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Here are the most notable picks from The MMQB's All-Time NFL Draft. The Bills picked Simpson first overall in the 1969 NFL Draft following his Heisman season at Southern California. The MMQB tackled a massive project in its All-Time NFL Draft, tasking 12 individuals to build teams out of a player pool more than 100 years deep. But does he deserve to be the fourth player selected, directly ahead of players like Jim Brown, Tom Brady and Joe Montana? He was the fifth running back selected in the All-Time Draft.

The MMQB NFL All-Time Draft: Results

The MMQB NFL All-Time Draft: ResultsThe MMQB All-Time NFL Draft took place on May 24 in the offices of Sports Illustrated and via conference call among the 12 GMs. that elicited oohs and aahhs, and other surprising omissions that only became apparent after the draft wrapped up. Draft order was chosen out of a hat beforehand, and the process was like a normal draft, selections going one through 12 for each round (rather than snaking like a fantasy draft). Said All-Time Draft GM and football historian John Turney afterward, "It was an honor to be involved on a project with such a distinguished group of men, Hall of Famers and Hall of Fame writers. I felt like a kid who got to move from the kid's table at Thanksgiving dinner."


The MMQB All-Time NFL DraftHow would you go about building an NFL team if you could draw from a pool of every player in football history? Longtime player, NFL scout and director of The Fritz Pollard Alliance. Six-time NFL executive of the year and Pro Football Hall of Famer. Hall of Fame NFL executive. This spring we assembled a 12-man panel of personnel experts, football historians and longtime writers to stage The MMQB All-Time NFL Draft—12 "GMs," constructing a squad—offense, defense and special teams—from the roster of every player in pro football history.


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