Welcome back, Lunatics. After a few months to reflect on it all, the Football Ranter finally graded all 32 teams' drafts, and updated the prior grades to include training camp info. There are two ratings for each team; the first is a general A to F scale and the second is a picture that the Football Ranter feels describes the team's draft.
When reading the grades, remember the following points: First, grading a draft months after it happens is completely arbitrary. It takes three years to effectively evaluate a draft, so these grades are pure speculation. Second, grades are weighted by round a prospect is drafted in; lower rounds picks have historically been far, far less likely to become valuable NFL starters. Many will never even make a team out of training camp. Because of that, nailing the upper-round picks is far more important for a team than getting good value in the later rounds and we won't discuss late round picks unless something really weird happened.
Check out the grades after the jump. All picks have now been included.
Showing posts with label Draft Grades. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Draft Grades. Show all posts
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
2011 NFL Draft Grades 16-20
Welcome back, Lunatics. After a month to reflect on it all, the Football Ranter will grade all 32 teams' drafts. There are two ratings for each team; the first is a general A to F scale and the second is a picture that the Football Ranter feels describes the team's draft.
When reading the grades, remember the following points: First, grading a draft a month after it happens is completely arbitrary. It takes three years to effectively evaluate a draft, so these grades are pure speculation. Second, grades are weighted by round a prospect is drafted in; lower rounds picks have historically been far, far less likely to become valuable NFL starters. Many will never even make a team out of training camp. Because of that, nailing the upper-round picks is far more important for a team than getting good value in the later rounds and we won't discuss late round picks unless something really weird happened.
Check out the grades for picks 16-20 after the jump. The earlier picks have been included in the post for ease of reference.
When reading the grades, remember the following points: First, grading a draft a month after it happens is completely arbitrary. It takes three years to effectively evaluate a draft, so these grades are pure speculation. Second, grades are weighted by round a prospect is drafted in; lower rounds picks have historically been far, far less likely to become valuable NFL starters. Many will never even make a team out of training camp. Because of that, nailing the upper-round picks is far more important for a team than getting good value in the later rounds and we won't discuss late round picks unless something really weird happened.
Check out the grades for picks 16-20 after the jump. The earlier picks have been included in the post for ease of reference.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
2011 NFL Draft Grades 6-10
Welcome back, Lunatics. After a month to reflect on it all, the Football Ranter will grade all 32 teams' drafts. There are two ratings for each team; the first is a general A to F scale and the second is a picture that the Football Ranter feels describes the team's draft.
When reading the grades, remember the following points: First, grading a draft a month after it happens is completely arbitrary. It takes three years to effectively evaluate a draft, so these grades are pure speculation. Second, grades are weighted by round a prospect is drafted in; lower rounds picks have historically been far, far less likely to become valuable NFL starters. Many will never even make a team out of training camp. Because of that, nailing the upper-round picks is far more important for a team than getting good value in the later rounds and we won't discuss late round picks unless something really weird happened.
Check out the grades for picks 6-10 after the jump. The earlier picks have been included in the post for ease of reference.
When reading the grades, remember the following points: First, grading a draft a month after it happens is completely arbitrary. It takes three years to effectively evaluate a draft, so these grades are pure speculation. Second, grades are weighted by round a prospect is drafted in; lower rounds picks have historically been far, far less likely to become valuable NFL starters. Many will never even make a team out of training camp. Because of that, nailing the upper-round picks is far more important for a team than getting good value in the later rounds and we won't discuss late round picks unless something really weird happened.
Check out the grades for picks 6-10 after the jump. The earlier picks have been included in the post for ease of reference.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
2011 NFL Draft Grades 1-5
Welcome back, Lunatics. After a month to reflect on it all, the Football Ranter will grade all 32 teams' drafts. There are two ratings for each team; the first is a general A to F scale and the second is a picture that the Football Ranter feels describes the team's draft.
When reading the grades, remember the following points: First, grading a draft a month after it happens is completely arbitrary. It takes three years to effectively evaluate a draft, so these grades are pure speculation. Second, grades are weighted by round a prospect is drafted in; lower rounds picks have historically been far, far less likely to become valuable NFL starters. Many will never even make a team out of training camp. Because of that, nailing the upper-round picks is far more important for a team than getting good value in the later rounds and we won't discuss late round picks unless something really weird happened.
Check out the grades for picks 1-5 after the jump.
When reading the grades, remember the following points: First, grading a draft a month after it happens is completely arbitrary. It takes three years to effectively evaluate a draft, so these grades are pure speculation. Second, grades are weighted by round a prospect is drafted in; lower rounds picks have historically been far, far less likely to become valuable NFL starters. Many will never even make a team out of training camp. Because of that, nailing the upper-round picks is far more important for a team than getting good value in the later rounds and we won't discuss late round picks unless something really weird happened.
Check out the grades for picks 1-5 after the jump.
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