Quote:True about Johnson...I agreed with his usual methods of trading down. His trading up for Maryland never proved worth it, but for Emmitt, it did. Russell Maryland never became the kind of player you'd expect from the selection he was drafted in. 

That 1991 draft was really weird.

 

Rocket Ismail was a potential top pick, but IIRC, he signed with Canada.

 

The top of that draft was not very solid at all.

 

Arguably the best prospect at the time was DT Eric Swann, who didn't play college football and played semi pro.

 

Maryland was a popular Johnson pick because of his intangibles more than anything.  Johnson knew what he was getting with Russell Maryland.  However, despite the lack of value at the top of that draft, Johnson wound up getting five starters/major contributors out of it:  Maryland, Alvin Harper, Dixon Edwards, Erik Williams, and Leon Lett.

 

We can only hope Caldwell and Bradley can produce a draft as good, if not better, than that one.

 

If the draft falls right, I think they can pull it off.

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