Draft factoids post #11

Since this time next week we’ll be critiquing every move made in the NFL draft, let’s look back at the Eagles picks over the last 15 years and play a little game called “Could they have done better?”

Year	Eagles first pick	Best pick soon thereafter	How upsetting?
1990	CB Ben Smith, pick #22	SS LeRoy Butler, pick 48 (GB)	Mildly unsettling
1991	OT Antone Davis, pick #8	RB Ricky Waters, pick #45 (SF)	Soul-crushing
1992	RB Siran Stacy, pick #48	FB Kevin Turner, pick #71 (NE)	Disappointing
1993	OG Lester Holmes, pick #18	RB Robert Smith, pick #21 (MN)	Ugh.
1994	OT Bernard Williams, pick #14	WR Issac Bruce, pick #33 (LA Rams)	Re-crushing my soul
1995	DE Mike Mamula, pick #7	DT Warren Sapp, pick #12 (TB)	Franchise-crippling
1996	OG Jermane Mayberry, pick #25	SS Lawyer Milloy, pick #36 (NE)	Fairly upsetting
1997	DE Jon Harris, pick #25	RB Tiki Barber, pick #36 (NYG)	Please stop the pain
1998	OT Tra Thomas, pick #11	WR Randy Moss, pick #21 (MN)	Meh. In comparison, not so bad
1999	QB Donovan McNabb, pick #2	QB Daunte Culpepper, pick #11 (MN)	Holy crap, they took the best player
2000	DT Corey Simon, pick #6	LB Brian Urlacher, pick #9 (CHI)	Ewww.
2001	WR Freddie Mitchell, pick #25	WR Reggie Wayne, pick #30 (IND)	So cold. So very cold.
2002	CB Lito Sheppard, pick #26	RB Clinton Portis, pick #51 (DEN)	Kinda sorta bad
2003	DE Jerome McDougle, pick #15	RB Larry Johnson, pick #27	Icky
2004	OT Shawn Andrews, pick #16	RB Steven Jackson, pick #25 (STL)	Still too early
2005	DT Mike Patterson, pick #31	LB Lofa Tatupu, pick #45 (SEA)	Doesn’t look good so far