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Originally Posted by Dam8610
Starters by draft:
1998
Peyton Manning
Jerome Pathon? (I wouldn't count him, others might)
Steve McKinney
1999
Edgerrin James
Mike Peterson
Hunter Smith
2000
Rob Morris
Marcus Washington
David Macklin
2001
Reggie Wayne
Idrees Bashir
Ryan Diem
Rick DeMulling
2002
Dwight Freeney
David Thornton
2003
Dallas Clark
Mike Doss
Robert Mathis
Cato June
2004
Bob Sanders
Jason David
Jake Scott
2005
Marlin Jackson
Kelvin Hayden
Tyjuan Hagler
2006
Joseph Addai
Tim Jennings (though he wasn't really a quality starter as a Colt)
Freddy Keiaho
Charlie Johnson
Antoine Bethea
2007
Clint Session
2008
Jacob Tamme
Pierre Garcon
2009
Jerraud Powers
Austin Collie
Pat McAfee
VS
2017
Marlon Mack
Grover Stewart
Anthony Walker Jr.
2018
Quenton Nelson
Shaquille Leonard
Braden Smith
Zaire Franklin
2019
Bobby Okereke
Khari Willis
E.J. Speed
2020*
Michael Pittman Jr.
Jonathan Taylor
Julian Blackmon
Isaiah Rodgers
*Traded 13th overall pick for DeForest Buckner
2021
Kwity Paye
Dayo Odeyingbo
Will Fries
2022**
Alec Pierce
Jelani Woods
Bernhard Raimann
Nick Cross
Rodney Thomas
2023**
Anthony Richardson
Julius Brents
Josh Downs
Blake Freeland
Jaylon Jones
**These drafts are too early to tell, players who have received significant playing time and/or performed well were included.
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Added some guys you missed from the Polian drafts, and if we're counting Isiah Rodgers then we should probably count some relatively productive part time starters who Polian drafted like Brad Scioli, Larry Tripplett, etc..
Also, despite you notating that it's too early to tell I think you're still trying to count your chickens before they hatch from the past 2 drafts (especially w/ including Cross on that list). Of course I hope you're right on all of them.
Admittedly Polian's drafts definitely declined when he started handing the reigns over to Chris after '06, but the fact that Polian has several HOFers and all pros at premium positions (even if you exclude Peyton) I would still give him the edge over Ballard. Which isn't a knock on Ballard at all. As I stated earlier he does draft well.