saint33 wrote:
It's been analyzed numerous times, but I think it should be reiterated, the Pack and Patriots haven't done anything vastly superior to the Vikings in the personnel department other than fall #### backwards into an elite QB.
Definitely. We saw how amazing the Packers' GM was last year when Rodgers was out. We have more talent than the Packers do outside of the QB position. They just happen to be really, really lucky.
Pats: Top five QB of all time
Steelers: Hall of Fame QB, yet still went 8-8 last year
Ravens: Here's an interesting one. Let's look at the last three years of drafts:
2012:
2-Courtney Upshaw - Mediocre at best
2-Kelechi Osemele - A starter
3-Bernard Pierce - Okay
4-Gino Gradkowski - Doesn't play but still on the team
4-Christian Thompson - Not in the league
5-Asa Jackson - Depth CB, still on team
6-Tommy Streeter - Not on team
7-Deangelo Tyson - Backup, 22 career tackles, still on team
2013:
1-Matt Elam - Bust. QBs complete 76% of passes, 21 yards per completion. 2nd worst in league.
2-Arthur Brown - Bust. 14 career tackles. A "healthy scratch" as they say in the business.
3-Brandon Williams - Depth player
4-John Simon - No longer on team
4-Kyle Juszczyk - Starting FB. Not sure how to evaluate him, but let's assume he's decent since he's starting
5-Ricky Wagner - starter, great pick
6-Kapron Lewis-Moore - 0 games played
6-Ryan Jenson - 0 games played
7-Aaron MAllette - Not in league
7-Marc Anthony - Not in league
2014:
1-CJ Mosley - Great Pick, playing really well
2-Timmy Jernigan - 11 tackles, no starts
3-Terrance Brooks - Depth Safety, no starts
3-Crockette Gilmore - 67 yards receiving
4-Brent Urban - Hasn't even played a single game
4-Lorenzo Taliaferro - Decent rotational RB
5-John Urshel - on team, played in a few games
6-Keith Wenning - practice squad QB
7-Michael Campanaro - 85 yards receiving
Look how much better we've drafted than the Raven in the last three years.
But they know how to draft qbs you say? In Ozzie Newsome's first draft he selected their QB of the future, Kyle Boller.