I spent the majority of this evening reviewing old Parcell's drafts, that is to say, reviewing relatively recent Parcell's drafts, and a few patterns emerged for FinFans consideration:
1. The position that Tuna has drafted with his first pick the most often is..LB..with Farrior, Demarcus Ware, and Bobby Carpenter heading the list.
2. The second most frequent position is QB and CB with Pennington and Bledsoe, and Newman and Ty Law leading the charge.
3. In the 2nd round the position that Tuna drafts the most frequently is Guard, with Thomas, Rucci, Kratch and Johnson all making Tuna's #2 pick the most often.
Guard also make the 3rd round pick the most often with Wiltz, Peterman and Loverne.
4. The earliest Tuna has drafted a Recieving Te is Anthony Fasano at #2, he tendency is to take Te later in the draft, now it is true that he did take Anthony Becht at #1, but primarily Becht's job is to block, the point is debatable of course.
5. Tuna simply LOVES taking offensive Tackles, with 9 being taken over all.
The vast majority of those are taken in the 4th round or later.
6. Wr is Tuna's orphan position, he generally drafts them later in the 5-7 range, with 3 being taken early, Kevin Lee, V. Brisbey and D Ward being taken early, and parcell's has yet to spend a #1 or even a low #2 on a Wr, Terry Glenn was not Tuna's pick...at all...
7. Safety is under drafted by Tuna, none are taken early.
8. After Guards, De is Tuna's most consistent #2 pick, with Hatcher, Slade, Boose and Dt's tending to go at #3, with Spears being the deviation from his norm.
9. in the 5-7 range, Tuna targets Tackles, Defensive Backs, and Wr making the most frequent appearances in that range.
10. Tuna has never had a team that he did not draft a Center for, with William Roberts with Gmen, JP Machado for the Jets, Joe Burch for the Pats and Alan Johnson for the Cowboys, all 4th rd picks, and 1 a 2 and a 3 being used on the position.
Now granted, this is not to quality research in it's depth, the list stops more or less in 1988, and tracking some drafts required scrolling through each pick in the draft to find whom was drafted so gaps can occur.
BTW, Tuna took a Rb back in 1986 at #1, a guy named George Adams, he didn't pan out and Tuna has not taken a Rb at #1 since then...
1. The position that Tuna has drafted with his first pick the most often is..LB..with Farrior, Demarcus Ware, and Bobby Carpenter heading the list.
2. The second most frequent position is QB and CB with Pennington and Bledsoe, and Newman and Ty Law leading the charge.
3. In the 2nd round the position that Tuna drafts the most frequently is Guard, with Thomas, Rucci, Kratch and Johnson all making Tuna's #2 pick the most often.
Guard also make the 3rd round pick the most often with Wiltz, Peterman and Loverne.
4. The earliest Tuna has drafted a Recieving Te is Anthony Fasano at #2, he tendency is to take Te later in the draft, now it is true that he did take Anthony Becht at #1, but primarily Becht's job is to block, the point is debatable of course.
5. Tuna simply LOVES taking offensive Tackles, with 9 being taken over all.
The vast majority of those are taken in the 4th round or later.
6. Wr is Tuna's orphan position, he generally drafts them later in the 5-7 range, with 3 being taken early, Kevin Lee, V. Brisbey and D Ward being taken early, and parcell's has yet to spend a #1 or even a low #2 on a Wr, Terry Glenn was not Tuna's pick...at all...
7. Safety is under drafted by Tuna, none are taken early.
8. After Guards, De is Tuna's most consistent #2 pick, with Hatcher, Slade, Boose and Dt's tending to go at #3, with Spears being the deviation from his norm.
9. in the 5-7 range, Tuna targets Tackles, Defensive Backs, and Wr making the most frequent appearances in that range.
10. Tuna has never had a team that he did not draft a Center for, with William Roberts with Gmen, JP Machado for the Jets, Joe Burch for the Pats and Alan Johnson for the Cowboys, all 4th rd picks, and 1 a 2 and a 3 being used on the position.
Now granted, this is not to quality research in it's depth, the list stops more or less in 1988, and tracking some drafts required scrolling through each pick in the draft to find whom was drafted so gaps can occur.
BTW, Tuna took a Rb back in 1986 at #1, a guy named George Adams, he didn't pan out and Tuna has not taken a Rb at #1 since then...
