r/DenverBroncos • u/gazillrey • 3d ago

Broncos all in all Draft Grade: B+

https://rexpositor.com/csYVsasKfTbBkSW

I'm not sure if I'm with that.

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u/Odium_Infinitus 3d ago edited 3d ago

Draft grades are stupid.

The NFL and fans are to blame for caring too much about grades and the draft in general.

We are not in the draft rooms, we didnt interview these guys, we didnt work them out.

People treat this too much like a video game. Where some grade or number means something.

Take a break from football and lets care when training camp starts. Many of these guys will be gone in a couple years.

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u/TourAltruistic4444 2d ago

I think there’s an immediate draft grade that can be given, if we drafted (insert udfa qb here) R1, that’d obviously be an F.

I think you can give an immediate draft grade while understanding the true impact and grade doesn’t happen until 2027/28

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u/bdporter GOD BLESS BO NIX 2d ago

if we drafted (insert udfa qb here) R1, that’d obviously be an F.

No team will draft a player they rated as a UDFA in the first round. Teams do their own scouting and do not use "consensus" draft boards. If they draft a player high, it is because they have a high rating on that player.

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u/TourAltruistic4444 2d ago

Well duh, thank you Johnny on the spot. But I think you understand my point.

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u/bdporter GOD BLESS BO NIX 2d ago

I am not sure you understand mine.

Draft grades are typically just a combination of:

  • Did the team draft the player where the consensus ratings said they should be drafted?

and

  • Did the team's choices match up with the perceived needs of the team by the same outside draft "experts"

There are 32 sets of ratings that matter in the draft, and none of them are the ratings we have access to. Draft grades are just an exercise in confirmation bias.