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Unless you're a scout or front-office type, it's hard to know exactly when Andre Woodson went from a potential first-round pick to second-day afterthought. For us non-scout-yy/front-office-y types, the transition seemingly happened sometime around the Senior Bowl.

Woodson had a pedestrian performance there, and was unable to participate at the NFL Combine, and by the time his Pro Day rolled around, his fate was apparently already determined. To everybody but Woodson, anyway.

"It was kind of tough to swallow as the draft was going on," the 6-4, 227-pounder said. "As it went past the third round, fourth round, I still couldn't believe I hadn't been taken off the board yet. You know, those types of things happen. Unfortunately it happened to me. But I'm just going to be very positive about it and try to be a better quarterback so maybe possibly down the road I'll get an opportunity to get back on the field."

Currently, Woodson is looking up at Eli Manning, David Carr, Anthony Wright, and around Jared Lorenzen on the depth chart. If you're an optimist, you might roll out the tired "hey, Tom Brady was a sixth-rounder and look how he turned out!" comparison; if you're a realist, it's pretty clear that Woodson's immediate future is probably on the taxi squad.

That's not to say Carr, Wright and Lorenzen are anything more than warm bodies, but they have experience and a better understanding of the offense. That will change in time, and hell, maybe Woodson will be Brady to Eli Manning's Drew Bledsoe. Not likely, I know; it's just too bad the Bears didn't take him

Hat tip: PFT