METAIRIE, La. -- Every NFL team is in love with its first-round pick. For now, anyway. It's still the "honeymoon phase" as teams gather for rookie minicamps around the NFL.
But how long do the marriages last?
Signing players to second and third contracts is hardly the only measure of draft success. But it certainly is one of them.
And when it comes to drafting players who stick, the Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers have been among the NFL's best over the past decade-plus.