What do you grade this draft?

[Jackie Lee]

9 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Dan called the Bills first.

This I hadn't seen

 

[Hoenheim]

C+ or B- . The offensive players we got look good but I wasn't impressed at all with the defensive selections. We'll see I guess. 

Defintely will re-evaluate the grade after their first year is over. I think particularly if we hit big on 2 of the of offensive players itll be a great draft from that alone. 

Getting that R2 pick next year back was probably my favorite thing about this draft even above any of the players. That was a gaping hole in the 2025 draft that I was miffed about when we did the trade up for Bryce. That trade down by Morgan this weekend effectively stopped the bleeding from the Bryce trade up, draft capital wise. 

Edited April 28 by Hoenheim

[Jon Snow]

35 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

This I hadn't seen

 

I heard that on draft night. Lots of teams wanted into the bottom of the 1st. I suspect a few were after a receiver. 

Edited April 28 by Jon Snow

[Jackie Lee]

4 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I heard that on draft night. Lots of teams wanted into the bottom of the 1st. I suspect a few were after a receiver. 

Crazy how far off the predictions were after the top 4. I knew i liked Pearsall more than Ladd and thought he'd be around for 39 but nope. Those two should have been flipped in the mocks the whole time. Keon vs XL will be interesting but that also comes down to qb play and scheme how they'll succeed

[CmC2k]

Right now Imma have to give it an A grade just solely because this is the 1st year in a long time that we had a plan going into the draft and we actually executed said plan and not panicked and made a dumb trade or a super bad pick. The goal was to get Bryce some weapons and get some depth on defense and I say we did just that. We can argue if they were the right picks later once, we see them play but at face value we did exactly what we set out to do and that alone is a massive improvement from years past under Rhule and Fitterer. 

[Jon Snow]

Just now, Jackie Lee said:

Crazy how far off the predictions were after the top 4. I knew i liked Pearsall more than Ladd and thought he'd be around for 39 but nope. Those two should have been flipped in the mocks the whole time. Keon vs XL will be interesting but that also comes down to qb play and scheme how they'll succeed

I knew all mocks would be blown up by the 5th or 6th pick. It happens every year. There were a lot of reaching for qb's. I think a few teams panicked and just starting grabbing a qb just to get one. I seriously doubt more than 1 or 2 will still be in the league in 3 years.

[Jackie Lee]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

I knew all mocks would be blown up by the 5th or 6th pick. It happens every year. There were a lot of reaching for qb's. I think a few teams panicked and just starting grabbing a qb just to get one. I seriously doubt more than 1 or 2 will still be in the league in 3 years.

6 qb's was ridiculous and Rattler/Pratt could be better than 5 of them for all we know

[Jon Snow]

Just now, Jackie Lee said:

6 qb's was ridiculous and Rattler/Pratt could be better than 5 of them for all we know

Picking qbs come down to luck, coaching and system they start off in as rookies. 

[Jackie Lee]

2 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Picking qbs come down to luck, coaching and system they start off in as rookies. 

Imagine if Jordan Love started year one for some random team, he'd be out of the league already

[Jon Snow]

Just now, Jackie Lee said:

Imagine if Jordan Love started year one for some random team, he'd be out of the league already

It really does matter where a rookie qb ends up. 

[rayzor]

We got 3 guys I really wanted at positions we really needed help with that can help us out over the next chunk of years.

We got a few more who could give us some positive production for a while in some areas.

I loved it. I think it was a success.

We weren't going to fix every area of need, but it all starts with a few and we got some. We got at least three starters in this group (maybe not immediate but it won't take long). And we got a few other who can be big time producers.

What we did this weekend sets us up to be better this year and makes it easier to get the team where it needs to be next year. We made the draft next year easier to address remaining needs.

I'm not going to micro-analyze this draft. I'm just looking at the big picture and  we made the team significantly better in a few big areas. I give them an A.

[DaveThePanther2008]

Honestly, Rounds 1-4 we're just what the doctor ordered. Rounds 5-7 I thought there we're better players available at the position we drafted but I feel these players drafted have a certain disposition that Morgan is looking for.  

Plus getting a #2 next season really helps.

It's a B+ for me. 

I can't wait to see them on the field.

If you add everything this off-season FA, trades, the draft and UDFAs to the mix I think our off-season is an A+.

[frankw]

One thing I'll say about this draft is we seem to have drafted particularly the 3 offensive players guys who have a specific personality trait. They aren't keep your head down types or timid they want to compete and they are confident in themselves. Pairing that with Canales I at least have some optimism about our offense going forward now.

[PantherChris]

I wouldn't you legit need 2-3 seasons too immediate post draft grades are one of the sports medias dumbest creations.