Some picks age like wine; Trevin Wallace at the 169th pick will need to, sitting 64 spots clear of his grade. A D- that will need time and luck to look better.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
They banked enough surplus on Milton III to cover a lot of smaller sins.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and edge rusher is still a hole.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Tyler Guyton
· OT
· rank 29
No drama and no debate, Tyler Guyton went about where he belonged in Round 1, Pick 25. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
· CB
· rank 35
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. at the Round 2 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Payton Wilson
· LB
· rank 57
Payton Wilson in pick 58 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Cole Bishop
· S
· rank 104
A premium they did not need to pay, Cole Bishop a notch or two before his time. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Ben Sinnott
· TE
· rank 129
Ben Sinnott at slot 91 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.3
· Pick 103
· Johnny Wilson
· WR
· rank 125
They talked themselves into Johnny Wilson at the 103rd overall pick, and the board did not agree. The roster fit checks out.
R4.12
· Pick 112
· Ray Davis
· RB
· rank 109
Ray Davis in pick 112 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Hunter Nourzad
· C
· rank 159
This one needs a full-page explanation: Hunter Nourzad in the 126th pick, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
R5.1
· Pick 137
· Jarrian Jones
· CB
· rank 136
They paid sticker price for Jarrian Jones in the 137th overall pick, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Trevin Wallace
· LB
· rank 233
They left a pile of value on the table to take Trevin Wallace this early at the Round 5 slot. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Jalen Sundell
· OT
· rank 246
Jalen Sundell at No. 202 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Joe Milton III
· QB
· rank 200
Joe Milton III in Round 6, Pick 44 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.