https://davidcbillingsley.com/coding/is-bill-belichick-a-bad-drafter/
My critique: Belichick has always Drafted for Value, and despite his filibustering in the past, “Value” has always been about factoring $Money for Post-Rookie Veteran contracts; nothing else. DE and OLB are the most glaring areas.
Belichick’s Draft Busts in quests for value always left the Team with glaring and detrimental needs left to be filled, and those needs were always at everywhere on the DL, especially DE, and OLB. WR as well
He has a horrible pattern of behavior in wasting 2nd to 4th Round Picks on DBs (Jordan Richards, Ras-I Dowling, Tavon Wilson, Duke Dawson).
His stinkers list at RB and WR are atrociously bad too.
My only issue with Bill’s drafting is his unexplainable desire to go off the board with most of the first rounders we’ve had in the past.
I think we’ve done well above average in the later rounds, though, and that’s no accident. BB is all about value and that’s no secret.
Running back? Besides Pierre strong and Kevin Harris I’ve always believed Belichick got good use out of every RB pick. Vereen, White, Ridley, Stevenson , Michel all gave us at least 2000 yards of production over their career with with us. They may not have been elite but they were productive
Belichick ruined Vereen and Ridley, especially Ridley by 2013. He put him the Doghouse on the Bench too soon.
Belichick fucked up in 2018. He passed on Nick Chubb.
Look at Chubb’s 2018 Rookie outing, playing for a Bottom-5 Oline and Bottom-5 QB led offense. Imagine him with Brady and Gronk that year.
God, so much effort on such a low quality post. Our defensive line, OLB, and RBs have been solid for 20 years. There’s a point where you need to look past the data. I’m not sure if you took into consideration that having studs already in place means these draftees were going to be busts no matter what. Just consider the names of players we had at those positions and tell me what drafted players were going to take over for them…
Most of the draft experts here on /r/patriots are looking at drafts a year or two later and going “OMG WE COULD HAVE HAD (PLAYER) INSTEAD OF (DRAFTED PLAYER” in hindsight, as if a bunch of other teams also didn’t pass on that player, etc.