2020 NFL Draft Winners and Losers
Yahoo Sports’ NFL Draft Expert Eric Edholm shares his take on which teams struck it rich, and which teams left him scratching his head.
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ERIC EDHOLM: Welcome into Yahoo Sports. I'm Eric Edholm, and the 2020 NFL draft is in the books. We have three teams whose drafts were really liked, three not so much. Let's start on the good side with the Dallas Cowboys. How do you not love Ceedee Lamb in the first, Trevon digs in the second, and Neville Gallimore in the third? 3 outstanding value picks and three need positions as well. The rest of the draft also shaped up very well for Dallas in Mike McCarthy's first year.
Baltimore Ravens-- they seem to win the draft every single year. No different this year. Patrick Queen is a winner. JK Dobbins will take over from Mark Ingram at some point, and Justin Madubuike-- love that pick. Devin Duvernay, James Proche, and Malik Harrison-- can't help but love this entire class from Baltimore.
And what about the Arizona Cardinals? My goodness, how much of they cleaned up? Isaiah Simmons to help cover those tight ends and blitz. DeAndre Hopkins was essentially their second round pick. Josh Jones-- great value in round 3. And I love their day 3 picks as well. Great job for Kliff Kingsbury there. Love that class for Arizona.
What about the losers? Not so thrilled about what the 49ers did. I mean, who am I to judge Kyle Shanahan on wide receivers? But I didn't know that Brandon Aiyuk would be exactly worth the price they paid at the spot they picked him at. Javon Kinlaw-- there's a debate. Is he worth the pick there trading away DeForest Buckner? We shall see.
The Seahawks-- year in and year out they kind of do their own thing in the draft. This year no different. Darrell Taylor could be pretty good. Like Damien Lewis. But still not sure about their first round pick, Jordan Brooks. The rest of the crop a little bit uninspiring.
And what about the Las Vegas Raiders? Henry Ruggs-- I get the speed thing. They drafted two more receivers though. Very interesting. And Damon Arnett felt like a little bit of a reach to us. Some other day 3 picks we did like. But overall, did they win the Khalil Mack trade? Not sure they got dollar for dollar on that return there.
That's all we have to say about 2020 NFL draft. Stick with us. 2021 isn't to far away.
