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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
I look at Denver's recent drafts... and, well... it's painful... 2008 was good. 2007 was horrific. 2006 was great, but two of them are now gone. 2005/2004/2003 were bad. Not a lot of shock as to why there is such a young nucleus, their drafts have for the most part just sucked.
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But, they have hit gold at WR, OT, LB, and QB. Meanwhile the Chiefs have drafted 7 first day Dlinemen in the last few years with only 2 still on the team. That more than anything IMO has killed this team.
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Originally Posted by wild1
The point is not "not reaching" as much as it is getting something for your picks.
In the long term, if you spend a first round pick on someone 10 slots too early, that's not so bad as long as that player becomes a productive starter. If Tyson Jackson starts at DE for 5 years and is an average to above average NFL starter, some people will still cry about it, but he will have been an OK pick. Those don't kill your franchise. The killers are not the reaches, they are the guys who are gone in 2 or 3 years and who you never got any productive use out of.
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Exactly!