2014 Draft Hit, Miss, or Meh: Every 1st Round Pick!

in the 2013 season the Houston Texans went 2 and 14 which is how they landed the first pick in these 2014 drab and whip that first overall pick the Houston Texans selected Jadeveon Clowney defensive end from South Carolina ok doctor injury slowed the start to his career cloudy's picked it up over the past three seasons still he's yet to record double-digit sacks in a season and is very much in the shadow of teammate JJ Watt Connie's been good just left first overall pick good with the second pick the st. Louis Rams selected Greg Robinson packing auburn miss it seemed like a good idea at the time Robinson had the look of a can't-miss left tackle prospect coming out of Auburn unfortunately he missed plenty of opposing rushers during 3 lackluster seasons with the Rams he's now in his third team in five NFL seasons starting eight games for the Browns in 2018 with the third pick the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Blake bortles quarterback University of Central Florida miss the Jaguars might have made the AFC Championship with bortles and quarterback but one can argue that it was in spite of him probably a bad sign that his highlights include a Twitter account boasting nebulous facts about his career or being a punchline of a popular Network sitcom with the fourth pick the Buffalo Bills selected Sammy Watkins wide receiver Clemson miss maybe the Bills did spend the fourth overall pick on a receiver to have him end up as a complementary offensive weapon with just one 1,000 yards season it certainly didn't draft watching to be a complementary piece in someone else's offense which is what happened with the fifth overall pick the Oakland Raiders selected Khalil Mack linebacker Buffalo hit look away Raiders fans after establishing himself as one of the NFL's top pass rushers and winning the 2016 Defensive Player of the Year award Oakland shipped Mac off to Chicago the address may have changed but the production remained the same with Mack registering 10 or more sacks for a fourth straight season with the sixth pick the Atlanta Falcons selected Jake Matthews tackle Texas A&M hit Matthews has been a stalwart at the tackle position since the fountain split the sixth pick on him starting all 79 games he's played for the Dirty Birds after signing a five-year extension with the club before last season Matthews will be protecting Matt Ryan for years to come with the seventh pick the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Mike Evans wide receiver Texas A&M hit when you're one of just three players in NFL history to begin a career with 1000 receiving yards and five consecutive seasons it's safe to say things are working out not enough for you and how about eight or more touchdowns in three of those five years fire the cannons baby with the eighth pick the Cleveland Browns selected Justin Gilbert cornerback Oklahoma State Miss in three NFL season Gilbert made only three starts and has one more career interception than you or I after being traded to the Steelers Gilbert was released in 2016 suspended in 2017 and appears to be out of the league for good with the ninth pick the Minnesota Vikings selected Anthony Barr linebacker UCLA bars versatility is what made him a top 10 pick coming out of UCLA but his numbers aren't going to blow anyone away his ability to drop into coverage and help stop the run means he could be a fit in nearly any defense even if he hasn't been the type of game-changing linebacker you'd hope to get it number 9 with the 10th pick the Detroit Lions selected Eric Ebron tied in North Carolina miss so far the Lions never figured out how to unlock Iran's athleticism and turn him into a play making tight end Vinny left for Indianapolis and free agency and became the player everyone in Detroit hoped he'd be we'll see whether his 14 touchdown performance in 2018 was an outlier or the start of something big with the 11th pick the Tennessee Titans selected Taylor lawan tackle Michigan hits the wand has been Marcus mariota's chief protector ever since the quarterback was drafted in 2015 just ask Josh Norman ever since taken over as a full-time starter in his second season the wand has been pretty dependable this is just two games over the past four years his way to three consecutive Pro Bowls with the 12th pick the New York Giants select Odell Beckham junior wide receiver LSU yet even though injuries have limited Becca's production in the past two seasons there's little argument that he's among the elite pass catchers in the NFL since being selected 12th overall and if for some reason this football thing doesn't work out who PJ's dance moves have probably land him a starring role on Broadway enjoy Cleveland with the 13th pick the st. Louis Rams selected Aaron Donald offensive tackle Pittsburgh hits if we were redoing the 2014 draft Donald would be the undisputed number one overall pick a Rams wrecking ball has four first-team all-pro selections is a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and set an NFL record for interior defensive lineman with 20 and a half sacks not bad for a player some thought might be too small to succeed in the NFL with the 14th pick the Chicago Bears selected Kyle fuller cornerback Virginia Tech grant will remain his first Pro Bowl in 2018 after racking up 7 interceptions before then beeping a player whose production hadn't quite matched his athleticism so missing the entire 2016 season with a knee injury didn't help the next step will be for him to build on last season's breakout in one of the NFL's best defense risked the 15th pick the Pittsburgh Steelers select Ryan shazier linebacker Ohio State shazier is still attempting to return to the field from a serious spine injury that he suffered near the end of the 2017 season yet even before enduring this latest issue shazier battled a number of physical ailments in this 14 of 48 games during his first three NFL season with the 16th pick the Valles Cowboys select Zack Martin guard Notre Dame hit five seasons 5 Pro Bowl Martin is the only guard in NFL history to accomplish that during the Super Bowl era any of you fantasy football enthusiasts who won a championship thanks to Ezekiel Elliott might want to throw us thank you in the direction the main road grader who helped make that production possible with the 17th pick the Baltimore Ravens selected CJ Moseley Alabama hit Mowgli's been a tackling machine he's made a hundred or more stops four times in his career and it's been a Pro Bowler just as many time being a standout in a defense with a history of elite linebackers is no small feat Mosley has been bad news with the 18th pick the New York Jets select Calvin Pryor safety Louisville miss Pryor never came close to living up to the expectations of the Jets had for him they drafted him at number 18 after three underwhelming seasons with gangrene he was released and eventually signed by the Jaguars where he played two games before washing down to the NFL completely at number 19 the Miami Dolphins select jalaw and James offensive tackle to see miss sometimes your best ability is your availability James just hasn't been available for the Dolphins missing 16 games in his five NFL seasons but even when he's been on the field the performance has been average at best at number 20 the New Orleans Saints elect Brandon cooks wide receiver Oregon State it it's hard to think that a player who's played for three different teams in the past three seasons could be a hit but who wouldn't want a wideout who's posted four straight seasons with a thousand or more yards and five or more touchdown with the 21st pick the Green Bay Packers selected haha Clinton Dix safety Alabama man putting ditches vans reliable as they come playing 16 games every season of his career but during that time he's not even a serviceable at best defensive back with the 22nd pick the Cleveland Browns select Johnny Manziel quarterback Texas A&M miss honey football was expected to be the man who shut down the factory of sadness instead he became just another in a long list of employees punching out widgets and football futility at number 23 the Kansas City Chiefs select d4 linebacker Auburn okay it's easy to have your judgment clouded by a pair of huge years for Ford but that would be ignoring the other three campaigns that saw him either playing as a reserve or missing large chunks of the seasons with injuries at number 24 the Cincinnati Bengals selected dark wheezed and our cornerback Michigan State miss in five NFL seasons Bernard has just three interceptions ever worked his way into being a consistent starter in Cincinnati with the 25th pick the San Diego Chargers selected Jason Barret quarterback TCU yes he's been on the field threatened his bed quality player for the charger problem is he's rarely been on the field missing 55 of a possible 80 games in his career with the 26th pick the Philadelphia Eagles selected Marcus Smith linebacker Louisville miss Smith is on his third team in three seasons and the next star he makes in the NFL he is first with the number 27 pick the Arizona Cardinals select beyond Buchanan safety Washington State you can made a name for himself as a versatile hybrid defender and had one monster year for the Cardinals in 2015 rest of his stay with the Redbirds been pretty middling with the 28th pick the Carolina Panthers selected Kelvin Benjamin wide receiver Florida State man after putting up solid numbers in his first two full seasons Benjamin's decline has been traumatic how bad is it he was released by a Bills team that gave up two draft picks to get him and was still in desperate need of wide outs no bueno wishing 29th pick the New England Patriots selected Dominic Easley defensive tackle Florida Miss as a Super Bowl ring of the Patriots he also has just five career starts in just one year which played a full 16 games with you 30th pick the San Francisco 49ers selected Jimmy Ward safety Northern Illinois miss more does the third most pass defenseless is being drafted by the night that's not saying much on a defense that's been one of the league's worst it also doesn't help that he's gone an angel deserve for time in five seasons which the 31st pick the Denver Broncos selected Bradley Roby cornerback Ohio State there Robbie was serviceable is one of the lesser-known parts of Denver's no-fly zone then again there's a reason he was one of the lesser known parts of Denver's no fly zone with the 32nd pick the Minnesota Vikings selected Teddy Bridgewater quarterback Louisville miss teddy - gloves are still working his way back from a horrific knee injury but we've only seen one decent season from the quarterback we're all rooting for Bridgewater but as of now just hasn't worked out

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