Monday, April 13, 2020
Do Some Fans give Licht a Bad Rap?
Recently NFL Network aired a piece on the topic of NFL GM draft trends. With that information I've compiled a list of the current GM's success in the draft as it relates to the total number of players they have drafted during their tenure, and how many of those players were pro bowlers.
I was surprised to see where Jason Licht fell on this list, because of continuous rhetoric and whining by some Buccs fans in forums. There have been calls to fire Licht for a few years now, of which I personally have disagreed with. Has Jason missed on some picks? Yes. Has Jason made some terrible picks? Yes. All GMs do, and at a pretty comparable frequency, outside of a handful at the ends of the spectrum. Unfortunately many fans are crippled with proximity bias when assessing their favorite team, because the closeness of attention they pay to said team. Sure we as fans hear about other teams' great draft successes and their great draft busts, but the difference lies in those teams' under the radar draftees we don't hear about.
The positively natured fan will over praise their GM's body of work, and the angry, negatively natured fan will call for their GM's head with every move made that doesn't produce a Hall of Famer. The goal of every GM is to achieve 10% pro bowlers of the players they've drafted. Jason Licht falls in the top ⅓ of the GM's in the League, which in my opinion is pretty good.
The list below is comprised of current GM's with more than one draft during their tenure.
GM Team Plyrs PB'rs %
1. Ryan Pace- Chi 32 5 15.6
2. Mickey Loomis- N.O. 115 17 14.8
3. Thomas Dimitroff- Atl 87 12 14.0
4. Rick Spielman- Min 120 16 13.3
5. Jerry Jones- Dal 279 36 13.0
6. Kevin Colbert- Pit 161 19 11.8
7. David Caldwell- Jax 53 6 11.3
8. Tom Telesco- LA C 46 5 10.9
9. Marty Hurney- Car(2 stints) 105 11 10.5
10. John Schneider- Sea 97 10 9.7
11. Jason Licht- Tam 42 4 9.5
12a. Dave Gettleman- NYG/Car 44 3 9.1
12b. Bill Belichik- N.E. 176 16 9.1
14. Brett Veach- K.C. 12 1 8.3
15. Howie Roseman- Phi 80 6 7.5
16. John Lynch- S.F. 27 2 7.4
17. Les Snead- LA R 70 5 7.1
18a. Chris Ballard- Ind 29 2 6.9
18b. Jon Robinson- Ten 29 2 6.9
20. Bruce Allen- Was 88 6 6.8
21. Bill O'Brien- Tex 45 3 6.7
22a. Mike Brown- Cle 258 16 6.2
22b. Brandon Bean- Buf 16 1 6.2
24. Steve Keim- Ari 53 3 5.7
25. Chris Grier- Mia 29 1* 3.0*
26. Bob Quinn- Det 34 1 2.9
27. John Elway- Den 61 1 1.6
28. Brian Gutekunst- G.B. 19 0 0.0
*Grier drafted 2 players who earned pro bowls after he traded them away. If you include those, 3 players for 10.3%
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