Aaron Scarpa that's why I don't consider David Carr a draft bust like most people cause he put up some decent stats dispite not have a good offensive line or much of anything to work with. He did his best with what he had one man can only do so much.
Boselli never played a snap for the Texans due to back injury. Young was a beneficiary of playing with Mawae and Randy Thomas with the Jets. He was out of football 2 years after this.
That protection that Jaws was jizzing his pants over let David Carr get sacked 76 times... There was only ONE season (2003, a season he only played in 12 games during) where he was sacked under 40 times.
Jacksonville made a deal with the Texans: If the Texans would select Boselli, they would leave Seth Payne, Zach Wiegert and Gary Walker on the unprotected list. The Texans agreed and all but Boselli had fantastic careers in Houston. You have to understand all of the variables to recognize why Boselli was taken considering his minimal chances of ever playng football again. That being said, Boselli rehabed nonstop and never quit on his attempt to make a comeback.
@@Bull1908 No sir. He was attempting to repair his injury in California during camp and apparently it wasn’t working out. He made more personal appearances around the city promoting the new team than he did on the actual field…literally. He retired and was instantly given a high paying job in California. Now that the dust settled, he was never going to play here, The Walker/Payne to eat Tony’s contract with a 5% chance that he’d recover was the deal the Texans took.
This was the second-to-last expansion draft in the big 4 major league sports that took place between 1991 and 2004. The NHL's 2017 expansion draft took place 15 years after the last NFL expansion draft.
I don't think its fair to call someone a "BUST" because of injuries! Injuries are apart of the game! Plus its not fare to call David Carr a bust, because he played for an expansion team!
David Carr had sensational talent...his "downfall" was that horrendous offensive line which failed to provide protection....young dude could only withstand soo many beatings...by his third season, he was so banged up, guy could hardly move out of the pocket...watch the old videos....you just hope and pray his brother Derek doesn't meet the same fate in Oakland.
@Jason Random For clarification, they couldn't SELECT free agents at this stage. They had to wait until free agency began. Former Colt Steve McKinney was their first UFA signing in the first week of March that same year. Later on, they'd go on to sign 6 undrafted FAs following the 2002 draft.
Funny thing is the Texans had the best opportunity to succeed right away with this expansion draft BUT they wouldnt make the playoffs until 2011 9 years after birth. But the reborn Browns only took 4 years since coming back to go to the playoffs and they were talking about how Browns didnt have the same opportunity of players as the Texans did lol
I've been watching NFL football extensively since 1995....Tony Bosseli is the best left tackle i've seen in that time. He was like a robot.Very technical & cerebral.Like the Peyton Manning of OT's
The only thing more stunning than the Patriots leaving Willie McGinest and Ted Johnson unprotected is that the Texans didn't select either since no one removed players from the unprotected list. The Texans shouldn't have rushed to pick Boselli seeing as Jacksonville was desperate to be rid of his health problems and high salary.
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@@tominator028 So they wanted Walker that badly, they drafted a player they knew would never play for them lol? Interesting way to cut the cap by the Jags lol
What sux about inogrial seasons is your team can't sign free agents. You have to create a team through the expansion draft. Not just in the NFL but with the MLB, the NBA, and the NHL. All expansion teams every major sport has expansion drafts for expansion teams who are all complete amateur players who are all either failed college athletes, high school dropouts or recent high school graduates, convicts who are currently on parole, and bums who are out on the street. What a joke the expansion draft is for all 4 of the major sports if you ask me.
The Texans agreed to pick up Boselli because they also wanted Payne and Walker (two very good DTs at the time). Jacksonville wouldn't offer all of them unless they selected Boselli too. The Jags were in cap hell, and they desperately needed them to pick up the injured/expensive Boselli. Boselli was the best LT in the NFL before his shoulder injury. Ogden was stronger but Boselli had better feet and fundamentals. The man was the prototype at LT and there will be very few LTs as good as he was.
It was. I watched it live and as a Jets fan I was having a stroke, losing both starting CBs and Ryan Young who was good with the Jets but fell off the radar in 2 years flat.
Bill Belichick will throw any player if they wore out their welcome or would cause too damn much. He cut Lawyer Milloy days before the 2003 season began.
