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Eleazar · 09-24-2013, 05:26 PM

There's not as much distance between the #1 and #10 overall picks as there used to be.

If you look at all the #1 overall picks back to the last one that is still active, Manning...

2012 Andrew Luck
2011 Cam Newton
2010 Sam Bradford
2009 Matthew Stafford
2008 Jake Long
2007 JaMarcus Russell
2006 Mario Williams
2005 Alex Smith
2004 Eli Manning
2003 Carson Palmer
2002 David Carr
2001 Michael Vick
2000 Courtney Brown
1999 Tim Couch
1998 Peyton Manning

For the most part, you have "consensus" #1s at the time they were drafted.

Excepting Andrew Luck (too soon to judge), how many of these guys were worth a #1?

Mario Williams is probably the most recent one who delivered on #1-type potential. Eli Manning did, and Peyton Manning did.

That's really it.

09-24-2013, 05:26 PM	#43
Eleazar Beyond the Rapids Join Date: May 2003 Location: Langley, VA Casino cash: $-370000	There's not as much distance between the #1 and #10 overall picks as there used to be. If you look at all the #1 overall picks back to the last one that is still active, Manning... 2012 Andrew Luck 2011 Cam Newton 2010 Sam Bradford 2009 Matthew Stafford 2008 Jake Long 2007 JaMarcus Russell 2006 Mario Williams 2005 Alex Smith 2004 Eli Manning 2003 Carson Palmer 2002 David Carr 2001 Michael Vick 2000 Courtney Brown 1999 Tim Couch 1998 Peyton Manning For the most part, you have "consensus" #1s at the time they were drafted. Excepting Andrew Luck (too soon to judge), how many of these guys were worth a #1? Mario Williams is probably the most recent one who delivered on #1-type potential. Eli Manning did, and Peyton Manning did. That's really it.
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