Top 10 Belichick-Era Patriots Draft Successes: #9 David Givens

by Greg Knopping on Apr 23, 2011 10:00 PM EDT in New England Patriots NFL Draft

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[Editor's Note: For the month of April leading up to the draft, Bud Light will be sponsoring the NFL blogs here at SB Nation. Each day, we'll count down the top 10 Bill Belichick era Patriots "busts" and "booms" in the NFL draft." -Greg

Belichick-Era Patriots Top 10 Successes #9

Name: David Givens

College: Notre Dame

Drafted: 7th Round, Pick 253, 2002

Position: Wide receiver

Years with Team: 4

Where is he now? Out of football due to injury

Comments: While David Givens never put up the flashiest regular season numbers, his production was very good for a 7th round pick. He never had the best athleticism or the greatest straight line speed. What he did have: strength, physicality, toughness, solid route running, and great intelligence. He also had a knack for coming up with clutch plays and scored touchdowns in seven of his eight career playoff games for the Patriots. Quite simply, not only was Givens a fan favorite, but he just had that ability to score big touchdowns in big moments. Unfortunately for the Patriots, David Givens left for the Tennessee Titans following the 2005 season on a five year, $25 million contract. Unfortunately for Givens, he had a bad diagnosis on a knee injury; An injury that ultimately ended his football playing career.

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What I wouldn't give

for us to draft a good wide receiver in the late rounds of this draft.

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by BigRussNovak on Apr 23, 2011 10:57 PM EDT reply actions

There's a hole at WR?

If knowledge is power and power corrupts...

by satsunada on Apr 23, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Late round steals are always fun...

…regardless of the position.

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by Richard Hill on Apr 23, 2011 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

No, there's not a hole.

But it’s always good to have solid depth.

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by BigRussNovak on Apr 24, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions

We have depth.

If we draft another WR, who from the WR corp are we going to cut?

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by NinjaZX6R on Apr 24, 2011 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions

David Givens is kind of an inverse Marvin Harrison

Harrison had billions of regular season TDs, but the number of his playoff TDs were only 2. And he scored both in the same game.

by frogfromthemud on Apr 24, 2011 5:40 AM EDT reply actions

Swann and Stallworth were big game wide receivers. It would be nice to have guys who show up when it is time to cash it in. Really haven’t had one since Givens left.

by Patriots12 on Apr 24, 2011 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions