Edgerrin James Gets Drafted Ahead of Ricky Williams | A Football Life

[@MRHEEL-ys2rq]

Just imagine how talented Miami was from Edge on....Portis, McGahee, Frank Gore almost 60k yards total rushing and Frank Gore lasted almost till his 40s. Safe to say The U was Tailback U for a good time

[@adeenbenyasharal5412]

James Jackson and Davenport were also beasts before injuries.

[@brianmcintyre503]

Frank gore is the definition of consistent. So underrated.

[@gregoryldismukes]

Carried the U in the down years.

[@jimmydee935]

Agreed. Miami had hella talent coming out in the mid 90’s to early 2k’s

[@terrancec8953]

@@jimmydee935 Exactly the U had over a handful of hall of famers let alone stars. At every position pretty much. From warren sapp to ed reed and ray lewis and that's just the defense lol

[@jeremykrause153]

1999. Awesome 2000. Awesome 2001. Good start but got hurt 2002. Still recovering and didn’t get 1000 yards 2003. Solid season 2004. Very good 2005. Very good 2006. Bad season 2007. Solid 2008. Showing age

[@supanova4126]

One thing that always stuck out to me about Edge was that he always fell forward. Such a smart player

[@philipwilliams1754]

Go watch films,he fell forward because of his bad knee's.

[@AmirKhan-yv8jm]

Except when he played the NE Pats lol!

[@wessimons5028]

Sad he never won a championship. He was one of the most versatile running backs to ever play

[@markdraine3571]

Came so close with Cardinals in 09..Some still question if Santonio Holmes catch.was good. All AZ had to do was stop that drive at end and they got ring .They had Steelers backed way back with a first and 20..The D coordinator ,Clancy Pendergast ,who got fired after the season , decided to go very vanilla and not make it happen for the win ,pressure Big Ben ..Just let him get too comfortable ..I waited the whole game to see if they would blitz S Adrian Wilson, who was very big and good at the safety blitz .Would have been perfect time but Clancy was too timid

[@Indiana_Jones-Z]

The Colts gave him a Super Bowl ring when they beat the Bears.

[@philipwilliams1754]

@@markdraine3571 Kurt Warner does'nt believe it was a catch.

[@Nothinghere42345]

@@robertreed2719 But it doesn’t count since he wasn’t on the team roster anymore. :(

[@Jefe6622]

Hold the tape they got Marvin Harrison to speak 😱🤯😮

[@snapmike5156]

The Colts came to Indy when I was in 1st grade. Been a fan ever since. The two worst draft days of my life were when we drafted Peyton Manning over Ryan Leaf, and when we drafted Edgerrin James over Ricky Williams. Needless to say, I never became a NFL gm.

[@ItsSpaceyKc]

One of the best to ever do it underrated

[@xnxtlvlx4194]

Mr. Edgerrin James! One of my ALL TIME favorite RBs!

[@jotac87278]

Think about this, Bill Polian was questioned and criticized by people about taking Manning instead of Ryan Leaf. Taking Edge instead of Ricky Williams. Goes to show you, don't do things just for PR circumstances. Stay true to you and don't get distracted by others. You don't have to justify why you do something. When the Colts won the Super Bowl, Irsay gave Edge an honorary Super Bowl ring. He said we wouldn't have been there w/o you.

[@ariefraiser140]

The criticism for taking Manning over Leaf was a myth. There were some people who thought it was a 50/50 decision but hardly anyone thought Leaf was head and shoulders above Manning enough to criticize the Colts for passing up Leaf. The Ricky Williams hype though was real. And coming off his college career almost every pundit and scout had him as the best running back in the draft. A franchise changing back. In fact the Saints gave up multiple picks to move up the draft and picked him. So James over Williams was a major shock.

[@alexchavez2067]

@@ariefraiser140 they have to their entire draft for Ricky Williams

[@TheAlfrulz]

Ricky Williams also signed an incentive laden rookie contract. However, playing for a woeful New Orleans team burned him as he reached few of his escalator clauses and earned close to the league minimum. That contract has always been derided as one of the worst.

[@MrJaythomas23]

Certainly has Master P to thank for that

[@Riles3152]

The first time I saw Edge play for Miami was when they went up against my UCLA Bruins in a game that all UCLA had to do was win and they would have been in the NC game. Edgerrin absolutely destroyed that UCLA defense for 299 yards rushing, and led Miami to an upset and one of the most crushing losses in UCLA college football history. I'll never forget it. That said, I was shocked, dumbfounded and even mad that they took him over Heisman trophy winner Ricky Williams. Well' turns out that was one of the greatest decisions in that franchise history, 2nd only to them taking Peyton over Ryan Leaf just a year before.

[@Airi_Iwin]

Oh my goodness they got Marvin Harrison to speak bravo 👏🏾

[@Ingenuity009]

Good to see Trick Daddy a fellow Dolphins fan. PHINS up.

[@Fireyninjadog]

Rickey was good, too. He's forever infamous because Mike ditka forgot how to be an nfl coach, and gave washington everything for one guy

[@edwardfisher9930]

How they Hell Washington didn't become a dynasty yet a winning time with all them draft picks Mike Ditka handed to them.. like they had all the Saints picks for the 99 draft and a 2000 first rounder

[@mackinshizzaveli4202]

@@edwardfisher9930 If I’m remembering correctly that was Snyders first year owning the team. That should answer your question.

[@UnleashthePhury]

Edgerrin James and LaDainian Tomlinson have the two coolest names in running back history.

[@philipwilliams1754]

Ladanian never got a Super Bowl,because of Philip Rivers.

[@DWilliam1]

Larry Czonka

[@hakuswisdom9044]

@@DWilliam1 Unfortunately he was a fullback.

[@Maal7432]

@@hakuswisdom9044 💯

[@Maal7432]

Agreed.

[@Kingdizzleltdinc615]

Bill Polian was a genius

[@AmirKhan-yv8jm]

That is why he and Ron Wolf made the HOF!

[@stevesouthwood3380]

The thing they don't mention is his blocking. Saw the dude step up time after time and take on the blitzer to protect Manning. As complete a RB as you'll ever see.

[@bdeezy1794]

Imagine being Bill Polian who turns everything he touches into gold and being questioned by some dude with a microphone and a radio show

[@cheesuskrust7021]

America in a nutshell!

[@Leroyscaand]

L take bozo

[@cheesuskrust7021]

You cant see the parallels between the ideas?? Must be nice being that dull cause you’ll never over think any thing. The sheep goes baa

[@bdeezy1794]

@@Leroyscaand 15x more people agree with me than you. If I'm a bozo you're losing to a bozo by a substantial margin.

[@JourdanChaney]

Polian also said Lamar Jackson should have been a wide receiver

[@herkyj]

Might be the first time i’ve ever heard Marvin Harrison speak.

[@stephenhenderson7179]

Proves you don't have to be a diva to be an all-time great wideout.

[@wintersouljah8437]

What makes him unique is there's only one person on earth named Edgerinn.

[@cato8767]

They should have told the saints they were picking Ricky and traded for his entire draft honestly.

[@AssistantToTheHNIC]

The still thumbnail looks like Dominic Rhodes, not Edge

[@tonycee]

Imagine if Indy drafted Ricky Williams though. All the places Ricky went he was the target by the defense but if he was at Indy he would have been the 2nd target.

[@AmirKhan-yv8jm]

Ricky would have success with the Colts!

[@bjr0467]

I never even realized this tells u how good edge was

[@ScarRaider]

Lol the thumbnail is a picture of Dominic Rhodes

[@omarramonlopez]

Jesus

[@brianmcintyre503]

I'll never forget McNabb getting booed in this draft. It was absolutely the right pick and almost got the birds a Superbowl. Not to mention Mike ditka ended his coaching career with the Ricky Williams pick. Edge was great. A true duel threat RB.

[@philipwilliams1754]

They traded away Falk to move up and get Edge

[@rubengutierrez5102]

Edge James is an NFL Hall of Famer, and Ricky Williams isn't.

[@stephenaceves7646]

Good pick but ricky wouldve gotten indy more than 1 SB

[@chitalian22]

In an alternate universe the Colts pick Ricky Williams and they go on to win 3 superbowls in a row before Ricky burns out

[@note2myself626]

Edge is my favorite player and I could go without saying this, the video screen shot is Dominic Rhodes not Edgerrin james

[@son2425]

Edge was amazing.. edge tested unbelievable on his athletic scores btw so it was only a shock to the casuals

[@jgodoy_]

Mel Kiper 😂😂😂😂

[@rodgerdunavin9912]

Forget the dreads the gold teeth that's his culture from growing in miami he was one the toughest and ran with bad intentions he was one of the greatest rbs

[@MyResponseWouldBe]

That gm had a hard decision James or Williams but turned out to be the best spots for them Williams dolphins legend James Colts legend

[@crx122]

Lets not beat around the bush, the only reason he was such a "controversial" pick was because of racist stereotypes and bigoted individuals. He looked like a "street thug" by stereotypes, so people automatically assumed he was going to be some loser. It's why you can't judge a book by its cover, because he was in fact was just a hard working and talented player, who had no character concerns at all.

[@JDwJC11]

It's not that hard to wear nice clothes and look like a professional.... whether you are Black, White, Brown, etc. People make judgements based on first looks all the time. It's not bigoted to do that. It's just normal human behavior.

[@jaredglanski]

@@JDwJC11 One shouldn’t be associated with success and the other judged you can make money in any outfit i bet u have no swag loser

[@JohnLee-ue6gy]

Nah, Edge wasn't 'controversial' as in actively disliked. More that Ricky Williams hype was surface-level 'conventional wisdom' for casual fans and idiots on 24/7 sports shows. Kind of like the difference between saying there's a better burger than the Big Mac [I mean even McDonald's executives probably concede this is true in many places], and asserting that the only reason that burger isn't as popular as the Big Mac is racism. It's marketing and buzz and casual fandom.

[@LittleBenjaminNeocon183]

What a dumb comment. Your life must be sad when you only see things the the prism of race. 🤡🤡🤡

[@stevengrvp]

@@JDwJC11 but it turned those teams made a mistake by thinking like that

[@stephanalston]

N he replaced Marshall Faulk n dey got better now dats sayin something!!

[@AcidBombYT]

They still would of been better with ricky. edgerrin was good but his ceiling was never more then above average at best while ricky, could of been top 10 all time with the right environment. I couldnt imagine the pressure of trying to prove ur better then marshall faulk/ricky williams but he did have legends around him.

[@TheoSprinkles]

True, Ricky was better than edge as a back…nobody is a bigger edgerrin James fan or U fan than me but…being suspended for two years in his prime after leading the league in rushing and still ending up a 10,000 yd back. If you take his career average for those two seasons he ends up in the top 10 of NFL running backs in history.

[@profo4544]

Lol nah dude theres a reason ones in the HOF and one isnt, what was Ricky williams all pro once? ranks 28th all time in rushing attempts and touches, but is not top 30 in any other category. Dude has 1 season with over 1500 yards, James has 4. James came out of the gate stronger to. Also ricky williams was shot after 04. James is also one of the only dudes i ever heard of to get a Superbowl ring while playing for a totally different team, in 06.

[@thekizerapproach]

As a Nole fan, I always liked Edge

[@stephanalston]

Edge was onna da first cats ta keep it real n say f da establishment!! U don't no naan!!

[@aww773]

As a Jags fan, that Peyton to Edge stretch play gave us nightmares

[@pp3k3jamail]

💥💥 Looking at that mock draft at 1:50 had the Eagles took Akili Smith instead of Donavan McNabb that would have set the franchise back 30 years dodge a huge one with that.

[@smizu1442]

That's crazy! All those championships that McNabb won would be gone!

[@lw3969]

@@smizu1442 that's crazy how long Akili Smith lasted

[@robertnewell4054]

BTT he got to the Cards seemed like he was never heard from again. As a Rams Fan we definitely got the better deal

[@notallowed337]

They could've traded back and got a ton of picks and still got Edge in top 10-12

[@draco2xx]

colts hit the jackpot with edgerrin james

[@alphaomega8373]

That last Texas Tech and Texas game was the best!

[@prodigalsongod]

ricky williams vs. ricky williams

[@VIDS3687]

The U !!!

[@fabianmoye7919]

James milked the hell out of the colts in that rookie contract. At the time it was a astronomical amount. That same same year Seattle signed Sinclair to 7yr35mil. Who in the previous year led the league in sacks. and still holds the single-season record for the Seahawks. And james made even more via bonus. Sinclair didn't fulfill the entirely of his contract

[@ceciliawalters8708]

Love and remember me. Thank you so very very much.

[@theunknown4570]

Manning, was a machine.

[@davidbrazell5179]

Manning was a mans man! -He made sure James got his %%%

[@wolfpacsyxx]

Still should had taken Williams, ended up being the better player despite how good James was, neither ever won the big game though. Ricky did more with bad teams though.

[@thetruebluedeath]

Thumbnail is not Edge but, ok.

[@victorgutierrez489]

😭 this one got me. Lol. Dominick Rhoades getting a little shine.

[@lanos7500]

That’s crazy

[@SimpleSolutionsFitness]

Bill Polian probably thought Lamar was the next Edge too huh? Genius

[@Kendo144k]

Go Canes 🟠🟢

[@jamailwalker5875]

Top5 greatest RUNNING BACKS I've seen in my life time. 1.BARRY SANDERS 2.ADRIAN PETERSON 3.EDGERIN JAMES 4.SAQUON BARKLEY 5.DERRICK HENRY.

[@DWilliam1]

Too bad you weren’t around when the NFL was a running back league. Simpson, Campbell, Payton, Riggins, Bo, Marcus Allan, Chuck Foreman, Emmitt Smith, Jim Brown, Thurman Thomas etc. BTW, the backs you chose were/are great and Sanders is the best I ever saw.

[@MrL1983]

If you've seen Barry in your lifetime, but don't even have Marshall Faulk, Emmitt Smith or Terrell Davis in your top-5, then you've not been watching the game as long as you claim.

[@cavemanriley]

On his picture he had the fro not the locs

[@tmacavelli]

🏝🌪🙌🏽

[@califleadog5657]

Jimmy Johnson worst decision as the HC and GM of the Dolphins by not giving up his whole draft for Edge!

[@mikerios6754]

Thumbnail is Dominic Rhodes

[@RonnieG]

Yes

[@potusyotus5333]

I would have drafted Champ Bailey

[@johnshields6852]

I enjoyed watching James, he was an explosive weapon out of the backfield, punishing runner. And I'm a Boston guy, watching the hapless patriots since 1965. Then Brady cam e here.

[@ChiefCedricJohnson]

Matthew 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

[@ItsSpaceyKc]

Hey I'm first

[@JDwJC11]

Life tip: The way you present yourself is how you are gonna be perceived. I don't know why a lot of Black people complain about how people perceive them when they dress like they just came out of a prison sentence. So no need to act like a victim when you can easily change your appearance to seem like a pro.

[@cheesuskrust7021]

What does a person who looks like they came out of prison look like???

[@JDwJC11]

@@cheesuskrust7021 most common look is having one's pants hanging below their ass.

[@smizu1442]

@@JDwJC11 Life tip: If you're an ignorant a$$hole... no one knows, until you start handing out life tips. Keep your mouth closed.

[@fuegotime8482]

You’re so ignorant it’s actually impressive

[@FPSDALLAS]

The NFL is okay with Edgerrin James wearing a t-shirt depicting the communist Raised Fist. Is he a black-supremacist or something??

[@peterchase5198]

You got jokes 🤪🤪😆😆

[@justanotherguywithoutamust9149]

Idk he votes Trump and listens to trick daddy...maybe he just Likes the shirt or he's proud to be black...dont think he cares about people's color

[@eric3298]

That 98 game vs UCLA was crazy lol

[@davidporter671]

If they weren’t gonna pick Ricky, they should’ve traded down and still gotten Edge.