5 Year Pro Football Weekly Rankings Analysis
How many times over the years have you looked at your favorite draft guide and decided based on its rankings who you want and not want your team to draft. I hope the tables below will make you do two things: 1) Stop you from getting too excited over the rank of your team's draft pick. 2) Stop you from getting too discouraged by the rank of your team's draft pick. This study utilizes the draft grades issued by Joel Buchsbaum of Pro Football Weekly in his last five "Draft Preview" books, covering years 1997-2001. If you bought this year's book, take it out right now and see how this year's prospects rank against these guys. |
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5.96 or above
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Round 1 |
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5.60-5.95
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Round 2 |
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5.40-5.59
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Round 3 |
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5.30-5.39
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Round 4 |
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5.15-5.29
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Round 5 |
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5.05-5.14
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Round 6-FA |
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QuarterBacks
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| 1...Peyton Manning |
7.90
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| 2...Ryan Leaf |
7.80
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| 3...Tim Couch |
7.02
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| 4...Donovan McNabb |
6.70
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| 5...Daunte Culpepper |
6.70
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| 6...Michael Vick |
6.60
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| 7...Akili Smith |
6.55
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| 8...Chad Pennington |
6.05
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| Notables: Drew Brees 6.00, Jake Plummer 5.95, Brian Griese 5.15 | |
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RunningBacks
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| 1...Ricky Williams |
7.50
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| 2...Curtis Enis |
7.40
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| 3...Edgerrin James |
7.00
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| 4...Thomas Jones |
6.60
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| 5...LaDainian Tomlinson |
6.40
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| 6...Warrick Dunn |
6.25
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| 7...Antowain Smith |
6.15
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| 8...Ron Dayne |
6.07
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| Notables: Fred Taylor 6.00, Corey Dillon 6.00, Duce Staley 5.50, Jamal Lewis 6.05 | |
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WideReceivers
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| 1...Peter Warrick |
8.00
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| 2...Tory Holt |
7.00
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| 3...Plaxico Burress |
6.55
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| 4...David Terrell |
6.40
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| 5...Koren Robinson |
6.40
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| 6...Yatil Green |
6.25
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| 7...David Boston |
6.20
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| 8...Kevin Dyson/Rae Carruth |
6.15
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| Notables: Randy Moss 6.05, Marcus Robinson 5.10, Germane Crowell 5.80 | |
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TightEnds
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| 1...Bubba Franks |
6.08
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| 2...Todd Heap |
6.00
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| 3...David LaFleur |
6.00
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| 4...Alge Crumpler |
6.00
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| 5...Tony Gonzalez |
5.95
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| 6...Anthony Becht |
5.85
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| 7...Freddie Jones |
5.80
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| 8...Alonzo Mayes |
5.70
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| Notables: Chad Lewis 5.35, Stephen Alexander 5.65, Jim Kleinsasser 5.65 | |
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FullBacks
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| 1...Rob Konrad |
5.80
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| 2...Shawn Bryson |
5.60
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| 3...Sammy Morris |
5.55
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| 4...Jerald Sowell |
5.55
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| 5...Heath Evans |
5.55
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| 6...Jonathan Linton |
5.55
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| 7...Chris Howard |
5.50
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| 8...Dan Alexander/Mark Edwards |
5.45
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| Notables: Fred Beasley 5.00, Terrell Smith 5.05 | |
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Offensive Lineman
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| 1...Orlando Pace |
8.50
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| 2...Chris Samuels |
7.00
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| 3...Walter Jones |
7.00
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| 4...Tra Thomas |
6.50
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| 5...Kyle Turley |
6.45
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| 6...John Tait |
6.25
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| 7...Leonard Davis |
6.20
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| 8...Kenyatta Walker |
6.20
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| Notables: Jason Fabini 5.46, Olin Kreutz 5.52, Jon Jansen 5.99, Matt Birk 5.01 | |
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Defensive Lineman
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| 1...Courtney Brown |
8.01
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| 2...Andre Wadsworth |
7.90
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| 3...Darrell Russell |
7.55
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| 4...Peter Boulware |
7.50
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| 5...Jevon Kearse |
7.00
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| 6...Corey Simon |
6.50
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| 7...Grant Wistrom |
6.50
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| 8...Gerard Warren |
6.41
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| Notables: Jason Taylor 6.05, Trevor Pryce 5.90, Darren Howard 5.85, Chris Hovan 6.10 | |
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LineBackers
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| 1...Lavar Arrington |
8.01
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| 2...Dwayne Rudd |
7.50
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| 3...Chris Claiborne |
7.01
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| 4...Keith Brooking |
6.50
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| 5...Brian Urlacher |
6.40
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| 6...Brian Simmons, James Farrior, Takeo Spikes, Anthony Simmons |
6.20
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| 7...John Abraham |
6.14
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| 8...Rob Morris |
6.14
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| Notables: Sam Cowart 6.00, Jeremiah Trotter 5.60, Dexter Coakley 5.60, London Fletcher 5.00, Dan Morgan 6.05 | |
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Defensive Backs
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| 1...Charles Woodson |
8.01
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| 2...Champ Bailey |
7.90
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| 3...Shawn Springs |
7.55
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| 4...Bryant Westbrook |
7.50
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| 5...Chris McAlister |
7.00
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| 6...Shaun Williams |
6.50
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| 7...Duane Starks |
6.50
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| 8...Fernando Bryant |
6.41
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| Notables: Samari Rolle 5.70, Darren Sharper 5.10, Sam Madison 6.00, Ronde Barber 5.60, Denard Walker 5.15, Nate Clements 6.02 | |