An interesting look at how many all-pro's have been drafted across the league the last 10 years, and the corresponding success of those teams. Not surprisingly, the Browns and Lions are the worst. The best? The Pats then the Ravens. The Jets fall in the middle. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The New England Patriots and Cleveland's old friend, Bill Belichick, find more stars through the NFL Draft than any other team Fifteen AP All-Pros from 2002-11, excluding special-teams players, were drafted by the Patriots since quarterback Rich Gannon in 1987, dating back to before Belichick was the coach. Not surprisingly, the Patriots have won more games than any other team over the last 10 seasons. Conversely, the Browns have found the fewest All-Pros in the draft -- they were absent from the draft from 1996-98 -- and own the NFL's second-worst record over the last decade. Excluding undrafted and special-teams players, 232 different draftees since Jerry Rice in 1986 became an All-Pro at least once over the last 10 seasons. This will come as no shock, but a team's ability to find eventual All-Pros in the draft and its winning percentage is no coincidence. The chart below shows the number of All-Pros and the team originally drafting each. http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/04/new_england_patriots_best_clev.html
We appear at #13 on that list and thats only because when you have the same number of All Pros drafted its ranked by your record over that period - actually only 7 teams have drafted more All Pros than the Jets which is impossible because I read elsewhere that the Jets are terrible at the draft.
