The worst draft ever (1st rounds only)

[realultimatepower]

Modern era (lets say 1980 to present) only.

I nominate the first round of the 1991 draft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_NFL_Draft#Round_one

Russell Maryland turned out ok, but the rest of that list? Talk about crap.

Beat that.

[MattieShoes]

Quote: Originally Posted by realultimatepower

Modern era (lets say 1980 to present) only. I nominate the first round of the 1991 draft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_NFL_Draft#Round_one Russell Maryland turned out ok, but the rest of that list? Talk about crap. Beat that.

I wouldn't call Herman Moore crap... I remember Ted Washington too back when he was on the niners. I really don't remember most of the other guys though.

I poked through some other drafts... 1984's first round wasn't very impressive... I remember Irving Fryar well.

1986 was weird -- the best player in the draft was Bo Jackson but he didn't ever sign with Tampa -- he ended up getting re-drafted in 1987, right? It had a few solid players like Byars, Everett, and Neal Anderson. I mostly remember Anderson because he took over for Payton.

1992 has only 2 QBs, 3 RBs, 1 WR, and 2 TEs in the first round, and all of them were busts. There may have been some good players at the other positions but I have a tough time because I didn't pay any attention to the other positions back then. It gets special bonus points because the Colts had both the first and second overall pick, and both were busts. Ouch!

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The 1992 draft was definitely worse:

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-all-time.html

[mjb2124]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dislimb

The 1992 draft was definitely worse: http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-all-time.html

Oddly enough, the Steelers had a pretty good 92 draft:

Rd1: Leon Searcy
Rd2: Levon Kirkland
Rd3: Joel Steed

Not much after that (unless I missed it) but not a bad top 3.

91 draft was pretty brutal for them though.