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For armchair coaches, there is perhaps nothing easier to do than go back and look for 'better' players that were taken later on any given draft.
Besides the benefit of 20-20 hindsight and the fact it is way too early to declare any player a stud or a bust after 13 games, the problem with declaring a draft to be 'bad' is that you're looking at in in a vacuum; there's no reference point to compare it to. In other words, you have to compare the results to 32 other teams as well, and have some specific definitions of who is a bust and who is not.
Picking out one or two 'good' players on other teams and one or two 'bad' players on another team is not proof of anything regarding good or bad drafts. It's like comparing two Peyton Manning interceptions to two Alex Smith touchdowns and coming to the conclusion that Smith is a better quarterback than Manning.
Besides the benefit of 20-20 hindsight and the fact it is way too early to declare any player a stud or a bust after 13 games, the problem with declaring a draft to be 'bad' is that you're looking at in in a vacuum; there's no reference point to compare it to. In other words, you have to compare the results to 32 other teams as well, and have some specific definitions of who is a bust and who is not.
Picking out one or two 'good' players on other teams and one or two 'bad' players on another team is not proof of anything regarding good or bad drafts. It's like comparing two Peyton Manning interceptions to two Alex Smith touchdowns and coming to the conclusion that Smith is a better quarterback than Manning.