TitanSlim Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 6 hours ago, MagicMT said: For the Seahawks: 2012 : Russell Wilson (likely HOF) and Bobby Wagner (likely HOF) plus Bruce Irvin & Jeremy Lane or 2010: R. Okung / Earl Thomas & Kam Chancellor (that's a pretty good S duo for 1 draft) plus Golden Tate & Walter Thurmond 2011 wasn't bad either : James Carpenter / KJ Wright / R. Sherman / Byron Maxwell / Malcolm Smith. I don't know who was responsible for those 3 drafts but looking at the team's recent draft picks that person sure isn't with the Seahawks anymore. If that person is, then clearly it was pure luck! That’s a crazy three year stretch right there. No wonder those early-mid Seahawks squads were so great. The Titans haven’t really had any standout draft class. Maybe our 2016 class, which led to All Pros in Conklin, Henry and Byard. Honestly though, the 2019 class may end up as our best. Jeffery Simmons, AJ Brown and Nate Davis all have All Pro potential. While Amani Hooker and David Long look like potential quality starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) For the 49ers it's the 1986 draft class, and I don't think it's close. Most of these picks became quality contributors at the worst. Haley was a HOF player. John Taylor was a WR that could have easily been a #1 on another team. McKyer and Griffin were both good starting corners that quickly took over following injuries to Eric Wright and Dwight Hicks' departure (rough sledding as rookies, but quickly bounced back). Larry Roberts got his fair share of sacks. Kevin Fagan was an awesome lineman. Steve Wallace was a Pro Bowl quality tackle for a long time. And Tom Rathman was one of the best fullbacks ever. This class greatly replenished an aging 49ers squad from the early 80's, and basically fueled the 1988 and 1989 Super Bowls. A lot of these guys helped the team remain a powerhouse into the 90's. Edited January 18, 2021 by TecmoSuperJoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 2005 Aaron Rodgers - HOF Nick Collins - HOF without career ending injury. Terrance Murphy - Career ender in first season (looked promising as hell). First three picks. Or 2009 that gave them a Super Bowl win maybe BJ Raji - Great NT with a pick six in Championship game. Clay Matthews - Fringe HOF (probably not quite) TJ Lang - All pro guard Probably best two since I've been alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 For the Washington franchise, it has to be 1981. Dexter Manley in the fifth, and Daryl Grant in the 11th, which made for one hell of a defensive line for a decade. Oh yeah, and three of the five Hogs were drafted this year, including Mark May in the first, Russ Grimm in the third, and Joe Jacoby went undrafted. Should be two HOF players in this class. We also got a two-time Pro Bowl WR in Charlie Brown in the eighth, and in the 12th a solid TE in Clint Didier. For something more recent, 2004 is probably the best draft, where we drafted four players, all of whom actually suited up for the team. One of them was Sean Taylor, the other was Chris Cooley. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Easily 2000 for the Jets. Got a Pro Bowl QB with Pennington, Pro Bowl DE in Shaun Ellis, All-Pro DE in John Abraham, a solid TE in Anthony Becht, and a solid WR in Laveranues Coles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I was looking at some old signatures the other day and was surprised to see how good that 2015 class was for the Vikings. Not bad at all. 1st Round - Trae Waynes - Solid, long-time starter. 2nd Round - Eric Kendricks - All-Pro 3rd Round - Danielle Hunter - All-Pro (2nd team). 5th Round - Stefon Diggs - All-Pro (Bills 2020) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 06 - Mario Williams, DeMeco Ryans, Eric Winston, Owen Daniels... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 10 hours ago, ET80 said: 06 - Mario Williams, DeMeco Ryans, Eric Winston, Owen Daniels... Definitely our deepest. Watson and Cunningham in 2017 though may be better off of pure value 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, mse326 said: Definitely our deepest. Watson and Cunningham in 2017 though may be better off of pure value Had Dont'a Foreman not blown out his ankle and kept growing at his initial pace, he'd probably put that class over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 1/17/2021 at 11:31 PM, naptownskinsfan said: For the Washington franchise, it has to be 1981. Dexter Manley in the fifth, and Daryl Grant in the 11th, which made for one hell of a defensive line for a decade. Oh yeah, and three of the five Hogs were drafted this year, including Mark May in the first, Russ Grimm in the third, and Joe Jacoby went undrafted. Should be two HOF players in this class. We also got a two-time Pro Bowl WR in Charlie Brown in the eighth, and in the 12th a solid TE in Clint Didier. For something more recent, 2004 is probably the best draft, where we drafted four players, all of whom actually suited up for the team. One of them was Sean Taylor, the other was Chris Cooley. Can't argue that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 1/16/2021 at 11:09 AM, Jlowe22 said: I won't go back through all our drafts, some older ones may be better, but our 2017 draft is hard to top. Lattimore, Ramczyk, Kamara, Trey Hendrickson, Marcus Williams, Alex Anzalone. Two All pros, a defensive rookie of the year, a team sack leader with 13.5, a solid safety and a solid LB. That draft is directly responsible for how good the team has been the last four years. Along with 2016, where we got Michael Thomas, Sheldon Rankins, and Onyemata. 2018 and 2019 saw some solid players, 2020 is meh, but Trautman might grow into an important part of our offense. Just went back and checked, our 2006 draft was pretty damn good as well. Got Reggie Bush, Roman Harper, Jahri Evans, Rob Ninkovich, Zach Strief, Marques Colston. That was a great draft for the Saints. No doubt about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animaltested Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 1/17/2021 at 11:12 AM, MagicMT said: For the Seahawks: 2012 : Russell Wilson (likely HOF) and Bobby Wagner (likely HOF) plus Bruce Irvin & Jeremy Lane or 2010: R. Okung / Earl Thomas & Kam Chancellor (that's a pretty good S duo for 1 draft) plus Golden Tate & Walter Thurmond 2011 wasn't bad either : James Carpenter / KJ Wright / R. Sherman / Byron Maxwell / Malcolm Smith. I don't know who was responsible for those 3 drafts but looking at the team's recent draft picks that person sure isn't with the Seahawks anymore. If that person is, then clearly it was pure luck! Sensing that last statement was tongue and cheek? John + Pete were the head honchos of those drafts. John Idzik and Scot McClouglan had a hand in things as well. But Idzik was a flop with Jets. McClouglan was ok outside Seattle (WFT, Browns, Eagles). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 The Jaguars had a pretty good draft in 2016 with three very good players: 1 - Jalen Ramsey 2 - Myles Jack 3 - Yannick Ngakoue It looks like they have had the ability to draft good players. Now we just have to figure out how to keep them around. Hopefully, Urban Meyer and his GM will be able to give them plenty of reason to stay in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 1/17/2021 at 8:13 AM, August4th said: 74 class steelers drafted 4 hall of famers in that class, its probably the best in NFL history amazing haul and the story of how the Steelers hid the only tape of John Stallworth was classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apparition Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 1995 was the top year, with two hall of famers (Ty Law and Curtis Martin), a LB who was a fixture on three championship defenses (Ted Johnson) and a center who started for 9 years in the NFL (Dave Wohlabaugh) After that, I would say 2003 (Ty Warren, Eugene Wilson, Asante Samuel, Dan Koppen) and 2010 (Devin McCourty, Gronk, Brandon Spikes, Aaron Hernandez) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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