2012 draft revisited - best pick?

Remember when we took the sandbagging piece of **** Zach Brown over Lavonte David?

BRILLIANT!

 

The sad theme is that the Titans only successes come in the first round, where 100 analysts and mock drafts help them narrow it down. When the mocks end, so does our success.

Let's hope that has changed.

 

I wasn't even thinking LB right there, but the second it happened I was screaming at the TV because it wasn't David.

 

Zach Brown has got to be in my all time top 10 least favorite Titans. And it's a tough competition, because there are a ton I don't like.

 

And even then.. not many massive successes. Wright is a marginal player, Morgan is a decent starter, but not a star. Warmack is bad, Locker sucked, Britt sucks, Lewan is not a top 15 pick kind of player, either..

We're just not good at 1st round picks, and absolutely atrocious in every other round.

I can realistically say that the only really good 1st round pick out of the last 10 years was Chris Johnson. And that was a reach according to everyone. Being enamored with the tangibles of a player paid off for once. (for a few years)

If Mariota ends up good.. we'll know that he was drafted purely because we needed a QB and he was the consensus #1 or #2 QB available.

Seeing these draft recaps, It becomes totally clear why the Titans are/were the worst team in the NFL.

 

Check out the 1st round picks between 1993-2000...

Then check out 2009-today.

Perfect illustration on the kind of drafting it takes to make a Super Bowl Contender vs. A complete and total failure..

7 years of 1st round picks... 1-2 decent contributors.

List of Tennessee Titans first-round draft picks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

I just pray this draft doesn't rival the 2004 draft where we moved out of the 1st to get a lot of picks, then not a one guy made a difference

 

check out the Colts last 7 years.. see which direction they're heading, barring a miracle.
List of Indianapolis Colts first-round draft picks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

I think their miracle consisted of a division with the Titans and Jaguars. They also got the luck in when Manning got injured, imagined if he got hurt a year earlier, they could have fought with Carolina for Newton, then fight for Locker, Gabbert or Ponder who all turned out to be excellent picks. Maybe one year later, they could have snuck past Buffalo for their dynamo QB EJ Manuel.