Bears Jerry Angelo's 10 best/10 worst draft picks

[Senser81]

I present to you Jerry Angelo’s 10 best and 10 worst draft picks.

A few notes before we start:
*I did not include Angelo’s 2010 draft, but that draft appears to be horrible. In general, Angelo’s drafts have gotten worse over the years.

*I was amazed at how many draft picks the Bears have spent on defensive backs the last few years.

*In the “worst” category, I just ran out of time/effort and left off everyone from Angelo’s terrible 2002 draft (first 3 picks, Colombo, Roe Williams, Terrance Metcalf).

Best
1) Lance Briggs – superstar player in the 3rd round
2) Alex Brown – solid starter for many years, taken in 4th
3) Charles Tillman – 2nd round pick has been a big contributor
4) Matt Forte – would be even better with surrounding talent. 2nd round
5) Devin Hester – dynamic playmaker, ok WR. 2nd round
6) Chris Harris – great value for 6th round pick
7) Danieal Manning – 2nd round pick still making plays
8) Johnny Knox – a starter for a 5th rounder
9) Mark Anderson – here is where I ran out of players. The Bears got a great season out of this 5th rounder.
10) Kyle Orton – NFL starting QB for a 4th rounder.

Worst
1) Michael Haynes – 14th overall pick, not a football player
2) Dan Bazuin – 2nd round pick, training camp cut
3) Cedric Benson – 4th overall pick, did very little for the Bears
4) Chris Williams – 14th overall pick, already on his 3rd position
5) Jarron Gilbert – 3rd rounder was first Bears pick in 2009, had a cup of coffee
6) Juaquin Iglesias – for a team that needed WR help, Iglesias was a 3rd round bust
7) Mark Bradley – for a team that needed WR help, Bradley was a 2nd round bust
8) Dusty Dvoracek – 3rd rounder went from college to the IR
9) Garrett Wolfe – decent ST, bad RB for this 3rd rounder
10) Tank Johnson – 2nd round was much too high for this head case.

[spiker]

Hester was a 2nd round pick but wasn't he their first pick that season? In retrospect, he turned out to be worth a 2nd round pick but at the time, you could ask "Why are the Bears drafting a specialist with their 1st pick?"

Do you have a full list of the picks somewhere?

[Rush]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_NFL_Draft

Danieal Manning was the first player taken by the Bears in the 2006 draft in the 2nd round. Hester was taken later on in the 2nd round since we had 2 picks in the 2nd.

[Senser81]

Do you have a full list of the picks somewhere?

2010 - Chicago Bears
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
3 75 Major Wright DB Florida
4 109 Corey Wootton DE Northwestern
5 141 Joshua Moore DB Kansas State
6 181 Dan LeFevour QB Central Michigan
7 218 J'Marcus Webb T West Texas A&M
Harvey Unga RB Brigham Young
2009 - Chicago Bears
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
3 68 Jarron Gilbert DT San Jose State
3 99 Juaquin Iglesias WR Oklahoma
4 105 Henry Melton DE Texas
4 119 D.J. Moore DB Vanderbilt
5 140 Johnny Knox WR Abilene Christian
5 154 Marcus Freeman OLB Ohio State
6 190 Al Afalava DB Oregon State
7 246 Lance Louis G San Diego State
7 251 Derek Kinder WR Pittsburgh
2008 - Chicago Bears
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 14 Chris Williams OT Vanderbilt
2 44 Matt Forte RB Tulane
3 70 Earl Bennett WR Vanderbilt
3 90 Marcus Harrison DT Arkansas
4 120 Craig Steltz DB Louisiana State
5 142 Zack Bowman CB Nebraska
5 158 Kellen Davis TE Michigan State
7 208 Ervin Baldwin DE Michigan State
7 222 Chester Adams G Georgia
7 243 Joey LaRocque LB Oregon State
7 247 Kirk Barton T Ohio State
7 248 Marcus Monk WR Arkansas
2007 - Chicago Bears
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 31 Greg Olsen TE Miami (Fla.)
2 62 Dan Bazuin DE Central Michigan
3 93 Garrett Wolfe RB Northern Illinois
3 94 Michael Okwo LB Stanford
4 130 Josh Beekman G Boston College
5 167 Kevin Payne SAF Louisiana-Monroe
5 168 Corey Graham CB New Hampshire
7 221 Trumaine McBride CB Mississippi
7 241 Aaron Brant T Iowa State
2006 - Chicago Bears
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
2 42 Danieal Manning FS Abilene Christian
2 57 Devin Hester DB Miami (Fla.)
3 73 Dusty Dvoracek DT Oklahoma
4 120 Jamar Williams LB Arizona State
5 159 Mark Anderson DE Alabama
6 195 J.D. Runnels RB Oklahoma
6 200 Tyler Reed G Penn State
2005 - Chicago Bears
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 4 Cedric Benson RB Texas
2 39 Mark Bradley WR Oklahoma
4 106 Kyle Orton QB Purdue
5 140 Airese Currie WR Clemson
6 181 Chris Harris FS Louisiana-Monroe
7 220 Rod Wilson LB South Carolina
2004 - Chicago Bears
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 14 Tommie Harris DT Oklahoma
2 47 Tank Johnson DT Washington
3 78 Bernard Berrian WR Fresno State
4 110 Nathan Vasher CB Texas
4 112 Leon Joe LB Maryland
5 147 Claude Harriott DE Pittsburgh
5 148 Craig Krenzel QB Ohio State
7 215 Alfonso Marshall CB Miami (Fla.)
2003 - Chicago Bears
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 14 Michael Haynes DE Penn State
1 22 Rex Grossman QB Florida
2 35 Charles Tillman CB Louisiana-Lafayette
3 68 Lance Briggs OLB Arizona
4 100 Todd Johnson DB Florida
4 116 Ian Scott DT Florida
5 139 Bobby Wade WR Arizona
5 143 Justin Gage WR Missouri
5 171 Tron LaFavor DT Florida
6 191 Joe Odom LB Purdue
6 206 Brock Forsey RB Boise State
7 261 Bryan Anderson G Pittsburgh
2002 - Chicago Bears
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 29 Marc Colombo T Boston College
3 72 Roe Williams CB Tuskegee
3 93 Terrence Metcalf G Mississippi
4 104 Alex Brown DE Florida
5 140 Bobby Gray DB Louisiana Tech
5 165 Bryan Knight DE Pittsburgh
6 199 Adrian Peterson RB Georgia Southern
6 203 Jamin Elliott WR Delaware
6 210 Bryan Fletcher TE UCLA

[Warner2BruceTD]

Well, this is different. Good stuff, hard to disagree with most of this.

[FirstTimer]

Thanks for the kick in the balls on a Monday, Senser

[Kuzzy Powers]

Nathan Vasher gave us some pretty good years for a 4th rounder.. Zach Bowman also pretty solid value as a 5th rounder.

Hard to fathom how brutal Angelo's drafting has been the last few years tho, geez.

[spiker]

Nathan Vasher gave us some pretty good years for a 4th rounder.. Zach Bowman also pretty solid value as a 5th rounder.

Hard to fathom how brutal Angelo's drafting has been the last few years tho, geez.

Nate was a Pro Bowler, too, IIRC. At least one year, anyways.

[Senser81]

Nathan Vasher gave us some pretty good years for a 4th rounder.. Zach Bowman also pretty solid value as a 5th rounder.

Hard to fathom how brutal Angelo's drafting has been the last few years tho, geez.

Vasher was a pretty good pick. Much like Mark Anderson, even for all his later faults he gave the Bears a great season. He probably would have been a better choice than Orton.

Bowman has solid value, but IMO Angelo has become the GM that just drafts mediocre players to replace the current mediocre players on the roster. You could probably make the argument that even the Knox pick isn't all that great...he only excels because Angelo's other WR picks have been so terrible.

[FirstTimer]

Vasher was a pretty good pick. Much like Mark Anderson, even for all his later faults he gave the Bears a great season. He probably would have been a better choice than Orton.

Bowman has solid value, but IMO Angelo has become the GM that just drafts mediocre players to replace the current mediocre players on the roster. You could probably make the argument that even the Knox pick isn't all that great...he only excels because Angelo's other WR picks have been so terrible.

That was my initial reaction to Knox being on the list.

He's a speed guy that can't run routes and has trouble understanding the offense. The Bears already had that in Hester.

The best WR on the roster is more than likely Earl Bennett.

Greg Olsen was a solid pick for JA too.

I'd move Anderson off the list for sustained production reasons and put Olsen ahead of Orton an Knox. I'm not the biggest Manning fan either, but not sure if I'd slide Olsen ahead of him just because for as bad as Manning is at safety he's a pretty good returner.

[1ke]

I present to you Jerry Angelo’s 10 best and 10 worst draft picks.

A few notes before we start:
*I did not include Angelo’s 2010 draft, but that draft appears to be horrible. In general, Angelo’s drafts have gotten worse over the years.

*I was amazed at how many draft picks the Bears have spent on defensive backs the last few years.

*In the “worst” category, I just ran out of time/effort and left off everyone from Angelo’s terrible 2002 draft (first 3 picks, Colombo, Roe Williams, Terrance Metcalf).

Best
1) Lance Briggs – superstar player in the 3rd round
2) Alex Brown – solid starter for many years, taken in 4th
3) Charles Tillman – 2nd round pick has been a big contributor
4) Matt Forte – would be even better with surrounding talent. 2nd round
5) Devin Hester – dynamic playmaker, ok WR. 2nd round
6) Chris Harris – great value for 6th round pick
7) Danieal Manning – 2nd round pick still making plays
8) Johnny Knox – a starter for a 5th rounder
9) Mark Anderson – here is where I ran out of players. The Bears got a great season out of this 5th rounder.
10) Kyle Orton – NFL starting QB for a 4th rounder.

Worst
1) Michael Haynes – 14th overall pick, not a football player
2) Dan Bazuin – 2nd round pick, training camp cut
3) Cedric Benson – 4th overall pick, did very little for the Bears
4) Chris Williams – 14th overall pick, already on his 3rd position
5) Jarron Gilbert – 3rd rounder was first Bears pick in 2009, had a cup of coffee
6) Juaquin Iglesias – for a team that needed WR help, Iglesias was a 3rd round bust
7) Mark Bradley – for a team that needed WR help, Bradley was a 2nd round bust
8) Dusty Dvoracek – 3rd rounder went from college to the IR
9) Garrett Wolfe – decent ST, bad RB for this 3rd rounder
10) Tank Johnson – 2nd round was much too high for this head case.

Heres what i dont get. Why you continue to point out the obvious? And I disagree with this years draft being terrible. Carimi and Pae (sp) are very solid picks and one will be in Chicago for double digit years.

Chris Williams will be a serviceable G. Dusty was good just couldnt stay healthy. Same as Tommie. And youre wrong about Tank. Because the SB year, and when he was able to play next to Tommie consistently, Tank was a handful.

Also, Colombo is doing fine in Dallas. Good pick by Jerry, just bad general managing after that. Colombo wasnt bad, he was hurt. Nobody bemoaned him when they cut him. He got healthy and played fine.

Cedric Benson turned out to be a decent NFL running back. Jerry's problem wasnt Ced, although his off the field stuff didnt help him, it was how good Thomas Jones was playing. Had that situation played out differently Ced would not be as hated in Chicago.

So Im kinda agreeing with you. Although, I think you tried to hard. All you really had to do to make this point that you have already made before, and a a point all Bears fans already know....was just show his 1st round pick track record. Nobody can say shit to that.

[Senser81]

Heres what i dont get. Why you continue to point out the obvious? And I disagree with this years draft being terrible. Carimi and Pae (sp) are very solid picks and one will be in Chicago for double digit years.

I said I didn't include 2010's draft (last year's) because its too early to judge. I didn't even consider using the 2011 draft, because the players have yet to play a down (I leave judging drafts before the players play to guys like Mel Kiper).

Chris Williams will be a serviceable G. Dusty was good just couldnt stay healthy. Same as Tommie. And youre wrong about Tank. Because the SB year, and when he was able to play next to Tommie consistently, Tank was a handful.

My takes:

Williams is terrible. He is a very bad guard. You don't need to waste your 14th overall pick on a bad guard. So its a terrible pick.

Dvoracek was injured coming out of college. Angelo rolled the dice and lost. A bad pick.

Harris was very good for the Bears but then he got injured and worn down. Not a great pick, not a bad pick. Thats why he's not on either list.

Tank was a good player, but again he had red flags coming out of college, and the Bears got a couple good years out of him but eventually had to get rid of him. Not good enough for a 2nd round pick, IMO.

Also, Colombo is doing fine in Dallas. Good pick by Jerry, just bad general managing after that. Colombo wasnt bad, he was hurt. Nobody bemoaned him when they cut him. He got healthy and played fine.

Cedric Benson turned out to be a decent NFL running back. Jerry's problem wasnt Ced, although his off the field stuff didnt help him, it was how good Thomas Jones was playing. Had that situation played out differently Ced would not be as hated in Chicago.

Colombo was hurt coming out of college. Yet another roll of the dice for Angelo that came up snake-eyes. The Benson pick was remarkable just for the fact that the Bears already had Thomas Jones, and Benson was the #4 overall pick. I can't remember the last time a #4 overall RB wasn't a starter in his rookie year (maybe Curtis Enis?).

So Im kinda agreeing with you. Although, I think you tried to hard. All you really had to do to make this point that you have already made before, and a a point all Bears fans already know....was just show his 1st round pick track record. Nobody can say shit to that.

Thats not the whole story. People claimed that Angelo could draft defense and could find gems in the middle rounds. He's had numerous, total washouts in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. His defensive picks have been questionable, and his DB picks have been abysmal.