Draft Grade for the Decade = C+
I sort of think its a C+ too. But to be fair you would have to compare these results to those of the other teams. I am guessing the Pats would rank in the lower middle, but I really don't know.
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I sort of think its a C+ too. But to be fair you would have to compare these results to those of the other teams. I am guessing the Pats would rank in the lower middle, but I really don't know.
Don't fret JackBauer, the biggest Patriots rump-swab you'll ever find. The biggest BB aplogist you will ever find. Absolutely comical to disbelief !
Here it goes for the Decade...looking at Rds 1-3 primarily as these are typically considered prospects that should make the team and be strong contributors as the roster churns annually.
32 total selected in rd 1-3
16 on Offense
16 on Defense
excluding 2009 draftees....
MAJOR IMPACT (Seymour, Light, Wilfork, Warren, Mankins) - 5
AVG CONTRIBUTION (Graham, Warren, Branch, Meriweather, Mankins, Hobbs) - 5
BUSTS (Klemm, Redmond, Williams, Davey, Wilson, Johnson, Watson, Hill, Scott, Kaczur, Jackson, Thomas, Wheatley, Crable, O'Connell) - 15
Most alarming is the number of Rd #2 picks and how many turned out to be complete busts....
2000
2. Adrian Klemm
3. JR Redmond
2001
1. R. Seymour
2. M. Light
3. Brock Williams
2002
1. D. Graham
2. D. Branch
3. R. Davey
2003
1. Ty Warren
2. E. Wilson
2. B. Johnson
2004
1. V. Wilfork
2. B. Watson
2. M. Hill
3. Gus Scott
2005
1. L. Mankins
3. E. Hobbs
3. N. Kaczur
2006
1. L. Maroney
2. C. Jackson
3. D. Thomas
2007
1. B. Merriweather
2008
1. Mayo
2. Wheatley
3. Crable
3. K. O'Connell
2009.
2. Chung
2. Brace
2. Butler
2. Vollmer
3. Tate
3. Mackenzie
Draft Grade for the Decade = C+
kind of shocked at how many busts actually - but i dont know how that compare to other teams busts...but man - some of these names just make me cringe
Its not useless.
It is the reason why the JETS are playing in the AFC Championship next week and the PATS are sitting at home drinking beer
QBs
All Pro QB: Tom Brady
QB: Matt Cassel (3,693 / 21 TDs / 11 INTs)
WRs
SB MVP WR: Deion Branch
WR: David Givens (#2 WR on two SB teams)
WR: Julian Edelman
O-Line
All-Pro LT: Matt Light
All-Pro LG: Logan Mankins
All-Pro C: Dan Koppen
LT: Sebastian Vollmer
D-Line
All-Pro DE: Richard Seymour
All-Pro NT: Vince Wilfork
DE: Ty Warren
DE: Jarvis Green
LBs
DROTY LB: Jerod Mayo
LB: Tully Banta-Cain (10 sack season)
Secondary
Pro-Bowl SS: Brandon Meriweather
FS: James Sanders
FS: Eugene Wilson
Special Teams
All-Pro K: Stephen Gostkowski
Final Grade: C+
For those interested. Gives you a good look of how each draft has turned out years later
Sanders, Cassel, Gostkowski, a guy that had 10 sacks this year, David Givens, Jarvis Green, and a guy that has the most completions in a Super Bowl, most TD passes in a season, and 3 Super Bowl victories, were left off the drafting list.
Don't fret JackBauer, the biggest Patriots rump-swab you'll ever find. The biggest BB aplogist you will ever find. Absolutely comical to disbelief !
BUSTS (Klemm, Redmond, Williams, Davey, Wilson, Johnson, Watson, Hill, Scott, Kaczur, Jackson, Thomas, Wheatley, Crable, O'Connell) - 15
Please define your evaluation criteria; as I would add Maroney, Watson, Kaczur into the average contribution area, as well as Wilson. I would push Warren into major impact. I would also remove the 4th round picks that you include (Davey is the first that leapt out at me). I would also try to get my facts straight (Watson was a 1st rounder BTW etc)