Accuracy By Volume

I thought the same thing. If those teams (perennial cellar-dwellers) make in excess of 7 picks per draft, that would diminish the argument that volume (by itself) is a solution. I wholeheartedly agree that 7-10 shots at the dart board, year after year, gives you a greater chance to hit the bullseye than only taking 5-6 shots a year. NO DOUBT! But it also follows that if you're taking 7-10 shots at the dart board, and only duplicating the results of those who take 5-6 shots a year, I think the conclusion might be that You blow at darts, and someone else with greater accuracy should be tossing them?!

Yep. I agree we need more rolls of the dice to better our odds, but I also think in addition to taking more picks, we just need to get better at drafting. My suspicion is that the Browns, Panthers, Jets, Raiders, and Giants have likely made a lot of picks over the last 5 years (although the Browns traded many away for Watson and the Panthers traded a lot away for Young, so maybe not them) but they have little to show for it because of bad talent evaluation.