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NFL Compensatory Picks: The best every team has ever had

By Erik Lambert

27 Jan 2002 : Brian Dawkins of the Philadelphia Eagles during the NFC Championship Game against the St.Louis Rams at the Dome at the America's Center in St.Louis, Missouri. The Rams advance to the Superbowl after winning 29-24. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
27 Jan 2002 : Brian Dawkins of the Philadelphia Eagles during the NFC Championship Game against the St.Louis Rams at the Dome at the America's Center in St.Louis, Missouri. The Rams advance to the Superbowl after winning 29-24. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images /
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – FEBRUARY 03: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots looks on during Super Bowl LIII against the Los Angeles Rams at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – FEBRUARY 03: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots looks on during Super Bowl LIII against the Los Angeles Rams at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

Tom Brady (QB, New England Patriots)

What can be said about Tom Brady that hasn’t already been said?

He’s going to go down as the greatest player probably to ever play the game, regardless of position. He’s the greatest quarterback of all-time.

He’s certainly the greatest compensatory pick ever.

Brady was taken as an afterthought in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft after Chad Pennington, Giovanni Carmazzi, Chris Redman, Tee Martin, Marc Bulger, and Spergon Wynn at the quarterback position.

The Michigan product has since become one of the winningest players in NFL history, one of the most consistent players at any position in any sport you will ever see, and is playing at an elite level into his 40s.

Marques Colston (WR, New Orleans Saints)

Still one of the most underrated wide receivers in recent NFL memory. People can’t grasp how good Marques Colston actually was. He had six 1,000-yard seasons in his first seven years with the Saints and helped them win the Super Bowl. Yet somehow this man never went to a single Pro Bowl. For New Orleans to not only score him in the 7th round but with a 7th round compensatory pick? That must go down as one of the great steals in franchise history and one of the biggest this side of the new millennium. Perhaps with more time, people will learn to appreciate him.

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