You could see the war room lean forward. Jake Slaughter at the 78th pick is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.

The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The cost of the Moore reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The veteran additions, Mike Green chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

In the end it comes back to Chris Johnson, and a haul good enough to build on right away.