Subject: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:19 pm
Mark's Madness: Steelers make history with worst draft pick ever
Jabba the Hut [EDITOR'S NOTE: Mark Madden*]
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
The Steelers made history Sunday. They made their worst draft pick ever.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. I like a good bad draft choice. I derived as much enjoyment from the reigns of error provided by Troy Edwards, Jamain Stephens and Deon Figures as I did from the Super Bowl years. Being indescribably bad is often more intriguing than being incomparably good.
Which brings us to Ike Taylor, the Steelers' fourth-round pick out of Louisiana-Lafayette.
Louisiana-Lafayette is technically Division I-A, but the football program's primary purpose seems to be to pick up big paydays by acting as a record-building punching bag for larger schools like, well, everybody else.
Taylor's claim to fame during his one season at cornerback for Louisiana-Lafayette was that he knocked four people out of games, two via concussive effect and two via sprains. My attempt to check if Taylor sprained the knee of Middle Tennessee receiver Tyrone Calico by using (whoooo!) the figure-four leglock proved inconclusive. Check the video? Yeah, like that game was on TV anywhere.
Taylor was a tailback at Louisiana-Lafayette in 2001, making the team as a walk-on. Taylor's draft profile on NFL.com says he did not play in 2000 because he "concentrated on academics." Before that, he was a Prop 48. Before that, he was dumb. Probably still is.
Probably not dumb enough to pick himself in the fourth round, though. This pick makes no sense. On a scale of one to 10, Ourlads Scouting Service gave Taylor a one. They projected him to be drafted when hell froze over.
But Taylor is a Steeler. I guarantee he will make the team. Taylor could lose a leg at rookie camp, have a lobotomy at minicamp and develop a heroin habit at training camp, and he would make the Steelers. When a team makes a bad draft choice, cutting him right away fairly screams the club's stupidity in all-too-short order.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:57 pm
Bwahahahahaha! Anything that shows how stupid Mark Madden is, I'm on board with. Good job, SC!
Fuck that useless tub of shit. I, for the life of me, cannot understand why anyone would employ or follow this parasite. He should be wallowing around in dumpsters behind a McDonalds somewhere desperately trying to feed himself and cling pathetically to that thing he tries to pass off as a life.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:59 pm
The mere mention of his name makes my stomach churn. I bet Jerry Springer's followers don't even listen to this creep.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:09 pm
Gingerchip wrote:
The mere mention of his name makes my stomach churn. I bet Jerry Springer's followers don't even listen to this creep.
Like Jerry Springer followers would stoop so low.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:18 pm
What an idiot...
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:08 pm
Water is also wet...
(Welcome, SC.)
SteelersYak
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sat Apr 18, 2015 7:09 am
Mark Madden is the male version of Wendy Williams. They MIGHT have 10 brain cells between them.
Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:37 am
Gingerchip wrote:
I bet Jerry Springer's followers don't even listen to this creep.
Mark Madden is Crash's favorite media person. He takes everything he says as Gospel.
That's not a joke, hence no chuckling emoticon.
Madden is worthless at a journalist. But he was awesome as a heel announcer in World Championship Wrestling. Where is Tank Abbott when you need him (beating starts at 2:25)?
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:20 am
I always thought it was funny when he said that Jerome Bettis meant nothing to that 2005 title team. And then Joey Porter tells Jerome, you lead us out on the field for the Super Bowl. And everything and anything that year was to get Jerome Home. Jerome also had 9 TD's that year, with playoffs, and was a big contributor and helped close the game out. It's people like Madden, on why people hate other people.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sat Apr 18, 2015 2:40 pm
Mark Madden is comic relief nothing more.
I like the time he said the Steelers season was over when Tommy Maddox got injured, leaving the job to an unproven Ben Roethlisbauihreiuwqhradlnbhfjakdfer
and what happens next, 15-1? yeah ok mark
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sat Apr 18, 2015 2:44 pm
Fire Arians wrote:
Mark Madden is comic relief nothing more.
I like the time he said the Steelers season was over when Tommy Maddox got injured, leaving the job to an unproven Ben Roethlisbauihreiuwqhradlnbhfjakdfer
and what happens next, 15-1? yeah ok mark
I believe Mark Madden goes by the username jb500ex on Steelers boards.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:56 pm
Buddha Bus wrote:
Fire Arians wrote:
Mark Madden is comic relief nothing more.
I like the time he said the Steelers season was over when Tommy Maddox got injured, leaving the job to an unproven Ben Roethlisbauihreiuwqhradlnbhfjakdfer
and what happens next, 15-1? yeah ok mark
I believe Mark Madden goes by the username jb500ex on Steelers boards.
I believe he also has an alternate account called sloppyjoe...
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sat Apr 18, 2015 9:48 pm
Team this guy with Michael Irvin and Deion Sanders and you have Moe, Larry, and Curly!
Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sat Apr 18, 2015 9:55 pm
Pappy wrote:
Team this guy with Michael Irvin and Deion Sanders and you have Moe, Larry, and Curly!
Pappy, don't insult the Three Stooges like that.
I'm glad to see that almost everyone shares my view of Madden. I know he has his fans, and I can enjoy him much like I used to enjoy Howard Stern ... for the shock value. Everything Madden says should be taken with a grain of salt. If Madden has a favorite emotion, it's this ...
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:25 am
Wallace108 wrote:
Pappy wrote:
Team this guy with Michael Irvin and Deion Sanders and you have Moe, Larry, and Curly!
Pappy, don't insult the Three Stooges like that.
I'm glad to see that almost everyone shares my view of Madden. I know he has his fans, and I can enjoy him much like I used to enjoy Howard Stern ... for the shock value. Everything Madden says should be taken with a grain of salt. If Madden has a favorite emotion, it's this ...
Unless there has been a recent breakout from a maximum security mental institution, I would imagine he won't find too many defenders.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sun Apr 19, 2015 11:17 am
Buddha Bus wrote:
Unless there has been a recent breakout from a maximum security mental institution, I would imagine he won't find too many defenders.
That's right, you haven't had the "pleasure" of meeting Crash and his cabal, or Steelers Illuminati as they like to call themselves.
Madden is their Jesus.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:36 pm
Wallace108 wrote:
Buddha Bus wrote:
Unless there has been a recent breakout from a maximum security mental institution, I would imagine he won't find too many defenders.
That's right, you haven't had the "pleasure" of meeting Crash and his cabal, or Steelers Illuminati as they like to call themselves.
Madden is their Jesus.
That's too bad. I'm sure The Herd could have given them a pro wrestling style stable war.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:40 pm
I'll hit somebody with a chair if that's what you need.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:29 pm
harrison'samonster wrote:
I'll hit somebody with a chair if that's what you need.
Pffft.... that's just foreplay.
I prefer the nuclear option.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:07 pm
Buddha Bus wrote:
Pffft.... that's just foreplay.
I prefer the nuclear option.
It's a really big chair
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:46 pm
Wallace108 wrote:
Buddha Bus wrote:
Unless there has been a recent breakout from a maximum security mental institution, I would imagine he won't find too many defenders.
That's right, you haven't had the "pleasure" of meeting Crash and his cabal, or Steelers Illuminati as they like to call themselves.
Madden is their Jesus.
Crash is a name I haven't seen around a Steelers forum for a long time. I remember him from the Tribune Review days and then the exodus to Stiller Nation when the Trib went away.
I am still waiting for Cowher to be named head coach of the Panthers, since according to Crash, Big Al (I think it was Big Al) and their inside sources that was the reason Cowher retired from the Steelers. The gig with CBS was a stop gap between the Steelers and his dream of being a GM/coach.
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Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:12 pm
Crash was a one of a kind character. I can't believe he calls himself a Steelers fan. In the spirit of the topic, he is the worst Steelers fan ever.
Subject: Re: Mark Madden Circa 2003: Ike Taylor Will Be "Worst Draft Pick Ever" Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:44 pm
lipps83 wrote:
I am still waiting for Cowher to be named head coach of the Panthers, since according to Crash, Big Al (I think it was Big Al) and their inside sources that was the reason Cowher retired from the Steelers. The gig with CBS was a stop gap between the Steelers and his dream of being a GM/coach.
You missed out on one of Crash's latest conspiracy theories. Rooney wanted to get rid of Ben, but he knew that fans would turn against him if he drove away the franchise QB. So Rooney was purposely trying to sabotage Ben's numbers so that he could lowball him on his next contract. Then when an insulted Ben left for another team, presumably Arizona to be reunited with Brucey, the fans would put all the blame on Ben for leaving. Yes, Rooney was purposely sabotaging the Steelers the past few years so he could get rid of Ben. It was brilliant. And as we saw, it played out just like that. Only completely opposite.
Oh, and Crash's sources have told him that Haley will be the next head coach after Tomlin quits out of frustration. I don't know ... I'm starting to think that his sources aren't so trustworthy.