Our drafting has sucked lately

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(01-29-2024, 08:13 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: The last 5 guys, by draft year, who were both drafted by and became a 1st Team All-Pro with the...

Bengals
Geno Atkins, 2010
Andrew Whitworth, 2006
Chad Johnso, 2001
Willie Anderson, 1996
David Fulcher, 1986

Ravens
Kyle Hamilton, 2022
Devin Duvernay, 2020
Lamar Jackson, 2018
Mark Andrews, 2018
Marlon Humphrey, 2017

Browns
Nick Chubb, 2018
Myles Garrett, 2017
Joel Bitonio, 2014
Josh Gordon, 2012
Joe Thomas, 2007

Steelers
TJ Watt, 2017
Le'Veon Bell, 2013
David DeCastro, 2012
Cameron Heyward, 2011
Antonio Brown, 2010

To be entirely fair though, it's not like we haven't drafted 1st Team AP-calibre players: at the end of the day, it is still voted on by writers and while infinitely more-accurate than PB, it still is subjective (Whitworth getting it in '15 was not right, for example, as there were better LTs that year: he should've gotten it in '10 and '14):

- AJ was definitely worthy of getting that nod, for a couple of seasons (got AP2 a couple of times), but could've gone either way.
- Same thing with Bates (who did get AP2 with us as well. Amazed he didn't get it this year, based on numbers)
- Arguable on Eifert (those TD numbers pop, but the receiving yards pale in comparison to the actual AP guys)