same with Suh and Fairly. And an offensive tackle is playing, though I don't know how well.