Football Outsiders: NFL Draft Poll Results

Here’s the results for the Football Outsiders 2011 Draft poll and it’s littered with Patriots stuff. There’s even a full question dedicated to the Pats:

New England’s trades for more 2012 picks: Good move?

54.5% No, they needed pass rushers and they’re running out of time in Tom Brady’s prime.

43.7% Yes, the picks they added have more value than the ones they gave away.

1.8% No, there won’t be a draft in 2012 so they gave away picks for nothing.

As always the Pats are all over the map with what people think of their draft. I attribute this to people not understanding what the Pats did on draft weekend, but it’s tempered with an underlying “they must know what they’re doing because they haven’t stopped winning no matter what any of have thought of their drafts”, so the result? New England is once again on both the best and worst lists.

The truth? There will be hits and misses with this draft class as there always are, but there will be another bunch of picks next year to cover the mistakes that were made.