2013 Draft Explained
Really cool article about the 2013 draft.
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/04/20/2...e-confounding# Some nice bits of info - KC only had 2 or 3 calls about a possible trade the day before and none were serious. Some scouts are wary of Alabama players because they are so beat up before entering the NFL. |
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I can't think of a single Bama player that has turned into a legit star. Saban runs them into the ground before they can get into the NFL.
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To put an absolute value on those selections, however, consider this: One AFC personnel executive said his team’s grades on all three of last year’s top offensive tackles—Ronnie Stanley (No. 6 to Baltimore), Jack Conklin (No. 8 to Tennessee) and Laremy Tunsil (No. 13 to Miami)—were well above Fisher and Joeckel’s marks.
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Mark Dominik, the former Bucs GM, recalls there being maybe 14 true first-round talents in 2013. In an average year, he says, there are about 18. The good news for next week’s draft? “In a year like this, there are maybe 23,” says Dominik, now an analyst for ESPN. “If this ’17 class had a top-tier quarterback, it would be going down as one of the best classes in a long time.”
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Man, it is nuts that the two highest picks we had in the past decade were both regarded as dry years for top end talent.
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Great article. Well worth the read.
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2013? The year the Chiefs drafted Kelce in the 1st and Fisher in the 3rd?
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