2008 three year-evaluation

[skinster]

Its the 3rd year after the 2008 draft, its the time to evaluate and see how this class stacks up.
I was looking at the first round, and I gotta say, I am astounded as to how good it is. It has alot of future multi-pro-bowlers, and much more importantly in my mind, it has VERY few busts relative to most other years.

Vernon Gholston, Derrick Harvey, and Lawrence Jackson are the only true "busts"
Leodis McKelvin and Kentwan Balmer are the only other drafts that we can so far call "disappointments" in that they are either not starting regularly or not producing well when they do start. John Stewart is having terrible year, but we should not call him a disappointment yet due to his terrible team and his great first 2 years.

EVERYBODY else starts every single game.
Some big names so far from this class include Jake Long, Matt Ryan, Darren McFadden (as of this year), Sedrick Ellis, Jerod Mayo, Ryan Clady, Joe Flacco, Aquib Talib, Chris Johnson, and Rashard Mendenhall.

Looking through the other rounds, the number of players to make an impact seem scarce. Of course there are a few such as brandon flowers, jamaal charles, curtis lofton, desean jackson, etc... But it seems like this is the best draft I've ever seen in terms of getting it right and picking up the best players in the first round. Especially after the second round, talent gets increasingly scarce to a point where it becomes almost a joke to look for starters.