Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Garrett Nussmeier at Round 1, Pick 29 is 40 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Everything downstream of Garrett Nussmeier depends on Garrett Nussmeier, and the building knows it.

That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Job largely done: quarterback settled and 1 of 8 of the wish list covered.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left wide receiver open, and the grade is the bill.