1987 DraftBy Patrick Mondout
Poor Tampa Bay. They traded away what turned out to be the first pick
in the '84 draft for QB Jack Thompson. In
1982 they accidentally selected Sean Farrell instead of Booker Reese
and then traded a '83 first rounder to get
Reese in the second round (thus missing out on Jim Kelly and Dan Marino
the next year). They took Bo Jackson number one overall in the 1986 draft
only to see him sign with the Kansas City Royals. They finally got lucky
when 1984 USFL supplemental pick (and future Hall of Famer) Steve Young
signed after the fall of the spring league. Then this.
The failure to sign Bo Jackson lead to another poor season in 1986 and
the first pick in the 1987 draft. Many were convinced University of Miami
quarterback Vinny Testaverde was the next big franchise quarterback. Tampa
was so convinced that it traded Steve Young to San Francisco for second
and fourth round picks a week before the draft. Testaverde was a bust in
Tampa though he did eventually play in the Pro Bowl years after leaving.
Cleveland made one of its worst picks ever in Duke linebacker Mike
Junkin while the always entertaining Cardinals reached for second rounder
Kelly Stouffer of Colorado State with the sixth pick overall. While
Stouffer should have been exhilarated to have been taken so much higher
than he deserved, he instead refused to sign with the Cards, who would
lose his signing rights at the start of the next draft.
With his draft rights about to expire, St. Louis made a trade with
Seattle which sent Stouffer to the Pacific Northwest, where he would throw
seven touchdowns and 19 INTs, while the Cards scored a fifth round choice
in '88 (RB Tony Jordan of Kansas State) as well as first (G Joe Wolf of
Boston College) and fifth (DE David Edeen of Wyoming) rounders in '89.*
New Orleans once again made a terrible choice with BYU defensive
lineman Shawn Knight. He registered zero sacks in his short career and was
traded following the 1988 season for Denver's nose tackle Ted Gregory in
an exchange of draft busts.
Below is the first round of the 1987 NFL draft. We also have the
entire 12 round draft.
1 - Pick acquired from the Buffalo Bills
2 - Pick acquired from the San Diego Chargers
3 - Pick acquired from the Houston Oilers
4 - Pick acquired from the Miami Dolphins
5 - Pick acquired from the Minnesota Vikings
6 - Pick acquired from the Los Angeles Rams
7 - Pick acquired from the Cleveland Browns
8 - Pick acquired from the Washington Redskins
* Seattle tried to send safety Kenny
Easley to the Cardinals for Stouffer, but he failed his physical.
Unfortunately, St. Louis doctors discovered kidney damage that allegedly
was the result of pain killers the Seahawks trainers had been giving him.
He never played again and refused to have anything to do with the
franchise.
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