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Cerrato out drafted Belichick - History Lesson #2 on Shanahan (cont.)


There have been a number of responses that suggest that a comparison of Shanahan to Ozzie Newsome and the folks up in New England would be a better way to evaluate. Asked and answered. Below you will find New England and Baltimore drafts from 2006 - 2008, which is the same period that Shanahan was drafting, in addition to the fact that you need 2-3 years to really evaluate a draft.

Reminder:
The (+) by the names are guys who turned into legitimate NFL ball players. The (*) represents guys who are at least still in the NFL.

Again...Bruce Allen drafting terrifies me (http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?teamId=4900&type=team)

2008 NFL DRAFT

Round

NEW ENGLAND

Round

BALTIMORE

#1

+Jerod Mayo

#1

+Joe Flacco

#2

Terrence Wheatley

#2

+Ray Rice

#3

*Shawn Crable

#3

*Tavares Gooden

#3

Kevin O’Connell

#3

*Tom Zbikowski

#4

*Johnathan Wihite

#3

+Oniel Cousins

#5

Matt Slater

#4

*Marcus Smith

#6

Bo Rudd

#4

David Hale

#6

+Haruki Nakamura

#7

Justin Harper

#7

Allen Patrick

New England [2008] = 3 of 3 needs met (1 LB still starting – 2 LB & CB legit players)

Baltimore [2008] = 3 of 4 needs met (2 QB & T still starting – 3 unidentified needs starting, 2 still in NFL)

2007 NFL DRAFT

Round

NEW ENGLAND

Round

BALTIMORE

#1

+Brandon Meriweather

#1

+Ben Grubbs

#4

Clint Oldenburg

#3

*Yamon Figures

#5

Justin Rodgers

#3

+Marshal Yanda

#6

Mike Richardson

#4

*Antwan Barnes

#6

Justise Hairston

#4

+Le’Ron McClain

#6

Corey Hillard

#5

*Troy Smith

#7

Oscar Lua

#6

*Prescott Burgess

#7

Mike Elgin

+Jared Gaither

New England [2008] = 4 of 4 needs met (1 S starting – 7 out of the 8 picks no longer in NFL)

Baltimore [2008] = 1 of 4 needs met (1 LB 2nd String – 4 unidentified needs legit, 3 still in NFL)

2006 NFL DRAFT

Round

NEW ENGLAND

Round

BALTIMORE

#1

*Laurence Maroney

#1

+Haloti Ngata

#2

Chad Jackson

#2

+Chris Chester

#3

+David Thomas

#3

David Pittman

#4

Garrett Milles

#4

Demetrius Williams

#4

+Stephen Gostkowski

#4

P.J. Daniels

#5

*Ryan O’Callaghan

#5

+Dawan Landry

#6

+Jeremy Mincey

#5

*Quinn Sypniewski

#6

Dan Stevenson

#6

+Sam Koch

#6

Le Kevin Smith

#6

Derrick Martin

#7

Willie Andrews

#7

Ryan Lacasse

New England [2006] = 4 of 6 needs met (1 K still starting – 3 unidentified needs met OL, DL, TE)

Baltimore [2006] = 3 of 4 needs met (1 DB still starting – 3 unidentified needs met DT, OL, P)

2006 – 2008 Drafts Historically

Belichick: 5 out of 25 guys drafted that are legitimate NFL players

Ozzie: 12 out of 27 guys drafted that are legitimate NFL players

Cerrato: 4 out of 21 guys drafted that are legitimate NFL players

Shanahan: 12 out of 20 guys drafted that are legitimate NFL players