tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post3394942058145127375..comments2009-03-26T20:50:05.697-04:00Mark "Om" Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-73730395706534567612009-03-26T20:50:00.000-04:002009-03-26T20:50:00.000-04:00Begging pardon.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous understand joke now. <BR/><BR/>Anonymous laugh, change ballot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-58502122588556114172009-03-25T07:28:00.000-04:002009-03-25T07:28:00.000-04:00Anyone who can work God, Sagan, Tarzan and a guy named Kamerion into two sentences is all right in my book. I accept your judgment. Still, I beg your understanding. <BR/><BR/>The man's name was TARZAN.Mark "Om" Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-4929971881251469122009-03-25T01:20:00.000-04:002009-03-25T01:20:00.000-04:00Having read my share of Sagan, I've long harbored a suspicion that God may not exist; but never expected, while alive, to see evidence either way.<BR/><BR/>Yet the thought of living in a world where a man named Tarzan White could win "Best Name" over Kamerion Wimbley has lent an iron-clad certainty to my new-found sense of atheism.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, fine work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-66373410170929412672009-03-24T22:34:00.000-04:002009-03-24T22:34:00.000-04:00Hey, Rich.<BR/><BR/>McDonald's rookie ('67) numbers actually look pretty solid by today's standards:<BR/><BR/>52 carries, 223 YDS (4.3 avg), 4 TD's<BR/><BR/>Guy does that his rookie year today, people are thinking he's on his way to the HOF. Goes to show how poor a barometer they are if that's ALL you have to go on. <BR/><BR/>As to looking at guys picked *after* your favorite team, that's a depressing road to go down indeed. For any team, in any year. What a GM wouldn't give for a time machine ...Mark "Om" Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-50790317258230913682009-03-24T20:39:00.000-04:002009-03-24T20:39:00.000-04:00I've just covered research on the part of my new book dealing with the time that the Skins drafted McDonald. <BR/><BR/>He may have been the worst first-round pick in the team's history. <BR/><BR/>I say that not just because he was cut during training camp going into his second season--by the same coaching staff that drafted him. He did return later in the year and played a bit in 1968 but Lombardi chewed him up and spit him out the next year.<BR/><BR/>What makes the pick worse, however, is who was on the board when Otto Graham drafted McDonald. Taken two selections later was Alan Page, a Hall of Fame defensive end for the Vikings. A couple of picks after that the Raiders took Gene Upshaw.Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-88326910574878800542009-03-24T13:47:00.000-04:002009-03-24T13:47:00.000-04:00Good stuff OM, looks like some very servicable players have been plucked from that spot, some even great and the recent history is pretty good. Let's hope we continue that trend this year though it looks as though a good mesh of need and talent might not be there for us and we may have to reach for an Oher or pray that a guy like the immensly talented Smith isn't the knucklehead he's been portrayed to be the last month or 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-31756669252584540032009-03-23T11:02:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:02:00.000-04:00awesome work Mark, I am sad I never found this blog before now, its like the OLD extremeskins before the tards took over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-27131162124101976042009-03-23T10:21:00.000-04:002009-03-23T10:21:00.000-04:00Well, clearly I erred in naming Scherer. NFL.com's draft "History" page has him as the 13th player *listed* in 1936, but going to the Packers, not the Boston Redskins. They have the Redskins choosing RB Ed Smith with the 14th player listed. <BR/><BR/>That said, when I got back to the early years it was clear their records were either incomplete or misnumbered, as they don't have ALL picks sequentially numbered further back than 1967. Beyond that, I relied on their accuracy being "the" official league source. Perhaps I should have stuck with the original idea of going back only 30 years. <BR/><BR/>That said, my fault for forgetting to put that disclaimer in the piece. I shall correct that oversight today. Thanks for the close read and the assist.Mark "Om" Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-3952494497563598272009-03-23T06:02:00.000-04:002009-03-23T06:02:00.000-04:00You can also check against the link you have on the top left for "Redskins Draft History" and it will show the 'skins didn't select Bernie Scherer in '36.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-67593541558553514962009-03-23T06:00:00.000-04:002009-03-23T06:00:00.000-04:00OM, I must be looking at a different draft list than yours because it shows that Vernal (Babe) LeVoir, was drafted 13th by the Dodgers in 1936 and Bernie Scherer was drafted 25th by the Packers. <BR/><BR/>The Redskins picked 2nd in each round in '36.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-47325833573555256112009-03-22T23:04:00.000-04:002009-03-22T23:04:00.000-04:00It's not so much the Percy part as it is the combination. I mean, Percy SLEDGE would have made a great LB name. Percy Snow, not so much. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I was just having a little fun. No offense meant.Mark "Om" Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-26861321700742599972009-03-22T22:12:00.000-04:002009-03-22T22:12:00.000-04:00damn my name percy mark! Thanxalot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-44853797241588378592009-03-22T17:18:00.000-04:002009-03-22T17:18:00.000-04:00Never was very good at math. So noted/corrected. <BR/><BR/>Thanks.Mark "Om" Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-10365904828343244152009-03-22T17:11:00.000-04:002009-03-22T17:11:00.000-04:001980 to 2008 is 29 years, not 30.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com