Common questions

Who did the Jets pick instead of Dan Marino?

Who did the Jets pick instead of Dan Marino?

– Don Shula when the Jets took Ken O’Brien with the 24th pick in the 1983 draft, leaving Dan Marino for the Dolphins. September 23, 1991 Jets at Bears: “When (Ken O’Brien) gets the time to throw the football, no one throws it any better than he does.”

Who was drafted in 1983?

Round one

Pick # NFL Team Player
1 Baltimore Colts John Elway
2 Los Angeles Rams Eric Dickerson
3 Seattle Seahawks Curt Warner
4 Denver Broncos Chris Hinton

Who was drafted with John Elway?

Kansas City Royals
Baltimore Colts
John Albert Elway Jr./Drafted by team

What year did the New York Jets draft Joe Namath?

1977Los Angeles Rams
1965New York Jets1962Alabama Crimson Tide football
Joe Namath/Dates joined
Drafted: 1st round in 1965 AFL Draft by New York Jets. Also selected in 1st round (12th player overall) in 1965 NFL Draft by St. Louis Cardinals. Transactions: May 12, 1977 – Namath signed as free agent with Los Angeles Rams.

When was Joe Montana drafted?

April 1993Kansas City Chiefs
1979San Francisco 49ers1974Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Joe Montana/Dates joined

Who was the first pick in the 1983 NBA draft?

Ralph Sampson
The first overall pick of this draft was 7’4” center Ralph Sampson, predicted as an NBA superstar since high school….

1983 NBA draft
General information
226 total selections in 10 rounds
League NBA
First selection Ralph Sampson (Houston Rockets)

What pick was Dan Marino in the draft?

On June 6th, 1979 the Kansas City Royals drafted Dan Marino in the 4th round of the Major League Baseball draft. And Dan Marino was very close to signing with the Royals to play major league baseball before his college football coach stepped in and stopped it.

When was the last time the Jets had the first overall pick?

The Jets have selected the number one overall pick one time: Keyshawn Johnson, a wide receiver from the University of Southern California in the 1996 NFL Draft. The team has also selected number two overall twice and number three overall once.

When was Brees rookie year?

2001
Brees was selected by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick of the second round of the 2001 NFL draft. He became the team’s starting quarterback in his second season, but he failed to quickly turn around the then-woeful Chargers and in his third year lost playing time to 41-year-old Doug Flutie.

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Ruth Doyle