The Western Conference has been the better conference since the formation of the Shaq-Kobe Lakers, at the very least. I would argue it’s been better since the fall of the Celtics and Pistons of the late 80s. So I don’t think you give LeBron credit for that.

Steve McNair finished 3rd in the Heisman voting his senior year, so no, he didn’t sneak up on anybody.

They could have, but at the time Manning was considered to be by far the best QB in the draft.

Eli was considered the consensus #1 overall pick but he refused to play for the Chargers, resulting in a swap for Philip Rivers.

Kyle Boller should probably be in this list. Mark Clayton as an honorable memtion.