NFL Draft - Part 1

So, as anyone can guess, I love the NFL draft. No biggie there. I think it's always interesting when people try and figure out who had the best draft because you really can't tell how a player is going to respond to being in the NFL. You see, now instead of having someone look over their shoulder every minute of every day, these players fianlly have some freedom. If they don't want to go to practice, they don't have to. If they don't want to study the playbook, they don't have to. If they want to go to vegas and start a fight that will eventually paralize a bouncer, they can do that. So, it's really hard to say who had the best draft class the couple days after the draft happened. We have to wait to see how they perform on the field. With that being, I think the best draft in the last 5 years has to be the Giants draft class of last year. They had 6 draft picks. Of those 6 picks, 5 played a significant part in their superbowl run and win. Pick #1 was Aaron Ross who ended up being the starting CB midway through the season. Pick #2 was Steve Smith. He was injured for most of the season but he came through big time in the post season and also in the superbowl. I don't know if we would have won if not for Steve Smith's catch on 3rd and 11, the play just before Plax's TD catch. Also, he had a huge 20 yard catch to set up the first TD. He's just good at getting open. Pick #3 was Jay Afford. Yeah, I think Tom Brady can still feel him after that last sack in which he crushed Brady into the turf. I can't remember who pick #4 was, but oh well. #5 was Kevin Boss. I'm not sure who hates him more, Jeremy Shockey or Rodney Harrison. I like him cause the guy is huge and he gives Eli another big target to hit. The last pick was Ahmad Bradshaw. He didn't do too much except for the Bills game in which he ran for 150 yards, but he always came up big in the playoffs. It seemed like he would replace Jacobs at the end of every game. I just don't know any team that has gotten that much production out of a draft class. Usually you don't see a team get production out of their bottom picks and their top picks, but the Giants ended up getting that. Could they end up being the new Patriots? We'll see. One last Giants note. I was sad that Gibril Wilson & Kavika Mitchell went to other teams, but I'm also glad that the Gmen didn't kill their cap room by overpaying for their services. That is definitely Patriot-esque.