
The 1st Round of the 2023 NFL Draft is a wrap, and below are my grades for each team’s combined picks in that round (some had more than one 1st round pick, so I graded them as a group).
Embedded in the article is the video of our entire Draft 1 episode — please check it out as I had many co-hosts and guests on, as well as our very own @JarodGray checking in with inside info and timely updates as he’s our T2T/TheCFBNation boots-on-the-ground at the Draft itself in Kansas City:
- Carolina Panthers – B (QB Bryce Young at 1)
- Houston Texans – A (QB CJ Stroud at 2, EDGE Will Anderson at 3)
- Indianapolis Colts – C+ (QB Anthony Richardson at 4)
- Seattle Seahawks – A+ (CB Devon Witherspoon at 5, WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 20)
- Arizona Cardinals – A (Moved back to 12, acquired #33, Drafted OT Paris Johnson Jr.)
- Las Vegas Raiders – B- (EDGE Tyree Wilson at 7)
- Atlanta Falcons – A (RB Bijan Robison at 8)
- Philadelphia Eagles – A+ (DL Jalen Carter at 9, EDGE Nolan Smith at 30)
- Chicago Bears – B (OT Darnell Wright at 10)
- Tennessee Titans – A- (OL Peter Skoronski at 11)
- Detroit Lions – B- (RB Jahmyr Gibbs at 12 & LB Jack Campbell at 18)
- Green Bay Packers – C+ (DE Lukas Van Ness at 13)
- Pittsburgh Steelers – A (OT Broderick Jones at 14)
- New York Jets – B (EDGE Will McDonald at 15)
- Washington Commanders – B (CB Emmanuel Forbes at 16)
- New England Patriots – A (CB Christian Gonzalez at 17)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers – B+ (DL Calijah Kancey at 19)
- Los Angeles Chargers – C+ (WR Quentin Johnston at pick 21)
- Baltimore Ravens – B (WR Zay Flowers at 22)
- Minnesota Vikings – B (WR Jordan Addison at 23)
- New York Giants – A (CB Deonte Banks at 24)
- Buffalo Bills – B (TE Dalton Kincaid at 25)
- Dallas Cowboys – B- (DT Mazi Smith at 26)
- Jacksonville Jaguars – B- (OT Anton Harrison at 27)
- Cincinnati Bengals – A- (DE Miles Murphy at 28)
- New Orleans Saints – B (DL Bryan Bresee at 29)
- Kansas City Chiefs – B (DE Felix Anuidke-Uzomah at 31)
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