NFL draft: The best pick at every first-round selection spot since 2002

The NFL draft, as we know it, began in 2002, when the arrival of the Houston Texans expanded each round to 32 picks. Eighteen drafts have been conducted since, leaving a fun sample size that we can construct a dream first round from. So who was the …

2. Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions (2007)

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The otherworldly receiver played 10 seasons for the Lions, racking up 11,619 yards and 83 touchdowns in a career that should put him in the Hall of Fame one day.

In the conversation: Julius Peppers (2002), Von Miller (2011) and Ndamukong Suh (2010).