Over the next couple weeks, we’ll evaluate the best and worst top 10 picks in a 10-year span from 1999-2008. We capped this at 2008 because it’s unfair to judge first- or second-year players. Today, the pick six success.
NFL Draft successes and busts 10-year evaluation: 6th overall success
Pick: Six overall
The player: I’m not sure.
Between 1999 and 2008, there are two clear cut choices as the top player. The trouble is, I'm not sure who that player is.
The choices, as you probably know, are Torry Holt (Rams, 1999) and Richard Seymour (Patriots, 2001). Both have won Super Bowls, both are members of the 2000s All-Decade Team and have been named to multiple Pro Bowl and All-Pro teams.
Holt finished his career with 920 receptions for 13,382 yards and 74 touchdowns. He has the NFL record for most consecutive seasons with 1,300 yards receiving, 90 or more catches and most catches and receiving yards in a decade. For a time, Holt was one of the most dynamic players in the NFL and a key cog in the vaunted Greatest Show on Turf offense.
Seymour doesn’t have Holt’s records or stats, but he has two more Super Bowl titles. Seymour was a key piece of New England’s defense while he was there until 2008 along with
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and Willie McGinest. More importantly is the legacy he’s built. Seymour is the benchmark for modern 3-4 defensive ends and whom all are compared against.
So I’m still not sure who the top No. 6 pick is in this window of time. Both are excellent players who should make the Hall of Fame. But who do you think is better?
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