No.name a better one
Touche'Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
The most shocking part of that draft class is the Steelers were already a playoff team. No wonder they won 4 SB's in 6 years after that.Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
That would be my choice.Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
polite a rook?Tyson ThompsonDallas
Rd Sel# Player Pos. Ht. Wt. School
1 11 Ware, Demarcus DE 6-4 247 Troy State
1 20 Spears, Marcus DE 6-4 298 Louisiana State
2 42 Burnett, Kevin OLB 6-3 237 Tennessee
4 109 Barber, Marion RB 5-11 221 Minnesota
4 132 Canty, Chris DE 6-7 286 Virginia
6 208 Beriault, Justin FS 6-2 199 Ball State
6 209 Petitti, Rob OT 6-6 347 Pittsburgh
7 224 Ratliff, Jeremiah 'Jay' DE 6-3 293 Auburn
Three rookie starters (Ware, Spears, Petitti), a RB who has filled in well and two solid backup players (Burnett and Canty).
that's pretty incredible, wowThat would be my choice.Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
Polite's 2nd year. The defense is still extremely young and Glover is the only starter who has been in the league over 5 years.polite a rook?Tyson ThompsonDallas
Rd Sel# Player Pos. Ht. Wt. School
1 11 Ware, Demarcus DE 6-4 247 Troy State
1 20 Spears, Marcus DE 6-4 298 Louisiana State
2 42 Burnett, Kevin OLB 6-3 237 Tennessee
4 109 Barber, Marion RB 5-11 221 Minnesota
4 132 Canty, Chris DE 6-7 286 Virginia
6 208 Beriault, Justin FS 6-2 199 Ball State
6 209 Petitti, Rob OT 6-6 347 Pittsburgh
7 224 Ratliff, Jeremiah 'Jay' DE 6-3 293 Auburn
Three rookie starters (Ware, Spears, Petitti), a RB who has filled in well and two solid backup players (Burnett and Canty).
Thomas Johnson
Some K they liked and put on IR rather than cut
long snapper's a rook
great posting best draft ever and i can guarantee it'll never be topped.Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
IIRC, no other team had more than 2 HOFers taken in the same draft year.Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
That's even more absurd than the original post. Brady in the 6th trumps this pick. And as great of a pick as that was, I'm sure we could come up with dozens of examples of guys who were even better draft picks than Will Shields in the 3rd. Come on.1993 Chiefs - I don't care about the rest, you get Shields in the 3rd, you win.Rd Sel# Player Pos. School3 74 Will Shields G Nebraska
For example, Terrell Davis and Terrell Owens were both taken in the 3rd or later, IIRC...That's even more absurd than the original post. Brady in the 6th trumps this pick. And as great of a pick as that was, I'm sure we could come up with dozens of examples of guys who were even better draft picks than Will Shields in the 3rd. Come on.1993 Chiefs - I don't care about the rest, you get Shields in the 3rd, you win.
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
3 74 Will Shields G Nebraska
:hijack:And to be honest, the Steelers should only have 2 from that draft class as well. Neither Stallworth nor Swann has any business being in the HOF without a ticket.IIRC, no other team had more than 2 HOFers taken in the same draft year.Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
that's the one I was going to quote, no comparisonFine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
Wow. Definitely better than any other draft posted so far.The Dallas draft class of this past year isn't squat when considered with some of those posted, not to mention the best by the Bears:1965 1 1 3 3 **** Butkus LB Illinois 2 1 4 4 Gale Sayers RB Kansas 3 1 6 6 Steve Delong T Tennessee 4 4 3 45 Jim Nance RB Syracuse
I've always liked this story:"I remember his first day at training camp his rookie year," said Rooney Jr., the Steelers' personnel chief at the time and an architect of their '70s dynasty. "Chuck Noll matched him against Lambert in the old Oklahoma drill. The first time, Webby knocked Lambert on his can. They did it again, and he knocked him down a second time. [Long-time Pittsburgh newspaper man] Phil Musick came over to me and said something to the effect of, 'Where did you find this stiff Lambert at?'Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
what's absurd about this?That's even more absurd than the original post.
where would you rank their first year players? IE drafted and undrafted players, amongst the best all time drafts for teams
1 Ty Law 23 CB Michigan
2 Ted Johnson 57 LB Colorado
3a Curtis Martin 74 RB Pittsburgh (from Eagles in compensation for FB Kevin Turner)
3b Jimmy Hitchcock 88 CB North Carolina
4a Dave Wohlabaugh 112 C Syracuse (from Kansas City for Patriots 1996 third round pick.)
6 Dino Philyaw 195 RB Oregon
7 Carlos Yancy 234 CB Georgia (from Cleveland in exchange for the Patriots 231st selection)
Ty Law - Borderline Hall of Famer
Ted Johnson - Starting LB on 3 SB teams
Curtis Martin - Hall of Famer
Jimmy Hitchcock - Starting CB for awhile
Dave Wohlabaugh - Starting center from day 1. Signed with Cleveland as a free agent after a few years.
Certainly not as good as Pittsburghs but top notch none the less.
Also throw in that KC used their #1 pick to trade for Joe Montana in that draft.1996 KC is pretty good alsoThat's even more absurd than the original post. Brady in the 6th trumps this pick. And as great of a pick as that was, I'm sure we could come up with dozens of examples of guys who were even better draft picks than Will Shields in the 3rd. Come on.1993 Chiefs - I don't care about the rest, you get Shields in the 3rd, you win.
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
3 74 Will Shields G Nebraska
And they drafted HOFers in the 1969 (Joe Greene), 1970 (Terry Bradshaw & Mel Blount), 1971 (Jack Ham) and 1972 (Franco Harris) drafts as well. Whoever that player personnel director is, he deserves enshrinement as well. That's about a great a drafting period as there has ever been in professional sports.I'm sorry, saying the '05 Dallas draft as best ever is a little near-sighted.Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
The fact that he's even mentioning that draft as one of the best ever simply because they got Will Shields in the 3rd round.what's absurd about this?That's even more absurd than the original post.where would you rank their first year players? IE drafted and undrafted players, amongst the best all time drafts for teams
Bob Hayes has more receptions, yards, and touchdowns than Swann, and more touchdowns than Stallworth, yet can't get in. He was a 3 time pro-bowl selection, same as Swann and Stallworth. And he was on a Super Bowl winning team. Speaking of Hayes, check out the Cowboys 1964 draft-round 2- Mel Renfro, Hall of Fame:hijack:And to be honest, the Steelers should only have 2 from that draft class as well. Neither Stallworth nor Swann has any business being in the HOF without a ticket.IIRC, no other team had more than 2 HOFers taken in the same draft year.Fine...here's the best draft ever. 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers...
1. Lynn Swann
2. Jack Lambert
No 3rd rounder
4. John Stallworth
5. Mike Webster
Donnie Shell and Randy Grossman, both starters, free agents.
I think that 4 Hall of Famers in one draft class would be considered the best ever...
:/hijack:
I'd agree that draft is hard to beat.