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Podcast: Beyond The Arc with Brandon Silvers
Episode: Is being the #1 overall pick in the NFL Draft overrated?
Description: We just survived an NFL Draft that nearly killed pumpkin pie aficionado Mel Kiper Jr. Very little was said about #1 overall pick Cam Ward…is that because being picked first isn’t all it's cracked up to be? Why hasn’t a #1 pick made the Pro Hall of Fame since Peyton Manning? Let’s figure it out as I look at every #1 pick from 1999 to 2013 to see how good they really were, what got in the way of their success, and who should have been picked instead! My 2025 NFL Draft Diary: https://theshownotes.beehiiv.com/p/202...