2006 NFL Draft: Jay Cutler or Tye Hill?

[Loyal]

Probably neither.

It was a big trade of draft positions from the Rams #11 pick to the Broncos, for their 15th pick (and more?).
The Broncos got the diabetes havin', smoker Jay Cutler. The Rams chose a CB that couldn't ride many roller coasters across the country...Our 2nd round pick was Joe Klopfenstein

We barely missed out on that other USC stud, Matt Leinart.

I am blown away that it was that long ago. 2006 wasn't that far removed from the GSOT and SJAX was still a freakin stud. We all had hope in first year HC Scott Linehan (freak), and he did take the team to 8-8 that year. We all know the team fell off a cliff after that season. What players could we have picked in this draft to save our team from the collapse that followed?

 

[12intheBox]

Wasn’t Haloti Ngata an option there?

 

[JonRam99]

If we hadn't have picked Alex Barron with a high 1st rounder in 2015, that Whitworth kid would've been a nice pick instead of Flopfenstien.

 

[Loyal]

Wasn’t Haloti Ngata an option there?

Yes. But would he alone have turned the ship around?

 

[12intheBox]

Yes. But would he alone have turned the ship around?

You never know. But turning a huge bust into a perennial pro bowler with a pick matters.

 

[tempests]

Ngata certainly would've helped our lousy run defense. Tamba Hali would've been a fine pick too.

 

[Memento]

I was a high school teenager, went to the draft party, got to shake hands with Pisa Tinoisamoa, Kevin Curtis, and Jimmy Kennedy. All of them were courteous.

As a teen, I wanted Haloti Ngata. When they picked Tye Hill, I was stunned. He was something like the 8th rated cornerback in this class. I also had my eye on Elvis Dumervil, and was more than disappointed when they went with Claude fucking Wroten.

To be fair, I'm not infallible; I liked the Joe Klopfenstein pick.