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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
If I remember correctly from documentaries, Marino slid because of alleged drug use??!
And Kelly slid because he had a short list of teams he was only willing to play for? Then he went to the USFL for a few years before the NFL.
Anyways, even Tony Eason and Ken O Brian would have been better than Blackledge. Both drafted after him.
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Compare his JR to SR year stats. Evaluators didn't really put much emphasis on the whole picture, but rather the individual.
Alleged drug use was correct, which I don't think was ever proven. Pitt had their players tested in 1982, and they all were clean. It probably started off as him being a "partier", which is normal for a college student to do that. It just snowballed.
Also, if I recall correctly, the 1982 was also that year where the catchphrase "Just Say No" was growing.
I think Marino one was stricken off on one or two teams because he cussed out a receiver running a wrong route on a workout, but I'm not 100% positive on this one.
Either way, a lot of teams dropped the ball on this one, especially Kansas City. Selecting Blackledge over Marino set that franchise back 15 years.