Nobody else had Chris Tyree anywhere near the Round 7 slot. The Patriots did, by 60 spots, and that gap is the whole story.
Jackson falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
Orlando Brown Jr. gives the group a proven body among the projects.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.20
· Pick 20
· Nic Scourton
· DE-EDGE
· rank 21
In the Round 1 slot they get a bendy edge with upside. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.30
· Pick 30
· Mitchell Evans
· TE
· rank 48
In pick 30 they get a seam-stretching tight end, a steep price for the projection. A real need, handled.
R2.3
· Pick 35
· Jonah Savaiinaea
· OT
· rank 39
No edge and no loss on Jonah Savaiinaea in the 35th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
R2.18
· Pick 50
· Quinshon Judkins
· RB
· rank 25
They barely believed it either: Quinshon Judkins still on the board at Round 2, Pick 18. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.30
· Pick 62
· Omarion Hampton
· RB
· rank 37
Omarion Hampton at No. 62 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.3
· Pick 67
· Earnest Greene III
· OG
· rank 100
Earnest Greene III in pick No. 67 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.18
· Pick 82
· Oscar Delp
· TE
· rank 85
No drama and no debate, Oscar Delp went about where he belonged in No. 82. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.20
· Pick 84
· Landon Jackson
· DL-EDGE
· rank 29
Landon Jackson in the Round 3 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.3
· Pick 99
· Jaeden Roberts
· OG
· rank 86
A slide stopped in slot 99, with Jaeden Roberts worth more than the price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.3
· Pick 131
· Andrew Mukuba
· S
· rank 150
They left a pile of value on the table to take Andrew Mukuba this early at the 131st pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.3
· Pick 195
· Chris Tyree
· WR
· rank 255
Chris Tyree in pick 195 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.