Some picks age like wine; Garrett Dellinger at pick 222 will need to, sitting 75 spots clear of his grade. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.
Parrish at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.14
· Pick 14
· Armand Membou
· OT
· rank 18
In pick No. 14 they get a building block for the line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.5
· Pick 37
· Emeka Egbuka
· WR
· rank 25
Value with a capital V on Emeka Egbuka in the Round 2 slot, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.13
· Pick 45
· TreVeyon Henderson
· RB
· rank 55
They jumped the gun on TreVeyon Henderson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.4
· Pick 68
· Demetrius Knight Jr.
· LB
· rank 58
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Demetrius Knight Jr. at pick 68 is the proof. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.16
· Pick 80
· Jayden Higgins
· WR
· rank 68
The board had Jayden Higgins higher than Round 3, Pick 16, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.6
· Pick 108
· Cam Skattebo
· RB
· rank 100
Cam Skattebo slipping to the 108th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.15
· Pick 117
· Billy Bowman Jr.
· S
· rank 111
Billy Bowman Jr. at slot 117 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R5.5
· Pick 143
· Jacob Parrish
· CB
· rank 118
Jacob Parrish in pick 143 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.4
· Pick 180
· Bhayshul Tuten
· RB
· rank 155
Bhayshul Tuten in the 180th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R6.37
· Pick 213
· Caleb Ransaw
· S
· rank 204
Caleb Ransaw is a better player than pick No. 213 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R6.39
· Pick 215
· Oronde Gadsden II
· TE
· rank 193
Oronde Gadsden II in Round 6, Pick 39 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.6
· Pick 222
· Garrett Dellinger
· OG
· rank 297
They left a pile of value on the table to take Garrett Dellinger this early at No. 222. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.