{"id":75828,"date":"2023-04-26T19:32:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T19:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/?p=75828"},"modified":"2023-04-26T19:32:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T19:32:47","slug":"5-worst-draft-teams-of-the-last-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runyourpool.com\/articles\/2023\/04\/26\/5-worst-draft-teams-of-the-last-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Worst NFL Draft Teams of the Last 5 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NFL Draft is here, along with the immense pressure placed on the league\u2019s 32 franchises to get things right. The decisions made over the course of draft weekend have major implications for how the coming campaigns play out on NFL fields. Those who have performed the worst in the NFL Draft over the last five years have felt the brunt of those blunders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To measure who exactly has received the least amount of value from their draft picks over the last half-decade, I utilized<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/about\/approximate_value.htm\"> Pro Football Reference\u2019s Weighted Approximate Value (wAV)<\/a>, which measures \u201cthe seasonal value of a player at any position from any year.\u201d The weighted element also balances the input of a player\u2019s best and worst seasons. I added up the wAV of each player selected by each team in the 2018 through 2022 NFL Drafts to determine the total value of all picks made in the last five Aprils. These are my findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most Approximate Value for Single Team<br>NFL History*<br><br>Tom Brady               280     Patriots<br>Brett Favre               222     Packers<br>Ray Lewis                219     Ravens<br>Peyton Manning       219     Colts<br>Drew Brees              218     Saints<br>*calculable back to 1960<\/p>&mdash; Pro Football Reference (@pfref) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pfref\/status\/1239901595820843008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disclaimer: This isn\u2019t the only way to look at things. You could have a team that has been very efficient with its draft picks, but because it didn\u2019t trade for more or shipped out some for other assets, its cumulative wAV number was affected. Conversely, loads of mid-level picks and busts could yield an inflated wAV total for a team that made tons of selections but struck gold on a small percentage. Plus, this doesn\u2019t take into account where a team drafts \u2013 if you have one of the best rosters in the NFL, loaded with talent that goes on deep playoff runs every year, you\u2019re probably picking late in most rounds, and your newly-acquired draftees are less likely to break through into the lineup, thus depressing your wAV stat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, I think this metric does a good job of painting the overall impact the last five drafts have had on each team in the NFL. Whether you pick first or 32nd, you have to live with the repercussions of how well that player fits into your system. Even if there are perfectly good explanations for a team to have a higher or lower wAV from the last five years, that doesn\u2019t make it any less real. The NFL Draft doesn\u2019t snake for a reason. Teams that win are supposed to eventually drop down to teams that used to lose. The best teams should have the worst drafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enough arguing with myself. Let\u2019s enjoy the show or lack thereof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5 Worst NFL Draft Teams of the Last 5 Years<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5: Tennessee Titans \u2013 250 wAV<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tennessee\u2019s 2019 draft went pretty well. Jeffrey Simmons and A.J. Brown, the team\u2019s first and second-round selections, have already been to two Pro Bowls each, and in all, that class has yielded the franchise with 15 seasons worth of primary starters. In total, 2019 makes up 128 of the team\u2019s 250 cumulative wAV since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJiS40fXAjc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Titans only had four picks in 2018, and only one of their six draftees from 2020, Kristian Fulton, became a primary starter at his position. Tennessee made 17 combined draft decisions in 2021 and 2022, with eight of those in the drafts\u2019 first 100 picks. If some of those players pan out nicely, this will look much different down the road. But 2018 and 2020 have the Titans here, at least for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4: Kansas City Chiefs \u2013 249 wAV<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chiefs have been to every AFC Championship Game since 2018 and won two Super Bowls in that time. They have had bottom-priority picks for years, and their team is already full of NFL stars. My five-year cutoff also excludes the Patrick Mahomes draft class by one year. It makes sense that they\u2019d be low on this metric\u2019s list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F1jur2ojU0U\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year, Kansas City has added some starters to its team through the draft. But the Chiefs haven\u2019t generated any big hits yet, just a handful of decent pickups each time out that are surrounded by duds. Last April was the only draft of the last five in which Kansas City had more than six picks, adding 10 players to its arsenal. Perhaps that class, currently headlined by seventh-rounder Isiah Pacheco and first-rounder George Karlaftis III, will carry the Chiefs out of this bottom five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3: New York Jets \u2013 224 wAV<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considering how high the Jets have been picking the last five years, this is absolutely disgusting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite drafting in the top four in four of the last five Aprils, New York has still been one of the worst teams on draft day in the past half-decade. The Jets aren\u2019t down here because they whiffed on all of those early opportunities \u2013 Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner already have All-Pro distinctions to their names. But there have been a ridiculous number of misses otherwise on the enormous amount of picks this franchise has made in recent drafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KaQTOFgyF0o\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dating back to 2018, the Jets have made 38 draft picks, but those have only accounted for 28 seasons worth of primary starters. The 2020 draft is looking like a fantastic flop, with nine players returning an output of just 33-total wAV for New York. There are some exciting prospects from the last two drafts, but it\u2019s impossible to ignore what looks like a bad decision to take Zach Wilson with the No. 2 overall pick in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the 2021 and 2022 classes phase further into the lineup, perhaps the Jets will reap rewards. But there\u2019s no question that they\u2019ve been one of the worst drafting teams in the NFL for years now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2: Houston Texans \u2013 205 wAV<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tytus Howard, Houston\u2019s first-round pick in 2019, has offered the franchise the best wAV of any player it has selected in the last five drafts: 23. In 2020, the Texans added only two-seasons worth of primary starters to their roster. This team has not maximized its opportunities on draft day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also hasn\u2019t had very many. Between 2018 and 2021, the Texans made just one first-round pick: Howard in 2019. Houston shipped its 2018 first-rounder to Cleveland in 2017 for the pick it used to select DeShaun Watson, unknowingly giving away a top-five overall draft selection. The team\u2019s 2020 and 2021 first-rounders were used to acquire Kenny Stills and Laremy Tunsil from the Dolphins, which included what became the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QYsmMqgK8s8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Houston picked up plenty of draft capital by dumping DeShaun Watson onto the Browns, bringing that saga full circle, and made two first-round picks in 2022, with even more on the way in the coming Aprils. How the Texans use those picks over the next few years will have serious ramifications on their escape from the NFL\u2019s basement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1: New Orleans Saints \u2013 168 wAV<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you moved the cutoff back by one year, the Saints could claim the 2017 draft that includes Alvin Kamara, Ryan Ramczyk, Marshon Lattimore, and Trey Hendrickson. But I only went as far back as 2018, which captures a long draft-day dry spell in New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Saints have not picked a player with a wAV of 25 or more in the last five years. Between the 2018 and 2022 drafts, New Orleans has only generated 22 seasons worth of primary starters, the joint-fewest in the league with the Rams. In 2019 and 2020, the Saints only made nine picks, and second-rounder Erik McCoy was the most impactful of the bunch. This team was also winning for the first half of the considered period, making the playoffs in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Even when it had picks, they weren\u2019t especially high. Plus, Chris Olave, the team\u2019s choice with the No. 11 overall pick in 2022, racked up more than 1,000 receiving yards in his rookie season and could blossom into something greater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sHOA4Lpy2Xo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the Saints have little to show on their return from the last five rounds of youth investment. Almost 60 percent of their picks between 2018 and 2021 have never become primary starters at their positions. New Orleans has not done well with their recent drafts, point blank. Based on wAV, this franchise has been the worst in the last five NFL Drafts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These teams have been in a world of pain with their draft picks the last five years. Here are the worst drafters of the last five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":75829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[797,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-nfl-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Worst NFL Draft Teams of the Last 5 Years | The Poolside Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These teams have been in a world of pain with their draft picks the last five years. 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