Solid B, maybe B+

[pmedic920]

My draft grade.

Prove me wrong with legitimate arguments.

I’d love to be an “A” and will certainly listen.

Focus of this thread is on those that have us below a “B”.

Let’s hear it.


*Side note.

IMHO this wasn’t a very healthy draft class, I’d probably have us higher with a better class.
(Assuming we had better options to choose from)

 

[RehireMora]

The team had plenty of holes and all of them were filled (Why does everything remind me of her )

A+ draft and joke

 

[Jac]

I'd definitely agree with you from an absolute value POV. However, I'd also give JS/MM an 'A' for putting together that "B class" given they entered with 4 picks in the #32 slots in what's pretty conventionally described as one of the weakest draft classes ever.

 

[HOF Hater]

From where we were initially drafting and after the trades we got, so far this is an A- draft for me. It'll be an A if we get get an Edge and LB who fits our team

 

[Blitzhawk]

Lets do the math here: Give it a solid B
Add in crappy class adjustment = B+
Add in late pick position adj = A-
Carry the 1 makes it an A
Add in 1 shiny thingy in the trophy case = A++.........BOOM.

Joking aside though, I would give it an A for the first 3 adjustments above and addressing most our needs.

 

[SocialParasite]

For an "underwhelming" draft year, I'm excited about this new crop of talent that they acquired.

 

[oldhawkfan]

Drafts cannot be evaluated mid draft or even directly post draft. Im a teacher. I don’t grade papers while they are still working on them. I won’t even even attempt to grade a draft until the picks have played a couple of years for the team.
With that here is my draft grade for the 2024 draft. Two really good players from that draft in Byron Murphy and AJ Barner. Solid B

If you want to grade this draft then let me help with the grading scale for that:

A+….They picked all the guys I wanted and the positions I wanted them to draft.

A…..they picked most of the guys I read about in the past few weeks.

B+…. Picked some of the guys I had in my mock draft but not in the order I had.

B…..They picked some positions I had listed as most important but not the players I had highlighted from my predraft magazines.

C+…. Picked a couple players at positions I determined were most important.

C…..I haven’t heard of most of the guys they chose.

D+…..John Schneider paid no attention to Mel Kipers draft manual.

F….None of these players were picked at where random draft dudes on the internet said they would be picked. Schneider doesn’t know what the **** he’s doing.

 

[Jac]

Drafts cannot be evaluated mid draft or even directly post draft. Im a teacher. I don’t grade papers while they are still working on them. I won’t even even attempt to grade a draft until the picks have played a couple of years for the team.
With that here is my draft grade for the 2024 draft. Two really good players from that draft in Byron Murphy and AJ Barner. Solid B

If you want to grade this draft then let me help with the grading scale for that:

A+….They picked all the guys I wanted and the positions I wanted them to draft.

A…..they picked most of the guys I read about in the past few weeks.

B+…. Picked some of the guys I had in my mock draft but not in the order I had.

B…..They picked some positions I had listed as most important but not the players I had highlighted from my predraft magazines.

C+…. Picked a couple players at positions I determined were most important.

C…..I haven’t heard of most of the guys they chose.

D+…..John Schneider paid no attention to Mel Kipers draft manual.

F….None of these players were picked at where random draft dudes on the internet said they would be picked. Schneider doesn’t know what the **** he’s doing.

I'd also add in that the grading curve's a lot nicer to you when you were so bad last year that you're picking near the top of each round.

 

[Seahawker]

Super B+wl

 

[Scout]

If one of the rookies can break the starting line up I would bump up this grade to an A. Right now B+ sounds reasonable given where the Seahawks were picking (SB champs!).

 

[Rat]

Some people take the word "grade" way the hell too literally. They're not intended to be the be-all, end-all of the future worth of these players, unable to be amended based on their performance. It's more predicting than anything else, although there's some evaluation on how much the team was able to get perceived value and filling the holes on their roster. It's supposed to be incredibly subjective. Then everyone goes back later and sees how they did.

The whole "you can't grade a draft immediately" crowd is completely missing the point. Use a different word if you have to, but it should be pretty clear what these are.

A "B" is probably fair. Obviously, you can't compare to the teams that got to pick much earlier, but given the circumstances, I feel like we got solid players at good spots. We didn't take anyone where I'm like "damn, what a steal!", but I have a favorable opinion of most of them. I think history will look decently on it. Maybe two of them end up with a decade-long career.

 

[Blitzhawk]

Drafts cannot be evaluated mid draft or even directly post draft. Im a teacher. I don’t grade papers while they are still working on them. I won’t even even attempt to grade a draft until the picks have played a couple of years for the team.
With that here is my draft grade for the 2024 draft. Two really good players from that draft in Byron Murphy and AJ Barner. Solid B

If you want to grade this draft then let me help with the grading scale for that:

A+….They picked all the guys I wanted and the positions I wanted them to draft.

A…..they picked most of the guys I read about in the past few weeks.

B+…. Picked some of the guys I had in my mock draft but not in the order I had.

B…..They picked some positions I had listed as most important but not the players I had highlighted from my predraft magazines.

C+…. Picked a couple players at positions I determined were most important.

C…..I haven’t heard of most of the guys they chose.

D+…..John Schneider paid no attention to Mel Kipers draft manual.

F….None of these players were picked at where random draft dudes on the internet said they would be picked. Schneider doesn’t know what the **** he’s doing.

Yea, I hear that but am going with it's just for fun and has no true bearing on anything. Kind of like my not picking how many wins/losses we will have every year. I basically see every game as winnable and can only come up with we should be undefeated and win the SB every year.

 

[Azvacar]

My draft grade.

Prove me wrong with legitimate arguments.

I’d love to be an “A” and will certainly listen.

Focus of this thread is on those that have us below a “B”.

Let’s hear it.


*Side note.

IMHO this wasn’t a very healthy draft class, I’d probably have us higher with a better class.
(Assuming we had better options to choose from)

Don't you need to adjust for Draft Class? That kind of makes zero sense sir haha.

 

[Bobblehead]

My draft grade.

Prove me wrong with legitimate arguments.

I’d love to be an “A” and will certainly listen.

Focus of this thread is on those that have us below a “B”.

Let’s hear it.


*Side note.

IMHO this wasn’t a very healthy draft class, I’d probably have us higher with a better class.
(Assuming we had better options to choose from)

A side note, this wasn't a healthy draft for any teams..We got Shaheed for 2 mediocre picks. Rams turned a mediocre draft into a bad draft.. as might have the 9ers.. i hope.. hope...We've got a stock pile of choice's for next years draft by all accounts will be a great class.. so..got lemons? make lemonaide.

 

[Wsumatt1982]

I’ll give it a C. Drafted BPA at best positions of need. Even got some of the players I wanted. I really like their line guys class but I give it a C because we haven’t seen any one of these guys on an NFL field yet. I like their line potential though.

 

[Seagal]

Pick 255: Michael Dansby - Arizona CB our last draft (can't start new thread)

 

[oldhawkfan]

Some people take the word "grade" way the hell too literally. They're not intended to be the be-all, end-all of the future worth of these players, unable to be amended based on their performance. It's more predicting than anything else, although there's some evaluation on how much the team was able to get perceived value and filling the holes on their roster. It's supposed to be incredibly subjective. Then everyone goes back later and sees how they did.

The whole "you can't grade a draft immediately" crowd is completely missing the point. Use a different word if you have to, but it should be pretty clear what these are.

A "B" is probably fair. Obviously, you can't compare to the teams that got to pick much earlier, but given the circumstances, I feel like we got solid players at good spots. We didn't take anyone where I'm like "damn, what a steal!", but I have a favorable opinion of most of them. I think history will look decently on it. Maybe two of them end up with a decade-long career.

Fair enough if you are using the word “grade” as a prediction. What then is the prediction based on?
Their predraft rankings?
Where they are drafted?
Position importance to team that drafts them?
40 time?

The problem in “grading” a draft is everyone is using a different criteria. If everyone agreed on what the final grading criteria was, then it would be a more efficient evaluation. Maybe we should all just agree that grading a draft is subjective and has no actual impact on the final product the team puts on the field.

As a teacher, I would be out of a job tomorrow if I told my students, their parents and the principal that all grades given out by me would now be based on potential. It would definitely make the job easier.

 

[Rat]

As a teacher, I would be out of a job tomorrow if I told my students, their parents and the principal that all grades given out by me would now be based on potential. It would definitely make the job easier.

Ok, but you're comparing apples and oranges. You have the completed work of your students to grade, draft grades are just intended as a fun prediction exercise that people enjoy enough for them to have become commonplace. These grades can be proven to be wrong later. The math test you graded is still going to have the same answers on it in three years.

Maybe we should all just agree that grading a draft is subjective and has no actual impact on the final product the team puts on the field.

Correct. No reasonable person would think these matter towards the final product.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

We just won the SB. Couldn't worry about this team or draft if I tried.

 

[oldhawkfan]

Ok, but you're comparing apples and oranges. You have the completed work of your students to grade, draft grades are just intended as a fun prediction exercise that people enjoy enough for them to have become commonplace. These grades can be proven to be wrong later. The math test you graded is still going to have the same answers on it in three years.


Correct. No reasonable person would think these matter towards the final product.

Assuming all people are reasonable.