Hindsight is 20/20 in relation to the NFL Draft.
Historical past of the occasion is chock filled with situations the place a group may have chosen a sure all-world participant however handed on the chance solely to fail with the decide they made.
Invoice Belichick made plenty of good choices as the previous head coach of the New England Patriots.
Throughout his 24-year profession with the group, Belichick is well-known for choosing quarterback Tom Brady within the sixth spherical of the 2000 NFL Draft.
Nonetheless, in the previous few years of Belichick’s tenure in New England, he was recognized extra for his misses because the group’s prime personnel director.
His last 4 seasons with the Pats noticed the franchise attain the postseason solely as soon as.
Belichick can be recognized for tabbing former Alabama quarterback Mac Jones in 2021 because the inheritor obvious to Brady.
As each soccer fan is aware of by now, that didn’t work out so nicely.
In a brand new e book by Belichick titled “The Artwork of Profitable: Classes from My Life in Soccer,” the coach revealed that he made a mistake not drafting present Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.
Former Pats HC admits not choosing Lamar Jackson was a mistake 👀
(through @BostonGlobe) pic.twitter.com/EooUB5k6yI
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) April 12, 2025
Jackson was the ultimate decide within the first spherical, thirty second total, of the 2018 draft by Baltimore (it’s value noting that New England nonetheless had Brady on the roster and the group received a world title that 12 months).
Belichick and the Pats chosen sort out Isaiah Wynn from Georgia with the twenty third total decide.
Wynn performed 4 years in New England earlier than signing with Miami earlier than 2023.
Jackson has since taken the Ravens to the playoffs yearly however 2021 and to the AFC Championship sport in 2023.
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