Why is the NFL draft so important? - Houston Texans Message Board & Forum

Mistril48 · 12-23-2004

"Anyone wondering what all the fuss about the NFL draft is only has to take a look at players named to this year's Pro Bowl teams. Granted, the Pro Bowl voting isn't 100% science with players reputations sometimes counting as much, if not more, that actual on-field production. Still, the Pro Bowl is a reasonably accurate barometer of who the best players in the league are at this time. And what that barometer tells us is that just about all the top players in the league were indeed drafted and that most (90%) came to their teams as premium (first day) picks."
http://www.gbnreport.com/probowl.htm

It's even more dramatic with defensive playmakers, where 97.1 % of this year's Pro Bowl defensive players were drafted on the first day.

Breakdown of 2004 Pro Bowl positional players, by draft status

POS. . . . . .TTL . . . RD 1 . . RD 2-3 . . . . %

. . QB . . . . . .6 . . . . . 4 . . . . . .1 . . . . . 83.3
. . RB . . . . . .6 . . . . . 3. . . . . . 3 . . . . .100.0
. .WR . . . . . .8 . . . . . 3 . . . . . .4 . . . . . 87.5
. . OT . . . . . .6 . . . . . 6. . . . . . 0 . . . . 100.0
. .OG . . . . . . 6 . . . . . 2 . . . . . .2 . . . . . 66.7
. . . C . . . . . .4 . . . . . 1 . . . . . .2 . . . . . 75.0
. . TE . . . . . .4 . . . . . 1 . . . . . .2 . . . . . 75.0
. . FB . . . . . .2 . . . . . 0 . . . . . .1 . . . . . 50.0

Subtotal . . .42 . . . . .20 . . . . . 15 . . . . .83.3 %

. . DE . . . . . . 6 . . . . .4 . . . . . .2 . . . . 100.0
. . DT . . . . . . 6 . . . . .4 . . . . . .1 . . . . .75.0
. . LB . . . . . .10 . . . . .7 . . . . . .3 . . . . 100.0
. . CB . . . . . ..6 . . . . .3 . . . . . .3 . . . . 100.0
. . .S . . . . . . .6 . . . . .3 . . . . . .3 . . . . 100.0

Subtotal . . .34 . . . . 21 . . . . 12 . . . . . 97.1 %

Total . . . . . 76 . . . . 41 . . . . .27 . . . . .89.5 %

astrofan · 12-23-2004

mistral - you always have the best posts
could the popularity aspect of the probowl be a factor

nunusguy · 12-23-2004

Very interesting. Looks like the teams have slightly more success in identifying
offensive Blue Chips to draft than the D guys. Or maybe they just pay a higher premium for offensive players ?

12-23-2004	#1
Mistril48 All Pro Join Date: May 2004 Location: Houston Posts: 548 Rep Power: 10	Why is the NFL draft so important? "Anyone wondering what all the fuss about the NFL draft is only has to take a look at players named to this year's Pro Bowl teams. Granted, the Pro Bowl voting isn't 100% science with players reputations sometimes counting as much, if not more, that actual on-field production. Still, the Pro Bowl is a reasonably accurate barometer of who the best players in the league are at this time. And what that barometer tells us is that just about all the top players in the league were indeed drafted and that most (90%) came to their teams as premium (first day) picks." http://www.gbnreport.com/probowl.htm It's even more dramatic with defensive playmakers, where 97.1 % of this year's Pro Bowl defensive players were drafted on the first day. Breakdown of 2004 Pro Bowl positional players, by draft status POS. . . . . .TTL . . . RD 1 . . RD 2-3 . . . . % . . QB . . . . . .6 . . . . . 4 . . . . . .1 . . . . . 83.3 . . RB . . . . . .6 . . . . . 3. . . . . . 3 . . . . .100.0 . .WR . . . . . .8 . . . . . 3 . . . . . .4 . . . . . 87.5 . . OT . . . . . .6 . . . . . 6. . . . . . 0 . . . . 100.0 . .OG . . . . . . 6 . . . . . 2 . . . . . .2 . . . . . 66.7 . . . C . . . . . .4 . . . . . 1 . . . . . .2 . . . . . 75.0 . . TE . . . . . .4 . . . . . 1 . . . . . .2 . . . . . 75.0 . . FB . . . . . .2 . . . . . 0 . . . . . .1 . . . . . 50.0 Subtotal . . .42 . . . . .20 . . . . . 15 . . . . .83.3 % . . DE . . . . . . 6 . . . . .4 . . . . . .2 . . . . 100.0 . . DT . . . . . . 6 . . . . .4 . . . . . .1 . . . . .75.0 . . LB . . . . . .10 . . . . .7 . . . . . .3 . . . . 100.0 . . CB . . . . . ..6 . . . . .3 . . . . . .3 . . . . 100.0 . . .S . . . . . . .6 . . . . .3 . . . . . .3 . . . . 100.0 Subtotal . . .34 . . . . 21 . . . . 12 . . . . . 97.1 % Total . . . . . 76 . . . . 41 . . . . .27 . . . . .89.5 %

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12-23-2004	#2
astrofan Veteran Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 208 Rep Power: 10	mistral - you always have the best posts could the popularity aspect of the probowl be a factor

12-23-2004	#3
nunusguy Hall of Fame Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston Posts: 8,991 Rep Power: 183	Very interesting. Looks like the teams have slightly more success in identifying offensive Blue Chips to draft than the D guys. Or maybe they just pay a higher premium for offensive players ?

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