1. Mike Ditka Trades His Draft for Ricky Williams – I’ve been watching the draft for more than a decade now and nothing has happened before or since that will equal this draft day decision in awkwardness. The Saints traded all their draft picks in the 1999 Draft and two in the 2000 Draft to move into position to draft Texas RB Ricky Williams. Kind of puts a lot of pressure on a guy eh? It might even turn him into a bipolar pot addict who runs away to Australia. There was one good thing about the move though. It gave us pictures like these.
2. Brady Quinn Rides the Slide – Tom Brady may have been more upset about his draft day snubbing but we didn’t get to see it play out on national television like we did with Quinn. In the video below Quinn loses his composure when Miami picked Ted Ginn ahead of him. Luckily for Quinn Commissioner Goodell whisked him away to a green room where he pouted away from the cameras until Cleveland drafted him at the top of the second round.
3. Vikings Can’t Get Pick In – I’ve seen a polar bear ride a tricycle at a circus and I’ve never seen anything like the Vikes first round pick in 2003. Minnesota was trying to pull off a trade with Baltimore to move down three spots but couldn’t get the deal done until only 32 seconds remained on the clock. Time expired and reps from the next two teams, Jacksonville and Carolina, hustled ass to the podium and got to pick ahead of the Vikes. The Jaguars even ended up with Byron Leftwich, who Baltimore was trying to trade up to get. What made it all even worse was the same thing almost happened the next year when the Vikings almost let time expire again and their rep had to sprint to the stage.
4. Eagles Boo McNabb – Few fans are as rowdy and mean as Philadelphia Eagle fans and only Jets fans make more noise on Draft Day. Thus was the recipe for disaster when Philly opted to take Donovan McNabb over Ricky Williams. The Eagles booed the hell out of their future All-Pro QB, act they reprieved years later when they drafted Kevin Kolb. I guess Eagles fans can only appreciate a QB who kills dogs mercilessly.
5. Aaron Rodgers Slides – Before the metrosexual Brady Quinn fell down the NFL Draft boards Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers was taking that dive, but he had to suffer it in front of the cameras. It really hurt to watch. I laughed because I’m soulless but this poor guy had a rough day. I guess it paid off eventually.
6. Tebow Goes First Round – Lots of experts had questions about Tebow coming into the 2010 Draft, but former Bronco coach Josh McDaniels wasn’t one of those experts, who drafted a QB he might have gotten in the next round. It came as a huge shock – even to Tebow who can see into the future through the graces of God.
7. Mel Kiper vs. Bill Tobin – in 1994 young (by young I mean early middle age) draftnik Mel Kiper announced himself to the world with this verbal smackdown with Colts General Manager Bill Tobin after the Colts reach on undersized hybrid DE/LB Trev Albert. This may be the moment the Draft really became a thing.
8. Eli Manning vs. the Chargers – Eli Manning is by now pretty well hated and it started here with spoiled Eli having his daddy tell the world that he wouldn’t play in San Diego and would sit out if drafted by the Bolts.
9. Bill Cosby Freaks Out – For some reason Bill insisted on coming to the 2010 NFL Draft to hang out with Quan Cosby (absolutely no relation), who had no chance of getting drafted early and wouldn’t have been there if Bill hadn’t requested his presence. The two sat in awkward silence aside from when ESPN let Bill cut to commercial and he spouted gibberish for a minute or two. It was similar to this Cosby hit from Sportscenter.
10. Colt McCoy Lasts To Third Round – We didn’t get the joy of this thing playing out before our eyes but three days of interviews from Colt’s farm house in Tuscola kept the second and third rounds interesting and Colt languished with no NFL team.
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