Defense Drafting

LKelley67 · 02-21-2005, 09:20 AM

i hear the ravens D referred to like it has some inherent strength just cuz they are badasses. truth is, they have infused some great strength into the team via the draft year after year. i looked at this in consideration of the of the saints continuous decline in defense from 11th to 32nd in haslett's tenure.
what if's of course,but just consider them-
2003- sullivan picked over defensive rookie of the year terrell suggs (marcus trufant for that matter)
2002- stallworth picked over human highlight machine ed reed
2001- ravens pick solid cb gary baxter in 2nd
1999- the rickey year. skins picked champ bailey in the traded spot. all everything chris mcalister was just after that for the ravens.

02-21-2005, 09:20 AM	#1
LKelley67 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: baton rouge Posts: 2,540	Defense Drafting i hear the ravens D referred to like it has some inherent strength just cuz they are badasses. truth is, they have infused some great strength into the team via the draft year after year. i looked at this in consideration of the of the saints continuous decline in defense from 11th to 32nd in haslett's tenure. what if's of course,but just consider them- 2003- sullivan picked over defensive rookie of the year terrell suggs (marcus trufant for that matter) 2002- stallworth picked over human highlight machine ed reed 2001- ravens pick solid cb gary baxter in 2nd 1999- the rickey year. skins picked champ bailey in the traded spot. all everything chris mcalister was just after that for the ravens.