2026 NFL Thread

[ELA]

Whoever was picked after the Raiders took Jamarcus Russell at #1 overall would have to be in the running.

LOL, Calvin Johnson #2 and Joe Thomas #3

[GopherRock]

Whoever was picked after Peyton Manning?

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Indianapolis Colts	Peyton Manning‡†	QB	Tennessee	1997 Maxwell Award winner

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San Diego Chargers	Ryan Leaf	QB	Washington State	from Arizona[R1 – 1]

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Arizona Cardinals	Andre Wadsworth	DE	Florida State	from San Diego[R1 – 2]

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Oakland Raiders	Charles Woodson‡†	CB	Michigan	1997 Heisman Trophy winner

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Chicago Bears	Curtis Enis	RB	Penn State

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St. Louis Rams	Grant Wistrom	DE	Nebraska

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New Orleans Saints	Kyle Turley †	T	San Diego State

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Dallas Cowboys	Greg Ellis †	DE	North Carolina

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Jacksonville Jaguars	Fred Taylor †	RB	Florida	from Buffalo[R1 – 3]

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Baltimore Ravens	Duane Starks	CB	Miami (FL)

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Philadelphia Eagles	Tra Thomas †	T	Florida State

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Atlanta Falcons	Keith Brooking †	LB	Georgia Tech

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Cincinnati Bengals	Takeo Spikes †	LB	Auburn

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Carolina Panthers	Jason Peter	DT	Nebraska

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Seattle Seahawks	Anthony Simmons	LB	Clemson

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Tennessee Oilers	Kevin Dyson	WR	Utah

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Cincinnati Bengals	Brian Simmons	LB	North Carolina	from Washington[R1 – 4]

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New England Patriots	Robert Edwards	RB	Georgia	from NY Jets[R1 – 5]

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Green Bay Packers	Vonnie Holliday	DE	North Carolina	from Miami[R1 – 6]

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Detroit Lions	Terry Fair	CB	Tennessee

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Minnesota Vikings	Randy Moss‡†	WR	Marshall

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New England Patriots	Tebucky Jones	S	Syracuse

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Oakland Raiders	Mo Collins	T	Florida	from Tampa Bay[R1 – 7]

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New York Giants	Shaun Williams	S	UCLA

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Jacksonville Jaguars	Donovin Darius	S	Syracuse

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Pittsburgh Steelers	Alan Faneca‡†	G	LSU

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Kansas City Chiefs	Victor Riley	T	Auburn

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San Francisco 49ers	R. W. McQuarters	CB	Oklahoma State

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Miami Dolphins	John Avery	RB	Mississippi	from Green Bay[R1 – 8]

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Denver Broncos

Marcus Nash

WR

Tennessee

Charles Woodson and Randy Moss went after Peyton. Pretty good draft.

[utee94]

Man the mid 80s thru mid 90s was a fun era for bigtime NFL QBs playing on bigtime NFL teams.  Joe Montana, Dan Marino, Jim McMahon, John Elway, Jim Kelly, Troy Aikman, Steve Young, Brett Favre.  Just some epic matchups between and among that group.

[ELA]

Charles Woodson and Randy Moss went after Peyton. Pretty good draft.

I was going to say pretty shitty draft behind him.  Two HOFers, and a bunch of crap

[FearlessF]

[MrNubbz]

Top of the class there

[FearlessF]

a pair of chefs

[MrNubbz]

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[ELA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmgice3ieZ4

My now wife asked why I would say "great googily moogily", and I felt like that was less in the public consciousness than I thought

[Wildcat4E]

I was going to say pretty shitty draft behind him.  Two HOFers, and a bunch of crap

Alan Faneca was a stalwart Guard, and Fred Taylor was a good RB, but not very many of the others are ringing the bell very strongly. 

[ELA]

Fred Taylor was solid, and knowing what we know now about drafting RBs that high, being taken #8 wasn't his fault

[OrangeAfroMan]

I was going to say pretty shitty draft behind him.  Two HOFers, and a bunch of crap

Yeah, I guess if a guy plays 10+ years, but doesn't make the HOF, he sucks.

[Mdot21]

Alan Faneca is a HOF guard and was one of the best of his era along with Steve Hutchinson. 

Fred Taylor was more than just a solid RB. That man was a fucking beast stuck on a shit team with no OL or help for the bulk of his career in JAX and was still straight up torching the league in the 2000s. His size/speed combo was insane. He was a hell of a player.

That 1998 draft was pretty good draft. Peyton, Charles, Randy, were in the ELITE of the ELITE all-time for their positions. Alan Faneca is a HOF'er. Fred Taylor was a beast. Takeo Spikes was a hell of a player. So was Kyle Turley, Greg Ellis, Grant Wistrom, Tra Thomas, and Keith Brooking. 

Not everyone is going to be a HOF'er in the 1st round.....4 in one 1st round is a pretty good hit rate....

[847badgerfan]

Charles Woodson and Randy Moss went after Peyton. Pretty good draft.

Any one of those who went after #2 would have been fine.