Sam Bradford 1, Cam Newton 1, Matthew Stafford 1, Matt Ryan 3, Mark Sanchez 5, Ryan Tannehill 8, Jake Locker 8, Blaine Gabbert 10, Christian Ponder 12, Josh Freeman 17, Joe Flacco 18, Brandon Weedon 22, Tim Tebow 25
13 players from the last 5 years not named Griffin or Luck who were still, somehow, amazingingly, 1st round picks.
It will be the same this year, too. None of the names on that list were any prettier-looking at this point than Smith or Wilson or anybody else in this class. "Perfect" prospects are incredibly rare.
The league knows that. Eventually draft "experts" will figure it out, too.
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