Who has been Jerry's WORST first round pick???

[Jon88]

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his greatness was never understood

I really miss those days compared to these.

 

[Jon88]

you're thinking of Ekuban, Gomer

No, I'm not.

 

[dbair1967]

Mile high salary

Broncos sign former Cowboy Pittman to lucrative deal

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Posted: Saturday February 19, 2000 05:35 PM

Kavika Pittman Kavika Pittman predicted that he will record at least 10 sacks in a season, something he has yet to do in his career. Jonathan Daniel/Allsport



DENVER (AP) -- The Denver Broncos reached an agreement on a seven-year, $28 million deal with former Dallas defensive end Kavika Pittman, The Denver Post reported today.

Pittman's agent, Brad Blank, denied the deal was final, the Post reported, but the newspaper said a Broncos source confirmed the deal was done. The paper did not identify the source.

The deal includes a $3.15 million signing bonus, the Post reported, adding that the length of the contract is meant to blunt its effect on the team's salary cap in coming seasons. It said the contract is in effect a five-year deal worth between $13 million and $15 million, depending on how Pittman plays.

It would be the most lucrative contract for a defensive lineman in franchise history.

Pittman, 26, led the Cowboys in sacks in 1998. He has predicted to Broncos officials that he will produce 10 sacks in a season -- a number that would equal his four-year NFL total. He had 42 tackles and three sacks last season.

 

[Jon88]

The year before that he had 6 sacks. He was a high motor player who was a good run stopper too.

 

[dbair1967]

you're thinking of Ekuban, Gomer

Ekuban was a far better player than Pittman was, and he played with a mean streak. Was never the dominant pass rusher in the pros some thought he might become, but he played hard and had some 'tude on the field

 

[dbair1967]

The year before that he had 6 sacks. He was a high motor player who was a good run stopper too.

No, he wasn't.

 

[dbair1967]

Nope, I saw him make plenty of plays. Then he got like a $35 mil contract from Denver so I wasn't the only one who saw it.

18 sacks in 7yrs says he was a mediocre player

 

[bbgun]

i forgot that Ek and Pittman both played for Denver. my bad.

 

[Midswat]

Shante Carver.

There was a DE that fell to us, Brackens I think, who we had rated very high, but we ended up trading down instead of taking Carver.

Brackens went on to have a decent career. Carver was an alcoholic.

 

[dbair1967]

Pittman once had a season with 7 sacks. Tony Brackens had a degenerative knee condition (which is why his stock fell on draft day) and had 5 seasons with at least 7 sacks, two with double digit sack totals. Also had a real knack for strip sacks/forced fumbles and had nearly 30 career forced fumbles.

 

[dbair1967]

Shante Carver.

There was a DE that fell to us, Brackens I think, who we had rated very high, but we ended up trading down instead of taking Carver.

Brackens went on to have a decent career. Carver was an alcoholic.

We took Pittman after trading down and not taking Brackens

 

[dbair1967]

i forgot that Ek and Pittman both played for Denver. my bad.

Ekuban had more than double the career sacks of Pittman

 

[Midswat]

We took Pittman after trading down and not taking Brackens

Thanks for correcting me. I didn't watch the draft back in the day so I wasn't 100% sure.

 

[bbgun]

for the life of me i can't remember what Pittman did in Dallas to merit $28M from the Broncos

 

[dbair1967]

for the life of me i can't remember what Pittman did in Dallas to merit $28M from the Broncos

Nobody else could believe it at the time either. They were laughed at bigtime for the move, and that was when they thought everything Shanahan did was golden. They all said "obviously Shanahan sees something nobody else does"....and then he saw he was a suckmonster just like we did

 

[Midswat]

Do you guys remember all the failed first rounders we used to always sign?

I actually used their signings to assuage the pain of the Galloway trade back in the day. "Oh, its okay we don't have two draft picks in the first round because we signed Demetrius Underwood and that fat Detroit lineman Glover or whatever and they were first round picks by Detroit and Minny, respectively."

Alonzo Spellman. Bryant Westbrook. Andre Miller. etc.

 

[bbgun]

and that fat Detroit lineman Glover or whatever

Gibson

 

[dbair1967]

Thanks for correcting me. I didn't watch the draft back in the day so I wasn't 100% sure.

supposedly we were going to take Arkansas DL Henry Ford had Carver not been available. Ford went a few picks later.

That draft was ultimately ruined when the trade up to take Willie McGinest didn't happen because the Pats took him at 4. We had a deal worked out with the Rams that yr and were going to trade Alvin Harper as part of the move up.

How things might have been different.

 

[Midswat]

supposedly we were going to take Arkansas DL Henry Ford had Carver not been available. Ford went a few picks later.

That draft was ultimately ruined when the trade up to take Willie McGinest didn't happen because the Pats took him at 4. We had a deal worked out with the Rams that yr and were going to trade Alvin Harper as part of the move up.

How things might have been different.

I do vaguely remember that part. McGinest was the first time I ever targeted a player in the draft that I wanted us to grab. I never really got serious about the draft until 2002.

Which is probably a good thing, considering...

 

[dbair1967]

that 94 draft would have looked a lot different with McGinest and Allen as the top picks, on top of ridding the team of trouble making loser Harper