How we forget.

Peter the Peter.

peter griffin is better than him

I went back and looked at the 2002 draft to see how we might have 'better used' our second round pick. Definitely no one you would take over Betts, though Sheldon Brown and Michael Lewis went to Philadelphia in back-to-back picks a little later on in the round, they are the only people you might have heard of. I do notice a ton of scrubs got picked ahead of Portis, who went at #51 (just a few picks ahead of Betts at #56). The real kick in the junk came in the third round when the Skins took Rashaud Bauman and Cliff Russell ahead of Brian Westbrook. Ouch . . . The real thing that I was reminded of was that the draft is a complete crapshoot. Pretty much every top 10 pick that year (save Julius Peppers) was a bust (including Ryan Sims, the DT taken at [gulp] #6 overall). If anything this reinforces the importance of trading down to get more picks because you really have no idea who is going to be good so the more chances the better.

Tennessee sprinter Donte' Stallworth (Steve Spurrier would have turned him into a legend).

Worst prediction ever.

Betts was worth the second round, I think he showed some skills last year. I definitely don't agree with Mr. King.

It's kind of wild to think that Portis was only like 5 picks above Betts in that draft.

There were more people than just Peter King saying Ladell Betts was a reach in the second round. He was projected to go somewhere in the 4th.

Honestly, is Portis only five picks better than Betts?

Peter king has never played a down of football in his entire life. He should stick to reporting the news and leave out the anaylasis.

I think Peter King gets paid to call on some bold predictions. Heck, you're going to get one or two right eventually.

Even more from the same article:

I Can't Figure Out What They Did

23. Carolina. I don't want to kill the Panthers, but this is not the time to be picking boom-or-bust guys. I bet 75 percent of NFL personnel people think DeShaun Foster, at his best, is a top-five pick in any draft, and, at his worst, is a coach-killer. Terminal fumbler. Attitude guy. They'd better hope Julius Peppers is special -- and that Chris Weinke is good enough to make people not dwell on the success Joey Harrington will have as an NFL player. Because he will have some.

24. Denver. Mike Shanahan, you know you're the man. But you had a weird weekend. You'll probably make something good out of top pick Ashley Lelie, even though he's had a hamstring injury longer than I've been shaving. But Clinton Portis in the second round? New rule in the NFL this year: You can't have more than 16 running backs on the roster, Mike.

29. Green Bay. I do like Javon Walker. I do not like him enough to pay a first- and second-round pick for him. That deal, moving up in the first round to get Walker, meant the Packers, who have their share of age on the roster, had one pick in the top 90.

14. Philadelphia. I trust that Jim Johnson, the defensive coordinator, will be able to turn three defensive backs -- Sheldon Brown, the corner from South Carolina, especially -- into valued players on a good defense. I mention Brown because he is a supremely high-character guy, and a player who might get beat, but in the long run will never let a team down. Also, I always love the local-boy-makes-good story, and the drafting of pip-squeakish running back Brian Westbrook from Villanova will give the Vet Stadium louts something to cheer for as a situational player.