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Tribetime

(6,817 posts) Sun Aug 31, 2025, 08:30 PM Aug 31

Is this the lowest draft pic to win NFL MVP

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Drafted in 13th round?

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Is this the lowest draft pic to win NFL MVP (Original Post) Tribetime Aug 31 OP

Bart Starr was a 17th round draft choice. rsdsharp Aug 31 #1

Star was the pic 200...Sipe 330 Tribetime Aug 31 #2

Wasn't The League 3/8ths The Size, Then? ProfessorGAC Monday #4

Yeah there was less teams so i'm assuming the players were better but Tribetime Monday #5

I Hadn't Even Thought About... ProfessorGAC Monday #6

Pick number probably a better metric than round JT45242 Aug 31 #3

rsdsharp

(11,265 posts)

1. Bart Starr was a 17th round draft choice.

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 08:38 PM

Aug 31

Kurt Warner was an undrafted free agent.

Tribetime

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2. Star was the pic 200...Sipe 330

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 08:43 PM

Aug 31

So I guess it's how you look at it.But kurt warner probably wins the debate...I honestly did not know that about Starr

ProfessorGAC

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4. Wasn't The League 3/8ths The Size, Then?

Reply to Tribetime (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 01:45 PM

Monday

Not sure the raw number accurately represents this situation.

Tribetime

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5. Yeah there was less teams so i'm assuming the players were better but

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 07:25 PM

Monday

Yes, I think the amount of teams was far less back than and they were mostly just white players. So, just like Major League Baseball in the 40s and 50s, I think the level of both leagues is much better now than what it used to be.

ProfessorGAC

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6. I Hadn't Even Thought About...

Reply to Tribetime (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 07:40 PM

Monday

...the racial aspect, but you're right.
By the mid 60s, that was fading fast. The Bears drafted Gayle Sayers in '65. I was about 9 at the time and within a season he was everyone's favorite Bear.

JT45242

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3. Pick number probably a better metric than round

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 09:10 PM

Aug 31

The expansion to 32 teams plus free agent compensation picks is a big deal.

The pre merger days ( 1970) had only 16 teams so the beginning of round 4 today after compensation picks would be the equivalent of round 7 in 1969.

Kurt warner as undrafted free agent should be the biggest or latest draft pick. Mainly because it wasn't like he was signed immediately after the draft like a round 8 first pick.

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