1998 Draft / 2012 Draft

[bavanlan]

Go look at it while reflecting on what happened today. Similarities are kinda creepy.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?teamId=2200&type=team

[Nobody]

Our 98 draft sucked. Only Peyton was good.

[coltfan03]

Looking back on the drafts following Peyton, it shows me how valuable our first one or two picks have been. I don't know what people are talking about with Polian finding "diamonds in the rough". I guess Mathis was one but I don't see many others.

People need to relax. It takes 2 or 3 drafts to get a solid team. And that is if your first couple of picks each draft pan out.

Personally I like our first 3 picks and I think we have started to build a solid offensive core.

[OJl]

Looking back on the drafts following Peyton, it shows me how valuable our first one or two picks have been. I don't know what people are talking about with Polian finding "diamonds in the rough". I guess Mathis was one but I don't see many others.

That's because you don't know very much? I'm not saying, I'm just wondering.

Hunter Smith - 7th

Rick DeMulling -7th

Ryan Diem - 4th

Cato June - 6th

Bob Sanders - 2nd (Steal considering his draft position and what he did)

Jason David - 4th

Jake Scott - 5th

Charlie Johnson - 6th

Antoine Bethea - 6th

Except for DeMulling, every one of those guys were major contributors to the Super Bowl championship team. Polian was a great talent evaluator and if you put his record up against anyone else's it more than holds its own.

[Tony Sullivan]

That's because you don't know very much? I'm not saying, I'm just wondering.

Hunter Smith - 7th

Rick DeMulling -7th

Ryan Diem - 4th

Cato June - 6th

Bob Sanders - 2nd (Steal considering his draft position and what he did)

Jason David - 4th

Jake Scott - 5th

Charlie Johnson - 6th

Antoine Bethea - 6th

Except for DeMulling, every one of those guys were major contributors to the Super Bowl championship team. Polian was a great talent evaluator and if you put his record up against anyone else's it more than holds its own.

Not to mention Pierre Garcon 6th, Pat McAfee 7th, Collie 4th

[jvan1973]

That's because you don't know very much? I'm not saying, I'm just wondering.

Hunter Smith - 7th

Rick DeMulling -7th

Ryan Diem - 4th

Cato June - 6th

Bob Sanders - 2nd (Steal considering his draft position and what he did)

Jason David - 4th

Jake Scott - 5th

Charlie Johnson - 6th

Antoine Bethea - 6th

Except for DeMulling, every one of those guys were major contributors to the Super Bowl championship team. Polian was a great talent evaluator and if you put his record up against anyone else's it more than holds its own.

UDFA Dom Rhodes.. Also a huge factor in our Super Bowl win

[coltfan03]

That's because you don't know very much? I'm not saying, I'm just wondering.

Hunter Smith - 7th

Rick DeMulling -7th

Ryan Diem - 4th

Cato June - 6th

Bob Sanders - 2nd (Steal considering his draft position and what he did)

Jason David - 4th

Jake Scott - 5th

Charlie Johnson - 6th

Antoine Bethea - 6th

Except for DeMulling, every one of those guys were major contributors to the Super Bowl championship team. Polian was a great talent evaluator and if you put his record up against anyone else's it more than holds its own.

So out of 14 drafts you found 8 players drafted later than 2nd round who did something for us. I also would not count Hunter Smith since punters always go later. That takes us to 7 players mentioned.

And out of those 7 there are players (Cato June, Demulling, David to some extent) who only played well for the Colts for a couple of years and I would argue are more products of the system.

Even if you say 7 players were studs, that could easily be from the statistics of 40-50 picks over 14 years. We could probably go through most teams drafts and find 7 players over 14 years that have made an impact to their respective teams.

As for other comments, I agree on Rhodes (though not a draft choice), Garcon, and Collie. Polian obviously knows his stuff...but I would not say he his heads and tails above the rest.