Finally some life showing in Dennard.

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(08-17-2017, 04:52 AM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: That's not true at all. 1st round picks are picked to be improvements and help better your team.

Since 2012's Draft Class, there has been 44 Pro-Bowl players drafted in the 1st round.

That's 44 players out of 159 players (NE lost their 1st round pick in 2016).
Which includes: RGIII, Cordarelle Patterson, Todd Gurley, and Eric Reid

Teams know they aren't going to get amazing players all the time. Sometimes they fill needs and what works best for their system rather than best player overall. That's why there's players that haven't been voted to the Pro Bowl or All-Pro that are still being productive.

IE: Tannehill, Zeitler, Cooks, Matthews, and Mariota.

I'm not saying there won't be stars in the 1st, because clearly they are. But teams go into the draft knowing the 1st round isn't fully of All-Pro studs. Teams do use 1st round picks for solid starters because it's better to have a solid player than a hole on your team.

Nothing is certain in the NFL.

Yes, 44 out of 159 picks (27.67%) and in that same time span, there were:
-15 Pro-Bowl players drafted in the 2nd round out of 157 picks. (9.55%)
-9 Pro-Bowl players drafted in the 3rd round out of 173 picks. (5.20%)

So 44 is a HUGE number when put in perspective. If your team is going to completely neglect getting better in FA, you NEED to hit on draft picks fairly consistently. So yes, a guy who only becomes a solid starter after 5 years is a bust as a first round pick. There's a lot of busts in the draft. It's just when people try to put it on your team's players, suddenly it's time to get defensive. There's people still trying to say Andre Smith wasn't a bust after being picked 9th overall and producing exactly 1 good season and 2 mediocre ones in 7 years.


By the way.. since 2012 the Bengals have:
-1 Pro Bowler in the 1st round out of 6 picks. (16.67%)
-0 Pro Bowlers in the 2nd round out of 6 picks. (0.00%)
-0 Pro Bowlers in the 3rd round out of 7 picks. (0.00%)