onejayhawk Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 It's pretty clear now that the best Draft of the first decade was New Orleans 2006. Three of these guys played 150 games with the Saints, with three more over 130. Strief and Colston in the 7th are absolute gold. 1.02 RB Reggie Bush USC 2.11 DB Roman Harper Alabama 4.11 OL Jahri Evans Bloomsburg 5.02 DL Rob Ninkovich Purdue 6.02 WR Mike Hass Oregon State 6.05 DB Josh 'Bernard' Lay Pittsburgh 7.02 OL Zach Strief Northwestern 7.44 WR Marques Colston Hofstra Which draft from the last decade will grade out highest? It's still early to grade by games played. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Seattle may have ended up with 2 hall of famers in 2012 by the time all is said and done. Going to be hard to replicate for any team in the decade. Russell Wilson + Bobby Wagner alone make the class hard to beat, but they also added Bruce Irvin as a solid contributor for several years. If we are including 2010 as part of the "teens", that 2010 Steelers draft was good, though they didn't get the best part of Manny Sanders, I guess. But AB, Pouncey, Manny is pretty solid. 2016 Saints draft appears to be great, but I think that they have a way to go to catch up with Seattle from 2011 just because, like I said, that may very well be two hall of famers in Wilson and Wagner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBURGE Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Forge said: Seattle may have ended up with 2 hall of famers in 2012 by the time all is said and done. Going to be hard to replicate for any team in the decade. Russell Wilson + Bobby Wagner alone make the class hard to beat, but they also added Bruce Irvin as a solid contributor for several years. If we are including 2010 as part of the "teens", that 2010 Steelers draft was good, though they didn't get the best part of Manny Sanders, I guess. But AB, Pouncey, Manny is pretty solid. 2016 Saints draft appears to be great, but I think that they have a way to go to catch up with Seattle from 2011 just because, like I said, that may very well be two hall of famers in Wilson and Wagner. Only one thats close imo is Dallas 2016 2016 Cowboys 1.4 RB Ezekiel Elliott2.34 LB Jaylon Smith3.67 DT Maliek Collins 4.101 DE Charles Tapper4.135 QB Dak Prescott6.189 CB Anthony Brown 6.212 Kavon Frazier 6.216 RB Darius Jackson 6.217 Rico Gathers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 minute ago, JBURGE said: Only one thats close imo is Dallas 2016 2016 Cowboys 1.4 RB Ezekiel Elliott2.34 LB Jaylon Smith3.67 DT Maliek Collins 4.101 DE Charles Tapper4.135 QB Dak Prescott6.189 CB Anthony Brown 6.212 Kavon Frazier 6.216 RB Darius Jackson 6.217 Rico Gathers That's a good class 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animaltested Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 What a three year run Seattle had: 2010 1-6 OT Russell Okung 1-14 S Earl Thomas 2-18 WR Golden Tate 4-13 DB Walter Thurmond 5-2 S Kam Chancellor 6-16 TE Anthony McCoy 2011 1-25 OT James Carpenter 4-99 LB KJ Wright 5-154 DB Richard Sherman 6-173 DB Byron Maxwell 7-242 LB Malcolm Smith UDFA WR Doug Baldwin 2012 1-15 LB Bruce Irvin 2-47 LB Bobby Wagner 3-75 QB Russell Wilson 6-172 DB Jeremy Lane 7-225 G JR Sweezy UDFA WR Jermaine Kearse 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, animaltested said: What a three year run Seattle had: 2010 1-6 OT Russell Okung 1-14 S Earl Thomas 2-18 WR Golden Tate 4-13 DB Walter Thurmond 5-2 S Kam Chancellor 6-16 TE Anthony McCoy 2011 1-25 OT James Carpenter 4-99 LB KJ Wright 5-154 DB Richard Sherman 6-173 DB Byron Maxwell 7-242 LB Malcolm Smith UDFA WR Doug Baldwin 2012 1-15 LB Bruce Irvin 2-47 LB Bobby Wagner 3-75 QB Russell Wilson 6-172 DB Jeremy Lane 7-225 G JR Sweezy UDFA WR Jermaine Kearse That was unbelievable. I'm so happy the Seahawks got at least one Superbowl out of all of that. So many teams have great rosters and just can't manage to win it all. I specifically remember the Earl Thomas pick. I was absolutely floored that the Eagles didn't take him in the draft. He would have been perfect next to Dawkins. Dawkins was getting close to retirement anyway. Still can't believe they didn't pick him. They were one pick ahead of the Seahawks. I think they ended up taking a safety in the next round. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub_City30 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 33 minutes ago, animaltested said: What a three year run Seattle had: 2010 1-6 OT Russell Okung 1-14 S Earl Thomas 2-18 WR Golden Tate 4-13 DB Walter Thurmond 5-2 S Kam Chancellor 6-16 TE Anthony McCoy 2011 1-25 OT James Carpenter 4-99 LB KJ Wright 5-154 DB Richard Sherman 6-173 DB Byron Maxwell 7-242 LB Malcolm Smith UDFA WR Doug Baldwin 2012 1-15 LB Bruce Irvin 2-47 LB Bobby Wagner 3-75 QB Russell Wilson 6-172 DB Jeremy Lane 7-225 G JR Sweezy UDFA WR Jermaine Kearse All thanks to Scott Mcloughan (sp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamblinMan99 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Kansas City had a pretty stacked list of good draft picks: Eric Berry Rodney Hudson Justin Houston Eric Fisher Travis Kelce Dee Ford Marcus Peters Steven Nelson Chris Jones Tyreek Hill Kareem Hunt Patrick Mahomes Granted, some of these names have found more success with other teams. Kansas City really hasn't found too much success within the past two drafts. They have had a difficult time maintaining offensive lineman throughout the years, too. Dallas has a much stronger lineup on both sides of the ball. Serious talent on the O-line too. Sean Lee Leighton Vander-Esch Tyron Smith Travis Fredrick Zack Martin Demarcus Lawrence Byron Jones Jaylon Smith Dak Prescott Zeke Elliott Ryan Switzer Michael Gallup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tk3 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Saints 2017 immediately came to mind 1.11 Marshon Lattimore 1.32 Ryan Ramczyk 2.42 Marcus Williams 3.67 Alvin Kamara 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raves Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On 1/9/2020 at 9:29 PM, Tk3 said: Saints 2017 immediately came to mind 1.11 Marshon Lattimore 1.32 Ryan Ramczyk 2.42 Marcus Williams 3.67 Alvin Kamara I was about to say, 2006 wasn't even the Saints best year in this regime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ramster Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 2014 rams baby. Aaron Donald enough said. And nfl hero Michael Sam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNBlackFan Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On 1/9/2020 at 3:47 PM, showtime said: That was unbelievable. I'm so happy the Seahawks got at least one Superbowl out of all of that. So many teams have great rosters and just can't manage to win it all. I specifically remember the Earl Thomas pick. I was absolutely floored that the Eagles didn't take him in the draft. He would have been perfect next to Dawkins. Dawkins was getting close to retirement anyway. Still can't believe they didn't pick him. They were one pick ahead of the Seahawks. I think they ended up taking a safety in the next round. Dawkins was on the Broncos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, SilverNBlackFan said: Dawkins was on the Broncos You're right. Probably contributed to the reason I was shocked they passed on Earl Thomas lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Seattle by a mile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Amobi Okoye is the only player I’ve ever heard of being drafted as a teen, so him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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