NFL Draft: How did teams with the No. 1 overall pick do in their following season?

How have NFL teams done the year after they made the first selection in the NFL Draft?

1983: Baltimore Colts: John Elway

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Well, John Elway was taken first out of Stanford by the Colts, a la Andrew Luck many years later. However, luck was not on the Colts’ side and Elway never played a down for a team that had gone 0-8-1 in 1982. He forced a trade and went to Denver. The 1983 Colts actually improved, going 7-9.