Pressure will still be a part of their philosophy, but you can expect different coverage looks in the secondary and Hamilton’s versatility will go a long way in helping that effort. With new defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald coming to the Ravens, things will be a bit different defensively in Baltimore this season than in the past under Wink Martindale. In the first round they took advantage of two players sliding due to positional value considerations, grabbing the consensus top safety in the draft in Kyle Hamilton, and the consensus top center in the draft in Travis Linderbaum. This was nearly a clinic from Eric DeCosta and the Baltimore Ravens front office over the past few days. Isaiah Likely, TE, Coastal Carolina (139 overall)ĭamarion Williams, CB, Houston (141 overall) Jordan Stout, P, Penn State (130 overall) Jalyn Armour-Davis, CB, Alabama (119 overall)Ĭharlie Kolar, TE, Iowa State (128 overall) Travis Jones, DT, Connecticut (75 overall)ĭaniel Faalele, OT, Minnesota (110 overall) Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame (14 overall) The Falcons had needs everywhere, and did a pretty good job of plugging all those holes. Ridder will need time to diagnose NFL defenses, and he’s got some accuracy issues to clean up, but he’s got Good Alex Smith potential. The most interesting pick may have been Desmond Ridder, who fell to Atlanta as the draft quarterbacks plummeted down the board. Tyler Allgeier, the BYU back, brings Marion Barber to mind as a pure power runner. Troy Anderson, an athletic linebacker, will try to fill the spot left by Foyesade Oluokun, and could do so over time. Another need filled was at the edge, with the selection of Arnold Ebiketie, one of the most underrated disruptors in this class. If you’re concerned about his ability to separate, maybe he’s late-career Anquan Boldin. That changes now with the pick of London - if you’re high on his potential, he’s the next Mike Evans. The Falcons came into the 2022 draft with very little at receiver, and only second-year tight end Kyle Pitts to present any sort of real threat to enemy defenders. John FitzPatrick, TE, Georgia (213 overall)
Justin Shaffer, OG, Georgia (190 overall) Troy Anderson, LB, Montana State (58 overall)ĭesmond Ridder, QB, Cincinnati (78 overall)ĭeAngelo Malone, EDGE, Western Kentucky (82 overall) And I love the selection of Cameron Thomas, the underrated pass-rusher from San Diego State, who had more pressures than any other defender in this class, and reminds me of Trey Hendrickson.īut this class will be defined by the Brown trade, and if Brown doesn’t measure up, Keim and Kingsbury will have some ‘splainin to do.Īrnold Ebiketie, EDGE, Penn State (38 overall) Trey McBride is the best overall tight end in the 2022 class, and Kliff Kingsbury uses tight ends more than you think, so all good there. So, it’s a nice reunion, but is Brown a first-round talent? Not really. Trading the 23rd overall pick to the Ravens for receiver Marquise Brown was… interesting, though general manager Steve Keim apparently tried to trade up in the 2019 draft to pair Brown with Kyler Murray, Brown’s teammate at Oklahoma. Marquis Hayes, OG, Oklahoma (257 overall) Jesse Luketa, LB, Penn State (256 overall) Lecitus Smith, OG, Virginia Tech (215 overall)Ĭhristian Matthew, DB, Valdosta State (244 overall) Myjal Sanders, EDGE, Cincinnati (100 overall) Trey McBride, TE, Colorado State (55 overall)Ĭameron Thomas, EDGE, San Diego State (87 overall) So, with the idea that such exercises are eventually doomed to irrelevance, here are Doug Farrar’s and Mark Schofield’s 2022 draft grades for every NFL team, with Mark handling the AFC, and Doug on the NFC. The other reason is that letter grades for team drafts do give us a basic idea of how well NFL teams did sticking to the best players available (at least in our minds), avoiding reach project players, and making their teams better with the wisest use of draft capital.
So, why do we all do draft grades anyway? For one specific reason. We don’t know which guys will flame out, unable to handle the pressure at the next level, and we don’t know which players will be turned into diamonds by that pressure. We have no clue which players will fit best with their teams. Is it fair to grade draft picks right after they happen? Before the prospects even hit their rookie minicamps? Absolutely not.
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