Quote:Strange thing is he actually did go to Jacksonville at 5.

 

It's very rare that one team ends up with two guys deemed before the draft as top 5-10 talent in the same draft.

 

I can only think of three other instances in the more than 30 years I've watched & followed the draft, none of which were quite the same as here.

 

The first instance was in 1987-the aftermath of the Eric Dickerson trade.  That year, Alabama LB Cornelius Bennett was taken 2nd overall by the Colts.  In the same draft, the Bills selected Penn State LB Shane Conlan either 7th or 8th overall.  The Colts were unable to sign Bennett, who held out until midseason.  The trade sent Bennett to Buffalo in October of that year.  He would team with Conlan, Talley, Bruce Smith, Art Still, Fred Smerlas and others to form the nucleus of a defense that would lead the Bills to four straight Super Bowls in the 1990s.

 

The second instance was in 1992.  The Colts wound up with the first two picks in the draft.  (I don't remember how, exactly), and they drafted DT Steve Emtman-who had the talent to end up in Canton had he not blown out his knee twice-and LB Quentin Coryatt.  While the Colts advanced to the AFC title game in 1995 and reached the playoffs in 1996, Emtman was finished by then, and Coryatt while a starter, was not a major part of the Colts.

 

Finally, in 2000, the Skins wound up with the 2nd and 3rd overall picks in the draft (I don't remember how, exactly-perhaps in the aftermath of the Ricky Williams trade)  They took Alabama T Chris Samuels and Penn State OLB Lavar Arrington.  Despite hitting on those picks, the Skins never really ut together a serious threat to win the conference.

 

Our windfall was different in 3 substantial ways:

 

1.  One of the players in question-Jack-dealt with reports of a substantial knee injury.

2.  All were acquired in part by trade, but unlike those other instances above, the draft that netted Ramsey and Jack did not involve a major trade.  Just a 5th round pick.

3.  And of course, Jack was obtained in the second round.  The other pairs were all taken in the first round.

 

We were JUST THAT FORTUNATE!

 

Edit:  Just found out how the Colts got the #2 overall pick in 1992.  In 1990 they traded QB Chris Chandler to Tampa for their first round pick in 1992.  Ugh for Tampa.

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