2005 NFL Draft First Round: From Alex Smith to Logan Mankins, GMs Got It Wrong

Published: November 16, 2007, 6:38 am

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Filed under: Patriots, Vikings, NFL Draft, MinnesotaTake a look at the first round of the 2005 NFL draft. If you were to take those 32 players, put all their names in a hat, and draw them randomly, you'd probably come up with a better ordering of how good they are than the NFL's general managers came up with. At the top of the 2005 first round is 49ers quarterback Alex Smith, who's looking more and more like a bust with each passing game (and who is clearly not as good a quarterback as Jason Campbell, picked 25th by the Redskins). At the bottom of the first round is Patriots guard Logan Mankins, who's maybe the best guard in the NFL.As Mark Craig writes in the Star-Tribune, the top 10 of that draft features exactly one player, Cleveland Browns receiver Braylon Edwards, who is having a good season in 2007. Whether it's off-field problems (Pacman Jones), injuries (Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams) or just general suckiness (Cedric Benson and Mike Williams), the 2005 Top 10 is a mess.

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