I always enjoy the NFL draft. There is way too much analysis by the "experts" leading up to it. Some of them actually make a living by being wrong on a regular basis and talking nonsense.
The draft is a very inexact science. It's hard to predict a player's future success in the NFL. There are so many factors that go into it.
The Pats have certainly had some great drafts over the years. There have also been selections that we should all forget.
Perhaps the greatest draft of all-time by any team was done by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1974. That draft yielded four Hall of Famers. No draft has ever matched that.
The Steelers started the first round by selecting WR Lynn Swann. They would pair him up with 4th round selection John Stallworth and form one of the most lethal receiving tandems in the 1970's. Snapping the ball to QB Terry Bradshaw would be Mike Webster who was picked in the 5th round.
One of their anchors on the legendary Steel Curtain defense was LB Jack Lambert who was picked in the 2nd round.
Teams can only dream of making picks like this. It probably will never happen again, especially with players moving around the way they do.
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