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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/Ok-Health-7252 on 2024-05-09 03:25:25+00:00.
For me I remember the 1988 Draft being really bad. The Falcons had the number 1 pick that year and took Aundray Bruce (a linebacker) with it (only time in the history of the NFL that a linebacker has been taken first overall). Meanwhile there were no QBs taken in that draft until the 3rd Rd when the Cardinals took Tom Tupa.
There were some great players that came out of that draft (Tim Brown, Michael Irvin, Ickey Woods, Thurman Thomas, Dermontti Dawson) but rumor was the Falcons were desperately trying to get out of the number 1 pick that year because Aundray Bruce was considered the consensus number 1 player in that draft (whereas in most other years he might have been a late first rounder).