Quote:Here's the list from 1980 onward of WR drafted in the top 5:

 

1980 - Lam Jones, bust

1984  - Kenny Jackson, bust

 

1984  - Irving Fryar, good player but worth 1st overall or even top 5? Debatable for top 5, flat out no for 1st overall. 

 

1992 - Desmond Howard, bust

1995 - Michael Westbrook, bust

 

1996 - Keyshawn Johnson, dunno if "bust" but big time disappointment for top 5, let alone 1st overall where he went

 

2000 - Peter Warrick, bust

2003 - Charles Rogers, bust

2003 - Andre Johnson, STUD

2004 - Larry Fitz, STUD

2005 - Braylon Edwards, overall? bust. 1 year wonder. 

2007 - Megatron, STUD

2011 - AJ Green, STUD

 

2012 - Blackmon, INC. 

 

note, Tim Brown was actually picked 6th overall, I initially thought top 5. 

 

Yeah, you need to downplay Fryar and his nearly 13,000 yards receiving, 80+ TDs, and 5 Pro Bowls as being undeserving of the pick.

 

You could do the same type of analysis for every position drafted in the top 5 and you'd probably see a very similar trend for the % of hits that came from the top of the drafts over the past 30+ years. 

 

Should we just not draft anyone, or is it only acceptable to reach on an overrated (by you) QB?

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