Five Interesting Things About the NFL Draft
Hope springs eternal tonight with this year's NFL draft. (For those looking to get excited, this site actually breaks down the best draft class in the history of each franchise.) For the rest of you, here's five interesting numbers...
#1. The Colts have had the #1 overall pick 7 times--most of any team (and have arguably made three of the best picks ever with Luck, Manning, and Elway). Next is the Rams (6) and Patriots (5), followed by a bunch with 4.
#2. The host city's Chicago Bears pick seventh. No player selected seventh has ever made the Hall of Fame.
#3. Since the year 2000, no team has had the #1 pick more than once...except the Houston Texans, who have had the #1 pick 3 times since 2002. (The Texans are also the only team since 2001 to take a defensive player--and they did it twice. Quarterbacks have been taken first 12 of the last 17 years)
#4. First round picks have about a 33% chance of being a bust, and the typical 7 round draft produces 2.3 starters per team.
#5. According to Harvard number cruncher Robert Bedetti, the safest picks in the first half of the first round are linebackers and offensive linemen (QBs and RBs are the most risky). In the second half of the first round, the safest picks are offensive linemen and defensive linemen (QBs and LB are the most risky).
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#1. The Colts have had the #1 overall pick 7 times--most of any team (and have arguably made three of the best picks ever with Luck, Manning, and Elway). Next is the Rams (6) and Patriots (5), followed by a bunch with 4.
#2. The host city's Chicago Bears pick seventh. No player selected seventh has ever made the Hall of Fame.
#3. Since the year 2000, no team has had the #1 pick more than once...except the Houston Texans, who have had the #1 pick 3 times since 2002. (The Texans are also the only team since 2001 to take a defensive player--and they did it twice. Quarterbacks have been taken first 12 of the last 17 years)
#4. First round picks have about a 33% chance of being a bust, and the typical 7 round draft produces 2.3 starters per team.
#5. According to Harvard number cruncher Robert Bedetti, the safest picks in the first half of the first round are linebackers and offensive linemen (QBs and RBs are the most risky). In the second half of the first round, the safest picks are offensive linemen and defensive linemen (QBs and LB are the most risky).
DiaryOfAmerica@gmail.com
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