And because the NFL is a copycat league, you didn't have to be a general manager, scout or even Mel Kiper Jr. to make an educated guess about how Day 1 of the draft would unfold.
Most every selection after that -- weighted toward cornerbacks, edge rushers and left tackles, who protect the QB's blind side -- was designed solely to make life harder or easier for those first two groups to play pitch and catch. There's increasingly scant rewards for rushing the football compared to throwing it these days. That's why only two running backs and one guard made the cut in the first round.
"When a team isn't doing super well and you can go in there and actually be a key piece to actually flip that organization around, I think that's so special," he said. Speaking of Alabama, the Crimson Tide tied the record of six first rounders, set by the Miami Hurricanes' in 2004. In this case, all but one of the six were offensive players. Alabama's conference, the SEC, had an additional six players chosen, and they lined up mostly on the attacking side of the ball, too.
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