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I didn't say "Impact" players - I said contributors. And McKnight (leads the NFL in Kick Returns) and Connor (starting FB) are definite contributors. The Pats have not gotten enough contributors out of their drafts.
The Pats haven't gotten enough contributors out of the draft? Says a biased Jets fan.
Here are the "contributors" that the Pats have had since 2006:
Laurence Maroney, David Thomas, Stephen Gostkowski, LeKevin Smith, Willie Andrews, Brandon Meriweather, Jerod Mayo, Jonathan Wilhite, Matthew Slater, Patrick Chung, Darius Butler, Sebastian Vollmer, Brandon Tate, Julian Edelman, Myron Pryor, Jake Ingram, Devin McCourty, Rob Gronkowski, Brandon Spikes, Jermaine Cunningham, Aaron Hernandez, Zoltan Mesko, and Brasndon Deaderick. The book is still out on Ron Brace. but, for this, I won't include him except as a negative.
And if you want to compare starters (9 of the players listed start, and that's not counting Wilson) or level of impact (Revis, Mangold, Ferguson and Harris are a far, far better group than the Pats' best 4 picks from the 2006-2010 drafts - Mayo, Vollmer, McCourty and Gronk/Hernandez), that's fine too.
Vollmer, Mayo, McCourty, Gronkowski, Hernandez, Chung, Meriweather, Mesko, Gostkowski.
None of which addresses the point: as compared to a team like the Jets, the Pats miss on a far, far higher percentage of their 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks. If the Pats could get their "hit percentage" up to even league average, they would be scary.
From 2006 to 2010, the Jets have had 13 picks during the first three rounds. Of those 13 picks, You have Gholston, Schlegel, Ducasse, and Clemmens who did squat. For the Pats, you had Chad Jackson, Terence Wheatley, Shawn Crable, Kevin O'Connell, Tyrone McKenzie, and Ron Brace. So, the Jets have 9/13 who "contributed" while the Pats have 13/19 who contributed.
Do you even know what the "league average" is for "Hit percentage" I don't believe you do..