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 …
31. Greg Olsen, Chicago Bears (2007)
Drafting Olsen out of Miami in 2007 was a great move for the Bears. Trading him a few years later because he didn’t fit into Mike Martz’s system? Not so much.
In the conversation: Cameron Heyward (2011), Nnamdi Asomugha (2003)