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Surprising rankings of best/worst NFL teams at drafting

Big Blue '56 : 4/22/2018 11:13 am
By Costello of the NYP. Last year’s ranking in parenthesis

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11. Giants (20)

Pro Bowlers: 2
Best Pick: Odell Beckham Jr. (2014, first)
Worst Pick: Ereck Flowers (2015, first)

A ranking this high will be shocking for many Giants fans, who blamed former GM Jerry Reese for everything. But Beckham and Landon Collins are two terrific picks. He also landed solid starters in Justin Pugh, Weston Richburg and Sterling Shepard.



Cowboys at 1, Eagles at 15, Skins at 22


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I guess JJ is not  
section125 : 4/22/2018 11:15 am : link
the moron as GM that we have said.

But Danny Boy certainly is...
I’ve said countless times in Reese bashing threads  
The_Boss : 4/22/2018 11:20 am : link
Over the last few years how much better the Jones’ drafted than Reese.
Dallas and Giants should be ranked lower  
WillVAB : 4/22/2018 11:50 am : link
Eagles and Jags should be higher.
Smith, Frederick and Martin on Oline  
Jimmy Googs : 4/22/2018 12:18 pm : link
Lawrence and Murray

Elliot and Prescott

JJ picks up nice talent...
Weston Richburg?  
XBRONX : 4/22/2018 12:22 pm : link
One good year. The guy blows
RE: Weston Richburg?  
Big Blue '56 : 4/22/2018 12:47 pm : link
In comment 13925009 XBRONX said:
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One good year. The guy blows


For a guy that “blows,” he picked up a decent contract
JJ not making the picks alone  
Rick in Dallas : 4/22/2018 12:49 pm : link
Will McCall is the personnel guy for the Cowboys who is the major reason for the Cowboys drafting well over the past several years. McCall and Stephen Jones have slot more input into the Cowboys selections.
RE: JJ not making the picks alone  
Big Blue '56 : 4/22/2018 12:54 pm : link
In comment 13925044 Rick in Dallas said:
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Will McCall is the personnel guy for the Cowboys who is the major reason for the Cowboys drafting well over the past several years. McCall and Stephen Jones have slot more input into the Cowboys selections.


Not familiar with McCall. Background?
Convenient that it's only the last  
Doomster : 4/22/2018 1:08 pm : link
5 years.....omitting the crap years before that....

Virtually nothing after the second round.....

Yet they were so good, that we didn't resign Pugh, Richburg, Hankins......

Apple and Tomlinson have yet to show they will be resigned....

Reese sucked at TE's, LB's, OL, FS, RB's, DL, CB's, etc.
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Big Blue '56 : 4/22/2018 1:49 pm : link
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29. Patriots (22)

Pro Bowlers: 1
Best Pick: Jamie Collins (2013, second)
Worst Pick: Dominique Easley (2014, first)

New England supporters will take issue with this low ranking, but Bill Belichick’s recent drafts have been awful. It is a testament to Tom Brady’s talent and Belichick’s roster ingenuity and coaching that the Patriots have been able to maintain their winning ways with drafting like this.

Do Giants fans blame Reese for everything? There's plenty to go around  
j_rud : 4/22/2018 2:21 pm : link
I blame him for the dearth of talent and lack of depth at many key positions. I blame McAdoo for being as stubborn as an old piece of leather. And I blame Mara for not seeing either of these things earlier when he was probably best positioned to do so.
Including the 2017 and 2016  
Gregorio : 4/22/2018 4:07 pm : link
drafts in this analysis is too early. Many of these players aren't getting significant playing time yet. They still are developing.
BB 56  
Rick in Dallas : 4/22/2018 4:26 pm : link
I meant Will McClay not McCall. McClay previously was a head coach of Dallas Despersdos indoor football team.
He is was considered a candidate for some GM positions this offseason but he wants to stay in Dallas.
Flowers  
Dragon : 4/22/2018 6:46 pm : link
Is the worst pick that's strange he has started every game since joining this team. Flowers may not be the second coming of Thomas but he has not exactly been the worst LT in the game by far. Hate to inform you guys but Solder is also not the second coming of Thomas yet he was paid like he is.
He needed to be on the bench as a rookie  
Jimmy Googs : 4/22/2018 6:53 pm : link
but we had to play him b/c of injury.

And then because our Oline depth was so bad and he was "defaulted" the job by our moronic Front Office, he played all games.

It wasn't b/c he was any good.
RE: Weston Richburg?  
Mike in NY : 4/22/2018 6:57 pm : link
In comment 13925009 XBRONX said:
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One good year. The guy blows


I think Richburg could have been better had we not forced him to play OG as a rookie due to injuries. Physically he was dominated by college DT in a weak conference. He needed a redshirt year to gain the strength to be an NFL starter.
An Eagles fan  
St. Jimmy : 4/22/2018 6:58 pm : link
told me last year that their redraft picks played the least of every team in the NFL. They built the team through teams making terrible trades with them, free agency, Wentz, and guys Chip Kelly and Andy Reid drafted.
Noting the crummy ranking for the Pats.  
81_Great_Dane : 4/22/2018 9:20 pm : link
We kind of knew that -- they seem to always be acquiring picks without having a lot to show for them. I get the sense that BB would rather pick up veterans that he thinks are undervalued, and for whom he sees a role, than develop draftees. But I don't have stats to back that up, I could be all wrong.

Winning your division basically every year keeps the fans happy. I'd rather have the Pats' success with lousy drafting than the Giants recent failures with adequate drafting.

Also, a lot of people grouse about Reese's lousy drafting but if you compare with the rest of the league, it's not terrible. Everybody misses sometimes. The overall failures and last year's implosion absolutely goes on Reese, though, along with the generally crummy roster. His coach, his players. Sorry, Jerry.
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