Best Players Taken at Each Draft Position - NFL

The NFL Draft is in a couple of weeks - there are 32 picks in the first round.

Here are the best draft picks ever from spots 1-32 in the NFL Draft.  As you watch the picks go by, here's the established ceiling for each slot.

Best Player Ever at Each Draft Spot:

1.       Peyton Manning

2.       Lawrence Taylor

3.       Barry Sanders

4.       Walter Payton

5.       Deion Sanders

6.       Walter Jones

7.       Champ Bailey

8.       Ronnie Lott

9.       Brian Urlacher

10.   Rod Woodson

11.   Michael Irvin

12.   Warren Sapp

13.   Tony Gonzalez

14.   Randy Gradishar

15.   John L Williams

16.   Jerry Rice

17.   Emmitt Smith

18.   Art Monk

19.   Marvin Harrison

20.   Jack Youngblood

21.   Randy Moss

22.   Harris Barton

23.   Ozzie Newsome

24.   Ed Reed

25.   Ted Washington

26.   Ray Lewis

27.   Dan Marino

28.   Derrick Brooks

29.   Steve Wisniewski

30.   Reggie Wayne

31.   Nnamdi Asomugha

32.   Drew Brees

Don't make me do more than this.

Okay, I'll go to 100.  I love me some draft.

33. Brett Favre

34. Jack Ham

35. Keith Fahnhorst

36. Tiki Barber

37. Randall Cunningham

38. Mike Singletary

39. Keena Turner

40. Thurman Thomas

41. Andre Tippett

42. Randy Cross

43. Dan Dierdorf

44. Dermontti Dawson

45. Ricky Watters

46. Jack Lambert

47. Jerry Sherk

48. Howie Long

49. Roger Craig

50. Michael Dean Perry

51. Rickey Jackson

52. Mark Duper

53. Mel Blount

54. Anquan Boldin

55. Randy Logan

56. Todd Christensen

57. Joe Ferguson

58. Ricky Proehl

59. AeneasWilliams

60. Pat Swilling

61. Brian Dawkins

62. Tony Hill

63. Moe Lewis

64. Dan Fouts

65. Frank Gore

66. Ronde Barber

67. Ken Anderson

68. Lance Briggs

69. Russ Grimm

70. Lawrence McCutcheon

71. Duce Staley

72. Jeremiah Trotter

73. Jason Taylor

74. Curtis Martin

75. Marc Van Eeghan

76. Ahman Green

77. Bubba McDowell

78. Nat Moore

79. Lyle Alzado

80. Bill Romanowski

81. Chris Cooley

82. Joe Montana

83. Jay Schroeder

84. Charles Mann

85. Tony Tolbert

86. Jackie Slater

87. Tim Goad

88. Tom Jackson

89. Terrell Owens

90. Pat Donovan

91. Brian Westbrook

92. Hines Ward

93. Ken Ellis

94. Chris Hope

95. Rick Upchurch

96. Charles Haley

97. Clarence Davis

98. Rich Gannon

99. Joe Theismann

100. Mark Bavaro