The NFL Draft is over. I watched every minute of all three days except for about 20 minutes on Saturday when I ate dinner with my family.
It consumes me. I take it all in. I am locked into my favorite team's moves. I look for college players I love. And I lock in on players I want my team to draft.
My team is the San Francisco 49ers. They made just five picks in this year's draft and none of them came at their original draft slot. They traded back in the first round and then traded up. They didn't have a 2-3-4 picks originally and then traded for Trent Williams and lost a 5th rounder.
They then traded away Marquise Goodwin and Matt Breida to gain a few picks and also drafted in Round 7.
They replaced key departures with their first two picks and Williams and then double dipped at WR and added depth on the OL and TE.
The biggest news for me after the Williams trade came the announcement of Joe Staley retiring. He's one of my all-time favorite Niners. He played in two Super Bowls and also played on some bad teams. In 13 years, he played for seven head coaches. But he was classy through it all.
And the word was he told Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch privately to allow them to work a trade during the draft. They upgraded with Williams, who is four years younger and better right now than Staley, who may be a Hall of Famer.
I liked what San Francisco did. They were the best team in the NFC last year and I don't think they took a step back this offseason. I imagine some more moves are coming.
The consensus among draft experts is that the Ravens, Vikings, Cowboys, Cardinals, Buccaneers and Colts had great drafts. I also liked what the Broncos, Bills, Jaguars and Redskins did.
The teams who drafted the worst were the Eagles, Packers, Seahawks and Bears.
After the draft, here are my top five teams in each conference.
AFC
1. Chiefs
2. Ravens
3. Titans
4. Bills
5. Colts
NFC
1. 49ers
2. Saints
3. Vikings
4. Buccaneers
5. Cowboys
No comments:
Post a Comment