The Worst Draft Classes of the Last Decade
The day after the NFL Draft every year, people come running with their analysis of “Who won the draft? ” or “Who lost the draft? ” We’ll do that at the end of the month for this year’s draft as well.
But today, I’m taking a step back from that and looking into the past. Let’s look back at each draft from the last 10 years to find the worst draft classes from each year and the teams that got worse by the most from one year to the next. For worst draft classes, how you handle Day 1 is paramount — you’re not supposed to find a star on Day 3, but if you can’t even get a starting-caliber player in the first round, you’re screwing up.
And of course, the more recent the draft class, the more up in the air the selections are — things could change very quickly. Draft Losers of the Last 10 Years 2016 Biggest Win Decrease Carolina Panthers (15-1 to 6-10) The Panthers went 15-1 in 2015 and made it to the Super Bowl. Cam Newton was MVP and Offensive Player of the Year.
Ron Rivera was Coach of the Year. Dave Gettleman was Executive of the Year. Everything was gravy.
A year later, they fell to 6-10 and last place in the NFC South. Newton fell from a 35:10 TD:INT ratio with 10 rushing scores to 19:14 with 5. That wasn’t because of draft failings, it was just a bad year.
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