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Twenty-two years ago Saturday, quarterbacks went 1-2 in the 1993 NFL Draft, and a club that gave up its first-rounder in search of a solution at quarterback ended up with a defensive end who helped the franchise win a Super Bowl.

The 1993 NFL Draft began on a Sunday, and it kicked off with Washington State’s Drew Bledsoe landing with New England and Notre Dame’s Rick Mirer going to Seattle. Bledsoe ended up having the stronger NFL career, leading New England to four playoff berths, including a spot in Super Bowl XXXI.

A pair of teams came away with future Hall of Famers in Round One, with the Saints selecting offensive tackle Willie Roaf eighth overall and the Rams taking tailback Jerome Bettis two spots later. However, Bettis would have his greatest success with Pittsburgh later in his career, and Roaf would finish his career by making four Pro Bowls as part of an outstanding Kansas City offensive line that featured another future Hall of Famer: offensive guard Will Shields, a third-round pick of Kansas City in that same ’93 draft.

The ’93 draft also featured a pair of star defenders selected after Round One. The Giants struck it big in Round Two, taking Texas Southern’s Michael Strahan, who would go on to break the single-season sack record with New York in 2001. He finished his career on a high note, playing a key role in the Giants’ historic upset of the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.

Strahan was the Giants’ first pick in the ’93 draft; their first-round pick was surrendered in the previous supplemental draft to take Duke quarterback Dave Brown.

The Buccaneers had their first-round pick, using it to take Alabama defensive end Eric Curry. But their biggest score came at the end of Round Three, when they selected safety John Lynch, a standout through thick-and-thin for the Buccaneers and an important part of the club’s lone Super Bowl winning team in 2002. It wouldn’t be a surprise if Lynch one day joined Roaf, Strahan and 2015 inductees Bettis and Shields in Canton, too.