NorthCoast
02-13-2018, 06:41 PM
Past insights into his draft selection ...... there is a bit of luck but give BA credit for this pick.
Twenty-one wideouts were drafted before Brown. Thirteen of them, including the last 11 picked ahead of Brown, are out of the league. Eight of those 11 failed to play an NFL snap beyond 2013. For every Demaryius Thomas (http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13216/demaryius-thomas) and Eric Decker (http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13271/eric-decker), there's David Reed (http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13442/david-reed) and Mardy Gilyard (http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13221/mardy-gilyard).
http://www.espn.com/blog/pittsburgh-steelers/post/_/id/23356/small-and-slow-how-antonio-brown-flipped-the-nfl-draft-on-its-head-in-2010
Twenty-one wideouts were drafted before Brown. Thirteen of them, including the last 11 picked ahead of Brown, are out of the league. Eight of those 11 failed to play an NFL snap beyond 2013. For every Demaryius Thomas (http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13216/demaryius-thomas) and Eric Decker (http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13271/eric-decker), there's David Reed (http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13442/david-reed) and Mardy Gilyard (http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13221/mardy-gilyard).
http://www.espn.com/blog/pittsburgh-steelers/post/_/id/23356/small-and-slow-how-antonio-brown-flipped-the-nfl-draft-on-its-head-in-2010