With the NFL’s 2019 draft in the rear-view mirror, the analysis of every selection and trade made is well underway. One term pops up pretty often in this process: steal. A player picked later as was originally anticipated — whatever the reason may be for his slide down the board — often gets labeled as a steal by writers or analysts. One of them to recently use the term is former NFL player and current NFL Network host Nate Burleson.
Burleson, who spent eleven seasons in the league between 2003 and 2013, named one of the players drafted by the New England Patriots as his personal ‘steal of the draft’ — and you probably would not have guessed who it was (except when, you know, paying attention to the image used for this article):
Damien Harris, the Patriots’ third-round pick out of Alabama, certainly is an intriguing player.