2011 NFL Draft: Former Colts Linebacker Jeff Herrod Will Announce Team's Second Round Pick
by Brad Wells on Apr 21, 2011 8:22 PM EDT
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Unlike last year, when players like Drew Brees of the Saints announced draft picks for their teams, such a display is unlikely at this years draft. Though many expect U.S. District Judge Susan Nelsen to make her decision on lifting the NFL lockout Monday, should the players prevail with that decision, the owners will likely appeal and we'll be right back to where we are right now (with the players locked out). This means active players probably won't be seen around Radio City Music Hall.
However, nothing prevents retired players from participating in the NFL Draft, and that's exactly what they will do. Today, the announcement came that retired players would be making the selections for their former teams in the second round.
For the Colts, an old but familiar face will be at the podium on Day Two: Jeff Herrod.
For you kids out there who don't remember old Jeff, he might have been the best middle linebacker Indianapolis ever had. No disrespect to Gary Brackett, but teams simply did not run at Jeff Herrod. And when he retired in 1998, it took the Colts until 2005 (the first year Brackett started at MIKE) to finally replace him.
Herrod is the team's all-time leading tackler (1400 friggin tackles). Jeff once had 22 tackles in one game (team record), and holds the another record for most tackles in the season (200).
Quite simply, if the ball carrier was near Herrod, Jeff made brought the dude down, hard! YAC was a four letter word to Herrod.
Nice to hear ole Jeff is taking part in the draft. Regardless of the lockout, the NFL should make this a yearly thing, bringing retired players back to call picks.
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what a beast!!
Huge Herrod fan. That 2nd round pick is guaranteed to be a superstar!!
Loved Herrod.....
But Mike Curtis was my linebacker.
Mike Curtis is great
Considering the fact that his wife if from Evansville Indiana, I bet he wants nothing to do with all that hypocrisy of the Colts being a stolen team in Baltimore. Which is good because all that crap is pathetic anyways. The city of Baltimore says they want their Colts under the name Baltimore Colts along with their trophies back and blame the city of Indianapolis for it all. OK our opinions on team names wern’t any different then the city of Baltimore’s when the Colts moved here, Bob Irsay forced the name on us and we never took any retired numbers or trophies from the Baltimore Colts, because that would be stealing. Bob Irsay did, but we didn’t. And it’s not our fault the NFL HOF has all the Baltimore Colts under the name Indianapolis Colts, if we had any say so over that the Baltimore Colts names would be under the name Baltimore Colts. And sadly I’m sure Mike Curtis would be happy to announce a Colts draft pick in 2011 but it will also sadly never happen because of what Bob Irsay did with all the Colts trophies in Baltimore and all the hypocrisy in Baltimore about the Colts being a stolen team even though in Baltimoron hypocrite terms the Ravens trophies are not more stolen from the city of Cleveland then the Colts name/players are from the city of Baltimore. Plus Johnny U did fine Peyton Manning for wearing black high tops in honor of him which didn’t stop him or the rest of the Indianapolis Colts team from wearing them even after Johnny Unitas requested his number along with the lucky horse shoe be placed on the Baltimore Ravens helmets after he died.
by PatsR18andDONEwithoutCHEATING on Apr 22, 2011 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
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