Here is a better conversation starter than my lame post from earlier this morning.
Here's little statistical data for those of you arguing against the Kansas City Chiefs drafting Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry with the #3 overall pick.
Walter Football was kind enough to put together a chart of the top three picks since 1998 by position.
|
NFL Draft Year
|
No. 1
|
No. 2
|
No. 3
|
|
2008
|
OT
|
DE
|
QB
|
|
2007
|
QB
|
WR
|
OT
|
|
2006
|
DE
|
RB
|
QB
|
|
2005
|
QB
|
RB
|
WR
|
|
2004
|
QB
|
OT
|
WR
|
|
2003
|
QB
|
WR
|
WR
|
|
2002
|
QB
|
DE
|
QB
|
|
2001
|
QB
|
OT
|
DT
|
|
2000
|
DE
|
OLB
|
OT
|
|
1999
|
QB
|
QB
|
QB
|
|
1998
|
QB
|
QB
|
DE
|
And for those that don't want to do the work of adding up the number of times each position was taken with those picks, here you go:
|
Position
|
Amount
|
|
QBs
|
14
|
|
RBs
|
2
|
|
WRs
|
5
|
|
TEs
|
0
|
|
OTs
|
5
|
|
G/C
|
0
|
|
DEs
|
5
|
|
DTs
|
1
|
|
LBs
|
1
|
|
DBs
|
0
|
This post from Walter Football was actually done in response to questions about why the crew there didn't have Aaron Curry being drafted by the Chiefs in their mock draft. This data was one of the main reasons the staff there chose Mark Sanchez for the Chiefs.
We're going to roll out the Mock Draft Tracker later today hopefully so make sure you stick around for that.
DJ talked about this same topic a few weeks ago.