LB, The Safe 1st Round Pick (1 Viewer)

[Conrad]

I was looking at the safest positions in the 1st round of the draft and I found that the safest, or least likely to be bust, is the LB position. Not only were there not a lot of busts but most LBs taken in the 1st round have gone on to become dominant NFL defenders.

I have highlight Dominant players as blue, solid starters as green, and busts as red.

2007
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Pat Willis<o></o>
Lawrence Timmons [incomplete]
Jon Beason<o></o>
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2006
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A.J Hawk<o></o>
Ernie Sims<o></o>
Kameron Wimbley<o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1>Chad</st1></st1:country-region> Greenway<o></o>
Bobby Carpenter<o></o>
Manny Lawson<o></o>
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2005
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DeMarcus Ware<o></o>
Shawne Merriman<o></o>
Derrick Johnson<o></o>
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2004
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John Vilma<o></o>
D.J Williams<o></o>
Jason Babin<o>

</o> 2003

<o></o> Terrell Suggs<o></o>
Nick Barnett
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2002
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Napoleon Harris <o>></o>>
Robert Thomas<o>></o>>
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2001
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Dan Morgan<o></o>
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2000
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LaVar Arrington<o></o>
Brian Urlacher<o></o>
Julien Peterson<o></o>
Rob Morris<o></o>
Keith Bullock

Perhaps this will go into the Saints draft preperation as they have to get an impact player at 10.