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Post by bluehen on Dec 8, 2017 15:27:40 GMT
What about 1982 that included: 1) Herschel Walker 2) John Elway 3) Eric Dickerson 4) Anthony Carter 6) Todd Blackledge 8) Tony Eason 9) Dan Marino Elway, Blackledge, Eason, and Marino (along with Jim Kelly and Ken O'Brien) - all QBs - were drafted in the first round the following year. What a QB draft in 1983 ! |
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Post by bluehen on Dec 8, 2017 15:29:54 GMT
The Heisman tends to whiff a lot If any defensive back should have won it, it should have been Deion Sanders Honestly why don't we have "Best Defensive Player" award? Payton Manning or Randy Moss should have won it in 1997 The Bednarik award is for best defensive player. ahhhh. 'Concrete Cholly' Bednarik....the toughest individual, lb for lb, to ever play football. |
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Post by Hero on Dec 8, 2017 16:15:13 GMT
I broke A Dallas fan's heart when he tried to tell me they never got a chance at a top QB. I told him they passed on Dan Marino. He didn't believe it and called the news paper sports to confirm.  FYI-The last pick in the first round of the famous 83 draft was Darrell Green to the Skins. He played in three decades...20 seasons |
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Dec 9, 2017 9:30:03 GMT
Several other times they should have bucked the trend... 1996 - Orlando Pace finished 4th behind Danny Weurffel, Troy Davis and Jake Plummer - Pace just entered the NFL HOF, not sure what happened to the other guys. Pace was probably the most dominating offensive lineman since John Hannah in college. Never allowed a sack and made the term 'pancake' a common phrase. 2009 - not sure how you spell his first name but Suh from Nebraska was unstoppable. I believe he finished 4th but he was certainly worthy of winning. He have lost to Mark Ingram, Toby Gerhart and Colt McCoy also finished ahead of him. There have also been some schlubs get it through the years but I think that's because it's more about stats than who actually is the 'most outstanding player'. I don’t recall Lee Roy Selmon getting any Heisman buzz in 1974, and very little in 1975, but he was arguably a better player than Archie Griffin each of these seasons. |
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Post by Hero on Dec 10, 2017 18:27:16 GMT
Several other times they should have bucked the trend... 1996 - Orlando Pace finished 4th behind Danny Weurffel, Troy Davis and Jake Plummer - Pace just entered the NFL HOF, not sure what happened to the other guys. Pace was probably the most dominating offensive lineman since John Hannah in college. Never allowed a sack and made the term 'pancake' a common phrase. 2009 - not sure how you spell his first name but Suh from Nebraska was unstoppable. I believe he finished 4th but he was certainly worthy of winning. He have lost to Mark Ingram, Toby Gerhart and Colt McCoy also finished ahead of him. There have also been some schlubs get it through the years but I think that's because it's more about stats than who actually is the 'most outstanding player'. I don’t recall Lee Roy Selmon getting any Heisman buzz in 1974, and very little in 1975, but he was arguably a better player than Archie Griffin each of these seasons. There were quite a few players to vote for in '75 to split votes. The top 5 were... Griffin Chuck Muncie Ricky Bell Tony Dorsett Joe Washington That said, I have seen a few CFPlayers that looked like men among boys and Selmon was certainly one. Oklahoma should have a statue of his mom. |
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