Ramification
Happy at the Coliseum again
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I do get the idea, not sure where you are going with this.
A large number of kickers and punters were undrafted, but they count as players too.
It is a response to your, "Jerry Rice was a 1st round pick despite his slow 40, Boldin a 2nd rounder. Spruce wasn't drafted. Perspective....."
The kicker and punter reference is irrelevant. Because nearly all of them are undrafted, nobody cites draft status as a measure of whether they will make the team and ultimately be successful in the NFL. With other players, however, you frequently get "he went undrafted for a reason." Yeah, in the cases of undrafted Kurt Warner, Warren Moon, Tony Romo, Antonio Gates, Rod Smith, Jason Peters, Drew Pearson, countless others--and in my opinion, Nelson Spruce--the reason is the failure of every single team to recognize their ability on draft day. So, IMO, draft status is irrelevant once you have the player on the field in front of you to evaluate.