I for one am completely torn on who I want in this years draft between Patrick Peterson and Marcell Dareus also I would be o.k with Von Miller. I decided to look at past drafts to see which position is safest by looking at the top 2 draft picks at each position and see what position has had more bust. Im only going to go back 5 years from 2005-2010
2005: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: Travis Johnson (16th) Mike Patterson (31)
Line Backers: Demarcus Ware (11th) Shawn Merriman (12th)
Cornerbacks: Pacman Jones (6th) Antrel Rolle (9th)
2006: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: Haloti Ngata (12th) Brodrick Bunkley (14th)
Line Backers: A.J Hawk (5th) Ernie Sims (9th)
Cornerbacks: Ty Hill (15th) Antonio Cromartie (19th)
2007: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: Amobi Okoye (10th) Adam Carriker
Line Backers: Patrick Willis (11th) Lawernce Timmons (15th)
Cornerbacks: Darrell Revis (14th) Leon Hall (18th)
2008: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: Glenn Dorsey (5th) Sedrick Ellis (7th)
Line Backers: Vernon Gholston (6th) Keith Rivers (9th)
Cornerbacks: Leodis McKelvin (11th) Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (16th)
2009: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: B.J Raji (9th) Jerry Peria (24th)
Line Backers: Aaron Curry (4th) Brian Cushing (15th)
Cornerbacks: Malcom Jenkins (14th) Vonte Davis (25th)
2010: Top 2 Defensive Tackles:Ndamukong Suh (2nd) Gerald McCoy (3rd)
Line Backers: Rolando McClain (8th) Sean Witherspoon (19th)
Cornerbacks: Joe Haden (7th) Kareem Jackson (20th)
Outlook: Defensive Tackles (5 Top Ten Picks): Suh and Ngata are the only Pro Bowlers. While Raji and Ellis are both solid players. It's still to early to tell with McCoy but overall seems like DT is a very risky pick.
Line Backers (6 Top Ten picks) Gholston and Rivers both look like bust but with Ware, Willis, Timmons. Cushing and McClain linebacker seems like a pretty solid pick with not a ton of risk.
Cornerbacks: (3 Top Ten Picks) 2007 was a great year with Revis and Hall and 2009 as well with Jenkins and Davis. Haden also looks good although there may be a reason CB's don't often get picked that high.
So overall it seems like Linebacker is by far the safest with cornerback being the second safest. Not saying Dareus will be a bust and Miller and Peterson will be HOF'ers but it is interesting to see how past draft picks have turned out.
2005: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: Travis Johnson (16th) Mike Patterson (31)
Line Backers: Demarcus Ware (11th) Shawn Merriman (12th)
Cornerbacks: Pacman Jones (6th) Antrel Rolle (9th)
2006: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: Haloti Ngata (12th) Brodrick Bunkley (14th)
Line Backers: A.J Hawk (5th) Ernie Sims (9th)
Cornerbacks: Ty Hill (15th) Antonio Cromartie (19th)
2007: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: Amobi Okoye (10th) Adam Carriker
Line Backers: Patrick Willis (11th) Lawernce Timmons (15th)
Cornerbacks: Darrell Revis (14th) Leon Hall (18th)
2008: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: Glenn Dorsey (5th) Sedrick Ellis (7th)
Line Backers: Vernon Gholston (6th) Keith Rivers (9th)
Cornerbacks: Leodis McKelvin (11th) Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (16th)
2009: Top 2 Defensive Tackles: B.J Raji (9th) Jerry Peria (24th)
Line Backers: Aaron Curry (4th) Brian Cushing (15th)
Cornerbacks: Malcom Jenkins (14th) Vonte Davis (25th)
2010: Top 2 Defensive Tackles:Ndamukong Suh (2nd) Gerald McCoy (3rd)
Line Backers: Rolando McClain (8th) Sean Witherspoon (19th)
Cornerbacks: Joe Haden (7th) Kareem Jackson (20th)
Outlook: Defensive Tackles (5 Top Ten Picks): Suh and Ngata are the only Pro Bowlers. While Raji and Ellis are both solid players. It's still to early to tell with McCoy but overall seems like DT is a very risky pick.
Line Backers (6 Top Ten picks) Gholston and Rivers both look like bust but with Ware, Willis, Timmons. Cushing and McClain linebacker seems like a pretty solid pick with not a ton of risk.
Cornerbacks: (3 Top Ten Picks) 2007 was a great year with Revis and Hall and 2009 as well with Jenkins and Davis. Haden also looks good although there may be a reason CB's don't often get picked that high.
So overall it seems like Linebacker is by far the safest with cornerback being the second safest. Not saying Dareus will be a bust and Miller and Peterson will be HOF'ers but it is interesting to see how past draft picks have turned out.
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