Coltzilla does some digging, and says there is no curse. I think he goes too light on Gardner, but his overall point is valid. Guys like Gardner and Hughes PLAYED. They weren’t nothing. Vincent Burns? He’s a bust. Some of the other guys, didn’t pan out, bu they still produced. After all…it’s the THIRD ROUND!
More importantly, three out of the last four third round draft picks have become solid contributors for the Colts, with only Dante Hughes (a solid special teams player) not making regular contributions on defense. Despite Polian’s relative success in the third, especially recently, some Colts bloggers will trumpet the “THIRD ROUND CURSE” mantra every time they can for effect, or because they are lazy, or for a variety of other potential reasons. Still, the facts do not support the conclusion.
The fact is, the “third round curse” is a myth circulated by those who have unrealistic expectations of what a player’s impact will be from the third round of the NFL draft.
For a specific analysis of each of the players in the categories above you can scroll down further. Each player is listed based upon draft year in chronological order, starting in 1998.
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