With Alex Smith announcing his retirement Monday afternoon, there are currently nine former first overall NFL draft picks still active in the league.
In honor of his contributions to the NFL, having just won Comeback Player of the Year, CBS Sports’ Bryan DeArdo ranked each No. 1 pick from 2000-20. Both current Lions quarterback Jared Goff and former Detroit signal-caller Matthew Stafford cracked the top 10.
First, we have Stafford at number 7, but DeArdo believes he can move into the top-five before his career is over—especially now that he’s playing for a perennially contending team.