"Consensus is sometimes right."

Here is rookie ADP (FPTS/G Career Rank (among the guys listed)) over the last five years:
QBs
2020
1. Joe Burrow (2) ❌
2. Tua Tagovailoa (3) ❌
3. Justin Herbert (1) ❌

2019
1. Kyler Murray (1)✅
2. Dwayne Haskins (3) ❌
3. Daniel Jones (2) ❌

2018
1. Baker Mayfield (3) ❌
2. Lamar Jackson (1) ❌
3. Sam Darnold (4) ❌
4. Josh Rosen (5) ❌
5. Josh Allen (2) ❌
2017
1. Pat Mahomes (1) ✅
2. Mitchell Trubisky (3) ❌
3. CJ Beathard (lmao) ❌
4. Deshaun Watson (2) ❌

2016
1. Jared Goff (2) ❌
2. Carson Wentz (1) ❌

2 out of 17 QBs were drafted correctly.

12%.
RB
2020
1. Clyde Edwards-Helaire (4) ❌
2. Jonathan Taylor (2) ❌
3. D'Andre Swift (3) ❌
4. JK Dobbins (5) ❌
Undrafted: James Robinson (1) ❌

2019
1. Josh Jacobs (1) ✅
2. David Montgomery (2) ✅
3. Miles Sanders (3) ✅
4. Darrell Henderson (5) ❌
5. Devin Singletary (4) ❌
2018
1. Saquon Barkley (1) ✅
2. Royce Freeman (5) ❌
3. Sony Michel (4) ❌
4. Kerryon Johnson (6) ❌

8. Ronald Jones (3) ❌
9. Nick Chubb (2) ❌

2017
1. Leonard Fournette (4) ❌
2. Christian McCaffrey (1) ❌
3. Joe Mixon (5) ❌
4. Dalvin Cook (3) ❌

6. Alvin Kamara (2) ❌
2016
1. Ezekiel Elliott (1) ✅
2. Derrick Henry (2) ✅
3. Kenneth Dixon (4) ❌
4. CJ Prosise (5) ❌
5. David Johnson (3) ❌

6 out of 26 guys listed here. Doesn't even include some guys like Lindsay, Kenyan Drake, etc. So, inflated.

23% correct.
WR
2020
1. Jerry Jeudy (3) ❌
2. CeeDee Lamb (2) ✅
3. Justin Jefferson (1) ❌
4. Henry Ruggs (5) ❌
5. Jalen Reagor (4) ❌

2019
1. N'Keal Harry (5) ❌
2. DK Metcalf (1) ❌
3. AJ Brown (2) ❌
4. Parris Campbell (4) ✅
5. Deebo Samuel (3) ❌
2018
1. DJ Moore (2) ❌
2. Calvin Ridley (1) ❌
3. Courtland Sutton (3) ✅
4. Anthony Miller (5) ❌
5. Michael Gallup (4) ❌

2017
1. Corey Davis (2) ❌
2. Mike Williams (3) ❌
3. John Ross (4) ❌
4. Zay Jones (5) ❌
5. Juju Smith-Schuster (1) ❌
2016
1. Corey Coleman (4) ❌
2. Laquon Treadwell (5) ❌
3. Josh Doctson (3) ✅
4. Sterling Shepard (2) ❌
5. Michael Thomas (1) ❌

4 out of the 25 listed were drafted accordingly when only comparing with the others on the list.

16%. Incredibly inflated 16%.
I won't even hurt your feelings with the TEs because it's worse. If you include receivers like Aiyuk, Fuller, Lockett, etc., then the hit rate is 0%.

Overall, 12/68 were drafted correctly. 18%.

So, yes. Consensus is *sometimes* right. But not nearly as much as you think.
14/68*** messed up the RB one because Antonio Gibson was included at first. But an incredibly inflated 14.

21% when inflating to help consensus? 1/5 hit rate?
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