si article on the 98 draft

I read this in the latest issue and didn't realize p. king was behind it, surprisingly decent it also appears here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/04/22/lesssons.of.98/index.html It's an interesting opinion that if not for manning/leaf, Ward would be the guy most remembered from the draft. Also had this great Donahoe quote: "There is only one way to do this job," says Tom Donahoe, who drafted Ward as Pittsburgh's director of football operations at the time. "You have to put the tape on and watch play after play, to see if the guy can play football. Hines proved he could play without the ACL, and play at a high level, and run away from corners. He was a victim of what still plagues a lot of players 10 years later -- a good player, but [after the season] people start poking holes in him. "The process is not getting better," Donahoe adds. "There'd be fewer mistakes if the league drafted at the end of January and eliminated all those workouts and most of those player interviews, which are a waste because they're so scripted. Turn the tape on. Can the guy play or not?"