2008 & 2009 Draft

Geez looking back on these drafts.... THEY SUCKED! the only good player to come from these two drafts was Crabtree.
2008
1 29 29 Kentwan Balmer DT 6-5 298 North Carolina GONE
2 8 39 Chilo Rachal G 6-5 315 Southern California Inconsistant
3 12 75 Reggie Smith CB 6-1 198 Oklahoma Sucks/Horrible
4 8 107 Cody Wallace C 6-4 298 Texas A&M Gone
6 8 174 Josh Morgan WR 6-1 215 Virginia Tech Inconsistant
7 7 214 Larry Grant OLB 6-1 232 Ohio State Gone

2009
1 10 10 Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech Contributor
3 10 74 Glen Coffee RB Alabama Gone
5 10 146 Scott McKillop ILB Pittsburgh Hurt
5 35 171 Nate Davis QB Ball State Gone
6 11 184 Bear Pascoe TE Fresno State Gone
7 10 219 Curtis Taylor S LSU Hurt
7 35 244 Ricky Jean-Francois DT LSU Hasnt done anything

Originally posted by Faceless:
Geez looking back on these drafts.... THEY SUCKED! the only good player to come from these two drafts was Crabtree.
2008
1 29 29 Kentwan Balmer DT 6-5 298 North Carolina GONE
2 8 39 Chilo Rachal G 6-5 315 Southern California Inconsistant
3 12 75 Reggie Smith CB 6-1 198 Oklahoma Sucks/Horrible
4 8 107 Cody Wallace C 6-4 298 Texas A&M Gone
6 8 174 Josh Morgan WR 6-1 215 Virginia Tech Inconsistant
7 7 214 Larry Grant OLB 6-1 232 Ohio State Gone

2009
1 10 10 Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech Contributor
3 10 74 Glen Coffee RB Alabama Gone
5 10 146 Scott McKillop ILB Pittsburgh Hurt
5 35 171 Nate Davis QB Ball State Gone
6 11 184 Bear Pascoe TE Fresno State Gone
7 10 219 Curtis Taylor S LSU Hurt
7 35 244 Ricky Jean-Francois DT LSU Hasnt done anything

2008 was horrible. 2009 wasn't a lot better.

reggie smith is pretty decent hes being groomed for the role mckillop was good ST before he got injured and RJF seeems to be really good he is franklins replacement

All because McNOLAN continued to draft players who were leaders.. hahahahha...

Balmer was suppose to be a 3 year project.. hahhahaahh.. such a dumb pick cause we werent even a contender.. and for us to draft a 3 year project knowing that we needed to win now??? duhhhhhhhhhh!!!! and look who may just benefit if he does become a good DT?? the freakin Seahawks.. in our own division..

Damn! Thats gotta be the worst in the league in those years. And its probably not even close

I don't think Reggie Smith is bad. I think he'll have a solid to good year.

But yeah, bad drafts.

It's nice to have historical perspective. It helps you realize that many of these prospects the board is salivating over will be busts.

The thing that's really frustrating is bad drafts like that don't really impact the team until a few years have gone by. But usually when you have more than one bad draft in a row the team really suffers a few years later.

Those drafts could be what we look back to when we have a losing season in 2011 or 2012....

Morgan is a contributer and crabtree is inconsistent.

id like to interview McNolan and ask them now about the 2008 draft and what they saw from each guys?

my jaw dropped when they announced Kentwan Balmers name and my face fell in slow motion on a pillow on my couch. I remember uncle telling me "good luck with that yall can have him. He is a one year wonder". I was so damn mad and I knew what he said was already true.

Originally posted by NC49erfan82:
my jaw dropped when they announced Kentwan Balmers name and my face fell in slow motion on a pillow on my couch. I remember uncle telling me "good luck with that yall can have him. He is a one year wonder". I was so damn mad and I knew what he said was already true.

Lol this is exactly what I did, I said to myself "I just wasted a whole Saturday for Kentwan Balmer"

2008 - New England Patriots
Rd Sel # Player Position
1 10 Jerod Mayo ILB
2 62 Terrence Wheatley CB
3 78 Shawn Crable OLB
3 94 Kevin O'Connell QB
4 129 Jonathan Wilhite CB
5 153 Matt Slater WR
6 197 Bo Ruud LB

2009 - New England Patriots
2 34 Pat Chung DB
2 40 Ron Brace DT
2 41 Darius Butler DB
2 58 Sebastian Vollmer T
3 83 Brandon Tate WR
3 97 Tyrone McKenzie OLB
4 123 Rich Ohrnberger G
5 170 George Bussey T
6 198 Jake Ingram C
6 199 Stryker Sulak DE
6 207 Myron Pryor DT
7 232 Julian Edelman WR
7 234 Darryl Richard DT


2008 - Indianapolis Colts
2 59 Mike Pollak G
3 93 Philip Wheeler OLB
4 127 Jacob Tamme TE
5 161 Marcus Howard DE
6 196 Tom Santi TE
6 201 Steve Justice C
6 202 Mike Hart RB
6 205 Pierre Garcon WR
7 236 Jamey Richard C

2009 - Indianapolis Colts
Rd Sel # Player Position
1 27 Donald Brown RB
2 56 Fili Moala DT
3 92 Jerraud Powers DB
4 127 Austin Collie WR
4 136 Terrance Taylor DT
6 201 Curtis Painter QB
7 222 Pat McAfee P
7 236 Jaimie Thomas G

I can't even describe the pick of Blamer at the time. I was in disbelief...just a total left field pick. I didn't even consider us taking a DE in the first round let alone one like Balmer who had one good year.

The 2008 draft was atrocious, and the 2009 one can become a good one if Crabtree and RJF become big time contributors..

However, the 2010 draft wasn't bad.

Davis-Struggled, but improved. Is still very young and has the talent to be a great one.
Iupati- Beast. No explanation needed here.
Mays-Showed signs at times, but still needs work. He is still iffy IMO, but we'll see.
Bowman-I think the guy will be a solid LB and our starter once Spikes is gone, which might be this year.
Dixon-I'm not so high on Dixon like the others, but he is decent.
Byham-I like this pick a lot. He is a beast of a blocker and can catch too. Might be utilized more in Harbaugh's TE happy offense.
Williams-I love this pick. I know he barely played and was injured, but this guy is a speedster. He is quick and has excellent hands. Might be our WCO slot receiver.
Adams-Showed a ton of potential in PS and as a punt returner. His fumble against the Saints still haunts me, but i think he can be a decent dime or nickel corner.