Of the Bengals 2003 and 2004 draft class, only five players remain

by Kirkendall on Nov 26, 2008 7:14 PM EST in NFL Draft Comment 1 comment

Since Carson Palmer is Carson Palmer, and Carson Palmer is total treasure to Bengals fans, Palmer becomes just one of two players that remain from the team's 2003 Draft. Two. The other? Backup guard/tackle, Scott Kooistra. Guys like Dennis Weathersby, Khalid Abullah, Elton Patterson and Langston Moore never amounted to much, other than sparse playing time in some cases, and Eric Steinbach was shown the door after witnessing two contract extensions for Willie Anderson and Levi Jones (how are those working out?).

Two. Just two. Eric Steinbach was awesome while he was here, and Jeremi Johnson was one of the best fullbacks in the league. Kelley Washington had the greatest dance numbers of all time, but never climbed the depth charts above third (then Chris Henry got here). Some in the class made contributions, others were known by simply examining the roster. Of all those players, only two remain.

Only three remain of the 11-player draft in 2004. I'm comfortable enough saying that Chris Perry just isn't working out, that Robert Geathers had that one good season, makes plays here and there, and Stacy Andrews took over three seasons to even get on the field.

Of Lewis' first 20 draft picks, five remain. Five. I don't know how that works out across the league; I just know we have five players left. Of those five players, only three start regularly (Palmer, Geathers and Andrews). Because of injury, only one will start this Sunday. One. If you're building your team with the NFL draft, you have to do better than five remaining players, three regular starters and one starter for Sunday.

Because I'd feel guilty, I got the idea for the post by reading Dave's post regarding Jeremi Johnson's release.

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Of 2003, Terrell Suggs, Kyle Boller, and Jarret Johnson are still with the team. Kyle Boller however, should count as much as Jeremi Johnson counts for you, he’s on IR, he’s getting his paychecks, and he’s already sold his house in MD. He may still be on the team, but he’ll never step into M&T Bank Stadium again as a Raven. Suggs and JJ of course are our starting OLBs. We’ve also lost a ton of free agents from this class, including Ovie Mughelli, Tony Pashos, and Aubrayo Franklin who received big contracts elsewhere. Franklin and Ovie were both easily replaced. I miss Pashos a lot. While Willie Anderson is doing quite well at the RT position, he’s quite a bit older than Pashos. Our other draft picks from this class are not currently employed.

Of 2004, we have exactly one guy on the roster, Dwan Edwards, a backup 3-4 DE who is also on IR and has never had a good season. Who knows how long he stays with the Ravens or in the NFL? So of the 18 players drafted by the Ravens between 2003 and 2004, 4 are currently with the team.

This is a bit skewed however, as all of the non 1st or 2nd round picks from 2003 and 2004 have been unrestricted free agents, freeing them up to go elsewhere. 2004 was also the worst draft in Ravens history.

by math_geek on Nov 26, 2008 10:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs