Captain Hindsight Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I was just wondering which teams draft the best and worst the last couple years (beyond the obvious choices) Best : San Diego With all the draft deals they pulled with manning and getting shawn merriman and LT for Vick, this organization has been flawless come draft day Honorable Mention: Dolphins: that trade for culpepper made me happy Worst: Detroit: even i think Matt Millian should be fired Honorable Mention: Oakland Randy Moss is gonna be traded for at best a 3rd rounder, oakland gave up alot for him. Gallery has been a dissapointment. No QB/No RB No offense Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLocke Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I was just wondering which teams draft the best and worst the last couple years (beyond the obvious choices) Best : San Diego With all the draft deals they pulled with manning and getting shawn merriman and LT for Vick, this organization has been flawless come draft day Honorable Mention: Dolphins: that trade for culpepper made me happy Worst: Detroit: even i think Matt Millian should be fired Honorable Mention: Oakland Randy Moss is gonna be traded for at best a 3rd rounder, oakland gave up alot for him. Gallery has been a dissapointment. No QB/No RB No offense Thoughts? Pittsburgh is great on draft day. always willing to trade up or down to get value. Traded up to get Polamalu and Kendrell Bell. Baltimore is pretty good draft day. Terrell Suggs was a steal i think at #8 a couple years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Add Cleveland to one of the worst......They missed on two 1st overall picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyBall4Buffalo Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Add Cleveland to one of the worst......They missed on two 1st overall picks. first two teams that crossed my mind were cleveland and kansas city. Other then LJ/gonzalez I cant think of a draft pick they've hit on in the past decade or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistolPeaTear Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I'd hate to say it, but one of the best teams that draft is the New England Patriots. They always get value for their picks, and their scouting department is phenomenal. After the 2000 draft in which they got Brady, Theyve Picked the following starters 2001 Richard Seymour and Matt Light 2002 Daniel Graham and Deion Branch 2003 Ty Warren, Eugene Wilson, Asante Samuel, Dan Koppen 2004 Vince Wilfork and Ben Watson 2005 Logan Mankins, Ellis Hobbs, and Nick Kaczur 2006 Laurence Maroney, Chad Jackson, David Thomas and Stephen Gostkowski Their Drafts get better over the years and all of these guys have contributed to the Pats success over the years, a good front office is the key to success in this league. Their mid-round picks such as Samuel, Light and Kaczur shows that the way to build a succesful team is in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th rounds. And while they have lost some guys like graham and branch, they got a 1st rounder in return this year for deion. Unfortunately I don't see their draft luck running out anytime soon. Now on the other side of the coin I would have to put two teams The Detroit Lions, for obvious reasons and the Washington Redskins. Daniel Snyder still has yet to grasp that you actually need to build through the draft. In 2003 and 2004 combined they only had 7 draft picks, and only one first rounder (Sean Taylor). They only have four picks this year and after the 1st round, they dont have one until the fifth. This is one of the main reasons why I do not feel the redskins have been at all succesful in the past several years, with the exception of 2 seasons ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 SAN DIEGO?!?!? most teams with draft picks in the top 5 for 10 years in a row will look like a good draft team eventually... i hate to do it, but i agree with New England. always draft late, always find the good talent where they need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Long Beach Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Cleveland hands down. (I used to live there when Modell fled, so I still root for 'em) Bad luck and bad drafting. Extremely poor drafting for the whole time since their rebirth. (Dwight Clark was terrible) I've admired Pittsburghs drafting. Philly's done well too. Since I loathe Oakland and Al Davis I've really admired their pathetic drafts. I suppose Detroit has also earned a horrible mention as well with it's consistant bottom-feeder draft despite spectacularly hight draft choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobot Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I immediately thought Philly and San Diego for booms, and agree about the Pats. For busts, Oakland over Cleveland. Cleveland is edged out --again, due to bad luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Hands down the New England Patriots. Especially considering they always have a low draft pick because of their success, but they just now how to evaluate talent. when to draft players, how to find character players that also have talent, its amazing when you think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I''d have to toss the Baltimore Ravens as one of the better drafting teams in recent years especially in the first round/day of the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I'd hate to say it, but one of the best teams that draft is the New England Patriots. They always get value for their picks, and their scouting department is phenomenal. After the 2000 draft in which they got Brady, Theyve Picked the following starters 2001 Richard Seymour and Matt Light 2002 Daniel Graham and Deion Branch 2003 Ty Warren, Eugene Wilson, Asante Samuel, Dan Koppen 2004 Vince Wilfork and Ben Watson 2005 Logan Mankins, Ellis Hobbs, and Nick Kaczur 2006 Laurence Maroney, Chad Jackson, David Thomas and Stephen Gostkowski Their Drafts get better over the years and all of these guys have contributed to the Pats success over the years, a good front office is the key to success in this league. Their mid-round picks such as Samuel, Light and Kaczur shows that the way to build a succesful team is in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th rounds. And while they have lost some guys like graham and branch, they got a 1st rounder in return this year for deion. Unfortunately I don't see their draft luck running out anytime soon. One of my best friends is a Pats fan...I am so sick of hearing about the genius of the Patriots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Gun10 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 worst is houston MARIO WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!! best would New England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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