How Many Successful Players From this Draft Will Make It A Good Draft?

[WPBCowboysFan]

Some here are happy with this draft.

Some are ready to jump . . . . . . . . . calling it a disaster . . . . . . . . .

And, some are anywhere in between.

In all seriousness, we will not know how successful this draft is/was until the future.

How many guys from this draft have to make meaningful contributions on this team for this draft to be considered a success?

One?

Two?

Three?

Four?

More?

 

[Eskimo]

It depends on how good they are.

If Claiborne is Deion Jr. then it is already a good draft no matter what else happens.

Otherwise I usually like 3 quality starters for a good draft.

4 quality starters is a very good draft.

5 quality starters is a home run draft.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

It depends on how good they are.

If Claiborne is Deion Jr. then it is already a good draft no matter what else happens.

Otherwise I usually like 3 quality starters for a good draft.

4 quality starters is a very good draft.

5 quality starters is a home run draft.

You also have to figure time in this equation.

How long does it take for any of these guys to become a stater?

That's an important part of this also.

 

[Doomsday101]

Hard to put a number on it when they are so many different packages where guys are rotating in and out of the games. I would say if you can walk away to 2 or 3 starters and others who can come in and contribute you did good

 

[a_minimalist]

IMO in anything like a draft if you get 50% or better you did very well. It's all a gamble.

 

[Eskimo]

You also have to figure time in this equation.

How long does it take for any of these guys to become a stater?

That's an important part of this also.

Those numbers I put up are for the third year in the league. However, I usually want 1 rookie starter by end of year 1 and 3 sophomore starters by end of year 2. Then 3 quality starters in year 3.

The reason I put quality is you could walk out a terrible player and start him and that doesn't count. I'm talking about a slightly above average starting player.

 

[masomenos]

Some here are happy with this draft.

Some are ready to jump . . . . . . . . . calling it a disaster . . . . . . . . .

And, some are anywhere in between.

In all seriousness, we will not know how successful this draft is/was until the future.

How many guys from this draft have to make meaningful contributions on this team for this draft to be considered a success?

One?

Two?

Three?

Four?

More?

Well, I think the most basic measure of draft success is to look at how long the player stays with the team that drafts him. In four years, if 2 guys are playing beyond their rookie contracts then it will have been a worthwhile draft.

 

[theogt]

My expectations, regardless of where they are drafted:

Claiborne -- Obvious starter. Biggest impact player we could have picked in the entire draft.

Crawford -- 30% rotation guy in year 1. Hopeful starter in year 2 depending on level of development.

Wilber -- Low expectations. It may take him several years before he contributes in any way.

Matt Johnson -- Will get reps at safety this year spelling Pool. If he does well, expect him to start in year 2. He's excellent against the run and is the best athlete we have at the safety position. With the amount of INTs he had, you'd expect he has ball skills, but it's hard to say without seeing him play too much in coverage.

Danny Coale -- Day one he's our #3 receiver. Expect him to be that for the near future too.

James Hanna -- I'm suspiciuos. But the athleticism alone makes him worth a 6th round pick. He'll get on the field due simply to the lack of depth at the position. Will be interesting to see how he responds.

 

[goshan]

It isn't successful with one 'Deion'.
We would need at least one other good starter.

I think 3 is the magic number in terms of good starters unless Mo is exceptional, then 2 would still make it good.

 

[The Quest for Six]

better question, is this a successful draft??

I have to say NO....Dallas even with signing some good value free agents, still has a ton of holes, they needed to come out of this draft with three or four starters or major contributors this year, they came away with ONE, from the third round on, those guys are projects, nothing more so for me this draft is a "D"

 

[theogt]

It isn't successful with one 'Deion'.
We would need at least one other good starter.

I think 3 is the magic number in terms of good starters unless Mo is exceptional, then 2 would still make it good.

BS. If you say you're getting Deion for sure -- you trade all 7 draft picks for him.

 

[SWG9]

If Claiborne is everything that we think he's going to be, IMO, we only need one other player to pan out for me to call this a success.

 

[Tabascocat]

I say "one" if Claiborne turns out to be the stud everyone thinks. And if Coale starts as our 3rd receiver, then this draft was a huge success.

Drafting Claiborne to me is like getting two premium picks in the top 10 if he shuts down his side of the field.

 

[SWG9]

I say "one" if Claiborne turns out to be the stud everyone thinks. And if Coale starts as our 3rd receiver, then this draft was a huge success.

Drafting Claiborne to me is like getting two premium picks in the top 10 if he shuts down his side of the field.

The more I think on it, the more I believe that Coale will be the second biggest difference maker in this draft.

Good route runners with good hands tend to wind up with pretty solid NFL careers.

I kind of see him filling the Crayton role here, except with more speed...

 

[gimmesix]

It depends on how good they are.

If Claiborne is Deion Jr. then it is already a good draft no matter what else happens.

Otherwise I usually like 3 quality starters for a good draft.

4 quality starters is a very good draft.

5 quality starters is a home run draft.

Actually, on average, two to three starters is a quality draft, and that's if you have all of your top picks (1-3).

 

[Ren]

3, if you get 3 quality starters out of a draft class then you got to consider it good

 

[MOZONE]

Some here are happy with this draft.

Some are ready to jump . . . . . . . . . calling it a disaster . . . . . . . . .

And, some are anywhere in between.

In all seriousness, we will not know how successful this draft is/was until the future.

How many guys from this draft have to make meaningful contributions on this team for this draft to be considered a success?

One?

Two?

Three?

Four?

More?

The real question is , how many more of these drafts do we have to sit thru and watch real talent go off the board while we draft like were smarter then everyone else and know something no other teams know yet we fail consistently in the draft .

I love this team and after a TREMENDOUS beginning to this draft we outsmart ourselves yet again .
Th only pick i like besides Mo of course is Hanna .

Other than that blahhhh

 

[The Quest for Six]

Drafting Claiborne to me is like getting two premium picks in the top 10 if he shuts down his side of the field.

in the new NFL with all the mulitple receiver sets, you're not shutting down half the field with one corner....

 

[Tabascocat]

in the new NFL with all the mulitple receiver sets, you're not shutting down half the field with one corner....

True, but it does relieve some pressure off the others a bit and they can concentrate better on their assignments.

I am still ecstatic over the pick, wanted DeCastro because in no way did I think we had a chance for Claiborne.

 

[Slashar00]

If Claiborne becomes as good as he's supposed to be, then I'll only need one of the other guys to become a long time starter for this to be an excellent draft for me.

Of course, a couple of other guys need to be quality backups, but other than that, I think we'll be fine with this draft.