NFL Draft Review: AFC Draft Grades.
Ok, “Again, Where Do I Start?”.
The 2022 NFL Draft, Held In Las Vegas, Extinghuished Like The Nights Of Ienbraietd Esctacy The City’s Famed. Fittingly In Easter, The Event Passed Like The Few Verses Separating The Death and Resurrection Of Christ. In 72 Hours Timelapse, 10 Plus Hour Podcast. Innumerable Hours Of typing.
“Scary Hours”
Teams Turned in their Cards On Picks Faster Than Bad Stock At The Nasdaq. Quarterbacks Fell. So Did The Best Line Backer By Most Account. At One Point Projected First Round Selection, Georgia’s Nakobe Dean. The Eagles Took In The Third Round(83rd.) The Slide Negated Dean From Joining Other Stalwarts Of Georgia Defense Who Breach The First Round And Set The Record for defensive Players Drafted by One Team In The First. Travon Walker (first overall), Jordan Davis (13th), Quay Walker (22nd), Devonte Wyatt (28th), and Lewis Cine (32nd). However, The Eagles Drafting Dean Reunites Him With Jordan Davis And Med, Both Two Of A Record-Breaking Fifteen Bulldogs Drafted. With the Packers Drafting Two In The First Round and The Falcons Drafting Two Other In Later Rounds.
Trades Were All The buzz. Teams Checked Their Boards As “Their Guy”. “If He Falls Go Get Him,” Said Joe Douglas Of The Jets. Before Jermaine Johnson Landed In New York. More Tumbles And Tuck Away Like That One Dominated the Evening. Team Moved Up To Snatch Receivers Off The Board. Team Like the Eagles, and Cardinals, Made Moves To Grab Disgruntled playmakers From Other Rosters In Exchange For Late First Round Picks.
With Just One First Round Pick, The Eagles Went Big. Who Else Optimized Their Selections? More Questions:
AFC East
Buffalo Bills: B
No. 23: CB Kaiir Elam, Florida, No. 63: RB James Cook, Georgia, No. 89: LB Terrel Bernard, Baylor, No. 148: WR Khalil Shakir, Boise State, No. 180: P Matt Araiza, San Diego State, No. 185: CB Christian Benford, Villanova, No. 209: OT Luke Tenuta, Virginia Tech and No. 231: LB Baylon Spector, Clemson.
The Bills Must Still Suffer From PTSD Over How Their Season Ended. The Blink And The Streaks Of Tyreek Hill Remain Imprinted on Their Retina. Drafting Corner Back Kaiir Elam Out Of Florida To Join Tre White In An All-SEC Press Man Corner Tandem Could Cure Their Vision. Elam Didn’t Play As Fast As He Ran, But He’s Quite Physical And Should Perform Well In The Bills Heavy Cover 3 Scheme. He Plays Similarly To Tre White, They’re Strong Attackers At The Point Of The Catch. The Bills Took James Cook, Running Back Out Of Georgia, in The Second round. As Runner Cooks Unfortunately Reminiscent of His Brother Dalvin. A Sleek Runner With Excellent Pass Catching ability. Unfortunate, The Younger Cook Will Always Have Tethers To His Brothers Pro Bowl Status. For The Bills, Taking A Back At Pick 63, Showed Some “Panache” On The Part Of A talented Team Drafting For Value Even At a reach. The Team already Has Talent At Nearly Every Position. Cook Will Only Have Former third Round Pick Devin Singletary Ahead On The Depth Chart. They Added Another Linebacker In Terrel Bernard. The Bills Flipped Back Towards Offense With Khalil Shakur Pick In The Fifth Round. A Strong Value At The Position And The Selection. He Joins Gabriel Davis, Another Incredibly Polished Late Round Route Runner. Together With Stephon Diggs, They Can Keep The Bills From Falling Behind The AFC Other Explosive Offenses.
Miami Dolphins: C+
R3 (102) LB Channing Tindall, R4 (125) WR Erik Ezukanma, R7 (224) LB Cameron Goode, R7 (247) QB Skylar Thompson
How Do You Grade This? The Dolphins Spent Their Draft In The Off-season And, As A Consequence, Made the Fewest Choices In This Year's Draft. One Less Than Seattle Made Last Year. The Channing Tindall Pick In the Third Felt Like A Steal. After Devin Lloyd And Quay Walker Went Of The Board. Teams Wrote Off, Nakobe Dean Linebacker, Tindall Became The Next Guy Up. Teams Just Aren’t Too Invested In The Position Of Linebacker, But Tindall Should See Constant Action On The Weak Side Of Miami 3-4 Defense. He tested incredibly Well At The Combine. Wide Receiver Erik Ezukauma Could Find Spot Opportunities With Devante Parker In New England.
New York Jets: A-
Quality Over Quantity. The Jets Made Several—Two That Felt Like Many— Major Exchange. Plunging Back Into The First Round After Doubling Up In The Top Ten. In Some away The Symbol Of Mediocrity In NFL Circles, The Jets Bartered Their Way Out of That Mired Status With three First Round Picks. A Treasure Trove, Only The Raiders, Could Folly. Every Chef Worth Their Salt Know Never Start A Meal With The Sauce. According To Culinary Standards, Sauces Are Complimentary Delights. Even So, The Sauce Can Steal The Show and Highlight Contrasting Flavors. The Jets Have Been Pining To Return To The Days Of Darrelle Revis And Antonio Cromartie. Not Vocally, But The Jets Haven’t Taking Off To Greater Relevancy In The League Since The late 2000s. Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner Has The same Frame as Cromartie, Tall Amd Bendy. As Well As The Sleekness Of Darrelle Revis To Compliment. Quarterbacks Targeted Sauce Less Than Three Times a Game. When They Did Came With Three Interceptions.
At Pick Ten, The Jets Gave Zach Wilson The Best Wide Receiver He’s Played With Possibly In His Football Life. Garrett Wilson Could Be Zach Wilson’s Elevation Or Undoing. The Ohio State Product has True Number 1 Ability Unlike Former First Rounder Corey Davis and Surprise Braxton Berrios. Wilson, Garrett Will Mostly Like Produce Regardless Of How Effective Or Otherwise Wilson, Zach, Performs. The Ceiling For Jermaine Johnson Lands Somewhere In The Melvin Ingram, Cliff Avril Scale. At Worst, He’ll Seal The Edge On Outside Zone Runs. Running Back Breece Hall—A First Round Pick A Decade Ago— In The Second. The Best Rusher Of This Draft Group By Large Margins. Excellent Build, His First Carry Will, Help New York’s Near Last Rank Rushing Attack. Hall’s Already Found A Home At The Top Of Depth Chart. Jeremy Ruckert Came To Colombia, Ohio, As Five Star Recruit, But At Wide Receiver, Ruckert Didn’t Have Many Opportunities To Catch Passes. CJ Uzomoah And Tyler Conklin are Ahead Of Him On The Depth Chart Buckeeet May N Get The Chance To Explore his Pass Catching Potential.
New England Patriots: B
Round 1 C/G Cole Strange Chattanooga (29). Round 2 WR Tyquan Thornton, Baylor(50). Round 3 CB Marcus Jones, Houston (85). Round 4 CB Jack Jones, Arizona State(121). Round 4 RB Pierre Strong Jr., South Dakota State(127). Round 4 QB Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky(147); 6RB Kevin Harris, South Carolina(183). Round 6 DT Sam Roberts, Northwest Missouri State(200). Round 6 G Chasen Hines, LSU(210). Round 7 OT Andrew Stueber, Michigan(245)
‘We’re Only Chasing After Speed Now. We Gatta Game Plan”
The New England Patriots Made Seven Trades Through the Seven Round Affair And Didn’t Move The Needle On Any Of Their Picks. It’s no Secret The Pats Have Their Modus Operandi When Approaching Team Building. That’s No Surprise. Every Team Constructs a Roster Under Some “Prevailing” Guidelines. But The Pats And Belichick Particularly Have A Flair For The Enigmatic. Starting In Round One, That takes The proverbial Perplexing Paton From The Jags. After Trading, They Choose Cole Strange Out Of Chattanooga. Not Exactly SEC Country. Strange Played Guard and Tackle But Projects as More Of Center. But He Tested Off The Scale, And the Patriots placed Offensive Lineman Rank Atop Their Needs Board. Despite the Revelation, Strange Still Ranked amongst The Largest “Reach” Picks Of the Draft. Embellished More By Sean Mcvay And GM Les Snead Dumbstruck Reaction To A Player they believed would be Available In Third Round. The Patriots Addressed The Need For Corner With Marcus Jones From Houston. Jones, A Bit undersized, makes Up With Excellent Coverage Skills. An. Experimental Piece Who Perhaps Can Match Up With The Smaller Receivers In The AFC East. The Tyquan Thornton Pick Could Hit Big Burn Out Fast In New England. The Pats Have a Strong History of Developing Offensive Lineman and Linebackers and Wide Receivers, but Not So Much.
The Last Two 1st and 2nd Round Pick N’Keal Henry(Who’s Still On The Roster) and Aaron Dobson Didn't Work Out. Tyquan Brings Speed And length, But He’s On The Thin side. A-One Trick Pony Type Of Guy. The Pats Drafted Another Corner Jack Jones To Add To The Gamut They’ve Collected In the Secondary. To Backfield, The Pats Bolstered Another Group Of strength, The Running Back Room, With Speed Guy Pierre Strong Jr and Kevin Harris. A Few More Offensive Line Prospects and A Defensive Tackle Rounded Out The Head Scratching. The Patriots Have A Strong Roster Regardless. They Could Afford To Invest In surplus Positions.
AFC South
Houston Texans: A
Round 1, Derek Stingley Jr., CB, LSU. Round 1. Kenyon Green, OL, Texas A&M. Round 2. Jalen Pitre, S, Baylor. Round 2. John Metchie III, WR, Alabama. Round 3. Christian Harris, LB, Alabama. Round 4. Dameon Pierce, RB, Florida. Round 5. Thomas Booker, DT, Stanford. Round 5. Teagan Quitoriano, TE, Oregon State. Round 6. Austin Deculus, OT, LSU.
Yes, The Texans Got The Best Player in The Draft. Derek Stingley Jr. Stingley Jr. Takes Over Day One Forcing Teams Search Else For Open Options. The Former LSU Tiger Said In Interviews In The Past That He Hates Being Alone, But He’s Find Comfort On Stingley Island. With Their Other First Round Pick, The Texans Bolstered their O-Line With Kenyon Green from Texas A&M. Green can double-dip Inside Or Out And Bookend Opposite Laremy Tunsil. Into The Second the Secondary Reconstruction Continued Jalen Porte Safety Out Of Baylor. Outer Translate As A Nickel Corner Because Of Size Concerns But Earned A 92. 7 Coverage Grade From PFF. The John Metchie Pick Seven Selections Later Won The Day For Houston. Metchie Showed First Round Traits—Shiftiness, Strong Hands—Last Season Before Jameson Williams Outshine Him and An ACL Injury Ended Metchie’s Season. Christian Harris Out Of Alabama A Super Talented Linebacker In Third. It's a Bit Of A Project But has an Immediate Edge Factor For A Teams No Doubt Weak On The Edge. The Texans Finished Last In Rushing a Season Ago, Dameon Pierce Could Win The Starting Role and Tote, the Load Behind a Suddenly Formidable Line. The Texans Stock Up Heavy On Talent Early.
Indianapolis Colts: B
Round 2 (53) WR Alec Pierce. Round 3 (73).TE Jelani Woods Round 3 (77). OT Bernhard Raimann Round 3 Pick 32 (96). SAF Nick Cross Round 5 Pick 16 (159). DT Eric Johnson Round 6 Pick 13 (192). TE Andrew Ogletree Round 6 Pick 38 (216). DT Curtis Brooks Round 7 Pick 18 (239) DB Rodney Thomas
No First, No Problem. The Colts Most glaring Need is Depth at Wide Opposite Michael Pittman. With their First Pick Of the Draft, 53rd, The Colts Took Alex Pierce in the Second Round. At 6’3, Pierce Matches Pittman Sizes On The Boundary, But Pierce Plays More Shiftier. Pierce Performed Most His Damage Down The Field. A Unique I Explosiveness—Had A Broad Jump In 92 Percentile. Cincinnati’s Offense Put Pierces 4.4 Speed to Work down Field, Resulting in A 17.1 Average Depth Of Target. He Doesn’t Create a Ton Of Separation, But He Only Needs A Sliver Of Room To Use Body Control To Maneuver Around Coverage. Pierce and Cincinnati Alike Struggled against Stiffer, Like Alabama. The Colts Drafted A Backup Tight End. Flex Starter In Jelani Woods The 6’7 Stalwart Out Of Virginia. Who Could Ultimate Supplant Moe Alie-Cox? The Colts Offensive Line, Once The Strong Point air team Needing Reinforcement. Bernhard Raimann Rank Amongst The Best Mover Tackles fell Into The Third Round And Could Be A Day One Starter. Excellent Pass blocker Who Tested Out Of The Roof At yea combine. A 9’9” Broad Jump At 300 Plus Pounds. The Colts Top Off Their Early Picks Adding Safety Nick Cross. The “Rangiest” Safety In His Class. Another Sup Up Athelstan The Colts Defense Can Use Across The board.
Tennessee Titan: B.
Round 1 (No. 18): Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas Round 2 (No. 35): Roger McCreary, CB, Auburn Round 3 (No. 69): Nicholas Petit-Frere, OL, Ohio State Round 3 (No. 86): Malik Willis, QB, Liberty Round 4 (No. 131): Hassan Haskins, RB, Michigan Round 4 (No. 143): Chig Okonkwo, TE, Maryland Round 5 (No. 163): Kyle Philips, WR, UCLA Round 6 (No. 204): Theo Jackson Round 6 (No. 219): Chance Campbell.
Like Adam Kilgore Of the Washington Post Extolled, The Wide Receiver Position Ended A Expansive Reign That’s Quarterbacks Held Over The Foundational Psyche of The NFL. At Least, This Year. Over The Past Three Drafts, A Greater Influx Of Talent has surged the League, And The Pas Catchers Pushed the Tow Of Trade-Up Back and Fourth. The Lions Jump Twenty Spots To Draft an Injured Potentially Star Guy. It’s becoming more Important Too Draft These guys In the Fist Round. Stretch the “Cheap” Years Of their Contract Out Before Receiver Hit Grade A Production and Become “too Expensive” For Reasoning. After Christian Kirk’s Bounty, The Market Suggests Even a Moderately Productive Receiving Threat Could Plus Market Value. The Titan’s Draft Night With The Becoming “First Born” Exhibition Of The Exodus Over The Rise At The Position C. They Serve up Star Receiver AJ Brown To The Eagles For First-Round Pick After Three Years, Two 1000(+) Yard Season. Brown Scoffed At Any Extension Talks With His Former Team. The Pick The Titans Barter Became Brown’s Potential Replacement, Treylon Burks. Burks Has The Upside Along With The Catching Potential To Step In Where Brown Vacated. He is an excellent Down The Field Catch Guy Who Can Work With The Ball In His Hand On Short Outs From the Flat. The 4.5 Didn’t Look Good. But The Highlights And The Game Tape Cant Be Compress into Test Numbers: Well, You Get My Point. You Can Tell Burks A Guy who won't Be Press By Man Press. He’s Too Long And Strong. The Titans Stole the Third Round And The Quarterback Scene, Selecting Malik Willis In The Third Round. Kyle Phillips Out Of UCLA, An Undersized Slot Guy With Cooper Kubb Like Traits.
Jacksonville Jaguars: B-
Round 1 DE Travon Walker, Georgia (1). Round 1 LB Devin Lloyd, Utah (27). Round 3 C Luke Fortner, Kentucky (67). Round 3 LB Chad Muma, Wyoming 70. Round 5 RB Snoop Conner, Ole Miss (154). Round 6 CB Gregory Junior, Ouachita Baptist (164). Round 7 CB Montaric Brown, Arkansas, (222).
The Divide Between Potential And Production. The Jaguars Found Themselves Confronted By The Choice And Deferred To Stretching The Boundaries, With A Potential Home Run, Even A Triple Just Sitting On The Board. Playing With House Money—Because The Jags Have Time To Rebuild, And A Young Quarterback To Envy Other Top Ten Teams— Double Down. The Choice Could Mean Nothing and Everything In The Coming Future. In Drafting Travon Walker, The Lions Made The Most Polarizing Number 1 Decision In Recent Memory. Travon’s Status As A Prospect Favors More On The Side Of A “Developmental” Rather than An Pro “Pedigree” Chain Mover. The Former Georgia Bulldog Whose Scary Good Athletic Testing Should Have to Frighten Any Team But The Raiders. Walkers Come into the Number Pick under The Designations, “Raw And Athletic,” Tags Weighted Against Him Since High School. Walker Didn’t Control His Draft Slot, But He’ll Need To Be In The JJ Watt, Aaron Donald Territory To Justify The Choice, Rather Than The Dante Fowler Jr., Josh Allen(Travon’s New Teammate) Of This World, Both Jaguar First Round Picks. Regardless the Jags Had Defense First Approach. They Took Devin Lloyd Later In The First round At Twenty. Perfect Outside linebacker Who Can Drop Into Coverage. He’ll Pair and Compete With Last Year's First Round Pick, K’Lavon Chiasson, At Outside Linebacker. The Jag invested More Capital Into The Offensive Line. After Signing Brandon Scherff, They Drafted Kentucky’s Center Luke Fortner In The Third. Followed Linebacker Chad Mika. Together, Lloyd, Chaisson, And Foyesade Oluokon, The NFL's Leading Tackler(192), The Have One Of the Best Linebacking Groups Heading To The Season.
AFC West
Denver Broncos: B-
Round 2, Pick 64: Nik Bonitto, DE, Oklahoma. Round 3, Pick 80: Greg Dulcich, TE, UCLA. Round 4, Pick 115: Damarri Mathis, CB, Pittsburgh Round 4, Pick 116: Eyioma Uwazurike, DL, Iowa State. Round 5, Pick 152: Delarrin Turner-Yell, S, Oklahoma. Round 5, Pick 162: Montrell Washington, WR, Samford. Round 5, Pick 171: Luke Wattenberg, OL, Washington. Round 6, Pick 206: Matt Henningsen, DT, Wisconsin. Round 7, Pick 232: Faion Hicks, CB, Wisconsin.
The Broncos Made One of The Many Grandiose (And Riskier) Moves Of The Off-season In Trading Russell Wilson And Banking On Being The Difference For Their Roster. Elway And The Bunch Tossed A Tonnage Of Picks At Seattle And StollTurned around And Found Time To Burn Nine Picks In Six Rounds Starting at The Last Pick In the Second, Linebacker Nik Bonitto Out Of Oklahoma. The Sooners Of Oklahoma Have Not to Produce Nearly As Much Defensive Difference Makers As Offense Difference Makers In The League. But Bonitto Figures To At Least Contribute To Team Sucess, the Broncos Traded Away Former Lead Tight End Noah Fant and Drafted a Backup Greg Dulcich Out Of UCLA. Dulwich Has natural Move Tight End receiving Traits. More than Capable Route Runner Who Has Excellent Feel And Adroitness in the open Field, Averaged 12 Yards Per Target In College. Elsewhere the Broncos sure up The Defense With Several Secondary Player And A Defensive Lineman And Quietly Snuck Away With A Gifted Center Prospects. Not bad For A Team With No First Rounder.
Kansas City Chief: A
Round 1, Pick 21, Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington. Round 1, Pick 30, George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue. Round 2, Pick 54, Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan. Round 2, Pick 62, Bryan Cook, S, Cincinnati. Round 3, Pick 103, Leo Chenal, LB, Wisconsin. Round 4, Pick 135, Joshua Williams, CB, Fayetteville State. Round 5, Pick 145, Darian Kinnard, OL, Kentucky. Round 7, Pick 243, Jaylen Watson, CB, Washington State. Round 7, Pick 251, Isaiah Pacheco, RB, Rutgers. Round 7, Pick 259, Nazeeh Johnson, S, Marshall.
Not Only Did the Cheifs Address A Need In The Secondary, but They also Got Their Guy At The Top Of Their Board. All Without Having To Mortgage Their Draft Capability In The Future. Trent McDuffie Fell Into The Twenties. Just Range for the Chiefs To Orchestrate A Deal Up from 29 to 21 To Secure Him. Some Slated McDuffie As The Best Pure Coverage Guy Of the Group, He Also Happened To Be The Shortest Of The Top Three Guys. The Draft Reports Often Stretch His Height Between 5’11-5’10, Reality Tends To Favor The Shorter Side.
Nevertheless, He Has Lockdown Coverage Skills. Taller, 6’3 or Better, Opponents Can Climb Over Him and Get the Better Of Him On Jump Balls And Back shoulders. Thankfully, those guys aren’t En Vogue. McDuffie Will Lockdown Just About Anyone Else. The Chiefs D-line Needed Boost. For Days When They Force Converted Chris Jones From Interior to Edge. George Karlaftis Landed on the 30th. Now The Chiefs Have Enough Pass Rush Power On The Inside and Outside To Collapse A Government. In the Second Round, the Chiefs Choose Sky Moore, The “Shifty” Slot Guy out Of Western Michigan. Slot Starter Day One. They Pick Up A Projected Starting Safety In Bryan Cook And A Steal At Linebacker After Leo Chenal Fell Into The Third Round. Then Rounding Out The Draft With More Secondary Prospects. A tackle Darian Kinnard And A Running Back, Isaiah Pacheco.
Las Vegas Raiders: C
Round 3, Pick 90 Dylan Parham, OL, Memphis. Round 4, Pick 122 Zamir White, RB, Georgia. Round 4, Pick 126 Neil Farrell, DT, LSU. Round 5, Pick 175 Matthew Butler, DT Tennessee. Round 7, 238 Thayer Munford, OL, Ohio State. Round 7, 250 Brittain Brown, RB, UCLA.
Friends Don’t Let The Raiders Make First Round Pick. On Day Two Of the Draft, Ahead Of Making Their First Pick In The Third Round, the Raiders Rejected The Fifth-Year Option On Three Former First Round Picks Of 2019. A Massive Haul Of misguided Decision Most Likely Headed For Amal’s Of Cautionary Scouting and Poor Upper Management. Running back Josh Jacobs, The Teams Leading Rusher, May Still Have a Future With The Team Moving Forward. Defensive Lineman Cellini Ferrell And Safety Jonathan Abram Are Most Likely Out. The Raider's new Regime May Want To Move On From The Choices Of The Old Jon Gruden Era. The Brain Trust Of Dave Ziegler(GM) And Josh McDaniels(Head Coach) Began Their Era And Drafting In The Third Round. Addressing The Largest “Woe” On The Offensive, The Protection Unit. In selecting Dylan Parham, the Raiders Have a Multidisciplinary Interior Lineman. The Offense Got Another Tail Back In Zamir White Out Of Georgia. Another Multi-Purpose Piece Who Joins A Deep Core And Could Provide A Cheaper Option If The Team Does Decline Signing Josh Jacobs Long Term. The Defensive Line got Critical Reinforcement With Neil Farrell Jr. Out Of LSU and Matthew Butler Out Of Tennessee. Darrell’s More Of A Space-Eater. Hold His Position On The Line. Clogging Two Gaps. Butler Has More Tenacity As A Rusher.
Los Angles Chargers: A
Round 1 Boston College OG Zion Johnson (No. 17). Round 2 Baylor S JT Woods (No. 79). Round 3 Texas A&M RB Isaiah Spiller (No. 123). Round 5 UCLA DT Otito Ogbonnia (No. 160). Round 6 Georgia OG Jamaree Salyer (No. 195). Round 6 Wake Forest CB Ja’Sir Taylor (No. 214). Round 7Mississippi CB Deane Leonard (No. 236). Round 7 Purdue FB Zander Horvath (No. 260).
Im Still Shock By How The Chargers’ Season Ended. Still, They Enter The Draft On the Trails Of A Stellar Off-season. Adding Two Pro-bowlers And Retaining Star Wide Receiver. Looking To Fill The Gaps In The Roster, The Flash, Glossy, Flamboyant Chargers Made Utilitarian Functionality Moves. Guard Zion Johnson Expects To Start Day one On A Young, strong Offensive Line that Needs To Hold Up Against Some Of the Vaunted pass Rushes In The NFC West. On The Defensive Side, they Took JT Woods Safety Baylor. Woods Would Compliment the Coverage Corp, But He’s Exceptionally Fast—A Former Track Guy, Like Everyone From Baylor—And He Has A Nose For The Ball. The Chargers Drafted For Strength Will Isaiah Spiller. Incredible Productive And Talented Running Back Out Of Texas A&M. Will Lighten The Load On Austin Ekeler. The Chargers Made Five More Late Picks. Adding Defensive Line Depth in Otito Ogbonnia(Don’t Ask me How To Pronounce that). The Another Offensive Lineman In Jamaree Salyer, who Could Fit And Right Tackle Opposite Rashawn Slater.
AFC North
Baltimore Ravens: A
Round 1 Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame (14). Round 1 C Tyler Linderbaum, C, Iowa (25). Round 2 David Ojabo, OLB, Michigan(45). Round 3 Travis Jones, DT, Connecticut(47). Round 4Daniel Faalele, OT, Minnesota(110). Round 4 Jalyn Armour-Davis, CB, Alabama(119). Round 4 TE Charlie Kolar, TE, Iowa State(128). Round 4 Jordan Stout, P, Penn State (130). Round 4 Isaiah Likely, TE, Coastal Carolina(139). Round 4 Damarion Williams, CB, Houston(141). Round 6 Tyler Badie, RB, Missouri(196).
The Ravens Won Draft Night On Strength Of The Board Just Bending Into Their Favor, Then Jon Harbaugh And Crew Fitting The Round Peg The Circular Grid. Few teams Have The Luxury Of Selecting “ The Best Player Available” Because Of Need. Very Few Have The favor That The Best Player Available Also Fit Into The structure of The Team’s Draft Board. The Raven’s Had The Worst Passing Defense In The League, By a Measurable Margin. "Whether it's been underneath slant routes or screen routes….” Coach Harbaugh Admitted, Opposing Team sHad Little Challenge Putting A Game Plan In Action Against The Ravens. No More Exemplified By Jamar Chase Smoking Tye Defense And 97 Million Dollar Corner Marlon Humphrey. The Bengals Rookie Chase Made 201 Yards “Look Easy.”
New Defense Coordinator Mike Macdonald From Michigan Takes Over, With New Toys. Starting At 14th Overall, The Team Drafted The Best Safety, Kyle Hamilton, To Pair With Major Free Agent Signee Marcus Williams. Hamilton Played More Free Safety At Notre Dame But Dropped Into The Box and Slot On Occasion. He’s Exceptional at Recognizing plays. Underperforming At The Combine Couldn’t Dilute The Talent Kyle Hamilton Displayed On Tape. The Speed To Cover and Shroud The Deep Ends Of The Field. He’s A Real Chess Piece Who Can Swap Out Linebacker When The Demand For Speed Rises In The Box. With Their Second First Round Pick, Following The Marquis Brown Trade, The Ravens Address Their Offensive Quagmire.
On 25th, The Ravens Took Center Tyler Linderbaum. Last Season The Ravens Were A Rush Team In everything But production. The Finished Last In Rushing Yards Per Game Due To A Range Of Injuries. To Justify Their Rush First Agenda, Tyler Linderbaum. The Former Iowa Hawkeye Gives The Ravens A Lock Holder In The Middle Of The Offensive Line. With a Staple Of Backs, They Can Run The Ball Inside and Outside. He’s A Skeleton Key On The Offensive Line. David Ojabo Fell Due To Injury, But If The Ravens Harvest Any Strain Of The Athletic Project, This Pick Wins. The Former Wolverine Had Natural Feel But only Tapped Into The Position before the Achilles Tear. This Young Raven’s Defense Could Get Out Of Control In The AFC North. Team PAssed On Ojabo Because He Won’t Be Expected to Produce For Another Year, But The Ravens Have His Recovery In Their Timeline. Adding Another Defensive Player With Potential First Round Ability In Travis Jones A Lean 2I, Inside Pass Rusher. The Ravens Had Six Fourth Round Picks. One Of Which They Used On Alabama m Cornerback Jalyn Armour-Davis. Another Steal. Armoire-Davis Had Top Five Corner Grading On some. The tight End Centric Ravens Drafted Two More Tight And A Colossus Of A Tackle, Daniel Faalele. At 6’8 384, Faalele's Size Stand More Than His Product, But He’s A Fixture On The Right Side.
Cincinnati Bengals C+
Round 1 S Dax Hill. Round 2 CB Cam Taylor-Britt. Round 3 DT Zach Carter. OG Cordell Volson, S Tycen Anderson, DE Jeffrey Gunter.
The Bengals Finished The Season Silently Muffling Secondary Issues. Never mind the Super Bowl. Under the Veneer Of Joe Burrow’s Gunslinging Prowess, Jamar Chase Blasting Teams Deep. The Offensive Scheme Salvaging Joe’s Life From The Trenches And Out Dueling Other Offenses with Dazzling Marksmanship. The Bengals Quietly Covered One Of The Worst Passing Defenses Based On Yards Per Game. The Defense Surrender Some 248.4 Per Game. With Some Depth as A Defensive Back, The Team Needed To Add Coverage Specialty To The Unit To Stay Afoot With The Rest Of The AFC. No Better Indications Of A Conference Transfiguring— The Conference Champs Are Chasing Those Who Fell In Their Wake. Daxton Hill Ranked Right Behind Kyle Hamilton At Safety. Hill Will Come Down Into The Box A Play Coverage. The Bengals Have Depth At Safety But For How Long. “Cornerstone” Star Jessie Bates Seems Reluctant To Play On The Franchise Tag And The Bengals Have Enormous Contract Decision In The Coming Years. The Bengals Used Their Second Pick 60th On Another Safety, Cam Taylor-Britt. A Bit Of A Glut A The Position. In the Third Round, The Bengals Took Edge Zach Carter. A Super Senior From Florida. Carter Played Across The Board On The D-Line But Projects Best As Edge Situational Pass Rusher. With their Final Three Picks In Rounds Four, Five, and Seven, The Bengals Reinforced The Safety And Guard Position Before Addressing The Defensive Front With Their Final Pick.
Cleveland Browns C+
Round 3, No. 68 overall: Martin Emerson, CB, Mississippi State Round 3, No. 78 overall: Alex Wright, DE, UAB Round 3, No. 99 overall: David Bell, WR, Purdue Round 4, No. 108 overall: Perrion Winfrey, DT, Oklahoma Round 4, No. 124 overall: Cade York, K, LSU Round 5, pick No. 156 overall: Jerome Ford, RB, Cincinnati Round 6, No. 202 overall: Michael Woods II, WR, Oklahoma Round 7, No. 246 overall: Dawson Deaton, C, Texas Tech
I Think the Browns Just Wanted A Moment Of Football That Didn’t Darken Under the Overcast Of Baker Mayfield Or Drown By the forecast Of Deshaun Watson. The Browns Started Day Two By Trading, Valuing Numbers Over Quality. It’s Intriguing To Witness Teams Double Down On Strengths. Unlike Anybody Else In The AFC North, The Browns Had A Top Five Passing Defense, Youth, And Low Budget Contracts. But The AFC High Power Transformation Demanded Teams To Fortify Their Barracks With All Grades On Corners. Martin Emerson Can Play Behind Greedy Williams On The Outside and Provide Depth in Incase Of Injury. Williams Missed One Game Last Year And four In 2019 Due To Various Injuries. Not To Mention Greedy Missed All Of 2020 Due to A Shoulder Injury And Enters the Final Year Of His Contract.
Further Down At 78th, The Brown’s Grab Alex Wright, Edge Rusher Whose Presence Could Mean The End Of Jadeveon Clowney In Cleveland. The Front Office Assuage Their Receiver Trouble With The Amari Cooper Trade But Needed Greater Depth. David Bell From Purdue. A Highly Regarded Prospect With Solid Outside Traits. He’s Similar Build and Style as Cooper, With Less Route Savvy, And A few Inches Shorter. But Bell will Catch It If It’s On Time And Target. In the Fourth Round, The Browns Choose Perrion Winfrey, Wh,o As It Stand,s Would Start On The Interior Defensive Lineman In The Fall Or Today. The Rounded Out The Later Rounds With A Kicker, A Running Bac,k, And Potentially Another Receiving Threat.
Pittsburgh Steelers: B
I Saved The Steelers For Last, But I Couldn’t Wait To Address Their Board. For The First Time In almost Two Decades, The Organization Had A Need At Quarterback. I’ve Never Peg The Steelers And Mike Tonkin As A “Roll the Dice” Type Of Organization. Still, Drafting Kenny Pickett 20th Demonstrated How Even Organizations Seeped In Tradition Can Act Out Of Character When Quarterbacks Are On The Line. Still, I Don’t Get The Logic. He’s Older Than Jordan Love, Who’s Entering His Third Season In The League, So There’s No Up Side On A Moldable Prospects.
Furthermore, The Hand Sized Issue Which Steelers GM Kevin Gilbert Said, “I Never Paid Attention To It.” Make Sense Of It. Yes, I Knew His Tape Looks Good But So Did Blaine Gabbert’s, Jake Locker's, and Brandon Weeden's. The Steelers Chose Pickett (20s) Picks In The Range Are Considered Prime Bust Territory. This One Will Be One For The Record. The George Pickens pick In round 2, A Winner. The former Georgia Bulldog, Pickens, Blends His Tall Frame(6’3) With Acrobatic Body For An Exquisite X Plus Receiver. Reminiscent Of Former Bulldog AJ Green. The Steelers Got Great Value In Demarvin Leal Out Of Texas A&M. Leal, A Beefed(283 Lbs) Up Edge, In Had 9 Sacks And 23 Hurries, According To Profootballfocus. He Projects As More On A “Tweener.” He Played Most Of His Snaps Outside the Tackle, Where He Did most Of His Damage But lacked Next Level Athleticism At The Position. Below Average Broad Jump(9’2”) and Dismal Forty Yard Dash(5.00).
Nevertheless, Great Value For One Of The Better Edge Rushers In The Class. The Steelers Lost A Ton Of Playmakers At receiver And Took Calvin Austin, Whose style was Polar Opposite To George Pickens In Size (only 5’8 170lbs). Austin Projects As A Slot But Played Most Of His Snaps On the Outside. The Former Track Runner Could Spend Time On the boundary As His Speed Favors Offensive Coordinator Matt Canada Downfield No Hold Bard Approach To Play Calling. Play Austin Stacked Formation. He plays Two-Way Go” In Two By Two. Corners Can’t Press Him, And Austin Can Stretch The Field In A Few Steps. He Could Be Desean Jackson 2.0.
