Ok…go on record with your draft grade.

[PatsFanInVa]

Team's undefeated. WTF do you guys want???

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Also by the way, "crownover" sounds like either a pastry or a childbirth complication

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Ok, I'll go on record calling this the "A Tale of Two Cities Draft".
The Vrabel draft (It was the best of times)
The Wolf draft (It was the worst of times)
I loved the first 3 picks. I gave them a solid A.
I didn't love the day 3 picks, except for Crownover. I gave it a C-minus.
I hope I am wrong about the day 3 picks but I already had a feeling this draft was very weak after round 3. But I thought we had a chance to get some better players. Of course we shall see but overall this was a little disappointing in the 5-7 range. Moving up for Charles Demmings would have made a difference in my opinion.
My preferences would have been:
5th Round: Domani Jackson or Cyrus Allen (or Kaytron Allen). I only mentioned Jackson since we are in desperate need of CB4 (not sure about Vildor as a UFA signing). It's why I wanted Demmings.
6th Round: Crownover was great
6th Round: Harold Perkins or VJ Payne
7th Round: Nussmeier over Morton
So like I said I thought the draft was weak after the 3rd so I'm not overly disappointed as I figured we'd get players who will be only depth pieces.

you're welcome

 

[40yrpatsfan]

After digesting more, I think the grade is a missing category "Very good". We started out behind, picking at 31 each round. Getting Lomu and Jacas were each an A, terrific talents where we really needed them, and kudos for making the move-ups cause they'd have certainly been gone. Also love the Raridon pick, he's HH + blocking.

We lost our 4th rounders which was the sweet spot in this draft, but it had to be done. I trust the 5th round selection of Prunty cause we had him here on a 30 visit, and has good measurables. We got Crownover in the 6th at 196, a consensus 4th round (125) value, and now we're loaded and flexible at OT. Also like RB Miller at 245. So that's 6 picks who are likely contributors.

Not at all sure about Obiazor at 212, Morton at 234, and Quintavious at 247, but will keep an open mind.

We did also acquire a 2027 6th rounder by trading down from 198, and now for 2027 we have four 6th's (though no 7th). If we are trading say a 2nd rounder for Brown, those extra 6th's will come in handy to try to fill that gap. Hopefully we'll also score a comp pick somewhere.

 

[Run DMC]

As the kids would say, I would call this draft the definition of "mid". A big fat C. Now I'll be corrected if Lomu turns out to be Solder 2 and Jacas turns into Judon 2. The rest will be lucky to ever play in the NFL as starters. Come to think of it, I don't know why the cheapskate Krafts couldn't merely pay Chaisson and Tonga to return. So dumb. We better be signing AJ for this super weak wr corp as well.

 

[Ring 6]

Most people grade drafts on the consensus rating of the players.
But the consensus is rarely right.

They drafted pretty much every position I laid out pre draft that I wanted them to take (with the exception of LB) pretty close to the order o felt was priority.
I wouldn’t begin to think that I am a better judge of it the puck was the best at the position for the team, than the pros, so I assume it was, and therefore I’m happy with the draft.