The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are probably going to pick an offensive skill player in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft. Here’s an interesting statistic, though: Super Bowl-winning champions don’t really do that. That’s what SB Nation’s Adam Stites figured out, anyway.
Of the last 10 teams to play in the Super Bowl — which includes two appearances each by the Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, and Denver Broncos — 62 percent of first-round picks in the four years leading up to their respective appearances were used on defensive players, compared to the league average of 52 percent.