Mayhew WORST drafter by WIDE margin

[Gulf of Brazil]

Let us not stop there at just 5 years. We might as well tell the whole truth.

Here's some data on how badly the Detroit Lions have drafted

But the Washington Post unleashed a plethora of data visualizations on how all 32 NFL teams have drafted since 1996, so let's have a little fun and see just how bad the Lions have drafted the past two decades.

Using draft values and metrics from ProFootballReference.com, the Washington Post compiled data from each NFL team's draft performance and stacked them up across the league. Here's what they've found out:

The Lions rank 28th in the NFL with an "average draft value" of 11.1 per draft pick. The overall league average is 12.7. The Pittsburgh Steelers rank No. 1 at 16.37, followed by the Indianapolis Colts (15.27), Green Bay Packers (14.86), Baltimore Ravens (14.71) and New England Patriots (14.71). It should be no coincidence that each of those teams have won at least one Super Bowl since 1996 (four of them won at least two).

 

[Old Lion]

Is PFR much better than PFF?

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Is PFR much better than PFF?

they're inbreeding 1st cousins

I think.

 

[Stomp]

Is PFR much better than PFF?

yes they don't hide all the info they collect or charge you for some lame rating system

 

[broncosmitty]

Let us not stop there at just 5 years. We might as well tell the whole truth.

Here's some data on how badly the Detroit Lions have drafted

But the Washington Post unleashed a plethora of data visualizations on how all 32 NFL teams have drafted since 1996, so let's have a little fun and see just how bad the Lions have drafted the past two decades.

Using draft values and metrics from ProFootballReference.com, the Washington Post compiled data from each NFL team's draft performance and stacked them up across the league. Here's what they've found out:

The Lions rank 28th in the NFL with an "average draft value" of 11.1 per draft pick. The overall league average is 12.7. The Pittsburgh Steelers rank No. 1 at 16.37, followed by the Indianapolis Colts (15.27), Green Bay Packers (14.86), Baltimore Ravens (14.71) and New England Patriots (14.71). It should be no coincidence that each of those teams have won at least one Super Bowl since 1996 (four of them won at least two).

Kinda funny to me that 2001 was the best class for Detroit since 2012. (That doesn't make sense, but it's late, whatever.)

That's the angriest I've ever been during a draft. Two mediocre OLineman instead of Brees.

Still angry tbh.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

I'm astonished that you weren't head over heels for Backus and Raiola. Here, I thought all Lions fans were ecstatic

At least you have finally allowed this angst of yours to come out, in public, after all these years.

 

[RobBase]

I'm astonished that you weren't head over heels for Backus and Raiola. Here, I thought all Lions fans were ecstatic

At least you have finally allowed this angst of yours to come out, in public, after all these years.

I wanted the G from MI Seattle took one pick ahead of us, Hutchinson. After he went, Backus felt like leftovers.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

^^^
Had Hutchinson played for the Lions, he probably wouldn't have become the player that we saw playing for other teams.