Tony Villiotti of DraftMetrics.com (via NationalFootballPost) decided to use total starts, active players, percentage of annual starts and Pro Bowl berths as part of a four-metric system to determine draft success.
One hole in these metrics: while they account for the number of starts, Pro Bowl berths and active players, they do not account for overall talent or value of position.
Punters are valued equally to quarterbacks. Jonathan Martin, regarded on this blog as one of the worst right tackles in the NFL in 2012, is credited with 16 starts, which benefits the Dolphins.
The true measure of success for the Dolphins drafts will be the win-loss totals in years to come. Fourteen of the team's 22 starters were drafted by the Dolphins; thus, with a team comprised largely of home-grown talent, we'll begin to see the fruits of that labor sooner than later.
Chris Brown of BuffaloBills.com says the Bills defense needs to find answers to all the running quarterbacks that are taking the league by storm.
Bleacher Report Patriots featured columnist Mike Dussault explains how the Patriots offense could get even better in 2013.
Rich Cimini of ESPN New York sat down with former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum to talk about what went wrong for his team and where blame should be assigned for the Jets' failures in 2012.
Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be sure to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to keep up with all the updates. Unless otherwise specified, all quotes are obtained firsthand or via team press releases.
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