[CBFF] SI Grades 2001 Draft (Bears Blurbs...)

[Steve Behrens]

(((Some Bears Blurbs from the article:  The good news is he has to go 5
years back to find something to rip the Bears about.  I hate this guy)))

 Final grades A true evaluation of 2001 draft five years later

(((Full story can be found here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/peter_king/06/19/mmqb/index.html?cnn=yes
)))



..... (Because I'm not feeling like Jack the Ripper as I write my last
column before a month break, I won't tell you who gave the Bears an "A'' for
their 2001 draft. Suffice it to say I will not be so charitable to a team
that hasn't retained one of its six 2001 picks ... and which made *David* "I
Like to Drop Footballs" *Terrell* the eighth pick in the draft.) ....
....
 F

*29. Minnesota.* The only player of any value from this draft was *Michael
Bennett*, who rushed for 3,174 yards in 49 starts. That is one mediocre
running back. The last seven picks in this crop? Valueless.

*30. Cleveland.* One decent pick: fourth-round corner *Anthony Henry*,
now playing for Dallas. Among the horrible picks here -- *Gerard Warren*over
*Richard Seymour*, *Quincy Morgan* over *Chris Chambers* -- is one grand
champion. Club officials, bolstered by former Secret Service czar *Lew
Merletti*, stressed character till the cows came home with the New and
Improved Browns, and then they went and picked a linebacker from Washington,
*Jeremiah Pharms*, missing the fact that he'd been involved in a
drug-related shooting in Seattle in 2000. Pharms served 41 months for the
crime. Want to know why Cleveland is still struggling to poke its head above
water in the AFC North? Look at its first three drafts. Nightmares.

*31. Chicago.* I'll give you *Anthony Thomas*, a role-playing running back
who's not great at anything. Decent second-round pick. But none of the six
choices are still in Chicago, and *David Terrell*, eighth overall, dropped
more big passes than he caught. A total washout for a team that hired *Jerry
Angelo* two months later.
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