The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Taliese Fuaga, No. 49, roughly 33 picks past where he belonged. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.
Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
The cost of the Bortolini reach is exactly the players who went right after him. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but tight end.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Dallas Turner
· LB-EDGE
· rank 14
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a double-digit-sack hope, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.17
· Pick 49
· Taliese Fuaga
· OT
· rank 16
Taliese Fuaga at the 49th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Payton Wilson
· LB
· rank 57
No drama and no debate, Payton Wilson went about where he belonged in slot 58. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Mike Sainristil
· CB
· rank 75
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Mike Sainristil at pick No. 88 is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Jaden Hicks
· S
· rank 85
They did well to land Jaden Hicks in No. 91, just ahead of his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Isaac Guerendo
· RB
· rank 128
Isaac Guerendo in the 126th pick is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.13
· Pick 149
· James Williams
· S
· rank 124
Steal is underselling it; James Williams at the Round 5 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Tanor Bortolini
· C
· rank 187
Value said wait; Tanor Bortolini in pick 169 says they were not listening. The roster fit checks out.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Cornelius Johnson
· WR
· rank 188
Cornelius Johnson is a better player than the Round 6 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Caedan Wallace
· OT
· rank 213
Caedan Wallace in Round 6, Pick 44 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Edefuan Ulofoshio
· LB
· rank 236
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Edefuan Ulofoshio at No. 245. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· Sam Hartman
· QB
· rank 258
They took Sam Hartman at par in pick No. 255, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.