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Top drafters have staying power

Originally Published: April 21, 2009
By John Clayton | ESPN.com

As many teams found out over the past two decades, it's hard to win a championship through free agency. Teams have more cap room to keep their top free agents, so it's hard to get more than one or two starters in free agency. Typically, the teams that hit free agency the hardest are the teams that fail in the draft.

What do today's top draft evaluators have in common? They all have been drafting throughout this decade and still have jobs. Heading into Saturday's draft, here are the top ...

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