I really wonder how they determined this. Position matters a huge amount for success of draft picks. QBs taken outside the the first round are generally wasted picks (even outside the top 10 really). Even then that position has a huge bust rate. Conversely offensive and defensive line picks are generally pretty safe in the early rounds that you will get someone respectable. If you lump the QB position in with everything else the numbers look a lot different.
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So I am curious if the study included an analysis of the performance of the teams drafting those players.
Based on the article the study sure did a thorough eval of the players performance over their first four years in the league.
Who picks in the top ten? SHIT TEAMS!
I have watched so many great players careers end before those careers got started at Cleveland, NYJ, Arizona, Miami and more. Holy hell any high round draft pick going to Washington was fucked until that organization rid itself of the malignancy that is Dan Snyder.