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  • As you may know, Tom Brady was the 199th pick in the 2000 draft and is a sure fire Hall of Famer. The ONLY players in the Hall of Fame in history that were drafted lower, by pick number, than Brady are as follows:

    Bart Starr #200

    Richard Dent #203

    Ken Houston #214

    Andy Robustelli #228

    Raymond Berry #232

    Chris Hanburger #245

    Roosevelt Brown #321

    And the group which I referenced before of the street FAs.

  • @lumbergh said:

    NFL.com says Kurt Warner is the best undrafted player ever.

    http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09000d5d816fb4f0&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

    Arguably, perhaps. Put him against the guys I mentioned in the previous couple of posts and let them duke it out.

  • Quality players that the Browns have taken at draft position 100 or lower over the years:

    Galen Fiss #155 1953

    Bernie Parish #108 1958

    Fred Cox #110 1961 (kicker for Vikings for over 15 years)

    Leroy Kelly #110 1964

    Jack Gregory #139 1966

    Ben Davis #439...yes #439 1967 (played DB for Browns for 10 years)

    Walt Sumner #176 1969

    Doug Dieken #142 1971

    Brian Sipe #330 1972

    Dick Ambrose #290 1975

    Cody Risien #183 1979

    Steve Cox #134 1981

    Mike Baab #115 1982

    Paul Farren #316 1983

    Brian Brennan #104 1984

    Ernest Byner #280 1984

    Reggie Langhorne #175 1985

    Frank Winters #276 1987 (played 15 years, mostly with Packers)

    Rob Burnett #129 1990

    Aaron Shea #110 2000

    Ryan Pontbrian #142 2003

    Lawrence Vickers #180 2006

    Aytaba Rubin #190 2008

    Others of note:

    Don Shula #110 1951

    Chuck Noll #239 1953

    John Havlicek #95 1962

  • Quality players that the Browns have taken at draft position 100 or lower over the years:

    Galen Fiss #155 1953

    Bernie Parish #108 1958

    Fred Cox #110 1961 (kicker for Vikings for over 15 years)

    Leroy Kelly #110 1964

    Jack Gregory #139 1966

    Ben Davis #439...yes #439 1967 (played DB for Browns for 10 years)

    Walt Sumner #176 1969

    Doug Dieken #142 1971

    Brian Sipe #330 1972

    Dick Ambrose #290 1975

    Cody Risien #183 1979

    Steve Cox #134 1981

    Mike Baab #115 1982

    Paul Farren #316 1983

    Brian Brennan #104 1984

    Ernest Byner #280 1984

    Reggie Langhorne #175 1985

    Frank Winters #276 1987 (played 15 years, mostly with Packers)

    Rob Burnett #129 1990

    Aaron Shea #110 2000

    Ryan Pontbrian #142 2003

    Lawrence Vickers #180 2006

    Aytaba Rubin #190 2008

    Others of note:

    Don Shula #110 1951

    Chuck Noll #239 1953

    John Havlicek #95 1962

    @the-gipper said:

    Quality players that the Browns have taken at draft position 100 or lower over the years:

    Galen Fiss #155 1953

    Bernie Parish #108 1958

    Fred Cox #110 1961 (kicker for Vikings for over 15 years)

    Leroy Kelly #110 1964

    Jack Gregory #139 1966

    Ben Davis #439...yes #439 1967 (played DB for Browns for 10 years)

    Walt Sumner #176 1969

    Doug Dieken #142 1971

    Brian Sipe #330 1972

    Dick Ambrose #290 1975

    Cody Risien #183 1979

    Steve Cox #134 1981

    Mike Baab #115 1982

    Paul Farren #316 1983

    Brian Brennan #104 1984

    Ernest Byner #280 1984

    Reggie Langhorne #175 1985

    Frank Winters #276 1987 (played 15 years, mostly with Packers)

    Rob Burnett #129 1990

    Aaron Shea #110 2000

    Ryan Pontbrian #142 2003

    Lawrence Vickers #180 2006

    Aytaba Rubin #190 2008

    Others of note:

    Don Shula #110 1951

    Chuck Noll #239 1953

    John Havlicek #95 1962

    Boy, we stole Aaron Shea ...

    Zombo

  • @the-gipper said:

    Quality players that the Browns have taken at draft position 100 or lower over the years:

    Galen Fiss #155 1953

    Bernie Parish #108 1958

    Fred Cox #110 1961 (kicker for Vikings for over 15 years)

    Leroy Kelly #110 1964

    Jack Gregory #139 1966

    Ben Davis #439...yes #439 1967 (played DB for Browns for 10 years)

    Walt Sumner #176 1969

    Doug Dieken #142 1971

    Brian Sipe #330 1972

    Dick Ambrose #290 1975

    Cody Risien #183 1979

    Steve Cox #134 1981

    Mike Baab #115 1982

    Paul Farren #316 1983

    Brian Brennan #104 1984

    Ernest Byner #280 1984

    Reggie Langhorne #175 1985

    Frank Winters #276 1987 (played 15 years, mostly with Packers)

    Rob Burnett #129 1990

    Aaron Shea #110 2000

    Ryan Pontbrian #142 2003

    Lawrence Vickers #180 2006

    Aytaba Rubin #190 2008

    Others of note:

    Don Shula #110 1951

    Chuck Noll #239 1953

    John Havlicek #95 1962

    Boy, we stole Aaron Shea ...

    Zombo

    Zombo said:

    Boy, we stole Aaron Shea ...

    Zombo

    Are you being sarcastic? I thought he played pretty decently for the Browns for a while, didn't he?

    http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SheaAa00.htm

    Here are his stats. I guess they are not that great. 4th round seems about right at best.

  • Zombo said:

    Boy, we stole Aaron Shea ...

    Zombo

    Are you being sarcastic? I thought he played pretty decently for the Browns for a while, didn't he?

    http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SheaAa00.htm

    Here are his stats. I guess they are not that great. 4th round seems about right at best.

    @the-gipper said:

    Are you being sarcastic? I thought he played pretty decently for the Browns for a while, didn't he?

    http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SheaAa00.htm

    Here are his stats. I guess they are not that great. 4th round seems about right at best.

    Yes, I was being sarcastic.

    Zombo

  • @the-gipper said:

    Are you being sarcastic? I thought he played pretty decently for the Browns for a while, didn't he?

    http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SheaAa00.htm

    Here are his stats. I guess they are not that great. 4th round seems about right at best.

    Yes, I was being sarcastic.

    Zombo

    Zombo said:

    Yes, I was being sarcastic.

    Zombo

    So? You don't consider Aaron Shea a "Quality player"? I guess he was halfway decent at best...and I may have been trying to stretch it a little.

  • On my list I missed Eddie Johnson, taken with pick #187 in 1981. So definitely include him.

  • Zombo said:

    Yes, I was being sarcastic.

    Zombo

    So? You don't consider Aaron Shea a "Quality player"? I guess he was halfway decent at best...and I may have been trying to stretch it a little.

    @the-gipper said:

    So? You don't consider Aaron Shea a "Quality player"? I guess he was halfway decent at best...and I may have been trying to stretch it a little.

    I'm saying that snaring Aaron Shea with the 110th pick in the draft was not really much of a feather in our cap.

    Zombo