NFL Team by Team Grid of how their Starting 22 was Assembled

14 of our 22 starters are from the draft!

NFL Starting 22 Grid

The league average is 13.12 starters by the draft.

Teams with number of starters drafted.

PIT 19

ATL 18

CAR 17

MIN 17

CLE 16

GB 16

KC 16

BAL 15

TEN 15

ARZ 14

BUF 14

CINI 14

SF 14

TB 14

DAL 13

HOU 13

JAX 13

NE 13

STL 13

DET 12

MIA 12

NYJ 12

SD 12

SEA 12

CHI 11

DEN 11

NO 11

NYG 11

OAK 11

PHI 10

WSH 9

IND 8

HOU 7

Draft 14

Unrestricted Free Agents 4

trade 1

waivers 1


UDFA 2

Boone and Dawson were UDFA.

edit: The starting 22 does not include Dawson who is a kicker.

If you check the site's depth charts, they have Ian Williams, an undrafted free agent listed as the starting nose tackle.

I think that Dorsey, not Williams, will be the starter. Dorsey was an unrestricted free agent.



http://www.profootballrosters.com/2012-san-francisco-49ers-3-deep-depth-chart/
,

Originally posted by Fanatic24:
14 of our 22 starters are from the draft!

NFL Starting 22 Grid

Not sure what this really means though. If you look at the teams with the most drafted starters, some of them aren't good. Check out the teams with as many as or more drafted starters than us: PIT 19, ATL 18, CAR 17, MIN 17, CLE 16, GB 16, KC 16, BAL 15, TEN 15, ARZ 14, BUF 14, CINI 14, TB 14. The only true Super Bowl contenders there are Atlanta and Green Bay. A few of those teams are straight up garbage. Meanwhile, teams like Houston, Seattle and Denver - all considered legitimate contenders - rank near the bottom.

I'm all for building through the draft, but this list doesn't prove anything IMO.

Originally posted by Empire49:

Originally posted by Fanatic24:
14 of our 22 starters are from the draft!

NFL Starting 22 Grid

Not sure what this really means though. If you look at the teams with the most drafted starters, some of them aren't good. Check out the teams with as many as or more drafted starters than us: PIT 19, ATL 18, CAR 17, MIN 17, CLE 16, GB 16, KC 16, BAL 15, TEN 15, ARZ 14, BUF 14, CINI 14, TB 14. The only true Super Bowl contenders there are Atlanta and Green Bay. A few of those teams are straight up garbage. Meanwhile, teams like Houston, Seattle and Denver - all considered legitimate contenders - rank near the bottom.

I'm all for building through the draft, but this list doesn't prove anything IMO.

Interesting point, but who said that this list proved anything?

Originally posted by buck:

Originally posted by Empire49:

Originally posted by Fanatic24:

14 of our 22 starters are from the draft!

NFL Starting 22 Grid

Not sure what this really means though. If you look at the teams with the most drafted starters, some of them aren't good. Check out the teams with as many as or more drafted starters than us: PIT 19, ATL 18, CAR 17, MIN 17, CLE 16, GB 16, KC 16, BAL 15, TEN 15, ARZ 14, BUF 14, CINI 14, TB 14. The only true Super Bowl contenders there are Atlanta and Green Bay. A few of those teams are straight up garbage. Meanwhile, teams like Houston, Seattle and Denver - all considered legitimate contenders - rank near the bottom.

I'm all for building through the draft, but this list doesn't prove anything IMO.

Interesting point, but who said that this list proved anything?

Well, nobody said it, but what's the point of compiling a list if it isn't supposed to prove anything at all?

Originally posted by Empire49:

Originally posted by buck:

Originally posted by Empire49:

Originally posted by Fanatic24:

14 of our 22 starters are from the draft!

NFL Starting 22 Grid

Not sure what this really means though. If you look at the teams with the most drafted starters, some of them aren't good. Check out the teams with as many as or more drafted starters than us: PIT 19, ATL 18, CAR 17, MIN 17, CLE 16, GB 16, KC 16, BAL 15, TEN 15, ARZ 14, BUF 14, CINI 14, TB 14. The only true Super Bowl contenders there are Atlanta and Green Bay. A few of those teams are straight up garbage. Meanwhile, teams like Houston, Seattle and Denver - all considered legitimate contenders - rank near the bottom.

I'm all for building through the draft, but this list doesn't prove anything IMO.

Interesting point, but who said that this list proved anything?

Well, nobody said it, but what's the point of compiling a list if it isn't supposed to prove anything at all?

Welcome to the Zone, home of things which don't prove much. Particularly during the offseason