Mel Kiper Re-drafts The 2006 NFL Draft

by JasonB on Jan 26, 2012 12:00 PM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

ESPN's Mel Kiper has decided to re-do the 2006 NFL draft because presumably he had nothing better to do than to rehash a six year old draft. At this point, hindsight is crystal clear as to who worked out and who didn't. The Eagles held the 14th overall pick in that draft and took DT Brodrick Bunkley. In KIper's redraft, he has them taking Elvis Dumervil, DE, Louisville.

He's faced a major injury, and even then Dumervil is exactly a half-sack behind Mario Williams one behind Tamba Hali, and this after being taken No. 126 overall. Sure, he faced height questions, but Dumervil simply gets to quarterbacks. Previous draft spot: No. 126

Kiper has Haloti Ngata going #1 overall in his re-draft and Nick Mangold (not a joke) going #2.

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by KByars on Jan 26, 2012 12:05 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Meh, Ngata may be the best player at his position, but I would think MJD would be #1.

I wonder where he had Bush and VY.

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by immynimmy on Jan 26, 2012 12:15 PM EST reply actions

Bush was 12th.

VY wasn’t listed (he only did the first round)

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by wildcatlh on Jan 26, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions

boom. so glad houston didn’t draft him.

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by Bleediots on Jan 26, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

Ngata may have been the best NT/DT taken in this draft, but you cant say hes the best at his position in the league, at least not based on this season alone.You could argue for either Pouha or Atkins but no way Ngata for better than top 5-10. Sadly even Bunkley was better than him this year by most measures and he was taken in the same draft.

by zbelair on Jan 26, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions

Heck of a draft class for the Saints.

Kiper has Jahri Evans (6th), Reggie Bush (12th), Marques Colston (15th), and Roman Harper (22nd) all in the top-32 of the class.

by Smitty2K3 on Jan 26, 2012 12:35 PM EST reply actions

Having a stud center on your team for the next decade isn’t exactly a joke. Then again, the Texans do have a damn good center as it is.

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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Jan 26, 2012 12:46 PM EST reply actions

My bad the Saints picked 2nd that draft. Makes even more sense for them.

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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Jan 26, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions

Meyers was probably the best center in the league this, although he may beat out Mangold only because of his injury this year (could be a pro or con in arguing whos better)

by zbelair on Jan 26, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

The thing that kills me when people evaluate players they seem to always forget where they landed. Situation dictates half of how a drafted player turns out.

A quarterback like JaMarcus Russell will be considered a failure, even though he landed in an awful place. Had he gone to Philly, his career could’ve been entirely different.

People consider Kolb a bust, but they forget he did play well here, and then was sent behind an popwarner offensive line.

Like on the saints for having such a draft, but take someone like Colston and put him in Jacksonville, and his career is very different.

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by corn on the kolb on Jan 26, 2012 12:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Flip the situation. Nnamdi was considered the best CB in the league, because QBs just didn’t throw his way. He’s good, yes. But his situation dictated that they could completely ignore that side of the field.

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by corn on the kolb on Jan 26, 2012 12:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Kolb sucks and will suck anywhere he goes.
Weak arm. Jittery feet. Stares down receivers. Throws into double coverage. Doesn’t look past his 2nd option.
Doesn’t matter who is on his line. He sucks.

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by GreenInBaltimore on Jan 26, 2012 1:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

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by Djax10 on Jan 26, 2012 7:36 PM EST up reply actions

And I hate your argument in general. Put person X somewhere else and of course things would be different. But the cream rises to the top. So a good player will find his way to being productive….

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by GreenInBaltimore on Jan 26, 2012 1:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Eh

I don’t know, the point about Colston might actually be true. I don’t think its that much of a stretch to consider Colston a product of the system.

Drew Brees can make a lot of receivers look better than they actually are.

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by philiafan14364 on Jan 26, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions

Let’s use a different example.

Let’s use a top 10 qb and place him on the colts. Anyone outside of the top 5 should do.

Peyton undisputably changed that team. But would a lesser QB had nearly the same amount of success? If you answered no (and everyone should), then ask if the QB would still be in the top 10 surrounded by the lolcolts.

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by corn on the kolb on Jan 26, 2012 3:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Cream usually sinks to the bottom in my experience…although it depends on the other liquid.

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by benjapal on Jan 26, 2012 4:06 PM EST up reply actions

But GIB that's not his argument

His argument was that people forget context when they evaluate … which in itself is a valid argument.

Also saying a good player will find his way to being productive is a little naive. Not every “good” player would have the same success in the various systems across the NFL. Colston in Jacksonville is a great example.

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by D3Keith on Jan 28, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions

Wow, I forgot that’s when we drafter Jeremy Bloom. Everyone hailed him as the next Brian Mitchell

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by immynimmy on Jan 26, 2012 12:54 PM EST reply actions

anyone had the rest of the draft?

by Aleandro86 on Jan 26, 2012 1:19 PM EST reply actions

Did BUMkley go undrafted in his redraft?

I remember being so happy that he fell to us at the time.

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by no1pipelayer on Jan 26, 2012 2:10 PM EST reply actions

I didn't realize

That Hester & MJD were both drafted in 06. I really thought they both were in the league a little bit longer then that. But wow, what a draft class. Some real players like Hester, MJD, Kyle Williams, Brandon Marshall & Doom for the Broncos, plus all those Saints that were, well, pretty good.

All those guys I thought were drafted a yr or so earlier. Except Williams & Marshall. I thought they were 07. But looking over the list, it was a real good class. Guys like Mario Williams, Demeco, Haloti Ngata, Hali, Vernon Davis, J. Joseph. Just think of some of the players the Eagles could have had. Harper, Cedric Griffin, Devin Hester, Dumervil as mentioned.

by Dozer3677 on Jan 26, 2012 2:30 PM EST reply actions

Tamba Hali has to be number 1 in the 2006 redraft, I don’t see any other guy near his level. Also Kiper had Finnegan as his 5th Corner in the redraft (6th if you counted hester) while he should probably be a top 5 redraft guy. Kyle Williams as well would be more of a top 5 guy if it wasn’t for his injury this year but I understand that a little better.

by zbelair on Jan 26, 2012 3:07 PM EST reply actions

All this talk about the Saints…cheers to Micky Loomis. I would like this guy on my team.

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by benjapal on Jan 26, 2012 4:08 PM EST reply actions

I hate reading anything he writes because i read it in his nasaly weasel voice because i see his picture in the corner.

by ieatcrayons on Jan 26, 2012 9:04 PM EST reply actions

oh shit they want you to pay to read the rest of it? haha

by ieatcrayons on Jan 26, 2012 9:06 PM EST up reply actions

Does Mel Kiper ever shut the fuck up? Seriously. Most people in professional football are employed doing something useful to the sport, but this guy gets paid to do something I could do while taking a dump. ESPN needs to get his pompous arse off the air.

by GreenAnimal on Jan 27, 2012 10:27 PM EST reply actions