A bit surprising. 6 of 10 from Power 5 conferences with only 3 before round 5, 3 from Mid majors and all 3 in the top 135, 1 from DII.

It'll be interesting to see how this class turns out. I love it but you do have some worries with a few guys and that talent transferring over.

Karlaftis, Chenal, McDuffie, Kinnard, Cook, and Moore all feel like home runs though. I legit think Johnson is the major sleeper in the bunch. He was so, so good at Marshall.
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I thought that it was not one "WTF" pick to be found. Some may have wanted different players but not a single "where the hell did that come from?" pick. There's usually at least one, esp. with 10 picks.
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This draft was off the charts...
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Most surprising thing for me was only 1 DL and 1 WR.

I expected at least 3 and more likely 4 out of those two groups. WR isn’t that shocking in hindsight since we had 3 clear probable starters going into the draft, bit 5 and 6 on the depth chart looks so bad.

But I still can’t wrap my head around adding a single lineman to this roster when I think you could’ve realistically justified 3. I guess they think more highly of Stallworth than I realized and/or haven’t given up on Saunders yet. Is Malik Herring actually a thing? I mean he almost has to be.
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I think, yes, they think more highly of Stallworth than we do. I guess he'll be a nice rotational DT on passing downs. He did step up a bit last year with 12 QB hits and 3 sacks. That's a good number of hits on the QB for a rotational player.

At this point at least, you're banking on Saunders to play a decent number of snaps as the rotational NT though and I'm not sure about that. I gotta figure they'll talk to a guy like Brandon Williams or Akiem Hicks or similar?

Then I wonder about Tershawn Wharton with Stallworth in camp. Will they try him some at end? The almost still need to add another guy even if they're bringing Ingram back.
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Right beside you, bud.

I get the starters at WR but MVS is the only one that’s going to be here for 2 years. I thought they needed another guy. Maybe they think Powell can fill a role but at this point I don’t see any evidence for that.

I do understand the DB push. 1. That’s where the value was, and 2. Veach saw the bills game when Baker and Hughes had to pull real snaps. Hoo Boy.

But yeah, I have to think they need to find some longer term answers at both spots.
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I'm definitely a bit baffled by the lack of investment at DL too. I mean, I love the depth now at CB, but we're wafer thin on the DL. I'd be amazed if they rate Stallworth that highly, or if they think "we need more Wharton" - he needs less snaps and to focus on being a situational pass rusher. If they're confident in Saunders I'd be surprised given his injury record and it's not like he's shown a great deal when healthy.

I'm like kccrow, gotta think someone like Hicks is being looked at. I'd hope so, he'd be a good addition and definitely an upgrade.

As for DE I think they must rate Danna as a decent rotational guy and maybe they're hopeful Kaindoh becomes something. But again, bit of a gamble. There's not a huge amount out there now that specifically improves the pass rush. A couple decent against the run but I'm not sure that's what we need. It's a bit of a head scratcher.

On WRs I also thought and hoped they'd double dip, but I guess like others say there's a lot in that room now. A decent few have pedigree even if they've not shown much in awhile. I'd have liked a trade or another drafted but it looks like they're just going to go with numbers and the "throw it against the wall and see what sticks" approach.
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You know what’s interesting? On the Times Ours pod Nate Taylor sometimes throws clues out there bc he can’t say things until after the fact. Well there was a reason he liked WR so much.

He mentioned the Chiefs were a lot higher on the DB’s in this class than they were the DL. I think that was proven once they took Bryan Cook over Travis Jones and passed on Perrion Winfrey multiple times.
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