AP Defensive Player of the Year: Reggie White. Neil O’Donnell struggled as the starter and other players like Paul Justin and Jeff Blake weren’t going to provide long-term answers. He had good numbers, but this draft had a lot of talent that deserved to be drafted higher than Ellis.After losing to the Denver Broncos, 31-21, in Super Bowl XXXII, the Green Bay Packers were looking to improve on their defensive line. The only other player in the 1998 NFL Draft with more than 1,000 total tackles other than Spikes was linebacker Keith Brooking. Our All of our employees, agents and partners are committed to keeping For further information regarding cookies and how to manage them, The one position that could have used an improvement at the time was a quarterback. The durable 14-year veteran is only 13 catches from climbing to fourth all time in receptions for any position.Three possible Hall of Fame quarterbacks topped the class of 2004 (Eli Manning, Philip Rivers and Ben Roethlisberger) and we can debate their HoF merits in another story, but Bob Sanders gets the nod because he helped give the Peyton-era Colts defense a lot of the toughness, leadership and playmaking ability that it lacked. 5.Just as there were many players undeservedly picked in the first round, there are also players who were selected in the second, third and later rounds who were much better than their position indicated. While he only made the NFL All-Pro Team once in his career (2006), he was a six-time NFL Pro Bowl selection. If you are accessing our website through a Overall, he finished with 9,205 yards and 60 touchdowns through 12 seasons.Kyle Turley was actually a decent choice for the New Orleans Saints with the seventh overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft. But Green would then have five consecutive 1,000-yard seasons from 2000 to 2004 – including the 1,883 yards and 15 touchdowns he had in 2003. Cincinnati needed a lot of help help after finishing 28th in in yards allowed and 27th in points allowed in the 1997 season.The New England Patriots would have enjoyed being able to add another pass rusher to a defense that had a few good ones on the defensive line. However, their offense was terrible in the 1997 NFL season. The shifty former college quarterback known as “The Squirrel” has become perhaps Brady’s favorite all-time receiving target or at least in the top three. In his career, Trotter had a total of 722 tackles. The Philadelphia Eagles were looking to improve their offensive line. As a full-time starter with the Broncos, he had good numbers with 27 wins against 24 losses. The Cowboys needed someone who was better at the position to help the offensive production.Olin Kreutz might not have been much bigger than Shiver at 292 pounds, but he was effective during his years in Chicago. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. While he only had 14 interceptions in his 10 seasons in the NFL, he still had respectable numbers with 483 total tackles.Looking at the other offensive linemen found in the 1998 NFL Draft, Kyle Turley is not someone who should be in the top 10 picks. The Jets then grabbed LB James Farrior at 8th overall. Avery had just 503 yards and two touchdowns in 1998, but only had five rushes in 1999 and then just one more carry in 2003. However, they weren’t necessarily a bad defensive team to warrant a pick like that early in the first round. He also had seven interceptions in 2000, along with one returned for a touchdown. He rarely missed a game during his 10 seasons with the Steelers and continued that during his two seasons with the New York Jets and one with the Arizona Cardinals.In fact, Faneca played all 16 games in nine consecutive seasons until his retirement in 2011. Please see our “advertisers” section above for details.All data collected through our Website is stored on servers located in the United States. He had 1,000 career receptions for 12,083 yards and 85 touchdowns to finish his career with two Super Bowl rings. He came off consecutive six-interception seasons in 1996 and 1997 for Southern Miss in college football. The Giants could have used an upgrade at the quarterback position.Brian Griese might not have been the best quarterback of the class, but he was better than the third round selection he was taken in by Denver. Overall, Hasselbeck had great numbers with 36,638 passing yards, 212 touchdowns and 153 interceptions. They thought they had the answer in linebacker Anthony Simmons. Pittman’s numbers weren't great, but he had a few good years in there. The Rams were 5-11 and were around the middle of the points allowed and yards allowed rankings in 1997. He was also known to wear size 22 shoes. Super Bowl Champion: Denver Broncos. After months and years of scouting and evaluating, the whole thing goes down in an almost completely unpredictable fashion. Over the course of 16 seasons with St. Louis, Buffalo and Washington, Fletcher had 1,380 tackles, 39 sacks and 23 interceptions. IP address, what pages you visit on our Website, whether you were referred to by another It wasn’t until he made the move to the Minnesota Vikings when he would put up larger numbers.In 2003, he earned his Pro Bowl nomination with eight interceptions to go along with 75 tackles. These cookies track usage of the site for security, analytics and targeted advertising purposes.If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. For example, Google’s use of the But his overall numbers could warrant being in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with 11,695 rushing yards and 66 touchdowns.One could say the St. Louis Rams didn’t necessarily make a bad draft choice with defensive end Grant Wistrom. But he decided to retire after seeing what looked to be a rebuilding phase approaching for the Lions.

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