Round 1 WR Kadarius Toney and Round 2 OLB Azeez Ojulari both have first-round ability, and Toney should help third-year QB Daniel Jones get going in the right direction. Thornton's speed was coveted, but trading a pick to get him in the top 50 was surprising, as well. Both Jacksons are solid picks who add strength and quickness to the Saints' defense at linebacker and defensive line. Zyon McCollum was picked way later than he should have been available. Goode could play inside or outside for the Dolphins, as an instinctive player who fell under the radar at Cal. Analysis: New general manager Joe Schoen took a firm grip on the Giants' top-seven picks to get a talented pass rusher in Thibodeaux and a massive right tackle (who could play guard or left tackle as well) in Neal. Joshua Paschal is a high-energy, low-center-of-gravity rusher. In reply to The nfl draft mirrors by theslothook, that basically where the player is drafted usually says a lot about what that player is likely to become.. Round 3, Pick 97: Kerby Joseph, S, Illinois. My favorite picks were Jelani Woods and Bernhard Raimann in Round 3. This process was done for every player drafted since 2012, and then we averaged out each pick for every NFL team and ranked them 1-32. The Cowboys got good value in Tolbert, who could become a downfield threat. The answer is a resounding no. Exactly. 103) Round 5: Jeff Rowe (No. And then they coach them to be good at that job. Analysis: Arizona traded for Marquise Brown, a college teammate of Cardinals QB Kyler Murray, on Thursday night. Five Years Later: Regrading Round 1 of the 2011 NFL Draft NFL By Andrea Hangst on April 1, 2016 The 2011 NFL Draft occurred under strange circumstances. Metchie and Harris also could become solid starters if they're able to consistently secure passes and find the ball on defense, respectively. Kenny Pickett ahead of Malik Willis was questionable. You can click here to access the dataset. You can sometimes lose Tindall on film because he's so damn fast. Did the Cardinals ace the test with the selection of Kyler Murray? Who made all the right moves, and which clubs left him uninspired? In workouts prior the all-star game, Sow received high marks for his footwork, athleticism, and range. Tom's intelligence and versatility are exactly what the Packers covet (they selected him using the comp pick gained from losing center Corey Linsley). Analysis: The effects of the Russell Wilson trade will determine the direction of this franchise. With the 2020 NFL Draft in the books, Chad Reuter reveals his final quick-snap grades for all 32 teams. Kenyon Green was picked too early, and John Metchie is a fun vertical threat but wasn't worth a sizable trade-up on Day 2. Barnes is a speed demon. 2022 NFL Draft: Pick-by-pick analysis for Day 3, Rounds 4-5. And this involves reaching relative to a player's true value, not just relative to what the "experts" thought he was worth. Breece Hall will be a fun RB. That's why this is a regrade of the 2018 draft, looking back and evaluating and giving a new grade to all 32 . With that in mind, I built a preliminary linear regression model to predict draft class AV. Just a note about the endto be fair, Polian stepped down in 2009 and his dramatically less qualified son Chris took over as GM. Rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: Top prospects at every position from Kiper, McShay, Miller, Reid 27d Mel Kiper Jr., +3 More Bill provision clears NFL draft path for Army star Zamir White is extremely explosive through the line of scrimmage. On the other hand, most panelists (Kadar, Silva, Maske, Kiper Jr., and Prisco) were much more conservative in their approach, while the rest of the group's (Davis and Iyer) distributions were more inconsistent. The first-round grades are from Pete Prisco. Hardy could be the Rams' next Samson Ebukam or Chris Garrett as a small-school edge defender who excels in a designated pass rush role. 259 ( Grant Stuard, aka. Joshua Williams could eventually be better than McDuffie. With a fourth-round pick gained from a 2021 draft day trade with Pittsburgh, the Dolphins snagged Ezukanma, a reliable receiver without elite speed or quickness. The athletic Hines and sturdy Stueber could be good finds late in the draft like current starter Mike Onwenu was two years ago. After having thought a lot about Bill Polian, I think ultimately I tend to come with view that GM drafts are overrated. Upon the completion of this series, Edholm and Shook collaborated to officially rank every group, from 1 to 32. 27.93 field goals. How do I quantify future value? Some aren't fantastic football players yet. Every April, members of the NFL media put the finishing touches on their draft grades columns as the name is read of the last player selected, the player lovingly referred to as "Mr. UCLA EDGE Laiatu Latu. The 2018 NFL draft class has either signed its second contracts, gotten its fifth-year option exercised or didn't make it through their first contracts altogether. Did the Packers miss the mark? Paschal and Joseph were solid picks who could contribute right away. The Colts are on the clock. Grade: C+, Houston started with a bang -- Derek Stingley was my No. Trades are also factored into these grades, both for picks and players, as they help determine the future of a franchise as much as draft selections. Since there aren't many publicly available metrics for football that cover every player on the field and attempt to measure player value on the same scale (such as Wins Above Replacement in baseball), AV is the best option analysts have. Brown, and the SEC All-Alumni Awards, XFL Week 1 Review: Comebacks, Blowouts, and Lemons, Oh My, Aaron Rodgers and the NFL Offseason Nonsense Top 10. 1 prospect, Ojabo was a tremendous stash. Dallas Cowboys Round 1, Pick 24: Tyler Smith OT, Tulsa Grade: D- Round 2, Pick 56: Sam Williams DE, Ole Miss Grade: B- Round 3, Pick 88: Jalen Tolbert WR, South Alabama Grade: A+ Round 4, Pick 129: Jake Ferguson TE, Wisconsin Grade: A- These 2022 NFL Draft quick-snap grades are an indication of whether I think a prospect's selection is of appropriate value given his college film and athleticism scores. But not as much as the masses. Uwazurike and Henningsen are polar opposites as defensive linemen, with the former Cyclone a powerful player and Henningsen a high-motor pressure machine. After that, not so much. In reply to One question is how large an by Dan. If the Ravens and Broncos are any indication, those defenses were led by multiple stars. Jones gives the team depth at receiver and a punt return option, even if he might only end up signing one contract with the team because he will be a 25-year-old rookie. On the bright side, Ikem Ekwonu is a stud, although the pass-pro isn't perfect yet. Their fifth-round compensatory selection turned into Mitchell, a pass-catcher I expect Detroit to utilize immediately. we need actual teams to grade other teams drafts. As in, he has accrued more AV, or my Metric, per draft pick than any other GM in NFL history. Grade: C, The Saints had another draft with minimal capital, something they've been doing long before the Rams made it cool. Curtis Brooks was one of the first legitimately scary penetrators at defensive tackle, and Nick Cross is a missile at safety. They made some great selections -- Drake Jackson in Round 2, Tariq Castro-Fields and Kalia Davis in Round 6 -- and some squint-at-my-computer-screen picks like Tyrion Davis-Price and Danny Gray in the third round. Yikes. In order to make any proper conclusions from this skewed data, I will have to grade these drafts on a curve. People sometimes by theslothook. Instead, there is a flat line indicating that overall, panelists get the future value of draft classes wrong just as often if not more than they get it right at each GPA. Looking at the graph (the one labeled "Draft Grades Don't Tell Us Much About Future Value") it looks like there is way more variation in outcome than this. Ossai is the fourth Texas Longhorn the Bengals have drafted since 2010, and the third to be taken with a third-round pick (Malik Jefferson in 2018, Jordan Shipley in 2010). Here's the pecking order. He isn't the biggest or fastest player but adds needed depth and will contribute on special teams. If you do enjoy them, great for you, but don't pretend you're getting 1 ounce of nutritional value out of it. Philips will remind Titans fans of former slot receiver Adam Humphries. This draft class, which received a median grade of C from the panel, included cornerstones for the team on offense (Russell Wilson) and defense (Bobby Wagner) that were key contributors to consecutive Super Bowl appearances and have 12 Pro Bowl appearances between them in eight years in the NFL. NFL Draft Grades 2022 | NFC East Here are the 2022 NFL Draft grades for the four NFC East teams. Grade: B, The Dolphins did a reasonable job despite having minimal draft capital. Lake and Yeast add safety depth and will perform well on special teams. There are some areas where panelists have some upward trend lines, but those are mostly due to small sample sizes at either ends of the grades distribution. The departure of Pat O'Donnell led Chicago to pick Gill. He is now the. Analysis: The Texans selected a few guys who could be great with their first three picks: a potential playmaking corner (Stingley), a powerful guard/tackle (Green) and a competitive, versatile defensive back (Pitre). Daniel Jeremiah. Could there be a silver lining, though? 0 Rate. So if Im reading your post correctly, youre saying most GMs and scouts are pretty good at their job (outside of a tiny number of outliers), and any variation is due to luck, both good and bad (which I think is true). 63 overall) Analysis Trading up for CB Kaiir Elam was a. See his grades for each team through Round 1. Shakir is a reliable receiver who was a really good fifth-round pick. The New Orleans Saints were graded as one of the big winners immediately after the draft, but Sheldon Rankins was injured for most of 2016. From what I've read, the good teams know what they want from their players and draft the ones who can fit the mold. With their six fourth-round picks (most in a single draft since 1970), the Ravens found a new massive right tackle in Faalele (similar to Orlando Brown), two corners to rebuild their depth, two tight ends (Kolar is a Mark Andrews clone), and Stout, a bit of a surprise pick given Sam Koch is still on the roster. As the seasons go along, Peyton Manning is playing for you less and less because you drafted him and more so because you're paying him lots of $$$ to. Anderson Graduates to Bears in GTM Mock Draft, Super Bowl LVII: The Inevitable Patrick Mahomes, All-32: Jalen Hurts, Haason Reddick Will Decide Super Bowl. Perhaps some of our panelists are more deserving of our attention than others? I did a calculation that said Polian could go through 10 first round whiffs in a row and still be considered above average because he drafted Peyton Manning. Picking Bruss in the third met a major need for the team in 2022 and beyond after losing Austin Corbett in free agency. Has anybody ever studied how much better/worse teams draft picks are than random chance? Re-grading Packers' 2017 draft class five years later With the 2022 NFL Draft on the horizon, I want to go back five years and take a look at the 2017 draft and grade all of the. Zappe's a director from the pocket with nice anticipation and a bit more zip in his arm than given credit for. 1 ( Trevor Lawrence to the Jacksonville Jaguars) through No. With a season of play now in the books for the 2022 NFL Draft class, NFL.com's Nick Shook and Eric Edholm took on the task of ranking all 32 . It's hard to do better than Cam Jurgens and Nakobe Dean on Day 2. Austin's a nice complement to Pickens in the early fourth round, and I projected Pittsburgh selecting Pro Bowler Cam Heyward's brother, Connor, in the sixth round of my seven-round mock draft as a fullback/H-back. Or even if you only sorta kinda hit, a la Derek Carr, man do you gain the 'draft value'? Grade: A-, As has typically been the case during the John Lynch era, the 49ers took me on a wild ride over draft weekend. Jahan Dotson will be a fun complement to Terry McClaurin, he was just picked a bit too early. 2), the one way to grade drafts is by saying 'good team? rotsa ruck, shaggy'. I guess a real good marker here would be Trubisky. Then, Chad Muma was picked in Round 3. Broncos' 2022 draft class gets C- grade from NFL.com one year later. End of the Line for Kendricks, Hicks in Minnesota? The later rounds didn't feature any steals. They landed the rangy Hamilton, a bendy edge rusher with great potential (once returning from injury) in Ojabo, and an intriguing, athletic big man in Jones. Many would say the grade of the. And as someone said using career AV usingprobably isn't best. One of the things Chris did in 2010 was release the quite-effective-when-needed Jim Sorgi, leaving them with Curtis Painter, whoevery Colts fan knew was not an NFL player even before 2011. Analysis: It won't be clear whether trading a first-round pick for Trey Lance was the right move until we see him on the field. Here's each team's 2018 NFL Draft class grade three years later. I projected the Bills to take a punter in my seven-round mock; Araiza's strong leg could very well unseat veteran Matt Haack. I did like the Bailey Zappe and Tyquan Thornton selections. And I'm guessing some players get a longer leash then they otherwise should based almost solely on draft capital (aka "their potential") which can help them accumulate AV (of which it is hard to get negative values of, not impossible tho, but it seems relatively easy to output a value of even 1 or 2, but extremely difficult to even post a -1 let alone worse). Carolina made a slight move up the board to select Smith, which is fair considering his athleticism. 0. Thus, to me the fact that there is little correlation is further evidence that the efficient markets hypothesis sticks for the NFL as well; that basically where the player is drafted usually says a lot about what that player is likely to become. Day 3 was a head-scratcher. As I've previously stated regarding draft classes - which I doubt anybody remembers because I can't imagine why anybody would track what I state - I also really dislike the "entire career" way of rating drafts. The early returns on the Denver Broncos' 2022 NFL draft class haven't been great. People sometimes misinterpret the point above and say there is no skill to drafting. Taylor was solid on the right side for the Jaguars with a 69.2 pass-blocking grade and 40 total pressures allowed on 735 pass-blocking snaps. Grade: B+, As an enormous human being with an historic combine workout on his resume, of course there was serious buzz about Jordan Davis. by BigRichie. Analysis: Johnson fortifies a trouble spot on the offensive line with his mobility and toughness, making him an excellent selection. Most great players are franchise tagged or signed to long-term deals so they never become available. I'm sure there'd be sample size issues there, but this many years into the salary cap era, there's going to be some data for the sifting. Williams has the size-speed combination to excel on the outside, as does Watson, who could have been picked two rounds earlier. Especially since as the years go on you can more and more expect a player to be elsewhere? The haul they got in return for that deal and the Jets moving up for Jermaine Johnson was otherworldly. The early returns on the Denver Broncos' 2022 NFL draft class haven't been great. He has a ways to go before he's a game-wrecking pass rusher, and he was a costly pick for Philadelphia. Ezukanma adds some YAC juice to a crowded receiver room, and Goode was one of my favorite, athletic sleepers in the class. Analysis: The Bills got the cornerback they needed in Round 1 by trading up to select Elam, whose feisty attitude and quickness on the outside should translate at the next level. Much like the Senior Bowl nearly a month ago . Grade: A Chicago Bears. But typically, starts in the NFL are high-caliber athletes. Allen earned a 70.2 pass-rushing grade with 12 sacks, 14 hits and 23 hurries. And Tyreke Smith is a hand-work master with serious bend. It depends some on whether we are evaluating the draft in isolation, or the overall higher management structure of a team. Oladokun has the mobility and arm to work his way into a roster spot this year or next, if he ends up on the practice squad for 2022. Chad Reuter unveils his quick-snap grades for all 32 teams based on their decisions from the first two days of the 2019 NFL Draft. AFC East Buffalo Bills Day 3 was weird. Chad Reuter has his doubts about the bold moves of the Browns and Seahawks on Day 1, but he loved the QB decisions of the Jets and Cardinals. Melton is a Day 3 version of Tyler Lockett, and Young is an intriguing outside receiver. However, how do we know if draft grades aren't the real "Mr. We can also learn something from classes that fail to meet expectations. Chad Reuter says the Steelers found good value when they picked QB Mason Rudolph in Round 3. Did the Cowboys clean up with an ideal haul? February 28, 2023 at 12:26 p.m. Kyle Hamilton was my No. The Dolphins did not draft a center, potentially leaving Michael Deiter to handle those duties, but did find a potential backup signal-caller in the "toolsy" Thompson. Jacksonville Jaguars : Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson, 6-6, 213 Rang's grade: Literally heads and shoulders above the rest of what is. 2.0. Round 5, Pick 177: James Mitchell, TE, Virginia Tech. Broncos Buzz. Enagbare is a powerful edge rusher, an excellent find late in the fifth round. So the takeaway here is that there is pretty much no relationship between draft grades and future value at all. Cook and Chenal are nice picks who will play roles as rookies. Football Outsiders content published by ESPN. Below you will find the full draft classes for all 32 teams with individual grades, analysis for every class and a final overall grade. If you draft Trubisky, you are likely to be fired. Remember, if you pick above average, someone else has to, by definition, be worse than average. Getting the best pass-protector in the class in Round 1 -- Charles Cross -- was a major win. Grade: B, Jacksonville's draft waspuzzling. IIRC, he has drafted more hall of famers than anyone else. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | 61 min read The picks are in, from No. There have been lots of studies on the nfl draft. 92) Round 4: Isaiah Stanback (No. 1) Whatever metric you use, the distribution is heavily skewed - ie - a small number of players rack up a bunch of AV. General manager Jason Licht made two other good picks on Day 2, with Goedeke meeting the need for a lineman to replace the retired Ali Marpet and White a gliding running/receiving threat like free-agent departure Ronald Jones. D'Marco and Jordan Jackson will outplay their draft positions on defense and peek ahead to the future at those positions. They focused on McDuffie's cover skills and aggressiveness rather than his lack of size and length, and Karlaftis' superior hand usage and leverage rather than his lack of bend off the edge. Esezi Otomewo is a large, versatile defensive end. . Rob Rang is an NFL Draft analyst for FOX Sports. Grading every rookie from the 2021 NFL Draft: Trevor Lawrence, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars 2021 stats: 3,641 passing yards 12 TDs, 17 INTs 59.6 completion percentage 71.9 passer rating 2 rushing TDs Trevor Lawrence was going to be the No. (It's 5.60 AV per player vs. 4.63, averaged over all 256 picks.). Analysis: It's possible the Lions got the best defender available this year at No. Martin Emerson is a long, well-rounded corner. Our main measure of future value is going to be the total sum of the AV of all the players in a draft class over their entire playing career divided by the number of picks in the class (e.g., more players means more opportunities for accumulating value) and by the number of seasons since the draft class was selected (e.g., it is possible to accumulate more value over more seasons). Like the video. Meanwhile, the Bears, even when playing from behind with passing as the only option . It's not a fair way to do it at all since it takes three years to truly grade a draft. Which then overrides what you think, what I think, what anyone just plain ol' thinks. For comparison, it was 49.6 in 2020 . So why not play it safe and minimize the risk of being attacked for their grades? The Packers paid a mid-second round pick themselves to trade up for Watson, eschewing Skyy Moore and George Pickens to grab Watson as a potential downfield playmaker. 174) Round 6: Jordan Palmer (No. (not me; sorry, but I got a day job; no life, but a day job), In reply to On the other hand, maybe Trubisky really was valuable?? Ford, an Alabama transfer, is vastly underrated. I guess it's relative to what you would quantify as "cheap", but any time I can think of a team starting someone who was "cheap & lousy" at QB it was due to injury or similar and they were still paying someone a lot of money at the QB position. Anderson's speed/tenacious nature and Gunter's power on the edge made them very good Day 3 selections. Kyren Williams will outplay his draft position, especially in Sean McVay's offense, and Quentin Lake is a heady and decently athletic safety. Analysis: The Buccaneers deftly traded out of the first round and still got Hall, who is similar to veteran William Gholston. But if you hit, man do you gainthe 'draft value'? And in rd1 it is a pretty big gap. Alabama DB Eli Ricks. With no offense intended to the esteemed members of my panel, predicting the future is very hard! Chad Reuter reveals his quick-snap grades for all 32 teams based on their decisions from Day 2 of the 2022 NFL Draft. Analysis: The Chiefs found starters in the first round. The Titans are on the clock. Their draft was a home run out of Comerica Park. You won't want to miss a moment of the 2022 season! . How much of a team's success comes from their broad depth vs stars? That was the second-best season of any edge rusher in the draft. McCreary's a stick corner who lasted until the late second potentially due to a lack of length -- he's a talent capable of playing inside or outside. FO has made the case about stars and scrubs vs well roundedness, but that's only a point in time analysis. TCU OG Steve Avila. I predicted New England would select Marcus Jones, a diminutive but competitive slot corner and returner, in the third round. The jury is still out on players who dealt with. Johnson's quickness off the snap made him one of the best non-combine invitees in this draft, and Brooks is an undersized thorn in the side of offensive linemen. The Chargers signed veterans on the defensive line this offseason, but Ogbonnia was too good of a value to ignore in the fifth. Analysis: Two Georgia defenders made their way to a Green Bay front seven in need of youth and athleticism, which made a lot of sense given the price other teams paid for receivers early in the first round. Marcus Jones and Jack Jones feel like chippy Patriots nickel corners, but they're severely undersized. CLEVELAND, Ohio Wednesday was Day 2 of the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. However, because AV and snap count are strongly correlated at the draft class level, I won't be using snap counts in this analysis. Tariq Woolen and Dareke Young are large projects who, if coached up, can be unique stars. Now, I can begin to look into how normalized draft grades relate to future value for each class. The Jets added another power rusher in Clemons on Day 3, but their lack of picks in Rounds 5-7 means they'll have to add some top-notch undrafted free agents. Analysis: The Saints traded away future capital before the draft started to secure another first-round pick this year, using a similar credit card philosophy they've followed in their salary cap management over the years. The Bears finished tied for last in the NFL in point/differential margin with the Colts at a -8.1 per game, and the Colts averaged 35.5 passes per game. Loved the Christian Harris and Dameon Pierce selections. After running multiple models, I was able to develop a model that explains about 60% of the variation in AV. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/draft/free/stories, at Grade: C+, From top to bottom, a sound first draft for new GM Ryan Poles. With all that in mind, here's Touchdown Wire's introductory Top 50 draft prospects for 2023: 1. It's also worth noting, even if you went ultra-cheap on the quarterback; it's not like you can in practice spend a bunch of the savings on great players. Analysis: Kevin Colbert had an excellent final draft as the Steelers' GM, getting value without trading away picks. Lowe was a very good selection because of his length and agility on the edge, and Muse is a fantastic late pick-up as a No. Tennessee should add more rookie edge rushers and offensive linemen after the draft. Grading teams' drafts immediately after the event is necessary in order to provide the proper evaluation of their actions in the moment. When it comes to projecting Jalen Carter to the NFL, we can take one of two paths: We can look at his relatively pedestrian production (three sacks, five quarterback . For example, the 2013 Miami Dolphins draft class (in which they surprised many by trading up to draft Oregon edge rusher Dion Jordan with the third overall pick) and the 2014 Houston Texans draft class (in which they unsurprisingly selected South Carolina edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney first overall) both fell short of expectation despite having high draft picks and an ample amount of time to develop. Subscribe. Two running backs when there's Damien Harris, James White, and Rhamondre Stevenson already on the roster? Class grade: A. The NFL Scouting Combine kicks off this week, which will bring the 2023 draft class fully into focus, as this is the week of athletic testing, evaluations . . Taylor steps into the slot for the Chargers right away, and Horvath could be the team's lead blocker and short-yardage back from the jump. Wan'Dale Robinson went a touch early but is dynamic at all three levels, and Joshua Ezeudu will provide a nice athleticism/power blend to the offensive line. The union polled around 1,300 of its members anonymously in 2022, asking. The two first picks -- outstanding. The middle-round picks were awesome -- Jalen Tolbert, Jake Ferguson and Matt Waletzko -- and things didn't get significantly worse in the late rounds. Roberts was one of my favorite defensive line sleeper picks as he creates consistent pressure up front. You can't do that if you're a Cleveland, changing the GM/HC every year and changing direction and plan constantly. In addition, I include a "Median Grader" meant to represent the panel's overall views on each draft class. Here are the results So, every time the Seahawks picked in. He has been covering the NFL Draft for more than 20 years . Exclusive Premium Content For Subscribers. February 27, 2023 8:06 pm CT. It's tough to get a read on the New Orleans Saints' rookie class a year later. Analysis: The selection of Walker with the No. Some graders' distributions (Burke and Rang mainly) look quite like normal distributions. Calcaterra temporarily gave up football due to concussions while at Oklahoma but proved his pass-catching skills again at SMU; he'll be a valuable backup or better in the NFL. The Jaguars got a star at No. Should just be limited to rookie contract of the drafted team. Grade: A-, The Chargers were patient and good things come to those who wait, especially in the draft. Every year he's the starter is wasting years of your other talented players. 1. Parhams strong base, mobility and ability to play center or guard made him a solid third-round selection that strengthens a lacking interior offensive line. February 24, 2023 9:55 am ET The New York Giants selected 11 players in the 2022 NFL draft, many of whom would play extensive roles for the clubs as rookies. Grade: B-, Hats off to the Browns for crushing the draft despite not having a first- or second-round pick. Allgeier's a solid pick but they could have met other needs with their first Day 3 selection. But only time will tell whether the lost draft capital was too high a price to pay. David Bell is slow but a darn-good wideout. Round 3: Trent Edwards (No. The collapse wasn't until 2 years later. Round 1. My panel included: These analysts' grades were also used in Football Outsiders' annual NFL Draft Report Card series (see the most recent version of that here). I was confused by the back-to-back trade ups for Matt Corral -- although the value in a vacuum was solid -- and the athletic but slow-processing Brandon Smith, when this is a team starving for draft picks. Damarri Mathis will outplay his draft position. 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