It’s a pet peeve of mine when the draft pundits say a guy is “falling.” Nobody “fell” anywhere, that’s where their market value is. Just because the pundit himself, who wasn’t privy to the same information the teams were, rated him higher doesn’t make him rated that high. He was rated right where he was picked, the pundit just never knew that.
I gave the draft an A. I would never grade a draft on what didn’t happen but rather what did happen. They got a high upside low floor LT who can fill a role this year if needed to learn the position from his hero. They got an explosive playmaker who’s best routes are also our QBs favorites. We got Breece insurance We got an extra pick for next years draft. We got a team where 1 injury in any/every position group isn’t going to sink the season.
I don't know about letter grades, but I think this is one of the better assessments I've read. I do think this draft rounded the team out pretty well and made being competitive much more realistic. And there is hope that one or more of these players turns into a top-level producer, although I'd prefer that it was more obvious.
I generally agree. But it is not just GMs, I would go so far as to say some good analysts like Connor Rogers, DJ, and others do every bit as good as individual GMs. So, overall a consensus draft by these analysts is approximately where they guy should be drafted. And slides sometimes do happen because of positions teams need, etc... Corley was pretty much considered a consensus second round pick. We got him at the very beginning of the 3d, which I would not consider a steal, but I think it was a good value. I was very encouraged by his Sr Bowl performance. Based on unanimous reports and videos I have seen he completely dominated there. But he mostly played slot in College against weaker competition, hence the value is understandably hit by that even though at Sr Bowl he showed much more than just a slot. I do think he will win starting spot at slot this year and maybe will evolve his game as well.
The way I saw this, we kinda got screwed by GB again. Not like last time, but still a little bit. That trade down in the 4th, from the top to mid round, we got next to nothing back. You can also see how low that value was in the next round where we spent that exact pick we got to move up fewer spots a round a half later end of 5th to get Travis. The trade down in the 4th itself should have resulted in GB's 5th back - that should have been Jordan Travis. Then we don't have to break up the 4th into two 5ths later and can draft the best IOL in the 4th round instead of another running back in the 5th. In the 4th round there seems to have still been decent IOLs available. For example, we could have gotten Sedrick Van Pran who was still available, and I think could fight for a back-up right away. Instead we are now very weak at IOL, looking for vet minimum guys. We need to hope to get CMG, who sucked last year. I wanted to use a 4th for that, and JD instead may have out maneuvered himself a little bit, getting screwed again by GB, and ended up with needless 4th RB.
This this this!!!! Steelers & Ravens to name a couple... There's a reason those teams never really drop out of playoff contention. Hell, Tomlin hasn't even had a sub .500 season! Somehow, some way they always seem to backfill. Ravens as well. I know damn good an well that, when Johnson brought Douglas on, he was HOPING he was bringing on some of that Raven's "magic." Who knows, maybe he did. Hard to say with the shit coaching staff...then again... Suffice it to say there is proof all over the league of teams that do a great job of drafting and the Jets aren't one of them. In fact, I remember reading some where that the Jets, not surprisingly, are one of the worst drafting teams in history.
