The 2011 draft was five years ago. How did everybody do? The teams at the top did great. A few did extremely well in the late rounds, too. And, as happens more and more lately, they panicked over quarterbacks.

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That’s worth noting today, since the Rams and Eagles traded bushels of future picks and moved up to the first two spots in Thursday’s draft, so they won’t miss a chance at Jared Goff and Carson Wentz.

The jury’s out right now on whether they’re worth it. It won’t be in five years.

Meanwhile, in 2011, the team with the No. 1 pick didn’t budge, took the quarterback it wanted, tuned out the doubt … and seems to be pretty happy with how it turned out.

The 2011 draft, in hindsight:

The Panthers kept the top pick and got it right. They, of course, took Cam Newton. Most knew there was no other choice, for them and for other quarterbacks. There were notable naysayers — some credible (NFL Network’s Mike Mayock will never be allowed to forget that he rated Blaine Gabbert ahead of Newton), and some not (the scout who shall not be named who vented about his “fake smile”).

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Newton won the 2015 league MVP award and took the Panthers to a 15-1 regular season and a berth in the Super Bowl.

Six home runs at the top of the draft. These are the next five picks after Newton: Von Miller to the Broncos, Marcell Dareus to the Bills, A.J. Green to the Bengals, Patrick Peterson to the Cardinals and Julio Jones to the Falcons. The top six picks combined so far have 22 Pro Bowl selections, 15 playoff trips and, naturally, two Super Bowl appearances.

The seventh pick, by the 49ers, was Aldon Smith. Whether his career is permanently derailed by his substance-abuse problems remains to be seen. What he’s done in spite of that can’t be ignored.

However …

Three strikeouts with the other quarterbacks. Teams are still feeling the sting of that run on the position that year. The Titans reached for Jake Locker at No. 8; the Cowboys took Tyron Smith with the next pick. Then came the Jaguars at No. 10 — after trading up from 16th with Washington — taking Gabbert. The next pick, by the Texans, was J.J. Watt. And the pick after that, by the Vikings, was Christian Ponder.

It was fear of missing out, dread that they’d never get a quarterback they liked if they didn’t get one at that moment. Sound familiar? The real punchline, though, was that the Bengals felt that same dread, but stuck to their guns at No. 4, took Green and hoped they’d still find a quarterback later. Andy Dalton was there for them in the second round. The next selection, by the 49ers, who already had Alex Smith, was Colin Kaepernick.

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Down in the sixth round, the Ravens took one who wasn’t going to play ahead of Joe Flacco except in emergency: Tyrod Taylor, now the Bills’ starter.

For the record, the people in charge of picking Locker and Gabbert are no longer with those teams.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the first round … There was Smith, Watt, Robert Quinn, Mike Pouncey, Ryan Kerrigan and Nate Solder, all in the first 17 picks. Cam Jordan went 24th overall, Jimmy Smith 27th. Among the last three picks of the round were Muhammad Wilkerson and Cam Heyward. Down in the third round, on back-to-back picks, were Justin Houston and DeMarco Murray.

And skipping ahead to Day 3, Julius Thomas was the 129th pick to the Broncos. Richard Sherman, 154th to the Broncos. Parnell McPhee, 165th to the Ravens. Jason Kelce, 191st to the Eagles. Hey, look, future Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith, 242nd to the Seahawks.

The 2011 draft passed the five-year test … unless you reached for a quarterback not named Cam Newton.