Editing NFL draft (section)

===Team policies===
Teams vary greatly in their selection methodologies. Owners, general managers, coaches, and others may or may not participate. For example, in the [[1983 NFL draft|1983 draft]], Pittsburgh Steelers' head coach [[Chuck Noll]] had what team executive [[Art Rooney, Jr.]] later described as "the final say" over picks, even over his father, team owner [[Art Rooney]]. This infamously led to the team drafting [[Gabriel Rivera]] over Rooney's favorite, [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|local product]] and [[Oakland (Pittsburgh)]] native [[Dan Marino]], which later came back to haunt the Steelers due to Rivera only playing six games before becoming paralyzed in a drunk-driving crash. [[Terry Bradshaw]]'s sudden retirement the following year and Marino's eventual [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] career with the Dolphins lead to the elder Rooney reminding his sons daily until his death in 1988 that the team "should've drafted Marino".

New England Patriots head coach [[Ron Meyer]], by contrast, later stated that the team, led by owner [[Billy Sullivan (American football)|Billy Sullivan]], excluded the coaching staff from any personnel-related decisions, even prohibiting him from reading scouting reports. Meyer claimed that had he possessed the decision-making authority, he would not have chosen [[Tony Eason]] in the first round of the 1983 draft.<ref name="30for30">{{cite episode | title=Elway to Marino | series=30 for 30 | network=ESPN | airdate=April 23, 2013 | season=2}}</ref>