How should the Chicago Bears feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. Heading into the 2017 season, the Chicago Bears were desperate to make changes. The team had only won nine games in two seasons and was coming off a season of complete chaos. The
NFL Draft Retrospective
How should the Seattle Seahawks feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. The Seattle Seahawks came into the 2017 NFL Draft on quite a run. Head coach Pete Carroll had taken his team to the playoffs five straight years, including two trips to the Super
How should the San Francisco 49ers feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. 2017 was a watershed year for the San Francisco 49ers. The franchise, which had gone through a tumultuous downfall since the days of former head coach Jim Harbaugh, inked Kyle Shanahan as
How should the Buccaneers feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. The 2017 NFL Draft was one that was chocked full of talented players from the top of the class to the bottom. Many potential superstars were peppered throughout the rounds and there were several
The New England Patriots didn’t pick until the third round, and the result was a lost draft class with very few positives. The 2017 NFL Draft represented the smallest incoming pool of players for the New England Patriots in franchise history. The Patriots sent their first and third-round selections that year to the New Orleans
While the New York Jets landed safety help in Jamal Adams and Marcus Maye, the rest of their draft class went bust. The New York Jets were this close to snapping their playoff drought in 2015 before choking in Week 17 against the Buffalo Bills. They followed that up with an 5-11 mark in 2016.
How should the Washington Redskins feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. Heading into the 2017 NFL Draft, the Washington Redskins were hoping to continue building their team as they looked to escape the mediocrity that had plagued them during Jay Gruden’s first three years
How should the Denver Broncos feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. The 2017 NFL Draft was an absolutely critical one for the Denver Broncos. Coming off of a season in which they had just narrowly missed out on the playoffs, the Broncos lost head
How should the Arizona Cardinals feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. Going into the 2017 season, the Arizona Cardinals were a year removed from the 2015 NFC Championship games. As time passed, they found themselves with more and more needs. With the 2017 season
The Pittsburgh Steelers had one of the best drafts in 2017, landing multiple stars in T.J. Watt, JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner. Entering the 2017 offseason, the Steelers were coming off an 11-5 season that was followed by two playoff wins before falling to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game. While 2016
How should Atlanta Falcons feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. The Atlanta Falcons were riding pretty high coming into the 2017 NFL draft. They were coming off of a Super Bowl run with a roster full of young upstart players and looked like the
In a draft class dominated by defense, the Baltimore Ravens had some great picks and major misses coming from the Crimson Tide. The Baltimore Ravens spent the 2017 NFL Draft ignoring their offensive needs and more than doubling down on picks for the defense. The Ravens drafted the best player available in the first round
The Buffalo Bills entered the 2017 NFL Draft a franchise in transition and this draft may be remembered more for who they didn’t draft versus who they did. Just a few months prior, the Bills had named Sean McDermott, who was previously defensive coordinator with the Carolina Panthers, there new head coach. However, they decided
How does the Cincinnati Bengals 2017 NFL draft class look three years after their entrance to the league? The Cincinnati Bengals entered the 2017 draft with the rights to the ninth overall selection. It was their first occasion picking in the top 10 in quite some time, as the team had earned five straight playoff
The Cleveland Browns had three first-round picks in 2017 and took DeShone Kizer in the second round. All told, it’s a mixed bag for the franchise. Entering the 2017 offseason, the Cleveland Browns were in the midst of their dramatic rebuild, led by Executive Vice President of Football Operations Sashi Brown. The Browns were clearing
How should the Detroit Lions feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. Entering the 2017 season, the Detroit Lions seemed like a team destined to break their playoff curse. Despite not having won a postseason game since 1992, the team’s success under head coach Jim
How should the Green Bay Packers feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. Just months after reaching the 2017 NFC Championship Game, the Green Bay Packers attempted to address their biggest needs with the goal of taking the next step the following year. Yet despite
How should the Houston Texans feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. The 2017 NFL Draft will go down as one of the franchise-altering drafts for the Houston Texans with several selections impacting the trajectory of the youngest franchise in the NFL. Not only did it
How should the Indianapolis Colts feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. The Colts came into the 2017 draft with plenty of needs. They just fired Ryan Grigson as their GM and he left the cupboard bare in some pretty important areas. Chris Ballard was
How should the Los Angeles Chargers feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. After a miserable 5-11 season, the Chargers were looking to get some impact players in order to turn things around. In addition, Anthony Lynn had been hired as the team’s new head
How should the Los Angeles Rams feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it. The Los Angeles Rams entered the 2017 NFL Draft buoyed with high hopes of turning the corner. The team had drafted its franchise quarterback Jared Goff, parted ways with head coach Jeff
The Miami Dolphins were trying to build on a postseason berth heading into 2017. Unfortunately, a middling draft class didn’t help causes. Entering the 2017 NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins had several needs across the board. With holes along the offensive line, receiver, quarterback, and almost every position on defense, the Dolphins could have done
How does the Arizona Cardinals 2016 NFL Draft class look three years later? The Arizona Cardinals went into the 2016 season with very high expectations, fresh off an NFC Championship Game appearance against the Carolina Panthers and a 13-3 regular season. However, given a disappointing effort defensively from the Panthers rout, the Cardinals immediately recognized
How does the Atlanta Falcons 2016 NFL Draft class look three years later? Coming into 2016, the Atlanta Falcons had several areas that they needed to address. During free agency, they were able to add Pro Bowl Center Alex Mack. General Manager Thomas Dimitroff assumed Mack would be the final piece of the starting offensive line
Ozzie Newsom was known for his excellent drafts, but his 2016 draft class will be remembered for its missed opportunities. The Baltimore Ravens entered the 2016 NFL Draft coming off a porous 2015 season that saw many key contributors on both sides of the ball get injured. The list was large, but the biggest names
Many of the seeds of this new Buffalo Bills era were planted back in 2016 at the Draft. The Bills entered 2016 after a somewhat disappointing 8-8 season in Rex Ryan’s first season. Missing the playoffs is always bad but is even worse after Ryan shows up and expectations are high. Tyrod Taylor won the
How does the Carolina Panthers 2016 NFL Draft class look three years later? Fresh off an impressive 15-1 regular season and Super Bowl appearance, the 2016 offseason was shaping up to be one of the most important ever for the Carolina Panthers. After not being able to capitalize on the opportunity to bring Charlotte its
The earliest foundation for the Bears bright future was laid by Ryan Pace back in 2016. The 2016 NFL Draft was Ryan Pace’s second as Chicago Bears’ general manager. Pace was just scratching the surface of the rebuild. The Bears were coming off a lackluster 2015 campaign, the first under John Fox, where the team
The Cincinnati Bengals put together one of the most impressive draft classes of the last few years back in 2016. In the mid-2010s, the Cincinnati Bengals existed firmly in a realm where they were good enough to be a playoff contender but never good enough to win once there. That still hasn’t changed, but the
The first Sashii Brown draft for the Cleveland Browns wasn’t quite what fans hoped it might be. The 2016 NFL Draft was the first draft under the new Cleveland Browns front office led by Executive Vice President of football operations, Sashi Brown. After finishing the 2015 season with a 3-13 record, Brown began to tear