2nd round picks are always a bigger crapshoot than they seem, especially the back half of the round, which is where most of the team's 2nd round picks come from.
Hits (10): Matt Light (suck it Borges), Branch, Eugene Wilson, Chung, Vollmer, Gronk, Spikes (*), Shane Vereen, Jamie Collins, Jimmy G
Misses (14): Klemm, Bethel Johnson, Marquise Hill, Chad Jackson, Wheatley, Ron Brace, Darius Butler (**), Jermaine Cunningham, Dowling, Tavon Wilson, Dobson, Jordan Richards, Cyrus Jones, Duke Dawson (***).
Incomplete: Joejuan Williams
42% hit rate is probably only slightly below average for 2nd round picks, which makes sense as many of them were later in the round. Also, some of the misses were done in by injury, which is random and unpredictable.
*: Spikes was OK as a situational LB when he wasn't off the reservation.
**: Butler was a hit career wise, as he had some decent seasons as a rotational DB for Indy. He just didn't do much for NE. But what makes this a big miss is that the 1st round pick the Pats traded out to get him turned into Clay Matthews.
***: Disclaimer that Dawson is still in his 2nd year. But he's no longer with the Pats, so he's a miss for NE.
Hits (10): Matt Light (suck it Borges), Branch, Eugene Wilson, Chung, Vollmer, Gronk, Spikes (*), Shane Vereen, Jamie Collins, Jimmy G
Misses (14): Klemm, Bethel Johnson, Marquise Hill, Chad Jackson, Wheatley, Ron Brace, Darius Butler (**), Jermaine Cunningham, Dowling, Tavon Wilson, Dobson, Jordan Richards, Cyrus Jones, Duke Dawson (***).
Incomplete: Joejuan Williams
42% hit rate is probably only slightly below average for 2nd round picks, which makes sense as many of them were later in the round. Also, some of the misses were done in by injury, which is random and unpredictable.
*: Spikes was OK as a situational LB when he wasn't off the reservation.
**: Butler was a hit career wise, as he had some decent seasons as a rotational DB for Indy. He just didn't do much for NE. But what makes this a big miss is that the 1st round pick the Pats traded out to get him turned into Clay Matthews.
***: Disclaimer that Dawson is still in his 2nd year. But he's no longer with the Pats, so he's a miss for NE.
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