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Originally Posted by Paintrain
I've noted in a couple of threads that we have drafted the most number of players (21) in the league and the most OL (7) over the past 3 drafts
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Agreed with the other stuff you said. I keep seeing from lots of people that we drafted the most players over 3 drafts, only 21 guys, 7 picks a year. Seemed odd for that to be the most, so I looked at a couple other teams:
The past 3 drafts according to
Pro-Football-Reference.com - Pro Football Statistics and History
Patriots - 28 (
LINK)
Eagles - 33! (
LINK)
Steelers - 26 (
LINK)
Does our "21 players over 3 years" refer to players that survive their first training camp? The most players our franchise has drafted over a 3 year span? Considering the draft used to be 12 rounds deep probably not. Or is it a simple mistake?
Edit: Just counted my own list, lol. We've drafted 21 players the past two drafts, 27 total the past 3 drafts. Looking at those other teams now:
Edit 2: OK, over a two year span:
Patriots: 14
Eagles: 20
Steelers: 16
Redskins: 21
Edit 3: We had the most players drafted the past TWO drafts at 21. Vikings and Eagles each drafted 20. And more than one team drafted more than we did over the past three drafts.