The Chicago Sun-Times reported Tennessee intended to pick Devin Hester with their second-round selection. The Titans were on the phone with Hester, making arrangements to fly him to Nashville before changing their minds with one minute left on the clock. Tennessee then selected LenDale White with the pick.
Hester was a nickelback/receiver/returner for Miami and was an early entrant into the draft. He was apparently a guy with first-round talent but without the experience and might have been better off to stay in school and get settled in at one position. Hester was drafted by the Bears later in the second round and will be tried at cornerback.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/bears/cst-spt-2bear30.html
Fisher and Chow must have lobbied Reese hard on this one.
Hester was a nickelback/receiver/returner for Miami and was an early entrant into the draft. He was apparently a guy with first-round talent but without the experience and might have been better off to stay in school and get settled in at one position. Hester was drafted by the Bears later in the second round and will be tried at cornerback.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/bears/cst-spt-2bear30.html
Fisher and Chow must have lobbied Reese hard on this one.
thank God we didn't draft hester. that would have been a waste of a pick.
no kidding thank god we didn't draft Hester. I like him, he's a better prospect than Woolfolk was, but still, an athlete without a position forced to wait on.
I think I remember hearing yesterday from Reese that Chow talked him into drafting White by saying he was the most misunderstood player in the draft and that he would be well worth the draft pick.
Hester is probably among the most overrated players in this draft. Must say the White pick looks a lot better if the alternative was Hester...
Imagine what our draft would have looked like if we had taken Hester instead of White. Unless Pacman ends up behind bars, a possibility, we don't need a return guy and Hester is not a proven CB or WR. What were they thinking? Talk about trying to take a project with "potential". Our offense needed more than anything a short yardage back who could score TDs. White scored 24 rushing TDs last season. 24!
http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/cb/devinhester.html
Strengths:
An amazing natural athlete...Has outstanding speed and quickness with a rare burst...Can stop and change directions on a dime...Dynamic in the open field and a threat to score every time he touches the ball...Has great ball skills...Displays fluid hips and great feet...Versatile with experience at corner, wideout and running back...Might very well be the best return man available...Major upside.
Weaknesses:
Lacks experience as a starter and never stuck with one position...Is he a cornerback or a wide receiver?...Still extremely raw and needs a lot of development...Needs to work on his technique and learn the nuances of the game...Is not very physical...As of now he is basically just a special teams guy.
Strengths:
An amazing natural athlete...Has outstanding speed and quickness with a rare burst...Can stop and change directions on a dime...Dynamic in the open field and a threat to score every time he touches the ball...Has great ball skills...Displays fluid hips and great feet...Versatile with experience at corner, wideout and running back...Might very well be the best return man available...Major upside.
Weaknesses:
Lacks experience as a starter and never stuck with one position...Is he a cornerback or a wide receiver?...Still extremely raw and needs a lot of development...Needs to work on his technique and learn the nuances of the game...Is not very physical...As of now he is basically just a special teams guy.
A.D. said:
PErhaps we need to relegate Reese to "consultant" status
'cause it appears the best picks were made by Bud and Jeff/Norm
well im so glad that he changed the pick at the last minute, that made everyone happy
Let the football coaches decide who the better football players will be? A novel concept, it'll never work...
Seriously, I love what Floyd's done, but if that story's true, I'm glad he had the good sense to listen to old Normie on that one.
Seriously, I love what Floyd's done, but if that story's true, I'm glad he had the good sense to listen to old Normie on that one.
well, White was probably Chow's last option to get one of 'his' guys
he struck out on Mike, and Matt - he was going to quit if we didn't take LenDale. I can only imagine his face when we traded out of #39 - just knowing that Philly had eyes on a RB at some point in this draft
if we woulda left White on the board I woulda been picketing Baptist Sports Park that night
he struck out on Mike, and Matt - he was going to quit if we didn't take LenDale. I can only imagine his face when we traded out of #39 - just knowing that Philly had eyes on a RB at some point in this draft
if we woulda left White on the board I woulda been picketing Baptist Sports Park that night
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