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The Worst Ten Tennessee Titans Draft Picks of the Decade

With the decade coming to an end in a few weeks, we here at MCM decided it would be a good time to do a top 10 list or two- because who doesn't love a top 10 list?

Today we have the worst 10 draft picks of the decade.  Here is how this list was compiled- August, gramsey, hal and I all came up with our own list.  They sent their lists to me, actually shared it with me via google docs (which are awesome), and I averaged the four lists together to come up with what I am posting here.  After the jump I have added a link that lists all of the picks the Titans made in the decade. 

One note on this list; if you need further evidence that the Titans are terrible at picking receivers, here it is- they drafted 15 receivers in the decade.  15!  What makes it even worse is that only three of them are still on the active roster. (and gramsey notes that only two of the other 12 are still in the league)

So without further adieu I present the worst 10 draft picks of the decade as voted on by the esteemed panel:

1. Chris Henry, RB, Arizona (2007, Round 2, pick #50 overall)

The Chris Henry pick is pretty much the only one on the list that just never made sense.  The Titans fell in love with hal's boy because of the numbers he put up at the combine.  They apparently failed to check and see if he was actually any good in college.  He was widely known as Cockroach because he ran to darkness.  That isn't a good thing, in case you didn't know.

Star-divide

2. Andre Woolfolk, CB, Oklahoma (2003, Round 1, pick #28 overall)

 

If there were to be another guy on the list that never made sense it would be Woolfolk.  Here is an interesting tidbit about Woolfolk that I did not know- all three of his career INTs were thrown by David Carr.  If you ever wondered how bad Carr was..

3. Adam Pacman Jones, CB, West Virginia (2005, Round 1, pick #6 overall)

As Danno said yesterday, it has been far too long since we talked about Ol' Pacman.  The pick of Adam made football sense but not common sense.  He was a dynamic returner and a good cornerback when he played his assignment instead of what he wanted to do, which was about 32% of the time (get it?), but he there isn't really an adjective that adequately describes what he was off the field.

4. Paul Williams, WR, Fresno State (2007, Round 3, pick #80 overall)

P-Dub couldn't decide in college if he was a corner or a receiver.  Maybe he should have picked corner.

5. Tyrone Calico, WR, MTSU (2003, Round 2, pick #60 overall)

August loves Calico.  Calico had a lot of raw talent, but he had trouble staying healthy.  He also had some trouble catching the football which is a problem for a receiver.  Too bad for him that he didn't get drafted by another team because he would have gotten a lot of money from the Titans in free agency eventually.

6. Ben Troupe, TE, Florida (2004, Round 2, pick #40 overall)

Troupe had more NFL success than any of the other guys on this list.  The problem was he could never put it all together.  He had loads of potential but was hampered by injuries, the inability to learn the offense (allegedly), and the inability to catch the football at times.

7. Courtney Roby, WR, Indiana (2005, Round 3, pick #68 overall)

Roby was really good in the preseason pretty much every year.

8. Tank Williams, S, Stanford (2002 Round 2, pick #45 overall)

And now Danno hate us.  Tank started his career playing pretty well but suffered an ugly ACL injury and was never the same.

T-9. Byron Frisch, DE, BYU (2000, Round 3, pick #93 overall)

This is a name that none of us even remembered.  He actually never played a game with the Titans and was cut after the 2000 season.  He ended his career with 5 sacks after playing one season with the Cowboys and one with the Giants.

T-9.Shad Meier, TE, Kansas State (2001, Round 3, pick #90 overall)

Shad Meier had my favorite stat line ever in a game at San Diego in 2004- 9 catches for 31 yards.  That's 3.4 yards per catch.  He finished his career with 42 catches.  I need more than that from a third round pick.

Others receiving votes: Chris Brown (2003, round 3, #93), Brandon Jones (2005, round 3, #96) and Donnie Nickey (2003, round 5, #154).

$1,000,000 MCM bucks to the first person to identify who put Nickey on the list.

Click here to see the complete list of draft picks.

And there you have it.  We would love to hear your comments on our list, or even your own list in the comments.

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complete draft link dead

I think, but it could be my total lack of tech skills

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by Voluntitan23 on Dec 11, 2009 11:41 AM CST reply actions  

You were right

I forgot to add the link. It is in there now.

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by Jimmy on Dec 11, 2009 11:51 AM CST up reply actions  

Unless we're going with the first decade of the name "Tennessee Titans"...

… in which case you’re a year late….

The decade officially started the same day the Millienium did: January 1st, 2001.

So you’re a full year early.

by Antoniemey on Dec 11, 2009 11:46 AM CST reply actions  

Decade

2000-2009

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions  

nickey on the list?

A-Dub

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by Pinoy Titan on Dec 11, 2009 11:51 AM CST reply actions  

ADub loves Donnie Nickey.

/sarcasm

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 11:53 AM CST up reply actions  

And circle gets the square

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by Jimmy on Dec 11, 2009 11:55 AM CST up reply actions  

Get 6 years out of a fifth round pick isn't a bust

Nickey might not be a great safety but a solid special teams player.

Pacman Jones is number 1. The worst player to put on a Titans uniform, in my opinion. To talk about his play, even when he did make a good play it would be offset by an unsportsmenship penalty from his antics after the play.

by Titanfan on Dec 11, 2009 11:52 AM CST reply actions  

special teams only player...

who never gets any special teams tackles! You know how many tackles our ‘special teams ace’ has in his 7 year career? 73, and that includes the times he embarrassed himself playing safety early in his career. He isn’t even the gunner, holder or long snapper!

So lets give him credit for all of those being on special teams. That mean he averages slightly more than .5 tackles a game. I’d guess there are at least 5 kickoffs or punts per team in the average NFL game.

Just get an undrafted free agent who might be able to make the depth chart somewhere and you’ll get the same.

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by August West on Dec 11, 2009 2:08 PM CST up reply actions  

Travis LaBoy should be on the list

Second round pick that played well at times but was hardly ever on the field. He spent most of the time on ir.

by Titanfan on Dec 11, 2009 11:57 AM CST reply actions  

He was an honorable mention as well

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 11:58 AM CST up reply actions  

nah

he got paid as a FA, and he put up some decent numbers when he was healthy

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by hal41605 on Dec 11, 2009 11:58 AM CST up reply actions  

Chris Henry

Another reason the Chris Henry pick was awful: We could have had Steve Smith (WR-NYG)

by jmztitans2 on Dec 11, 2009 12:02 PM CST reply actions  

Or Antrel Rolle

Would have filled the same need at CB

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by Voluntitan23 on Dec 11, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions  

Antrel Rolle was on the board when we drafted Pac.

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions  

That's what I meant to reply to

 I have no tech skills

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by Voluntitan23 on Dec 11, 2009 12:08 PM CST up reply actions  

The reason they didn't like Antrel there

was because they thought he would become a safety in the NFL, and that is exactly what happened.

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by Jimmy on Dec 11, 2009 12:20 PM CST up reply actions  

And blew the coverage on Kenny Britt

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 12:21 PM CST up reply actions  

indeed.

"Waiting for the return of the Mac"
"Let VY loose, give him the chance to play his heart out. for himself, for the titans...and for mcnair"
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by kg_2005 on Dec 11, 2009 3:51 PM CST up reply actions  

why chris henry is unquestionably #1, and why pac wasn't that bad of a pick

though the pac man saga was undoubtedly uglier, they at least picked a guy who was a hell of a football player and would have become a star if not for his personal life. you can’t blame them for not expecting a guy to redefine what it means to ruin your career with off field crap. their football judgment was 100% spot on though. truly terrible picks blow it in every category though. pac man was a crappy human being, but a pretty decent draft pick.

chris henry, on the other hand, was a grade f turd of a draft pick from the moment they made it. they wasted a 2nd round pick on a glorified body builder who had never done jack diddly poo nothing in football pads. they broke every cardinal rule of intelligent scouting, ignoring his utter nothingness of a college career in favor of a silly workout. it was exactly the kind of a pick you expect the raiders to make. just a 100% horrible, rotten to the core draft pick. totally indefensible in every way.

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by hal41605 on Dec 11, 2009 12:02 PM CST reply actions   2 recs

We should have known when we drafted him

And he was wearing a tshirt with his picture on it. That should be a sign right there.

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 12:10 PM CST up reply actions  

I meant Pac.

Chris Henry was working on the grill at Waffle House when he got drafted.

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 12:11 PM CST up reply actions  

lots of idiots and scum bags

go on to very successful NFL careers. pac man got hammered like no one has ever gotten hammered before or since by the NFL. that’s tough to predict.

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by hal41605 on Dec 11, 2009 12:53 PM CST up reply actions  

lots of idiots and scum bags

go one to very successful NFL careers. pac man got hammered like no one has ever gotten hammered before or since by the NFL. that’s tough to predict.

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by hal41605 on Dec 11, 2009 12:54 PM CST up reply actions  

Pac also single-handedly won a game or two for the Titans in VY's rookie year.

Lest we forget who made those INTs against the Giants…

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by DannoE on Dec 11, 2009 2:53 PM CST up reply actions  

i didnt know....

pac threw TD’s in that game also. that’s a hell of a statline to go with his picks.

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by kg_2005 on Dec 11, 2009 3:54 PM CST up reply actions  

and lets not forget VY's OT TD run against the texans

only reason we were in that position was b/c of Pac’s great return

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by TitanFan2K on Dec 11, 2009 5:04 PM CST up reply actions  

and another reason chris henry was an awful pick

we could’ve drafted him in the 4th or later rounds.

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by Pinoy Titan on Dec 11, 2009 12:06 PM CST reply actions  

Or signed him as an undrafted FA

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions   1 recs

I'll defend Pac-Man to the death

Not his off-field behaivor but he was on his way to becoming a star on the field. Unfortunately he was to hood for anyone to handle. We haven’t had a playmaking return man since.

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by TitanFan2K on Dec 11, 2009 12:09 PM CST reply actions  

We could have had Devin Hester for a return man...

if they hadn’t drafted LenDale White. That almost makes me want to include White on the list, but he is a serviceable back, so no.

by Titanfan on Dec 11, 2009 12:12 PM CST up reply actions  

I think we have gotten more out of LenDale

than the Bears have gotten out of Hester.

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 12:14 PM CST up reply actions  

Hester is a receiver, isn't he?

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 12:18 PM CST up reply actions  

And not a very good one at that

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 12:18 PM CST up reply actions  

that's because the QB is CUTLER!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!111!!!!

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by Pinoy Titan on Dec 11, 2009 12:20 PM CST up reply actions  

good stuff.

"Waiting for the return of the Mac"
"Let VY loose, give him the chance to play his heart out. for himself, for the titans...and for mcnair"
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by kg_2005 on Dec 11, 2009 4:02 PM CST up reply actions  

well how bad of CB is he

if they had to convert him into a sub-par WR?

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by TitanFan2K on Dec 11, 2009 12:21 PM CST up reply actions  

Good point.

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by Jimmy on Dec 11, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions  

Self inflicted

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by gramsey712 on Dec 11, 2009 12:20 PM CST up reply actions  

im pretty sure....

when they drafted lendale they didnt predict our 0 and 6 start and need of a return man for THIS season.

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by kg_2005 on Dec 11, 2009 3:59 PM CST up reply actions  

Sorry, but Pac was a crap cornerback from the day he entered the league

through the day they cut him in Canada. He thought he could get by just on his athleticism and never improved as a true corner. He bit on every double move he saw and rarely helped on run support. He had one great INT (in the Giants game VY’s rookie year), and that was it. If you watched the games, you saw him get beat like Neil Peart’s drums, then turn around and start yelling and pointing fingers at the nearest teammate.

These things were true with the Titans and the Cowboys. He was a great returner, no doubt, but he sucked as a DB.

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by August West on Dec 11, 2009 2:10 PM CST up reply actions  

he was never cut in canada, there was a rumour that he was going to sign with winnipeg, iirc, but they denied it and he was never signed by a cfl team.

and he was a dynamic, but stupid player. he had the skills to be a good corner, and showed some progress. if he was at all coachable he couldve been very good for us on offence, special teams, and defence.

by mattd97 on Dec 11, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions  

bombers didnt want the drama

not saying it hurts your argument, just trying to keep mcm factually reliable

by mattd97 on Dec 11, 2009 6:40 PM CST up reply actions  

Woolfolk

wow. what a bad pick considering Double-N was picked later by the Raiders.

wow. what could’ve been. finnegan and asomugha.

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by Pinoy Titan on Dec 11, 2009 12:17 PM CST reply actions  

I know it's not in this decade

but I just got done looking at the team’s draft history and dammit we coulda had Randy Moss over Kevin Dyson

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by TitanFan2K on Dec 11, 2009 12:23 PM CST reply actions  

I never realized that

but didn’t Moss slide down everyone’s board because of the ganja?

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by Voluntitan23 on Dec 11, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions  

that and...

there were the issues of him being an all-around douchecanoe. hence why he fell to 18th.

by asian phil on Dec 11, 2009 8:57 PM CST up reply actions  

It would be interesting to see

what kind of contracts all these guys got from us.

by Titan9 on Dec 11, 2009 12:42 PM CST reply actions  

I for one do not want to see their contracts

It would make me even more pissed off at these worthless pics

by bullrider73 on Dec 11, 2009 12:51 PM CST up reply actions  

brandon jones was alright for us, courtney roby has proven to be a solid return guy in the nfl. maybe not great for 3rd round picks, but somewhat serviceable. and chris brown had a great year for us.

i guess my standards are just a little lower as all the first/second round busts have tempered expectations

by mattd97 on Dec 11, 2009 2:32 PM CST reply actions  

Chris Brown was injured a lot and a horrible short yardage back, but there’s no way he was one of the worst picks of the decade. He was a great complementary back to Eddie George and would regularly rip long runs.

by DoofusOfErasmus on Dec 11, 2009 3:48 PM CST up reply actions  

LOL at Calico

‘He also had some trouble catching the football which is a problem for a receiver’

by captainbojangles on Dec 11, 2009 4:07 PM CST reply actions  

We can second guess ourselves to death....

but it won’t change anything. What we have to do is to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself. Only one problem…none of us really has any control over who we pick or don’t pick. It is funny though to see those Jets fans at the draft every year…they get so pissed off when the selection is announced. DON"T be one of those guys!!

by titansfan4ever on Dec 11, 2009 4:27 PM CST reply actions  

Am I the only person ever

to own an authentic Tyrone Calico jersey? What a waste of money that was… Ha Ha

And we really needed to take Hester over Lenwhale

by Big Bad Bulluck on Dec 11, 2009 6:03 PM CST reply actions  

No,

Just the only person to admit it.

This one's for you, #9.

by Drubaru on Dec 11, 2009 8:14 PM CST up reply actions  

Drafting Hester instead of LenWhale.....

doesn’t necessarily mean he would’ve had the same success returning. I’m sure he still would have been dynamic, but Chicago signed him to a big contract extension a year ago. He got #1 receiver money, even though he just started playing the position. Since his move to WR, I believe he has 0 return TDs, and actually isn’t back there as much as he used to be.

Even if Hester were drafted, I feel he would have jetted during free agency anyway and thus wouldn’t help for this season’s returning woes.

Lendale has been a serviceable back. I’m sure nobody in the Titans FO thought they’d get the steal they did by drafting CJ, thereby putting Lendale on the back burner.

Plus, Lendale provides for some funny quotes and moments off the field. Nothing wrong with that. Except that time he got arrested…

by asian phil on Dec 11, 2009 9:03 PM CST reply actions  

this list is on point

though i dont know too much about the pacman…….he was 10 times worse off the field then on it and at least he was a good return man. take pacman off (he is number 11) put brandon jones in his place and the list is perfect. donnie nickey shouldnt even be on the list……..he was drafted to low to be a bust.

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by CeeHow on Dec 12, 2009 3:38 AM CST reply actions  

Courtney Roby!

C’mon, he never got a chance! He’s returning kicks well in New Orleans now. We could at least use them for that!

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by gotitans27 on Dec 12, 2009 11:58 AM CST reply actions  

James Hardy was on the list

at Buffalo Rumblings. I am surprised you didn’t hunt them down.

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by Jimmy on Dec 12, 2009 1:33 PM CST up reply actions  

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