We’re inside 3 weeks! Time to get excited. Also, it’s time to fully open the kimono. Here’s our complete Round 1.
Round 1 | Team | Pick | |
1 | Arizona Cardinals | Kyler Murray (Oklahoma) | QB |
2 | San Francisco 49ers | Nick Bosa (OSU) | DE |
3 | New York Jets | Quinnen Williams (Alabama) | DL |
4 | Oakland Raiders | Josh Allen (Kentucky) | EDGE |
5 | Tampa Bay Bucs | Devin White (LSU) | LB |
6 | New York Giants | Rashaan Gary (Michigan) | DE |
7 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Jawaan Taylor (Florida) | OL |
8 | Detroit Lions | Montez Sweat (Miss St.) | EDGE |
9 | Buffalo Bills | Andre Dillard (Wash St.) | OL |
10 | Denver Broncos | Drew Lock (Missouri) | DL |
11 | Cincinnati Bengals | Dwayne Haskins (Ohio St.) | QB |
12 | Green Bay Packers | Ed Oliver (Houston) | DL |
13 | Miami Dolphins | Clelin Ferrell (Clemson) | DL |
14 | Atlanta Falcons | Christian Wilkins (Clemson) | DL |
15 | Washington Redskins | Greedy Williams (LSU) | CB |
16 | Carolina Panthers | Jonah Williams (Alabama) | OL |
17 | New York Giants | Daniel Jones (Duke) | QB |
18 | Minnesota Vikings | Cody Ford (Oklahoma) | OL |
19 | Tennessee Titans | TJ Hockenson (Iowa) | TE |
20 | Pittsburgh Steelers | D.K. Metcalf (Ole Miss) | WR |
21 | Seattle Seahawks | Byron Murphy (Washington) | CB |
22 | Baltimore Ravens | Devin Bush (Michigan) | LB |
23 | Houston Texans | Chris Lindstrom (Boston College) | OL |
24 | Oakland Raiders | Dexter Lawrence (Clemson) | DL |
25 | Philadelphia Eagles | Josh Jacobs (Alabama) | RB |
26 | Indianapolis Colts | Brian Burns (FSU) | EDGE |
27 | Oakland Raiders | Deandre Baker (Georgia) | CB |
28 | L.A. Chargers | Rock Ya-Sin (Temple) | CB |
29 | Kansas City Chiefs | Parrish Campbell (Ohio St.) | WR |
30 | Green Bay Packers | AJ Brown (Ole Miss) | WR |
31 | L.A. Rams | Jeffrey Simmons (Miss St.) | DL |
32 | New England Patriots | Noah Fant (Iowa) | TE |
Instant Analysis: One of the hardest people to place in the draft is DK Metcalf. DK absolutely owned the Combine (4.3 40!, 27 reps at 225!) and he also owns a lot of muscles (see above). But does any fan base want him? Despite the monstrous Combine, the tape is inconsistent. Doesn’t create much separation, more straight line speed than football speed. Also, his 1.6% body fat, while impressive, seems too low, and could make him too prone to injury. Remember David Boston? Notwithstanding, someone’s taking him in the first round, and he could go as high as 9 to the Bills, or 22 to the Ravens. He makes a lot of sense to the Steelers at 19, who need to reload after losing their entire offense Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell.
Elsewhere, Oakland has 3 first round picks, and they use all three to re-tool their defense. If they end up with Josh Allen, Dexter Lawrence and Deandre Baker, they’ll get three instant starters, and with the signing of Antonio Brown, trading Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper doesn’t look so crazy. It’s like Chucky has a plan.
And New England gets a happy ending at the end of the first with Noah Fant, who will try to fill the Gronk void…until Gronk comes back mid-season.