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Originally Posted by irish

I think they have done a decent job with 1st round picks but after that they dont really have any pics so they cant build any foundation. Anyone that remotely follows college ball can make decent 1st round picks, it the later rounds that provide the foundation & depth all consistent winners in the nfl have.

Assuming that we don't know if a player is a bust until his third season, let's look at 2005 first round picks who appear to be busts in year 3:

Alex Smith (#1)
Cedric Benson (#4)
Pacman Jones (#6)
Troy Williamson (#7)
Mike Williams (#10)
Erasmus James (#18)
Matt Jones (#21)

I may be missing some, but those are 1st round busts from just one draft. Projecting college players to the NFL is not as easy as you make it out to be.