Show me other positives from the drafting. I dare you to show me facts. Need to get you myopic eyes fixed...read where i list hits vs busts.
Talk about cherry picking SB participants........you kinda forgot about those STEELERS, PACKERS, SAINTS. they've fallen off the cliff, yup. :bricks:
The quantity or percentage of draft pick 'busts' is irrelevant because every team starts with the same number of draft picks (seven). What the team does with those draft picks matters; that also includes both good trades of picks (Wes Welker, Randy Moss) and bad trades of picks (Burgess, Alex Smith, Greg Lewis).
But if you want to compare teams, fine; let's go through the first of your three cherry picked - oh excuse me, impartial teams.
Positive Draft Picks:
2000: Plaxico Burress, Marvel Smith, Clark Haggans
2001: Casey Hampton, Kendrell Bell
2002: Chris Hope, Larry Foote, Brett Keisel
2003: Troy Polamalu, Ike Taylor
2004: Ben Roethlisberger
2005: Heath Miller, Chris Kemoeatu
2006: Santonio Holmes, Willie Colon
2007: Lawrence Timmons, LaMarr Woodley, Matt Spaeth
2008: Rashard Mendenhall
2009: Evander Hood, Mike Wallace
2010: Maurkice Pouncey
Many of those on the above list such as Spaeth, Colon and several others would merit derision as a bust if they played for the Patriots, but I'm trying to be objective here.
Other Draft Picks:
2000: Kendrick Clancy, Hank Poteat, Danny Farmer, Tee Martin, Chris Combs, Jason Gavadza
4 years combined as starters in the NFL
2001: Mathias Nkwenti, Chukky Okobi, Rodney Bailey, Roger Knight, Chris Taylor
0 years combined as NFL starters
2002: Kendall Simmons, Antwaan Randle El, Verron Haynes, Lee Mays, LaVar Glover
5 years combined as NFL starters
2003: Alonzo Jackson, Brian St Pierre, JT Wall
0 years combined as NFL starters
2004: Ricardo Colclough, Nathaniel Adibi, Bo Lacy, Matt Kranchik, Drew Caylor, Eric Taylor
0 years combined as NFL starters
2005: Bryant McFadden, Trai Essex, Fred Gibson, Rian Wallace, Shaun Nua, Noah Herron
1 year combined as NFL starters
2006: Anthony Smith (you surely remember him, right?), Willie Reid, Orien Harris, Omar Jacobs, Charles Davis, Marvin Philip, Cedic Humes
1 year combined as a starter (by the esteemed Smith)
2007: Ryan McBean, Cameron Stephenson, William Gay, Dallas Baker
2 combined years as an NFL starter
2008: Limas Sweed, Bruce Davis, Tony Hills, Dennis Dixon, Mike Humpal, Ryan Mundy
0 combined years as an NFL starter
2009: Kraig Urbik, Keenan Lewis, Joe Burnett, Frank Summers, RaShon Harris, AQ Shipley, David Johnson
1 combined year as an NFL starter
2010: Jason Worilds, Emmanuel Sanders, Thaddeus Gibson, Chris Scott, Crezdon Butler, Stevenson Sylvester, Jonathan Dwyer, Antonio Brown, Doug Worthington
0 combined years as an NFL starter
2011: one starter; four on roster; two released
Bottom line: the Pats draft record doesn't look quite so bad once you have some perspective, does it?