Before you read any part of this post, read this. I am NOT advocating anything here. I am ONLY using this for your enjoyment, take it how you will. Moving on...
Thanks to Eddie's idea, I decided to research on Mayhew's last 3 drafts (sans 2012, it's too early) and see how they compared to other GM's in the league, and GM's that are widely regarded as good-great by the league. Like I said, take it how you will.
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GUIDE:
Players bolded= Still in the NFL
Players in italics and *= Still in NFL, not on same team
Players crossed out= Not in NFL
KEY PLAYERS= Starters, solid contributors
BIG MISSES(Only Lions)= Bad draft picks, for one reason or another
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MARTIN MAYHEW(DET)
2009
1 | 1 | Matthew Stafford | QB | Georgia |
1 | 20 | Brandon Pettigrew | TE | Oklahoma State |
2 | 33 | Louis Delmas | DB | Western Michigan |
3 | 76 | DeAndre Levy | LB | Wisconsin |
3 | 82 | Derrick Williams* | WR | Penn State |
4 | 115 | Sammie Lee Hill | DT | Stillman |
6 | 192 | Aaron Brown* | RB | Texas Christian |
7 | 228 | Lydon Murtha* | T | Nebraska |
7 | 235 | LB | California | |
7 | 255 | TE | Maryland |
Key Players: Stafford, Pettigrew, Delmas, Levy, SLH.
Big misses: D-Will, Brown, Gronkowski
80% still in NFL...8/10
50% still on team...5/10
2010
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 2 | Ndamukong Suh | DT | Nebraska |
1 | 30 | Jahvid Best | RB | California |
3 | 66 | Amari Spievey | SS | Iowa |
4 | 128 | Jason Fox | T | Miami (Fla.) |
7 | 213 | Willie Young | DE | North Carolina State |
7 | 255 | Tim Toone* | WR | Weber State |
Key players: Suh, Spievey, Young
Big misses: Best?
81% still in NFL...13/16
63% still on team...10/16
2011
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 13 | Nick Fairley | DT | Auburn |
2 | 44 | Titus Young | WR | Boise State |
2 | 57 | Mikel Leshoure | RB | Illinois |
5 | 157 | Doug Hogue* | LB | Syracuse |
7 | 209 | T | South Carolina State |
Key players: Fairley, LeShoure
Big misses: Young?
81% still in NFL...17/21
62% still on team...13/21
---Total offense: 12
---Total defense: 9
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TED THOMPSON(GB)
2009
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 9 | B.J. Raji | NT | Boston College |
1 | 26 | Clay Matthews | LB | USC |
4 | 109 | T.J. Lang | T | Eastern Michigan |
5 | 145 | Quinn Johnson* | RB | Louisiana State |
5 | 162 | Jamon Meredith* | T | South Carolina |
6 | 182 | Jarius Wynn* | DE | Georgia |
6 | 187 | DB | Cincinnati | |
7 | 218 | Brad Jones | LB | Colorado |
Key players: Raji, Matthews, Lang
88% still in NFL...7/8
50% still on team...4/8
2010
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 23 | Bryan Bulaga | T | Iowa |
2 | 56 | Mike Neal | DE | Purdue |
3 | 71 | Morgan Burnett | SS | Georgia Tech |
5 | 154 | Andrew Quarless | TE | Penn State |
5 | 169 | Marshall Newhouse | T | Texas Christian |
6 | 193 | James Starks | RB | Buffalo |
7 | 230 | C.J. Wilson | DE | East Carolina |
Key Players: Bulaga, Burnett, Newhouse, Starks
93% still in NFL...14/15
73% still on team...11/15
2011
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 32 | Derek Sherrod | T | Mississippi State |
2 | 64 | Randall Cobb | WR | Kentucky |
3 | 96 | Alex Green | RB | Hawaii |
4 | 131 | Davon House | DB | New Mexico State |
5 | 141 | D.J. Williams | TE | Arkansas |
6 | 179 | Caleb Schlauderaff* | G | Utah |
6 | 186 | D.J. Smith | LB | Appalachian State |
6 | 197 | Ricky Elmore* | LB | Arizona |
7 | 218 | Ryan Taylor | TE | North Carolina |
7 | 233 | Lawrence Guy* | DT | Arizona State |
Key players: Sherrod, Cobb, Green, House
96% still in NFL...24/25
72% still on team...18/25
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KEVIN COLBERT(PIT)
2009
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 32 | Ziggy Hood | DT | Missouri |
3 | 79 | Kraig Urbik* | T | Wisconsin |
3 | 84 | Mike Wallace | WR | Mississippi |
3 | 96 | Keenan Lewis | DB | Oregon State |
5 | 168 | DB | Central Florida | |
5 | 169 | Frank Summers* | RB | Nevada-Las Vegas |
6 | 205 | Ra'Shon Harris* | DT | Oregon |
7 | 226 | A.Q. Shipley* | C | Penn State |
7 | 241 | David Johnson | TE | Arkansas State |
Key players: Hood, Wallace, Johnson
89% still in NFL...8/9
44% still on team...4/9
2010
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 18 | Maurkice Pouncey | C | Florida |
2 | 52 | Jason Worilds | LB | Virginia Tech |
3 | 82 | Emmanuel Sanders | WR | Southern Methodist |
4 | 116 | Thaddeus Gibson* | LB | Ohio State |
5 | 151 | Chris Scott* | T | Tennessee |
5 | 164 | Crezdon Butler* | DB | Clemson |
5 | 166 | Stevenson Sylvester | LB | Utah |
6 | 188 | Jonathan Dwyer | RB | Georgia Tech |
6 | 195 | Antonio Brown | WR | Central Michigan |
7 | 242 | Doug Worthington* | DE | Ohio State |
Key players: Pouncey, Sanders, Dwyer, Brown
95% still in NFL...18/19
53% still on team...10/19
2011
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 31 | Cameron Heyward | DE | Ohio State |
2 | 63 | Marcus Gilbert | T | Florida |
3 | 95 | Curtis Brown | DB | Texas |
4 | 128 | Cortez Allen | DB | The Citadel |
5 | 162 | Chris Carter | LB | Fresno State |
6 | 196 | Keith Williams* | G | Nebraska |
7 | 232 | Baron Batch | RB | Texas Tech |
Key players: Heyward, Allen?
96% still in NFL...25/26
62% still on team...16/26
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JERRY REESE(NYG)
2009
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 29 | Hakeem Nicks | WR | North Carolina |
2 | 45 | LB | Virginia | |
2 | 60 | William Beatty | T | Connecticut |
3 | 85 | Ramses Barden | WR | Cal Poly-S.L.O. |
3 | 100 | Travis Beckum | TE | Wisconsin |
4 | 129 | Andre Brown | RB | North Carolina State |
5 | 151 | QB | Sam Houston State | |
6 | 200 | CB | New Mexico | |
7 | 238 | CB | South Carolina |
Key players: Nicks, Beatty, Barden, Brown
55% still in NFL...5/9
55% still on team...5/9
2010
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 15 | Jason Pierre-Paul | DE | South Florida |
2 | 46 | Linval Joseph | DT | East Carolina |
4 | 115 | LB | Nebraska | |
5 | 147 | Mitch Petrus* | G | Arkansas |
6 | 184 | Adrian Tracy | LB | William & Mary |
7 | 221 | P | East Carolina |
Key players: JPP, Joseph
60% still in NFL...9/15
53% still on team... 8/15
2011
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 19 | Prince Amukamara | DB | Nebraska |
2 | 52 | Marvin Austin | DT | North Carolina |
3 | 83 | Jerrel Jernigan | WR | Troy |
4 | 117 | James Brewer | T | Indiana |
6 | 185 | Greg Jones* | LB | Michigan State |
6 | 198 | Tyler Sash | DB | Iowa |
6 | 202 | Jacquian Williams | LB | South Florida |
7 | 221 | Da'Rel Scott | RB | Maryland |
Key players: Amukamara
74% still in NFL...17/23
65% still on team...15/23
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OZZIE NEWSOME(BALT)
2009
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 23 | Michael Oher | T | Mississippi |
2 | 57 | Paul Kruger | DE | Utah |
3 | 88 | Lardarius Webb | DB | Nicholls State |
5 | 137 | Jason Phillips* | ILB | Texas Christian |
5 | 149 | TE | East Carolina | |
6 | 185 | Cedric Peerman | RB | Virginia |
Key players: Oher, Kruger, Webb
83% still in NFL...5/6
67% still on team...4/6
2010
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
2 | 43 | Sergio Kindle | LB | Texas |
2 | 57 | Terrence Cody | DE | Alabama |
3 | 70 | Ed Dickson | TE | Oregon |
4 | 114 | Dennis Pitta | TE | Brigham Young |
5 | 156 | David Reed | WR | Utah |
5 | 157 | Arthur Jones | DT | Syracuse |
6 | 194 | Ramon Harewood | T | Morehouse |
Key players: Cody, Dickson, Pitta
92% still in NFL...12/13
85% still on team...11/13
2011
RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | 27 | Jimmy Smith | DB | Colorado |
2 | 58 | Torrey Smith | WR | Maryland |
3 | 85 | Jah Reid | T | Central Florida |
4 | 123 | Tandon Doss | WR | Indiana |
5 | 164 | Chykie Brown | DB | Texas |
5 | 165 | Pernell McPhee | DE | Mississippi State |
6 | 180 | Tyrod Taylor | QB | Virginia Tech |
7 | 225 | Anthony Allen | RB | Georgia Tech |
Key Players: Smith, Smith, Reid
95% still in NFL...20/21
90% still on team...19/21
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Newsome's: 95% in league and 90% on team (rank 1)
Thompson's: 96% in league and 72% on team (rank 2)
Colbert's: 96% in league and 62% on team (rank 3)
Mayhew's: 81% in league and 62% on team (rank 4)
Reese's: 74% in league and 65% on team (rank 5)
Mayhew's drafting: 12 on offense, 9 on defense.
Thompson's drafting: 13 on offense, 12 on defense.
Colbert's drafting: 12 on offense, 14 on defense.
Reese's drafting: 10 on offense, 12 on defense, 1 on ST
Newsome's drafting: 12 on offense, 9 on defense
Take this info however you want. It looks to me like Mayhew is right up there with with the top GM's in the league in terms of drafting style and %'s though. I'll save the issues for the comment section. Have at it.