Eagles one of 3 worst at drafting first rounders since 2000

[Ellsworth]

Some elite company here...

http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/04/23/201...xid=nl_siextra

[TerpEagle]

Some elite company here...

http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/04/23/201...xid=nl_siextra

I'm surprised they picked McDougle as the worst. While he was a bust and didn't produce, a lot of his issues were injury/getting shot in the stomach related.

Watkins I think would be the better (worse?) choice.

[TerpEagle]

Some elite company here...

http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/04/23/201...xid=nl_siextra

It's also interesting to see some of the top teams given their performance since 2000.

#1 Jets (6 our of 15 playoff seasons) w/ 27 selections

#4 Cowboys (5 playoff seasons) w/ 23 selections

#7 Washington (3 playoff seasons) w/ 21 selections

#8 Panthers (5 playoff seasons), Cardinals (3 playoff seasons) and Texans (2 playoff seasons) w/ 20

#31 Eagles (10 playoff seasons) w/ 5 selections

And that's selections, not players.

[IronEagle]

I'm surprised they picked McDougle as the worst. While he was a bust and didn't produce, a lot of his issues were injury/getting shot in the stomach related.

Watkins I think would be the better (worse?) choice.

This comment from Reuben Frank's ranking of the Eagles' first round pics kinds sums up McDougle. Net positive yardage for the opposition with his sacks.

Frank had Twatkins at 32nd worst, so he has him close to bustworthy as Twatkins..

33. DE Jerome McDougle (15th pick in 2003)
Which brings us to McDougle, who had an incredible desire to play but couldn’t. McDougle was always injured, and his career was also set back when he was shot during a carjacking in his native Miami. He battled back from that to return to the NFL, which was remarkable. But the bottom line is that McDougle was a top-15 defensive end who had three career sacks. And on one of them, he was penalized 30 yards for a facemask and then for kicking the flag after the penalty was called. That’s a net total of minus-14 sack yards for his four-year career. But McDougle still doesn’t make the bottom five.

[Ellsworth]

Mcdougle was worth it for the hit on Eli alone.

[Raptor]

Another shining example of why FF

....stayed 3 seasons too long and how his stubbornness was often his biggest enemy.