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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 512940" data-attributes="member: 5830">All teams start off with 7 picks in the draft in the modern era, so 3 starters is a 42% success rate. Based on my draft records, Ron Wolf averaged 47% and Ted Thompson is at 45% - excluding the recent draft and those players from previous drafts who shouldn't be fully assessed yet due to injuries. Granted that my definition of success is different than "starters" since not all players that start multiple games for the club end up being a successful draft pick. Examples = Terrell Buckley, John Michels, Najeh Davenport, Alex Green, etc. A team is made up of 53 players with only 24 starters (including kickers) so more than half of the squad can be solid contributors/good draft picks without being a starter. Newhouse is the perfect example. He can start but he's not ideal, but for a 5th round draft choice he's a solid backup that can mostly get the job done. If the measure of success is that the player was a solid contributor (starter or backup) for more than just two or three seasons, that's a successful pick in the draft IMO. Bart Starr had a 25% success rate in the draftForrest Gregg had a 32% success rate in the draftTom Braatz had a 33% success rate in the draftMike Sherman had a 24% success rate in the draftWolf and Thompson are mountains above the rest, and it speaks to the division titles and Super Bowl trophies under their direction.</blockquote>

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