Fun Draft Day articles #1, Historyu of the draft

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On draft day, I'll relay some teasers and their free articles web site URL from Chris Landry concerning the NFL draft and / or scouting.  Here is the first of these:   History of the NFL draft.

Some teasers:

 

1974 PITTSBURGH STEELERS: Following the previous years drafts where they acquired Joe Greene, LC Greenwood, Terry Bradshaw, Mel Blount, Jack Ham, Greg Mullins, Dwight White, Ernie Holmes, Larry Brown, Mike Wagner, JT Thomas and Franco Harris, Pittsburgh may well have had the best draft ever to add to that group-

 

Art Rooney Jr., Dick Haley and Chuck Noll. Scouts Bill Nunn and Tim Rooney

 

1st round=   USC WR         Lynn Swann
2nd round=   Kent St LB     Jack Lambert
didn’t have 3rd round pick—was traded to Raiders
4th round=   Alabama A&M WR John Stallworth
5th rd=      Wisconsin OC   Mike Webster (thought to be too light)

 

(many in the league thought Lambert was a reach, Stallworth had previously ran a bad time but the Steelers re-timed him again at later date, and while others thought Webster was too light, the Steelers thought he played stronger on film)

Next, All Pro QB's do not necessarily make good GM's / HC (and a story of why you stay true to your board!)-

 

1981—Missing out on Joe Montana, Packers HC/GM Bart Starr had to get a QB to try and save his job and took CAL QB Rich Campbell overruling the scouts who wanted to take USC Safety Ronnie Lott.

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Read much more here-

 

https://landryfootball.com/nfl-draft-history-free/