2022 NFL Draft: First Round Analysis Of Every Pick, From The College Perspective

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Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:46 PM·5 min read

2022 NFL Draft: First round breakdown and analysis of every pick, from the college perspective.

2022 NFL Draft: First Round Analysis

Welcome to my self-serving, pretentious stream-of-consciousness musings for the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, commenting during and after each and every pick.

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Jacksonville Jaguars

And the pick is … LB Travon Walker, Georgia

CFN Best Available Player
OT Evan Neal, Alabama

Everyone was acting like Travon Walker wasn’t great in college. No, the stats weren’t amazing, but that was thanks to the defense that had almost all pro talents doing things. Get past the stats, or the lack of them. However …

No pressure, but this is a call. This is still a bit of a projection based on how he worked out and how good the measurables are. But he’s the freaking No. 1 pick in the freaking draft. He had better be Bruce Smith/JJ Watt or this doesn’t work.

– 2022 Jacksonville Draft Analysis

Detroit Lions

And the pick is … DE Aidan Hutchinson, Michigan

CFN Best Available Player
OT Evan Neal, Alabama

Well that was quick. If only the Detroit receivers could run as fast as that card was flown up to the podium.

If it’s possible to get a good value with the No. 2 pick, Detroit might have just got it. Just about everyone I know who does this thinks Hutchinson is the better prospect.

That Hutchinson family … I want to be a Hutchinson.

Walker feels like a piece of the puzzle pick – because that’s what he was at Georgia. Hutchinson feels like a franchise-changer.

Houston has another pick coming up at the

– 2022 Detroit Draft Analysis

Houston Texans

And the pick is … CB Derek Stingley, Jr, LSU

CFN Best Available Player: OT Evan Neal, Alabama

So what have we learned about two of the first three picks in this draft? Workouts, workouts, workouts.

Last year at this exact time if you had said Stingley would be selected No. 3 overall, you would’ve said, “so he slid?”

Houston has another pick coming up at the 13. I like the offensive tackles here at the 3 for a team that needs to upgrade everywhere, but they needed a corner, and again, when he’s healthy and right, Stingley might just be the best player in this draft.

– 2022 Houston Draft Analysis

New York Jets

And the pick is … CB Ahmad Gardner, Cincinnati

CFN Best Available Player
OT Evan Neal, Alabama

Wait … what? The Jets SWORE they weren’t going with a defensive back early – at least the coaching staff did.

Gardner has all the tools and all the upside, but that’s one high pick for a guy who gets way too grabby and needs to all but start over technique-wise.

The Jets have so many early picks, so go with the best player on the board. New York needed defensive backs, and it got a fantastic one.

They also needed an edge rusher, and they just pass on Kayvon Thibodeaux for a corner.

– 2022 Jets Draft Analysis

New York Giants

And the pick is … COMING

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2022 NFL Draft: First Round Analysis

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