By Will Milano
The NFL Draft is always fascinating for many reasons. The real-time drama unfolds as teams select what they consider to be the best 256 college football prospects. It triggers immediate debate, judgment, hope and frustration from fans and draft analysts looking to see who “won” the draft and is best set up to win in the fall.
The reality is, the vast majority of NFL Draft picks will make minimal or even no impact on their new teams in their first year. They bring talent and a track record of success from their college programs and in most cases are highly motivated. But they lack experience and are far from finished products. Does that mean they were bad selections? Hardly. It’s what teams do with new team members in the months and years after they get them into their building that matters most.
This is very often the same case