NFC East 2011

[EllisDee]

I remember all the naysayers on draft day, including footballoutsiders. Nice call, that one. After a quick search, we can all remember:

@garygnu

I definitely don’t want Jason Pierre-Paul, Dez Bryant, or Bruce Campbell.

@furt

1. Jason Pierre-Paul will have about as many sacks in his NFL career as he had in his one USF season. George Selvie will have a better NFL career.

@garygnu

15 (15) Giants - Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, South Florida

Holy bust, Batman! Allow me to introduce you to SackSEER, everybody.

@FootballOutsiders

Jason Pierre-Paul, University of South Florida
Vertical: 30.5", Short Shuttle: 4.67, SRAM: 0.44, Missed Games: 26
Projection: 3.8 Sacks through Year 5

@VarlosZ

Chatting with my friend about who the Giants might get as their pick was approaching, I said, “really, though, as long as they don’t take Pierre-Paul I’ll be fine with it.” Ugh. The guy started 7 games, and had 6.5 career sacks. This is like when they drafted Sinorice Moss in the 2nd Round despite the fact that he wasn’t, you know, good at college football.

@Hamlet

Pierre Paul is Vernon Gholston without the productivity […] JPP will be a bust

@VarlosZ

Still thinking about the Giants’ Pierre-Paul pick.

Question: among 1st Round picks whose college football accomplishments were similarly negligible, what would the list of success stories look like? How about if it’s 1st and 2nd Round picks? I barely follow college football, so every year when draft time rolls around I have to play catch-up just to know a little bit about what’s going on.

@EllisDee

I haven’t a clue, but from what I’ve seen linked to in SDMB threads, if he’s successful he’ll be the first.

I’m choosing to be optimistic. If you’re going to do a DE apprenticeship, the Giants are one of the better places to do it. If they can’t bring the guy along, nobody can.