Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The Best and Worst Picks of Each Round

This guy turned out to be an OK 6th round pick for New England
It takes at least three years to legitimately grade any draft, but that hasn't stopped us from trying.  Yesterday we ranked the drafts of all 32 teams, 1 (the Bengals) through 32 (the Patriots).  After the jump, using the same methodology from yesterday, we'll have a look at the best and worst picks of each of the draft's seven rounds.




Best Picks of Each Round (note: 3 first round picks tied for first)




Rd
Pick (overall)
Player
STATS Grade
Expected Grade
Relative Value
Multiplier
Weighted Value
1
21
C Jones, DL, NE
94
92
2
4.1
8.2
1
23
R Reiff, OT, DET
93
91
2
4.1
8.2
1
24
D DeCastro, OG, PIT
93
91
2
4.1
8.2
2
63
R Randle, WR, NYG
88
81
7
2.8
19.6
3
93
B Thompson, DT, CIN
87
71
16
2.0
32.0
4
112
B Massie, OT, ARI
87
67
20
1.4
28.0
5
164
J Massaquoi, DE, ATL
69
50
19
1.0
19.0
6
205
B Mann, DT, CLE
70
32
38
0.7
26.6
7
250
E Baker, RB, SD
68
20
48
0.4
19.2








New England and Cleveland did have a bright spot in an otherwise horrific draft, while Cincinnati's Brandon Thompson was the best value in this year's draft.  And Pittsburgh and Detroit did well to get linemen who many projected would go in the top 10 at 24 and 23, respectively.

Worst Picks of Each Round









Rd
Pick (overall)
Player
STATS Grade
Expected Grade
Relative Value
Multiplier
Weighted Value
1
15
B Irvin, LB, SEA
83
93
-10
4.1
-41.0
2
48
T Wilson, S, NE
32
86
-54
2.8
-151.2
3
70
B Anger, P, JAC
31
79
-48
2.0
-96.0
4
98
G Gradkowski, OG, BAL
30
70
-40
1.4
-56.0
5
138
T Whitehead, LB, DET
30
60
-30
1.0
-30.0
6
189
C Bilukidi, DT, OAK
20
40
-20
0.7
-14.0
7
228
J Pendleton, DT, JAC
20
30
-10
0.4
-4.0




Irvin and Wilson have been highlighted in earlier posts.  As for the Jaguars, they made Bryan Anger the first punter to go that high since BJ Sander in 2004.  Jacksonville certainly has plenty of needs -- and although they were 26th in the NFL in FootballOutsiders' special teams rankings, they were middle of the pack when it came to punting.  Adding to the Jags' ignominy?  7th rounder Jeris Pendleton tied for the worst grade of any player drafted.

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