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 …

26. Clay Matthews, Green Bay Packers (2009)

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Matthews made six Pro Bowls, one All-Pro team and won a Super Bowl in his second season with the Packers in 2010.

In the conversation: Duane Brown (2008)