Is it fair to grade draft picks right after they happen? Before the prospects even hit their rookie minicamps? Absolutely not. We have no clue which players will fit best with their teams. We don’t know which guys will flame out, unable to handle the pressure at the next level, and we don’t know which players will be turned into diamonds by that pressure.
So, why do we all do draft grades anyway? For one specific reason.
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Okay, there are two reasons. The other reason is that letter grades for team drafts do give us a basic idea of how well NFL teams did sticking to the best players available (at least in our minds), avoiding reach project players, and making their teams better with the wisest use of draft capital.
So, with the idea that such exercises are eventually doomed to irrelevance, here are Doug Farrar’s and Mark Schofield’s 2022 draft grades for every NFL team, with Mark handling the AFC, and Doug on the NFC.
Arizona Cardinals: B-
(Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
Trey McBride, TE, Colorado State (55 overall)
Cameron Thomas, EDGE, San Diego State (87 overall)
Myjal Sanders, EDGE, Cincinnati (100 overall)
Keaontay Ingram, RB, USC (201 overall)
Lecitus Smith, OG, Virginia Tech (215 overall)
Christian Matthew, DB, Valdosta State (244 overall)
Jesse Luketa, LB, Penn State (256 overall)
Marquis Hayes, OG, Oklahoma (257 overall)
Trading the 23rd overall pick to the Ravens for receiver Marquise Brown was… interesting, though general manager Steve Keim apparently tried to trade up in the 2019 draft to pair Brown with Kyler Murray, Brown’s teammate at Oklahoma. So, it’s a nice reunion, but is Brown a first-round talent? Not really. Trey McBride is the best overall tight end in the 2022 class, and Kliff Kingsbury uses tight ends more than you think, so all good there. And I love the selection of Cameron Thomas, the underrated pass-rusher from San Diego State, who had more pressures than any other defender in this class, and…
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