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Best be would keep the Franchise competitive even after Brady.
True enough.
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Klemm, Redmond, Randall and Pass all contributed and had somebody else been in this class I would have added it but there's not a solid 8-10 year starter after Brady like the other years have. No pro bowlers,ect.
I must be the only one that has 76 and 77 for a tie.
A lot of great talent arrived in that 2 year period.
I think Chuck Fairbanks deserves a tip of the hat, here. He was responsible for the '73, '76, and '77 drafts, landing Hannah, Cunningham, Stingley, Hamilton, Haynes, Brock, Fox, Clayborn, Morgan, Ivory, and Hasselbeck in a span of five years. And in '73 he also picked up a rookie named Leon Gray who had been cut by Miami at the end of training camp. He also drafted Steve Grogan in '75. Six Patriot Hall of Famers, two who made it to Canton.I know people will complain but I left out Brady's draft since he was the only one. I think there's a clear top 3 and after that really hard to decide on a lot that were very good.
1. 1995: Law, Martin, Ted Johnson, Hitchcock, Wohlabaugh. Two HOFers , a major contributor to 3 SBs and two contributors of some standing.
2. 1973: Hannah, Cunningham, Stingley, Hamilton. A HOFer and 3 special players in the organization's history.
3. 2003: Warren, Wilson, Samuel, Koppen, Banta-Cain, Bethel Johnson. 5 players who made pro bowls, all have rings and played key roles. Peope will complain about Bethel Johnson but you don't beat the Colts in Indy or Tennessee in the playoffs without him that year for the title.
Best of the rest. It's hard to cut they up. 1996 and 2010 if certain players could have kept their heads screwed on right would have been spectacular. I loved Don Blackman. It's too bad he got hurt.
1976: Haynes, Brock, Fox
1977: Clayborn, Morgan, Ivory, Hasselbeck
1981: Holloway, Collins, Blackmon, Wooton, Dawson
1983: Eason, Lippet, Rembert, James, Starring
1993: Bledsoe, Slade, Rucci, Brisby, Troy Brown
1996: Bruschi, Milloy, Glenn, Irwin
2002: Branch, Green, Givens, Davey
2005: Mankins, Cassel, Hobbs, Sanders
2009: Edelman, Vollmer, Chung
2010: Gronk, McCourty, Hernandez, Spikes
2015: Flowers, Mason, Brown
There was somebody else in this draft. The Patriots acquired in a trade with the New York Jets for the 16th pick of the 2000 draft:
Bill Belichick
Sorry, but it's No. 199 in 2000. No other draft compares.