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.
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.