Instant Reaction Grade

[CJD]

I gotta go with a B. This was a draft of highs and lows for me.
1st: A
2nd: C-
3rd: B+
4th: A, B, B+
5th: N/A
6th: A, B+, C
7th: A

There were very few "blow me away" picks where I felt like we got elite value. But, on the other hand, taking the free falling prospect seems great at the moment but hasn't really worked our for us recently (See the Billings pick and similar picks that were called A+'s for getting a "first round talent" in the fourth round, only for that player to turn out to just...be super overrated).

This draft felt a lot more like the coaches evaluated the players rather than paying attention to what Mel Kiper and Mike Mayock were saying.

The only truly upsetting picks were the 2nd round and then the 2nd running back in the 6th but, looking at the 2nd round, there really weren't many players there that I felt like I was shaking my first at the Bengals for passing up on. This draft was very deep, but not very top heavy at all. The 2nd round was basically the third round part 1.

And then the 2nd RB was mostly just "what? why though?" but if you are just following your board, then I understand it.

A lot of picks have the potential to not work out, but the potential is there for this to be a great team defining draft.