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That would be a large proportion of a top team right there.

At this point in time when people read this comment they will say, I can't believe you put Kenny Golladay on this list lol. He is going to be on a list of the top 10 worst Free Agent Signings of all time very soon. Just ask any Giants fan

2017 was great year for New Orleans saints, but so-so fir the rest of nfl

@@csheeks061 I made this comment when Golladay was coming off a strong 2020 season with Detroit

Easy now…..you’re getting Wayyy ahead of yourself…🤣😂🤣

Damn

List is okay a lot of the players you mentioned had short lived careers.

Can’t forget Larry Johnson

Aaron Smith lmao no way are there “7-9 hall of gamers on there”.

@@Juice-ig3jz Eli, Philip, Ben, Larry, Vince, Jared, Steven should all make it to the hall imo, an argument could be made for Wes, Jason and Sean. Either way it was a killer draft class.

Yeah these NFL countdowns often times make no sense

And Sean Taylor

Agreed, they want to talk about quarterbacks but between the 2 2004 has more Super Bowl wins..I agree whole heartedly that the 83 draft should be at the top but to not even mention 2004 is ridiculous. They also has Vince wilfork, Sean Taylor, Steven Jackson, Jared Allen just to name a few.

Don’t forget: Vince Wilfork, Deangelo Hall, Wes Welker, Jason Peters, Chris Cooley (Solid player), Bob Sanders (Won DPOY in 07), Matt Schaub (Led the league in passing yards in 2009), Jonathan Wilma (Won DROY and a Super Bowl ring with the Saints), Darnell Dockett, and Karlos Dansby.

Dont forget Chris Snee, extremely underappreciated two time All-Pro and two time champion offensive guard.

Jacob Sawyer Christian mccaffrey?

Ju Ju

2016 was way deeper and stacked with talent. Look at just the first 9 picks: Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, Joey Bosa, Zeke, Jalen Ramsey, Ronnie Stanley, DeForest Buckner, Jake Conklin, Leonard Floyd. All from solid starters to very good and the list goes on. Laremy Tunsil, Keanu Neal, Jaylon Smith, Hunter Henry, Myles Jack, Chris Jones, Xavien Howard, Derrick Henry, Michael Thomas, Deion Jones (maybe greatest 2nd round ever), Kevin Byard, Yannick Ngakoue, Justin Simmons, Blake Martinez, Dak Prescott, Matt Judon, Jordan Howard, Tyreek Hill. If this class continues their play at this level, it will be one of the greatest ever.

@@RayJuzBeinRay no

Michael Mertens Mahomes and Watson damn near better then all those players

Ikr and aldon smith

@Ant P u dumb. He was an elite corner and is still good after a bad injury

Hahahahahahahhaha. That one year wonder? No....

@@JMSxx one year wonder? Hes made multiple 1st team all pros.....

Na Sherman was only good for like 4 years and that's honestly debatable cause he was surrounded by 2 great safeties, 2 great Lbs and and a good defensive line

@Ant P He had like 5 where he had the lowest passer rating when QB's threw to him

Ant P you must not watch much football huh?

I knew they were missing another hall of famer

I think they were focused more on the first 3 rounds or so. I think Sherm was a 5th rounder? I think the rationale is they're basing it more on the draft capital invested when compared to the resulting player versus player value as a whole

Bc he is the slowest corner in Madden

2012 should b on there bc of andrew luck and ty hilton. Best duo in the last 10 years. Get out of my freaking face right now

Sean Wolenski It’s impossible to predict that though you can’t really hold it over them. Brady was passed on 5 times by everyone and 6 by a handful more. He was the consensus number one it just turned out horribly

@@emmettkahnert7480 Wrong. Your talking about Rodgers who everyone thought would go 1! But Brady was drafted in the 6th round. No one thought anything of him which makes his story special. He became the goat with Bill. Cuz goat QBs need goat coaches.

Spider Man That’s not my point. I was arguing you can’t predict greatness in the league except for generational guys. Russel was a really hyped prospect but completely flopped whereas I compared him to Brady who was a nobody with little to no athleticism or true talent (he proves that leadership and competitiveness are what makes a great player). You can’t blame a team for taking the consensus number one that turned out to be a bust over guys that weren’t supposed to be generational talents it’s just not fair.

@@emmettkahnert7480 1. Life ain't fair 2. I never said your point was wrong my man I was sayin what you said that he was the consensus n.1 which he was not. You straight lied. Cuz who you were talking about Aaron.

Spider Man You just created a different argument. My comment was about the pick of Jamarcus Russell. You can’t blame them for taking him he was a great player and they needed a qb. What the original guys comment was doing was listing every player that turned out well in the draft but none were a sensible pick for them to make at one. They made the right choice and it flopped

His entire case for being a comedian is his accent it’s so bad

Yeah he is cancerously bad, but lets not pretend that you're gonna do anything when they keep using him

Which one?

Das is gud

I try to watch these and always forget about the terrible comedians and end up leaving 10 minutes into the video.

thats ok not great

@@scottos_ I can say the same for a lot of the draft classes on this list

Big picture that’s maybe 2 or 3 hofers. A lot of those guys won’t be remembered in 10 years much less immortalized in Canton. Recency bias.

Yeah the only Hof’ers from 2010 would be AB, Gronk, and Earl Thomas

Very true... People sleep on Geno Atkins & Gerald McCoy because of their small market status teams... They are both future Hall of Famers in my opinion

Just described my wife

He’s also not the oldest person they interviewed (Didinger is older I believe)

I think going forward it'll be on a updated list. Chandler jones a couple good-decent seasons from jumping into the top 20 sack leaders all time. Fletcher Cox, undeniable lynch pin for the Eagles during 2 title runs. Decastro in Pittsburgh helped keep Big Ben upright during some of his best offensive seasons. Harrison Smith really good for Minnesota at S. Gilmore is a DPOY recipient, marking 2 in the class. Luke Keuchly and Bobby Wagner were/are the preeminent MLBs of their generation. Russell Wilson it really depends going forward due to this last season. I think everyone expected his trajectory to continue along the same path or go upward to solidify his chances. 6/11 QB's got to one Pro Bowl, meaning at some point they had established a level of play notable to the public. Maybe only one of them is a HOF, but that pro bowl fact is really neat considering there are some ugly QB years in draft history. Johnny Hekker AND Justin Tucker are special teamer reps in this class. 39 pro bowlers from the class I count now unless I miscounted. There's not a lot of HOF like you said, but theres a ton of good players here who made a difference for their squad at one point or another.

Covert didn't make the HOF. He was on the All-Decade team, but that was his highest achievement, besides the SB

@@dancrews7769 he also made the Hall. Just not in time for this show.

@@75aces97 You're correct, my mistake

This has aged very well considering Watt is better than his brother and will go down as a top 5 defensive player ever and Mahomes is just getting started and IMO is already top 5 all time QB with time to go. I mean they should be there instead of 2011 which hasn't aged well with only 3 for sure HOF's.

TooNiceAtThis28 wouldn’t it be all Browns drafts tho? Might be boring 😂

@@andrewreeves9158 No 5 of them would go to the Packers with Ted Thompson as GM. 2015 was so bad I don't think a single player is on the team anymore.

Harry Engel 1991/1992 were abysmal

1988...aundray Bruce was the 1st player taken

@Fries I firmly agree that there should be a list of worst NFL draft years. 2009 would be even worse than 1992, and those two are quite clearly the worst drafts of the common draft era. If we combine the regular and supplemental drafts for 1984, all but one other draft class since 1967 has combined for at least eleven First Team All-Pro appearances, yet 2009 has had just six and 1992 just eight. Although the 2009 draft class is not yet fully retired, it produced only two potential Hall of Famers in Matthew Stafford and Alex Mack, neither of whom is anywhere near a lock-in. 1992 has had no Hall of Famer, and even its best players - Jimmy Smith and Darren Woodson - are invariably viewed as longshots for the Hall. In fairness, free agency may have seriously affected the development of the 1992 class, as several of its best players, including Smith who is ranked as its best by Pro Football Reference, did not develop until after the 1995 expansion. Apart from the definite first two of 2009 and 1992: 1976 also had only six First Team All-Pro nominating by five players, but had five Hall of Famers and of its twenty Pro Bowl players, five made at least six Pro Bowls, so it probably is doubtful here. 1966 also saw just five All-Pro players, though it did contain two undrafted stars in Emmitt Thomas and Jim Hart (Pro Football Reference rates Hart the best player from 1966, although he never made First Team All-Pro). It would certainly be in a list of worst draft years ever, even (or especially depending on perspective) with two of the three best players available (Thomas, Hart, offensive guard Tom Mack) passed by two separate drafts. 1972 (22:53) contained only two Hall of Famers - one of whom, Cliff Branch, is being inducted this year - and just 13 All-Pro First Team nominations 1977 had only one Hall of Famer in Tony Dorsett and nobody else with any prospect of reaching the Hall, although it had 19 first Team All-Pro nominations 1986 had only one Hall of Famer in fourth-rounder Charles Haley, only one other player in Leslie OʼNeal who seems likely to make Canton in the future, and only fourteen First-Team All-Pro selections 1999 had only twelve first-team All-Pro selections, although it has two Hall of Famers and Donovan McNabb (who never made a first team All-Pro) may be on the road to Canton. 2002 is often thought of as a terrible draft because of several bad busts, but despite only eight First Team All-Pro players (for seventeen nominations) and only 20 Pro Bowl players (the fewest of any draft since before 1984) it has one Hall of Famer in Ed Reed, and another certain Hall of Famer in Julius Peppers.

Sauce God Gio that’s what I said they are exactly alike

Steelers had 4 HOF'ers in a draft that produced 5. Then add another via free agency. That's impossible.

Only Tampa bay has also done that with Warren sap and Derrick Brooks

Of all teams the browns will eventually 1979 Ironically Ozzie Newsome & Clay Matthews been a semi finalist for the hall 4X Just a matter of time

Didnt the Steelers do that too?

No, but they're the only team to draft 4 HOF players in one draft (1974, I believe)

He counts. Any player who is ELIGIBLE for draft in a certain year - the year they graduate from college or declare themselves eligible for the draft - by definition make them part of said draft class. Otherwise dozens of UFAs every year who make a team - some who go on to HOF careers - like Kurt Warner - would have no year they fall under. That would be stupid & illogical.

LucyWonderland yupppp Zeke Dak Goff Wentz Jaylon Smith

Also Eli apple and Erick flowers

@@GoodrichOfficial Jalen Ramsey

Well this aged horribly

@@kijones6167 I said 5 years, not 2.

1981 Draft: Lawrence Taylor Ronnie Lott Howie Long Mike Singletary Kenny Easley

@@byrongammonbyrongammon9937 You can add HOF Russ Grim to your list. One of the best guards of all time.

Exactly

Harry Engel no it wasn’t you sound dumb😂

Harry Engel 89 had 4 of the top 5 picks as first ballot HOFers that’s insane. 2004 should be but not ahead of 89.

The Raiders took JaMarcus Russell and passed on Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas, Adrian Peterson, Patrick Willis, MarShawn Lynch, Darrelle Revis, Joe Staley, Lawrence Timmons, Greg Olsen. In Round 2 the Raiders passed on Paul Posluszny, Eric Weddle, Ryan Kalil, and LaMarr Woodley. In round 3 they passed on Marshal Yanda.

Cameron Heyward!

It had great players but only probably 3 for sure HOF's with Miller, Watt, and Julio. Cam not going, Peterson isn't going, Green had injury problems so he isn't going. Sherman most likely isn't going either. And Julio is even arguable at this point considering Torry Holt and Steve Smith aren't in yet.

anquan boldin as well

Asante Samuel

Yeah... Oh the players I grew up with. I miss you Polamalu

@Harry Engel damn but we talking about HOF now

I see 4 hall of famers

Same here!!!! (Thinking, yeah only monster sized ones!!!)

I myself kinda found that funny. His sons Kyle and Chris became first rounders. Not as elite as their dad, but still good starters.

Rex Lint Eli Manning is not hof

he wll be

Allyson Clark He’s a 2x Super Bowl Champion. He won’t be 1st ballot, but he’s going to get in.

I know that he belongs in the HOF, but I still don't think that he was worth 5 picks. If ATL builds that D with those picks, maybe they beat NE

@@dancrews7769 but julio was the best player on the team that year

@@coltonclay5255 Joe Thomas was the best player on CLE for years, and what did that get him? BTW Ryan was better than Juliio

Now he'd be happy to be on Cleveland

@@dancrews7769 Dimitroff would’ve screwed up the picks if he didn’t trade em.

Not to mention his kids have a good chance of joining him in the HOF at some point, especially Chris.

And honestly O'Brien and Eason were NOT bad quarterbacks. O'Brien was named to the Pro Bowl multiple times and Eason got the Patriots to the Super Bowl. Only Blackledge of that group really had what I would call a subpar career.

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 I agree.

I agree

Austin Stone agreed, plus he beat Brady twice

Austin Stone he will go first ballot

He swears that he averaged close to 20 sacks per game, but that's of course disputed since sacks weren't a stat until much later

Everson Walls not in the hall is tragic

Clara120806 Willis and Staley

@@TotallyNotALolicon Who cares we beat both of them in the Super Bowl.

Don’t forget Tampa drafting Warren Sapp and Derrick Brooks in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft.

How do you talk about the 2011 draft and not mention Richard Sherman?

But at least the Packers won Super Bowl XXXI against the Patriots months later after that.

Emmitt isn't even top 10 all time. His oLine was though.

Maybe because of licensing.

They also got Donnie shell in free agency

That was a great draft class by 1 team. But other than that……….

I kind of agree!

Because no one on that list even close to hof level or has had a lasting impact on the nfl. Aaron Donald could be a hof if he keeps playing like this but hes it.

Odell beckham jr

@@willygalligan6462 how tf isnt aaron donald close to hof ...

Too early

And Charles woodson

And ryan leaf

Well how good were the rest of the players though? Two great players isn't going to be enough to cut it for this list.

@@marcsiswanto Yeah. Ryan Leaf is the GOAT.

@@jyashin Three great players - four if you count Alan Faneca - is nowhere near enough to get on this list. Among the rest of the 1998 Draft, there is not one player with multiple First Team all-Pro nominations, and Peyton Manning by himself has as many as the remaining 237 apart from the best four.

Yeah. I noticed how they left out Talley, Mann and Carter. Those are huge names if you grew up in the 80s like I did. Mann was a huge part of the skins 80s success. Talley. Same thing for Buffalo. Carter was great but he had to go through San Fran and they had Montana and Rice. You mentioned others I hadn't remembered.

The Bears had easily the best draft of anyone based one rounding out their starting lineup. Jimbo Covert, Willie Gault, Tom Thayer, Mark Bortz, Richard Dent, Dave Duerson, and Mike Richardson. Yeah as Mike Ditka once again, I compare that class against anyones. But still the 1983 Draft is still the greatest ever.

@@michaelhession2105 Oh THAT was the big draft class that made the '86 Bears! I knew that they had a huge draft where they brought in a slew of talent to go along with guys like Walter Payton and Mike Singletary, but I thought it was '82 for some reason. This is all before my time anyways...

@@michaelhession2105 Though I don't think anything can compare to the Steelers' '74 draft class where I think they picked something like 5 future Hall of Famers...

@@RobertBalto Agreed. But I was just quoting Ditka. Thats all it is.

DollarNinja - i think you mean 2017. it’s already way better

Ma Jo Watson, Mahomes, Garrett, Njoku, Cohen, W. Jackson, Cook, Lattimore, Kamara, McCaffrey, White, Peppers, Ramzyck, Watt, Kupp, Smith-Schuster, Ogunjobi, Mixon, Adams, Cunningham, Ebukam, Kazee, King, Milano, Elliot, Peterman

@@plzfixwolves955 PETERMAN

Cypriano Way njoku? Lol other than that yeah it has a chance.

@@plzfixwolves955 conner's from that class too right as late round steal. From him, mccaffrey, cook, mixon and kamara and so on I think the running back squad is about to turn it all the way up and represent that class.

Newton is a bust too. 1 REALLY good season surrounded by several inadequate ones doesn't make a star. Best qb in that class was Dalton hands down.

It's not better than 2011

Yeah it is

83 04 11

RG3 was a 1 year wonder and Jimmy Graham hasn't been relevant since he left New Orleans.

@@jpowers55I agree with you on RG3. He is a one-shot wonder.

That's a good point...

The impressive aspect is the 11 SB starts.

It's remembered for QB's but it also had some great DE's. Charles Mann, Richard Dent, and Leonard Hamilton had 6 SB rings in all.

Weird part was that all those first round QB went to AFC. They dominated that conference, but the NFC always had better teams for next 14 years.

Doesn't matter at all

Of the three maybes you have, AJ Green has the best argument

Also from a Seahawks fan, KJ Wright is overlooked at times, but he’s not a Hall of Famer.

No QB selected in the entire 1st round though??

@@masonthewarriorful 1996 is generally regarded as one of the worst QB draft classes of all time. Only four of eight drafted quarterbacks ever threw a pass in the NFL, and none made so much as a Pro Bowl. The best quarterback from 1996 - Jon Kitna - was not even drafted and may be remembered unfortunately as the main starting quarterback for the 0-16 2008 Detroit Lions. 2007 - also listed here - was by Pro Football Reference alongside 2013 and 1966 (though the latter is redeemed by undrafted Jim Hart) the worst quarterback draft year since 1961.

Damien D watt & Julio Jones will be 1st to hall of fame

You're right about Aldon Smith, but it's not like his whole career is over, pretty sure he's a backup OLB for the Raiders right now

85% sure he got cut and that stint with Oakland was about as long as a sneeze.

The Raiders took JaMarcus Russell and passed on Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas, Adrian Peterson, Patrick Willis, MarShawn Lynch, Darrelle Revis, Joe Staley, Lawrence Timmons, Greg Olsen. In Round 2 the Raiders passed on Paul Posluszny, Eric Weddle, Ryan Kalil, and LaMarr Woodley. In round 3 they passed on Marshal Yanda.

@Ant P you're salty bro

Ant P rigged? How could the nfl rig Von strip sack td Cam?!

@Ant P I have no idea what being white has anything to do with that conversation....... content of character. Not color of skin

@Ant P As stated earlier, skin color has nothing to do with this conversation. Were talking about football, not race relations.

@Ant PYou're a complete fool.