Draft Day Winners & Losers Since 2010

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — On this Draft Day 2014, let’s take a look at which teams have had the most productive draft days over the past four years.

Without regard to anything other than total number of games played and started among 2010-2013 draft picks, the Miami Dolphins top the list with 1064 total games played and started (720 games/344 starts).

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So, what did that get GM Jeff Ireland? Fired, of course.

Ireland, by the way, was just hired by the Seattle Seahawks as a draft room consultant.

Perhaps Seahawks GM John Schneider and Head Coach Pete Carroll realize that Ireland’s Dolphins were the only team to have more games played and started by 2010-13 draft picks than the Seahawks themselves.

Not surprisingly, the World Champion Seahawks are right behind the Dolphins with 1057 games and starts from their last four draft classes.

Seattle has been particularly effective on the 3rd day of the draft (rounds 4-7), having used a plethora of picks (28) to produce 15 keepers on their roster. Those 4th to 7th round selections from 2010-13 have played a total of 363 games with 156 starts.

Of course, most notable among those late Seahawks picks are Pro Bowl cornerback Richard Sherman (2011 5th rounder), safety Kam Chancellor (2010 5th rounder), and linebacker Malcolm Smith (2011 7th rounder).

While the Seahawks have ruled the late rounds, the AFC Champion Denver Broncos claim the crown for 1st thru 3rd round production the past four years. Denver has a combined 456 games played and 301 starts amongst its top 3 round selections.

In contrast, the Cowboys last four drafts have produced only seven 4th to 7th round picks who played in a game (131games/22 starts), ranking 29th in the league for 3rd day production.

Overall, Dallas ranks 25th with 18 draft picks the past four years, who combined for 711 games and starts (458 games/253 starts).

The Cowboys have held their own in the first three rounds. The likes of Dez Bryant, Sean Lee, Tyron Smith, Demarco Murray, and Travis Frederick have helped Dallas rank 12th in the NFL in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round production since 2010 (326 games/231 starts).

Here are the team rankings:

2010-13 Draft Picks	Games	Starts	Total
1. Miami	720	340	1064
2. Seattle	660	397	1057
3. Houston	705	339	1044
4. Tennessee	690	324	1014
5. Denver	637	356	993
6. Cleveland	563	405	968
7. Tampa Bay	565	381	946
8. St. Louis	607	325	932
9. Pittsburgh	655	277	932
10. Cincinnati	585	335	920
11. Philadelphia	631	283	914
12. Baltimore	671	242	913
13. New England	557	323	880
14. Minnesota	613	257	870
15. Kansas City	544	313	857
16. San Diego	560	296	856
17. Washington	565	284	849
18. Atlanta	598	246	844
19. San Francisco	558	280	838
20. Green Bay	593	239	832
21. Arizona	531	294	825
22. Buffalo	535	271	806
23. Oakland	474	256	730
24. NY Jets	486	240	726
25. Dallas	458	253	711
26. Indianapolis	399	233	632
27. Jacksonville	404	220	624
28. Carolina	396	209	605
29. Detroit	409	195	604
30. NY Giants	415	153	568
31. New Orleans	344	205	549
32. Chicago	328	210	538

A comparison of the production of the 1st through 3rd round picks from the last four draft classes (2010-13):

1st thru 3rd Rounds	Games	Starts	Total
1. Denver	456	301	757
2. Cleveland	413	331	744
3. New England	441	297	738
4. St. Louis	434	283	717
5. Kansas City	410	258	668
6. Cincinnati	397	233	630
7. Houston	397	232	629
8. San Diego	350	250	600
9. SanFrancisco	356	244	600
10. Tennessee	366	226	592
11. Miami	367	217	584
12. Dallas	327	231	558
13. Buffalo	325	227	552
14. Arizona	326	221 READ MORE: 1 Texas Police Officer Dead, Another Hospitalized After Being Shot While Executing Narcotics Arrest Warrant	547
15. Pittsburgh	359	188	547
16. Seattle	297	241	538
17. NY Jets	341	193	534
18. Baltimore	346	185	531
19. Tampa Bay	279	231	510
20. Atlanta	283	208	491
21. Minnesota	297	186	483
22. New Orleans	294	183	477
23. Philadelphia	280	163	443
24. NY Giants	298	126	424
25. Indianapolis	233	178	411
26. Washington	220	176	396
27. Green Bay	253	143	396
28. Oakland	214	180	394
29. Jacksonville	229	165	394
30. Detroit	225	168	393
31. Chicago	224	161	385
31. Carolina	207	160	367

And, the rankings of the 3rd day picks from the 2010-13 drafts:

4th thru 7th Rounds	Games	Starts	Total
1. Seattle	363	156	519
2. Miami	353	127	480
3. Philadelphia	351	120	471
4. Washington	345	104	449
5. Tampa Bay	286	150	436
6. Green Bay	340	96	436
7. Tennessee	324	98	422
8. Houston	308	107	415
9. Minnesota	316	71	387
10. Baltimore	325	57	382
11. Pittsburgh	296	79	375
12. Atlanta	315	38	353
13. Oakland	260	76	336
14. Cincinnati	188	102	290
15. Arizona	205	73	278
16. San Diego	210	46	256
17. Carolina	189	49	238
18. San Francisco	202	36	238
19. Denver	181	55	236
20. Buffalo	190	44	234
21. Jacksonville	175	55	230
22. Cleveland	150	74	224
23. Indianapolis	166	55	221
24. St. Louis	171	42	213
25. Detroit	184	27	211
26. Kansas City	134	61	195
27. NY Jets	145	147	192
28. Chicago	104	49	153
29. Dallas	131	22	153
30. New England	116	26	142
31. NY Giants	117	17	134
32. New Orleans	50	23	73

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