BOSSHOGG30
04-14-2008, 12:31 PM
Pro Football Weekly has done an analysis of the last five draft classes, and here's the tail end of the article.
"Six teams have not drafted a Pro Bowler in the past five seasons — the Packers, Buccaneers, Panthers, Broncos, Raiders and Dolphins. Every one of those clubs but Oakland had head coaches during that five-year period with significant, if not complete, control over personnel. That approach would appear to be a really bad idea and suggests that the Dolphins and Falcons, in first seeking strong front-office guys before hiring head coaches, were moving in the right direction.
While I take no satisfaction in anointing the worst personnel department in the NFL over the past five seasons — at least as it relates to college scouting and talent evaluation — the Broncos are the winners/losers in a rout. Despite being tied for the seventh-most total draft choices (26) from 2003-05, the Broncos are last in players drafted over that span who were still on the roster (four), 31st in players drafted the past five years who were still on the roster (13), and last in starters drafted between 2003-05 (one) and over the past five seasons (five).
The Broncos are tied for 25th in undrafted rookie free agents to make a roster, but only the Saints, Bucs and 49ers have fewer. Mike Shanahan has earned his reputation as one of the best coaches in the NFL, but it would appear to have been well past the time for him to find someone else to oversee Denver’s personnel department. The Broncos fired longtime GM Ted Sundquist in March, but most observers believe Shanahan has had a much greater role in the team’s personnel decisions than Sundquist ever did."
http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW...ntro.htm#teams
OUCH!
"Six teams have not drafted a Pro Bowler in the past five seasons — the Packers, Buccaneers, Panthers, Broncos, Raiders and Dolphins. Every one of those clubs but Oakland had head coaches during that five-year period with significant, if not complete, control over personnel. That approach would appear to be a really bad idea and suggests that the Dolphins and Falcons, in first seeking strong front-office guys before hiring head coaches, were moving in the right direction.
While I take no satisfaction in anointing the worst personnel department in the NFL over the past five seasons — at least as it relates to college scouting and talent evaluation — the Broncos are the winners/losers in a rout. Despite being tied for the seventh-most total draft choices (26) from 2003-05, the Broncos are last in players drafted over that span who were still on the roster (four), 31st in players drafted the past five years who were still on the roster (13), and last in starters drafted between 2003-05 (one) and over the past five seasons (five).
The Broncos are tied for 25th in undrafted rookie free agents to make a roster, but only the Saints, Bucs and 49ers have fewer. Mike Shanahan has earned his reputation as one of the best coaches in the NFL, but it would appear to have been well past the time for him to find someone else to oversee Denver’s personnel department. The Broncos fired longtime GM Ted Sundquist in March, but most observers believe Shanahan has had a much greater role in the team’s personnel decisions than Sundquist ever did."
http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW...ntro.htm#teams
OUCH!