March 08, 2018
I write this post every year, and it really doesn't mean anything, but it feels like something to do, so you'll read it and like it. Anyway, I took a look at the 32nd overall pick – the Philadelphia Eagles' pick currently in the 2018 NFL Draft – over the last 25 years, and found that it's a shockingly bad group.
Here's the list:
Year | Pick No. 32 |
2017 | Ryan Ramczyk, OT, Saints |
2016 | Emmanuel Ogbah, DE, Browns |
2015 | Malcom Brown, DT, Patriots |
2014 | Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Vikings |
2013 | Matt Elam, S, Ravens |
2012 | David Wilson, RB, Giants |
2011 | Derek Sherrod, OT, Packers |
2010 | Patrick Robinson, CB, Saints |
2009 | Ziggy Hood, DT, Steelers |
2008 | Phillip Merling, DE, Dolphins |
2007 | Anthony Gonzalez, WR, Colts |
2006 | Mathias Kiwanuka, DE, Giants |
2005 | Logan Mankins, OG, Patriots |
2004 | Benjamin Watson, TE, Patriots |
2003 | Tyler Brayton, DE, Raiders |
2002 | Patrick Ramsey, QB, Redskins |
2001 | Drew Brees, QB, Chargers |
2000 | Dennis Northcutt, WR, Browns |
1999 | Kevin Johnson, WR, Browns |
1998 | Jerome Pathon, WR, Colts |
1997 | Nathan Davis, DE, Falcons |
1996 | Leeland McElroy, RB, Cardinals |
1995 | Craig Newsome, CB, Packers |
1994 | Eric Mahlum, OG, Colts |
1993 | Ben Coleman, OG. Cardinals |
Drew Brees is going to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, Logan Mankins was a very good guard in the NFL for a long time, Ben Watson is still in the league, and Ryan Ramczyk had a good rookie season. Other than those guys? Yikes! I mean, who in the hell is Eric Mahlum?
So should the Eagles trade out? Trade up? Forfeit the pick? Run naked through the streets? I say yes.
Here are the players drafted at each of their other draft slots since 2010. They are also not very pretty.
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