Every year I am amazed at the way teams dump veterans for low round draft picks.  Just this past offseason we saw the Steelers give up Santonio Holmes for a 5th round pick.  Moves such as this have always intrigued my interest and I often question the amount of value franchises put on draft picks.  I am aware that the Steelers were just trying to get rid of problem but there was no doubting Holmes’s talent and he warranted more than a 5th round draft pick.  I have gone through the 2009, 2008, and 2007 NFL drafts and below are the players that are currently making contributions in the NFL.  After the jump you can check out that list as well as more thoughts on draft pick value.

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Keith Halpin, aka Merlin, Contributor at Arrowhead Addict and Draft Tek.

Positional Needs: DE, MLB, C, T, QB, OLB

The Chiefs had a rough two win season that resulted in the departure of long-time President/CEO/King Carl Peterson and Head Coach Herm Edwards. Highly rated GM Scott Pioli was brought in from New England to take over.

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