I think it has been genuinely poor other than our KPDs.
Where we finished on the ladder is kind of irrelevant to the discussion given the number of B22 players we had in the team who were traded in from other clubs.
A fair point although it's probably not fair to entirely remove KPDs from the analysis. But if you generally look at our drafts since 2010:
2010: Gaff, Darling, Lycett, McGovern is a big win.
2011: Bad draft.
2012: Traded out of the draft and took no real interest.
2013: Sheed & Barrass - big tick.
2014: Duggan & Nelson is a passable return so far.
2015: Traded out of the first round but had three debutants already and no delistees. Cole and Partington should expect extended game time next year. Certainly no elite talent has come from this draft but it's not a failure - a low passing grade.
2016: This draft looks truly excellent but it's far too early in the peace. At least 3/4 look like becoming good/very good but we have nothing to show for it yet.
I can't be bothered going further into it but I think if you compare that against the rest of the league we are at least in the middle bracket. We've certainly done better than some rebuilding teams with significantly better draft picks than us.