This is the eighth part in a season-long series assessing the effectiveness of the last 13 years of drafting. For details on how the drafts are judged see the first post in the series (1998 draft).
And now we begin. The 2007 draft is one of the most hotly contested cases against Bill Polian, and the year that most people would associate with the beginning of the Colts' decline in drafting. What most people forget when discussing it is how low in talent the draft was, and while some teams did well (Giants), the draft as a whole was lacking.
1998 Draft (A-)
1999 Draft (A)
2000 Draft (B+)
2001 Draft (A)
2002 Draft (B)
2003 Draft (A+)
2004 Draft (B)
2005 Draft (C)
2006 Draft (A+)
#32 WR Anthony Gonzalez
Production: (C+)
Career AV (Season average): 4
Average AV for #32: 4.9
Median AV for #32: 4.5
As our own Nate Dunlevy put it last August, Anthony Gonzalez was rare. After having phenomenal rookie and sophomore seasons, Gonzalez sprained his knee on a freak injury d...
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