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...skill position players that are invited to the NFL Rookie Premier Auto/photo sessions every year. Usually the invite has 35-40+ players invited every year.....the projected star players. These player autos make up the bulk of the "hits" in every product released.

This is what kills the hobby. The structure or the rookie premiere and the fact that the players at the premiere make up the bulk of the "hits". Almost all of the guys at the event are skill position players and it seems every year a bunch of them are guys who were drafted in rounds 3-7. Those are the guys that you can count on hitting with the occasional 1st rounder mixed in if you are lucky. The Jordan Todman's, Delone Carter's & Michael Egnew's of the card world.

Every team has guys that flame out no matter what round they are drafted. Most guys drafted after the 1st two rounds aren't typically drafted to become starters. With exceptions, they are mostly fillers who are expected to be rotational guys or solid backups. Some of them go on to be super stars, but the majority are guys that within a few seasons are only relevant to team collectors, set builders or guys who specifically PC that player. They are either out of the league, on their 3rd or 4th team or sitting as a backup on their original team. These are the guys that are at the premiere year after year and make up the majority of "hits" in every product released.

Though the teams you listed do seem to have a large chunk of those players and seem to consistently miss on talen, usually each year you can find a few of them with a ton of cards for every team. That leads me to believe that it is the system the companies have established and not so much the teams themselves. Just my opinion.