Every year in the wake of the NFL Draft, those of us in the media and the draft industrial complex get out the red pen and start assigning grades to teams based on their selections and their process. It’s a fun exercise, even if it’s one that engenders a lot of complaints. (No, we don’t know how the players selected will pan out for a few years; but we do know what information teams had at the time of the draft, how their picks aligned with consensus opinions, and whether they under- or over-valued certain positions.)
To be fair in this process, well, we’ve got to grade the media and the experts as well. With that in mind, here’s a look at a few things the experts got wrong about the 2023 NFL Draft.
‘The Texans aren’t drafting a QB at No. 2′
Swing and a miss on this one. DeMeco Ryans and Nick Caserio did an excellent job of keeping a lid on who the team was interested in with the No. 2 overall selection, so much so that other teams were telling their friends in the media that this was the most unpredictable draft in years because nobody knew what the Texans were going to do with the second pick in the draft. After initially assuming the Texans wanted a quarterback, all of the smoke in the weeks leading up to the draft was about how the team did not want Stroud and would instead select a defensive player — whether that be Will Anderson Jr. or Tyree Wilson. Instead, Houston took Stroud, then traded up from No. 12 to No. 3 to land Anderson as well.
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