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Is Tom Brady the best draft pick in history of all sports?

  • tk421
    Paragraphs people, paragraphs. Please.
  • lhslep134
    This thread title should read best value draft pick in all sports
  • Heretic
    lhslep134;592794 wrote:This thread title should read best value draft pick in all sports

    Yeah. Best draft pick in history means best player in history, essentially. That is not Brady. Best value draft pick means a guy who was drafted low who became a superstar that makes you wonder, "How the fuck did he not go early?!?" Brady definitely is a contender for best value pick.
  • Commander of Awesome
    Commander of Awesome;591117 wrote:So is this the best draft pick, the best draft pick value? I think the discussion changes a bit depending on the parameters.
    lhslep134;592794 wrote:This thread title should read best value draft pick in all sports
    Heretic;592818 wrote:Yeah. Best draft pick in history means best player in history, essentially. That is not Brady. Best value draft pick means a guy who was drafted low who became a superstar that makes you wonder, "How the fuck did he not go early?!?" Brady definitely is a contender for best value pick.

    An Echo in here?

    If if best draft pick, then the answer is Jim Brown, if its best value...answer is Jim Brown. Get the best football player of all time with the 5th pick?! /homerism.
  • wes_mantooth
    Heretic;592818 wrote:Yeah. Best draft pick in history means best player in history, essentially.

    So you are saying that Ben Watson would be the best pick ever?
  • Thinthickbigred
    Where did he go in the draft? I know Marino went mid 2nd rd.....I know a few Steeler hall of famers went 4th rd
  • ts1227
    lhslep134;592794 wrote:This thread title should read best value draft pick in all sports
    Agreed. He's obviously way up on the list for that.
  • Laley23
    In soccer, thought not a draft, Barcelona signed Lionel Messi as a 12 year old and put him in their "minor league" system. Tough to get better than that!
  • Riderfan
    Bart Starr a 17th rd pick Qb'd 5 NFL championship teams was a good bargain.
  • september63
    Riderfan;595712 wrote:Bart Starr a 17th rd pick Qb'd 5 NFL championship teams was a good bargain.

    I didnt think there was a better "value" pick than Brady, but I have to agree with Bart Starr at this point. Although it is a close one. Bart Starr was the 200th player drafted and Tom Brady was drafted 199. Forget the rounds because of the amount of teams now, compared to back then.
  • lhslep134
    september63;595715 wrote:I didnt think there was a better "value" pick than Brady, but I have to agree with Bart Starr at this point. Although it is a close one. Bart Starr was the 200th player drafted and Tom Brady was drafted 199. Forget the rounds because of the amount of teams now, compared to back then.

    Yeah but the QB position is a lot tougher and more demanding now than it was then.
  • Riderfan
    ^ Not really. Back when Unitas and Starr played, the quarterbacks called their own plays. They were also free game to the defense. They were not protected like today.