Best Draft? Best Team Draft? Best Team Draft in a Single Round?

[skinfan2k]

I want everyone to answer the following question

Best Draft(Yr)?
Best Team Draft?
Best Team Draft in a Single Round?

Me and a friend wanted to find this out and what better way to find out then survey all of Extremeskins?

[TheFan]

Best Team Draft: Dallas 1975

12 Immediate impact players.
Randy White, Thomas Henderson, Burton Lawless, Bob Breunig, Pat Donavan, Randy Hughes, Ed Jones, Scott Laidlaw, Michael Hegman, Herb Scott and 2 others I can't recall that made an immediate impact and got the Cowboys back into the SB.


TheFan

[ukskinsfan]

Best Draft Year - 83 maybe

83 had the 6 1st round Qbs including 3 Hall Of Famers (John Elway, Jim Kelly & Dan MArino) , Eric Dickerson, Bruce Matthews who are in the Hall of Fame, and of course Darrell Green

15 of the 28 first rounders played in at least one Pro Bowl and the later rounds proved filled with future Pro Bowlers too: Henry Ellard, Wes Hopkins, Darryl Talley, Ron Brown (as a kick returner), Keith Bostic, Leonard Marshall, Roger Craig, Albert Lewis, Dave Duerson, Mike Cofer, Charles Mann, Mark Bortz, Greg Townsend, Earnest Jackson, Mark Clayton, Reggie Roby, Jesse Sapolu, Richard Dent, Tim Krumrie and Karl Mecklenburg.

From
http://www.awesome80s.com/Awesome80s...1983/Draft.asp


Best Team Draft

How about the Steelers 74 draft, includes 4 Hall of Famers

1 (21, 21) - Lynn Swann, USC
2 (20, 46) - Jack Lambert, Kent State
4 (4, 82) - John Stallworth, Alabama A&M
5 (21, 125) - Mike Webster, Wisconsin

[Jeremiah_Johnson]

Best Team Draft

How about the Steelers 74 draft, includes 4 Hall of Famers

1 (21, 21) - Lynn Swann, USC
2 (20, 46) - Jack Lambert, Kent State
4 (4, 82) - John Stallworth, Alabama A&M
5 (21, 125) - Mike Webster, Wisconsin

Wow, 4 HOFers in one draft. Unbelievable.

[skinfan2k]

i pretty shocked i thought this would have been a good discussion thread. My friend told me that the Jets 2000 First round was the best round recently by a team, but I disagreed with that

[pjfootballer]

I can't contribute too much as I'm not up on my draft history. Sorry.

[MisterPinstripe]

I can't contribute too much as I'm not up on my draft history. Sorry.

Uh... So... Why post?

[Hiro]

Some people are arguing that the 2006 draft was one of the deepest in recent memory. But considering this was only a year ago, one can't really say if this was until years down the round, when Young, Leinart, Cutler, and the others are nearing the end of their careers.

[HEavyJumbo85]

2004 was a pretty good as far as a recent draft goes...Everybody drafted in the top 15 turned into big time players with the exception of Robert Gallery and Reggie Williams...also guys like Jared Allen, Bob Sanders, Nathan Vasher, Michael Boulware, Tank Johnson, Jake Scott, and Chris Cooley were found in the later rounds. Stephen Jackson was drafted late in the first...how's this for a top 10, Eli Manning, Gallery(sucked), Larry Fitzgerald, Philip Rivers, Sean Taylor, Kellen Winslow, Roy Williams(lions), Deangelo Hall, Reggie Williams(decent), and Dunta Robinson.

I think that's been the best draft we've seen in a while.

[OWUeagleMD]

2004 was a pretty good as far as a recent draft goes...Everybody drafted in the top 15 turned into big time players with the exception of Robert Gallery and Reggie Williams...also guys like Jared Allen, Bob Sanders, Nathan Vasher, Michael Boulware, Tank Johnson, Jake Scott, and Chris Cooley were found in the later rounds. Stephen Jackson was drafted late in the first...how's this for a top 10, Eli Manning, Gallery(sucked), Larry Fitzgerald, Philip Rivers, Sean Taylor, Kellen Winslow, Roy Williams(lions), Deangelo Hall, Reggie Williams(decent), and Dunta Robinson.

I think that's been the best draft we've seen in a while.

I wish I could respond without mentioning the Eagles, but Pro Bowler and best O-lineman of that draft Shawn Andrews deserves mention here.

[HEavyJumbo85]

I wish I could respond without mentioning the Eagles, but Pro Bowler and best O-lineman of that draft Shawn Andrews deserves mention here.

Sorry I was skipping around kind of randomly and focused on the top 15 more than anything. I really should have focused on the top 16 huh. Andrews has been a beast though, not gonna lie, he broke his leg his rookie year against the Skins which was tough. But he came back and had a good year and then a great year. But don't forget about Shane Olivea out in San Diego, he's been pretty good and he was a 7th rounder. This draft was really deep and had one of the best 1st rounds in terms of talent that i've seen in a while.

[jrockster21]

Best Team Draft

How about the Steelers 74 draft, includes 4 Hall of Famers

1 (21, 21) - Lynn Swann, USC
2 (20, 46) - Jack Lambert, Kent State
4 (4, 82) - John Stallworth, Alabama A&M
5 (21, 125) - Mike Webster, Wisconsin

Winner.

[jrockster21]

I was just perusing the old NFL Drafts; here's the Skins draft from 1975 (Looks like things haven't changed much! ):

Washington Redskins
1. Choice to SD
2. Choice to GB
3. Choice to SF
4. Choice to Buf
5. Choice to SD thru LARm and Buf
Thomas, Mike, RB, Nevada-Las Vegas [from ChiB] 108
6. Choice to Cle
Doak, Mark, T, Nebraska [from Den] 147
7. Choice to ChiB thru StL
8. Choice to SD
9. Hickman, Dallas, DE, California, 228
10. Choice to Mia
11. Johnson, Ardell, DB, Nebraska [from Den] 277
Hackenbruck, Jerry, DE, Oregon State, 282
12. Choice to NE
13. McKie, Morris, DB, North Carolina A&T, 344
14. Benson, Dave, LB, Weber State, 359
15. Kuehn, Art, C, UCLA, 384
16. Pavelka, Dennis, G, Nebraska, 412
17. Taylor, Carl, DE, Memphis State, 437


1976 Skins' draft:
1. Choice to Mia
2. Choice to Det thru SD
3. Choice to NO thru SD
4. Choice to Oak thru SD
5. Choice to StL
Hughes, Mike, G, Baylor [from StL] 148
6. Choice to KC
Marvaso, Tom, DB, Cincinnati [from LARm] 179
7. Choice forfeited
8. Choice to Buf thru Atl
Fryer, Bryan, WR, Alberta [from LARm] 234 +
9. Akins, Curtis, G-C, Hawaii, 254
10. Strohmeier, Paul, LB, Washington [from ChiB] 272
Choice to Mia
11. Gissler, Dean, DE, Nebraska, 308
12. Tullis, Walter, DB, Delaware State, 342
13. Britt, Waymon, DB-WR, Michigan, 364
14. Buckner, Quinn, DB, Indiana, 393 +
15. Choice to StL
Monroe, John, RB, Bluefield [from StL] 426
16. Choice to Bal thru Bal and SF
17. Wills, Chuck, DB, Oregon, 476

[Drex]

We drafted Quinn Buckner in 1976? He is better known for being a basketball player.

Did we trade picks back then or what? Good ole George Allen...lol

[SkinsDukes]

I was just perusing the old NFL Drafts; here's the Skins draft from 1975 (Looks like things haven't changed much! ):

Washington Redskins
1. Choice to SD
2. Choice to GB
3. Choice to SF
4. Choice to Buf
5. Choice to SD thru LARm and Buf
Thomas, Mike, RB, Nevada-Las Vegas [from ChiB] 108
6. Choice to Cle
Doak, Mark, T, Nebraska [from Den] 147
7. Choice to ChiB thru StL
8. Choice to SD
9. Hickman, Dallas, DE, California, 228
10. Choice to Mia
11. Johnson, Ardell, DB, Nebraska [from Den] 277
Hackenbruck, Jerry, DE, Oregon State, 282
12. Choice to NE
13. McKie, Morris, DB, North Carolina A&T, 344
14. Benson, Dave, LB, Weber State, 359
15. Kuehn, Art, C, UCLA, 384
16. Pavelka, Dennis, G, Nebraska, 412
17. Taylor, Carl, DE, Memphis State, 437


1976 Skins' draft:
1. Choice to Mia
2. Choice to Det thru SD
3. Choice to NO thru SD
4. Choice to Oak thru SD
5. Choice to StL
Hughes, Mike, G, Baylor [from StL] 148
6. Choice to KC
Marvaso, Tom, DB, Cincinnati [from LARm] 179
7. Choice forfeited
8. Choice to Buf thru Atl
Fryer, Bryan, WR, Alberta [from LARm] 234 +
9. Akins, Curtis, G-C, Hawaii, 254
10. Strohmeier, Paul, LB, Washington [from ChiB] 272
Choice to Mia
11. Gissler, Dean, DE, Nebraska, 308
12. Tullis, Walter, DB, Delaware State, 342
13. Britt, Waymon, DB-WR, Michigan, 364
14. Buckner, Quinn, DB, Indiana, 393 +
15. Choice to StL
Monroe, John, RB, Bluefield [from StL] 426
16. Choice to Bal thru Bal and SF
17. Wills, Chuck, DB, Oregon, 476

See, and this is why it could be worse. I mean afterall George Allen once tried to deal a pick he didn't even own anymore...