Seems the other way around for us, 1-16 have been pretty good slots for us 17-32 not so great. lets take a look
Bad Players in Red, Good Players in Green
Since 2000
2000
1 16 Julian Peterson
1 24 Ahmed Plummer
2001
1 7 Andre Carter
2002
1 27 Mike Rumph
2003
1 26 Kwame Harris
2004
1 31 Rashaun Woods
2005
1 1 Alex Smith
2006
1 6 Vernon Davis
1 22 Manny Lawson (Manny gets a red because he was drafted to be a pass rusher, and cant rush for shit)
2007
1 11 Patrick Willis
1 28 Joe Staley
2008
1 29 Kentwan Balmer
Im leaving out 09 and 10 drafts, not enuff time to judge, but take a look @ that, our drafts are the opposite of what youre saying With Alex Smith and Staley being the 2 exceptions of where they were drafted