The Best NFL Draft Pick by Your Team

ESPN Insider had a great idea leading up to the draft. Team by team they put the top 10 draft choices in the history of the franchise. One thing that I didn't like was that they put draft picks like John Elway on the top 10 for the Colts or Brett Favre for the Falcons. Starting today up until the Draft next Saturday here at The Nutz, I will be listing the best picks by a franchise in their history. But it'll be a little more insightful. My criteria is as follows: value at pick, value for the franchise as a whole, overall success by the player, and what he meant to the team during his career. I will go division by division. Hope you enjoy and if you think that I am wrong in anyway...you know what you can do!

AFC West

Denver Broncos- Terrell Davis 1995 Rd. 6 Pick 196

No player that makes this list will have such a short impact with a team and still be worth the best player ever drafted by it's franchise. Davis won the hearts in Colorado very quickly after being drafted so late in the '95 draft. With only seven years under his belt in Denver he is still the team all-time leading rusher. What won me over for T.D., was John Elway had a problem in Super Bowls until he arrived. And Davis was a major force on the Broncos offense for both of their championship teams having won Super Bowl MVP in one of them. Never ever getting enough credit Davis is one of those running backs that we will always look back and say that he had "What could have been" careers.

Kansas City Chiefs- Tony Gonzalez 1997 Rd. 1 Pick 13

The best tight end the game has ever seen, and to think he wasn't a half bad basketball player in college as well. With the team on the decline the last couple of years the team can not afford to get rid of this guy after all he has done for the franchise, let alone the seats he puts in the stands. Gonzalez, still looking for a chance to play in the Super Bowl, is the all-time tight end leader in single season catches (102), career touchdowns (76), and yards (10,940). This ten-time Pro-Bowler is the Kansas City Chiefs and I really can't imagine him in another jersey.

Oakland Raiders- Marcus Allen 1982 Rd. 1 Pick 10

I still don't know how he fell to 10 in the draft after what he did in college. Playing ten years for the silver and black, Allen is best remembered for his heroics in Super Bowl XVIII. He ran for 191 yards, caught 2 passes for 18 yards, and scored 2 touchdowns in the Raiders 38-9 victory over my Washington Redskins. He went to 6 Pro-Bowls, was the rookie of the year, won NFL MVP in 1985, and was a two-time All-Pro selection. One of the lowest things owner Al Davis has done was run this man out of town, something that should have never been done to a guy that brought winning in the NFL to the west coast.

San Diego Chargers- Junior Seau 1990 Rd. 1 Pick 5

No player in the NFL at any point in my life was really the face of a franchise like Seau was. Seau was the San Diego Chargers! His dancing and fist pumping after great plays also stood out negatively, but the Chargers fans loved it and him for it. For the entire 90s he led his team in tackling, and was a major part of the Chargers getting to the Super Bowl in 1994. Especially for his 16 recorded tackles in the AFC Championship game. He was a great man in the California area to have. Having started the Seau Foundation, that deals with raising money for drug awareness, abused kids, and college scholarships.