[2024] SB+ Team Draft Grades

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Official SB+ Instant Reaction Computer Team Draft Grades

T31.   /  Washington Communists / Denver Broncos - F Grade 0 picks

30.  Dallas Cowboys - C- Grade Only two picks but solid selections on the offensive line

29.  Los Angeles Rams - C- Grade 5  Picks here but not good value.  

28.  New England Patriots - C- Grade Loved their picks, but just not enough of them.

27.  Kansas City Chiefs - C Grade Really good hits on Brad Adams and Taylor Abreu.  Horrific pick with Hung-Chih Mchugh at Mr. Irrelevent, but we get it.

26.   Baltimore Ravens - C Grade Valuations were everywhere but at least they got Maulet and Dayes

25.  Indianapolis Colts - C Grade Lots of picks, not a lot of value. Bogdanovic and Parks were excellent. Everyone else, not so much.

24.  New York Jets - C+ Grade Thomas is the real head scratcher, but then they had a strong middle. Would've expected more with 6 top 100 picks

23.   Cincinnati Bengals - C+ Grade Honestly a very strong class. Great value everywhere, just needed more picks.

22.  Atlanta Falcons - C+ Grade Half-and-Half showing. Liked their start, but their picks of DBJ  and NJD hurt what could've been quite a nice score.

21.  Las Vegas Raiders - C+ Grade  lets go Jieret! Strong class here. Picks got odd in the middle, but closed strong. 

20.  Carolina Panthers - C+ Grade Panthers were all over the place and clearly did not care about the value on the board. Strong close on Day 3 with Swanson and Tatum.

T19.   Pittsburgh Steelers - C+ Grade Steelers started hot but got cold.

18.  Minnesota Vikings - B- Grade sometimes excellent sometimes headscratcher. Oladipo in the 2nd? But Gomes at 105 is excellent value.

17.  Green Bay Packers: B- Grade right above their NFCN rivals. Weird start with Hardison and Rozier, but then a really strong close with excellent value

T15.   New Jerseattle SeaGiants: B- Grade. Again, splitting hairs and couldn't separate these two teams. Giants made excellent picks but only had 5. Seattle made terrible picks but had much more.

14.  Houston Texans - B- Grade Maronde, Holley, and Marte were excellent picks. Everyone else was a shocker. 

13.  Philadelphia Eagles - B Grade - Another team with a lot of picks but couldn't value any player. What a total mess, but some of these guys should be hits.

12.  Chicago Bears - B Grade - Their early picks weren't outstanding but they closed extremely well. Reimold and Koroma were absolute steals. 

11.  Tennessee Titans - B Grade - An all around excellent class. Titans consistently got value at every selection. If they had as many picks as some teams coming up, they would've scored with the best of the best. 

T9.   Cletroit Brown Lions - B Grade - Identical scores here. Lions had only 6 picks but knocked every single one of them out of the park in terms of value. Cleveland had more picks and were hot and cold on value, but they really like the guys they got. 

8.  Miami Dolphins - B+ Grade - a really big class for the Dolphins. Headscratchers to start with Ejiofor/Hubbard/Terrell/Dickson, but they quickly calmed things down for a great close. Blake Smith at #136 was a massive steal.

7.  Jacksonville Jaguars - B+ Grade - Another team with a tremendous amount of picks. We loved Kenny Daniel/Trevor Wood/Rashard Hilliard from a valuation standpoint. It got dicey near the end, but those 3 pushed up the grade for a strong Jag's draft class. 

T5.  Buffizona Bardinals - A- Grade - Arizona had a nearly immaculate draft, grabbing value all over the board. Buffalo is mainly only docked for Jourdan Connor, but was outstanding elsewhere.

4.  San Francisco 49ers - A- Grade - An outstanding class. Solano in the 1st was a true shocker, as was Barr at the last pick of the 2nd, but they cleaned up everywhere else. Day 3 with Gates/Soroka/Robinson back to back is incredible.

3.  New Orleans Saints - A+ Grade - @Bingo415 with a masterclass. Down the line, incredible talent at every selection. These will be big time contributors in the future.

2.  Tampa Bay Buccaneers - A+ Grade - @Ape and company congratulations. Even with a voided pick in the 7th, the Bucs overcame a Hubbard/Gray start to clean house all the way down the draft board. Even selected a punter at 154. Phenomenal job.

1.  Los Angeles Chargers - A+ Grade - @Dean and @Viselli have done it, they won the computer grades for the draft! The Chargers simply had an insane amount of picks. Count 'em, 16 selections. Some weird picks here and there, but for the most part they followed the board and took value where it made sense. 

 

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Edited February 26, 2024 by SageBow