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Robert Edwards

Drafted by NE · GM Bobby Grier · Georgia

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Robert Edwards across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played28
Games started15
Weighted career AV13
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons5

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1998 · Round 1 · #18

NE draft credit

GM Bobby Grier

Team games16
Team starts15
On-team AV11
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Bad-0.72 contribution21st of 27 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Bad pick

Robert Edwards was Bobby Grier's 21st-best of 27 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.72. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Bobby Grier's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
16
on drafting team · 28 full-career
Games started
15
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
11
modeled; full weighted AV 13
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Bobby Grier's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Bobby Grier pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Robert Edwards totals -0.72. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-2-1054. Rutledge#54 · Rod Rutledge · aggregate +0.55227. Bishop#227 · Michael Bishop · aggregate +0.4989. Carter#89 · Chris Carter · aggregate +0.33159. Crawford#159 · Vernon Crawford · aggregate +0.26176. Shaw#176 · Harold Shaw · aggregate +0.2546. Faulk#46 · Kevin Faulk · aggregate +0.2159. Mitchell#59 · Brandon Mitchell · aggregate +0.1791. George#91 · Tony George · aggregate +0.0452. Simmons#52 · Tony Simmons · aggregate +0.02211. Andersen#211 · Jason Andersen · aggregate -0.02192. Gaiter#192 · Tony Gaiter · aggregate -0.10180. Washington#180 · Marcus Washington · aggregate -0.1181. Floyd#81 · Chris Floyd · aggregate -0.13115. Rheams#115 · Leonta Rheams · aggregate -0.2897. Denson#97 · Damon Denson · aggregate -0.37145. Merkerson#145 · Ron Merkerson · aggregate -0.4429. Canty#29 · Chris Canty · aggregate -0.4561. Shaw#61 · Sedrick Shaw · aggregate -0.5522. Jones#22 · Tebucky Jones · aggregate -0.5628. Katzenmoyer#28 · Andy Katzenmoyer · aggregate -0.6418. Edwards#18 · Robert Edwards · aggregate -0.72Edwards -0.7230. Rehberg#230 · Scott Rehberg · aggregate -0.80154. Fletcher#154 · Derrick Fletcher · aggregate -1.08125. Ellis#125 · Ed Ellis · aggregate -1.0917. Woody#17 · Damien Woody · aggregate -1.5783. Spires#83 · Greg Spires · aggregate -1.79241. Morey#241 · Sean Morey · aggregate -2.41Morey -2.4

Incremental contribution by season

-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-10+11997 · Chris Carter · incremental +0.091997 · Vernon Crawford · incremental +0.201997 · Damon Denson · incremental -0.041997 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental -0.081997 · Sedrick Shaw · incremental -0.081997 · Ed Ellis · incremental -0.131997 · Chris Canty · incremental -0.211997 · Tony Gaiter · incremental -0.221997 · Scott Rehberg · incremental -1.151998 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental +0.031998 · Vernon Crawford · incremental +0.141998 · Chris Carter · incremental +0.141998 · Harold Shaw · incremental +0.181998 · Rod Rutledge · incremental +0.211998 · Tony Simmons · incremental -0.081998 · Scott Rehberg · incremental -0.121998 · Jason Andersen · incremental -0.141998 · Chris Floyd · incremental -0.261998 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.331998 · Chris Canty · incremental -0.481998 · Leonta Rheams · incremental -0.511998 · Damon Denson · incremental -0.551998 · Ed Ellis · incremental -0.721998 · Ron Merkerson · incremental -0.761998 · Sedrick Shaw · incremental -0.811998 · Greg Spires · incremental -1.091998 · Robert Edwards · incremental -1.201999 · Jason Andersen · incremental +0.061999 · Tony Simmons · incremental +0.071999 · Harold Shaw · incremental +0.111999 · Chris Floyd · incremental +0.121999 · Vernon Crawford · incremental +0.131999 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental +0.141999 · Rod Rutledge · incremental +0.211999 · Chris Carter · incremental +0.251999 · Michael Bishop · incremental +0.491999 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.021999 · Damon Denson · incremental -0.031999 · Derrick Fletcher · incremental -0.051999 · Tony George · incremental -0.111999 · Marcus Washington · incremental -0.291999 · Greg Spires · incremental -0.301999 · Andy Katzenmoyer · incremental -0.751999 · Ed Ellis · incremental -0.911999 · Damien Woody · incremental -1.241999 · Kevin Faulk · incremental -2.181999 · Sean Morey · incremental -3.722000 · Tony Simmons · incremental +0.042000 · Jason Andersen · incremental +0.042000 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental +0.092000 · Chris Floyd · incremental +0.102000 · Tony George · incremental +0.122000 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.132000 · Harold Shaw · incremental +0.222000 · Michael Bishop · incremental +0.272000 · Rod Rutledge · incremental +0.332000 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.102000 · Damien Woody · incremental -0.242000 · Andy Katzenmoyer · incremental -0.252000 · Greg Spires · incremental -1.362000 · Derrick Fletcher · incremental -1.692001 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental +0.122001 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.172001 · Rod Rutledge · incremental +0.372001 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.132001 · Damien Woody · incremental -0.262002 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.242002 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.152002 · Damien Woody · incremental -0.602003 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.132003 · Damien Woody · incremental -0.232004 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.152005 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.102006 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.192007 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.142008 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.232009 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.122010 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.002011 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.03Edwards -1.2Faulk -2.2Morey -3.7Fletcher -1.719979 players199818 players199920 players200014 players20015 players20023 players20032 players20041 player20051 player20061 player20071 player20081 player20091 player20101 player20111 player
Above expectationBelow expectationRobert EdwardsGM total -10.8Robert Edwards by season -1.2

How much retained production did Robert Edwards return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: RBs drafted within ±5 picks of Robert Edwards since 2010 (2 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

0Model value above slot15. GordonMelvin Gordon · model value 018. EdwardsRobert Edwards · model value -0.3-0.322. HamptonOmarion Hampton · model value -0.4
Robert EdwardsSlot-similar peers (2)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'98'00'02048111501Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1998NE161511
1999000
2000000
2001000
2002MIA1202

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