History of the 23rd pick

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Popular pick for the Vikings.. Couple winners .. lots of losers. 

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Who remembers Danny Watkins? Big, long-armed, blue-collar guard prospect, 40 on his wonderlic, considered one of the "safest" picks in the draft.

But he wasn't "football smart." Needed his OL coach to explain blocking angles over a dozen times before it stuck. Was released just two years later. Said his heart just wasn't in football. All he ever wanted to do was be a firefighter and so that's what he went off to do....and still does. 

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@MaroonBells said:
Who remembers Danny Watkins? Big, long-armed, blue-collar guard prospect, 40 on his wonderlic, considered one of the "safest" picks in the draft.

But he wasn't "football smart." Needed his OL coach to explain blocking angles over a dozen times before it stuck. Was released just two years later. Said his heart just wasn't in football. All he ever wanted to do was be a firefighter and so that's what he went off to do....and still does. 

I remember that. One of the great first round reaches of all time. 

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@supafreak84 said:

@MaroonBells said:
Who remembers Danny Watkins? Big, long-armed, blue-collar guard prospect, 40 on his wonderlic, considered one of the "safest" picks in the draft.

But he wasn't "football smart." Needed his OL coach to explain blocking angles over a dozen times before it stuck. Was released just two years later. Said his heart just wasn't in football. All he ever wanted to do was be a firefighter and so that's what he went off to do....and still does. 

I remember that. One of the great first round reaches of all time. 

Hold my beer....

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@StickyBun said:

@supafreak84 said:

@MaroonBells said:
Who remembers Danny Watkins? Big, long-armed, blue-collar guard prospect, 40 on his wonderlic, considered one of the "safest" picks in the draft.

But he wasn't "football smart." Needed his OL coach to explain blocking angles over a dozen times before it stuck. Was released just two years later. Said his heart just wasn't in football. All he ever wanted to do was be a firefighter and so that's what he went off to do....and still does. 

I remember that. One of the great first round reaches of all time. 

Hold my beer....

Lol I thought about Dimitrius, but at least with him he looked the part of a first round pick. I remember really wanting Patrick Kerney that year, who went one pick after Underwood to Atlanta