Revisiting My 2022 NFL Draft Grades 

Lots of people suggesting we wait 3 years to do these and after the exercise I agree. Will get on that schedule next year I think.

One step closer to summer deep dives

I remember the Purdy take and thinking it was odd hyping up a player that had such a small chance to see the field. 2 years later here we are 😂

Man that Ravens draft was so good. Hamilton has quickly become my favourite player. The only player I've seen singlehandedly force a 3 and out by making 3 completely different plays. He can blow up a screen on 1st down, break up a pass over the middle on 2nd down and get a sack on third down. Guy is insane.

Brock Purdy saved that SF draft

Love these videos. Just an idea- what if in addition to this 2 year video, you also looked back 5-6 years later to really see how guys turned out long term and really get a blast from the past lol. Just a thought, excited for the summer deep dives!

Waited two years for the Tariq Woolen redemption arc 😂

Bears 2:02 Lions 4:34 Packers 6:12 Vikings 11:54 Cowboys 14:00 Giants 16:34 Eagles 19:51 Commanders 22:37 Buffalo Bills 25:16 Dolphins 26:33 Patriots 27:20 Jets 31:35 Ravens 33:15 Browns 36:44 Bengals 38:56 Steelers 42:03 Falcons 45:38 Panthers 50:08 Saints 53:18 Bucs 55:27 Texans 58:31 Colts 1:00:03 Jags 1:02:04 Titans 1:05:31 Cards 1:07:13 Rams 1:09:00 49ers 1:10:13 Seahawks 1:12:38 Broncos 1:14:21 Chiefs 1:15:43 Raiders 1:18:29 Chargers 1:19:06 Go Bucs✌

I think your take that that quay walker had been more of a bad player then good one is incredibly wrong he was probably a top 4-5 defensive player for the packers last year

Im suffering from post draft withdraw, i need my medicine(summer deep dives) to listen as i go to work(do chores at home)

Gotta be honest, you give yourself a bit too much grace with some of these “hits” haha.

Re: the Packers decision not to wait on WR. The top 100 WRs drafted after Watson? Wandale Robinson, John Metchie, Tyquan Thronton, Skyy Moore, George Pickens, Velus Jones, Jalen Tolbert, David Bell. The depth in this WR class was greatly exaggerated.

*Gives Jameson Williams an A+* "Hard to argue with one" Really? Like even if you want to give Jamo another year, he is clearly not going to be an A+. Depending on how he does this year, he is probably falling in the D-B range.

I can't believe the deep dives will be starting soon! You make our lives better, Marcus!

Really funny that you gave the chiefs class an A+, yet were somehow still too low on them

How Quay Walker and F🤣🤣 All rookie in 2022 and was had better year 2023 despite missing games due to injury

Love these types of videos TFG. A little feedback that I think would improve them (on top of waiting 3 years which I think is good advice too) - I find that your review of your draft grades / analysis is a little bit nebulous and unstructured. One way to fix that would be to provide a “revised 3 year grade” for each pick (example: you initially gave a C+ grade to a draft pick, but re-grading it today you’d give it a B+). And maybe a revised overall grade at the end of each team’s draft class as well - in fact, if regrading each pick would be too much work, redoing ONLY the overall draft grade would be acceptable too. That way, instead of doing the whole “accurate / not accurate” notepad thing, which seemed to trip you up a lot, you can just compare your old draft grade(s) and overall grade to the grade you’d CURRENTLY give each pick/draft. I find it’s hard to keep track of your criteria for evaluating whether or not you believe your grades / analysis were accurate. A good example of what I mean is the Daxton Hill pick, where you said “I don’t think this one was a miss” - but I think (based on the analysis you gave) we’d agree that an “A” grade was probably a bit too high given how he’s actually performed. Another example is the Kenny Pickett pick - you gave a reasonable take which was basically “he’s been a fine fringe starter/backup QB” - but a B- for taking a player like that at 20 overall is sort of generous. There are many other examples where you’re clearly trying to say “I don’t think my analysis was too bad here”, but the grade is way off from how you proceed to evaluate that player/draft pick. I just feel like it’s hard for the audience (and you, probably) to keep track of whether you think you were right / wrong about a draft when we don’t have a clear view of what you think about the player compared to how you graded them back then. A good example of how to fix this is what you did for the Giants pick of Wan’Dale - you basically said “I was right that this was too high, but it’s been more of a C+ / B- pick”. That helps give us some insight into how you’re coming to the conclusion of whether you “hit or missed” on a draft grade, and drafts as a whole. Hope this helps!

You should add in a Meh category for the ones that fall in between a Hit and a Miss

ive been low key binging these recently, and from the 2020 one I think it would make sense to do another review 4 years after because its the end of their contracts and some of the takes would be much different now then they would be 2 years ago, players have been traded, broken out, etc. Just a suggestion, keep up the good work man

6 starters in 1 draft is an A+ regardless of Quay lol

Ones you were right on “damn I nailed that!” Ones you were wrong on “ well we’ll see what happens in year 3 “ 😝

As a Packer’s fan, you doubling down against the Quay Walker stans made my day. I just don’t get what half the fan base sees in him? Not a useless player, but he’s shown more bad than good so far

I would probably wait two years until you revisit the 2023 draft. I feel like you should give them at least three years. Some positions especially (especially linebackers and O linemen) that need more time. Also there are players like Josh Allen who didn't break out until year 3.

Love that you revisit this stuff and refine your process. That being said I feel like doing 3 years and looking back is way better just because it really gives you a way better idea of the project players. Especially those day 2 guys who sometimes need that extra year to see are you good. Fine. Or trash and replaced.

No views in 6 seconds. Bro fell off 😭🙌

Quay walker pick makes a lot more sense when you consider that they weren’t drafting to help rodgers, they were drafting to help Love.

Man you are really being downright disrespectful to Quay Walker.

Correct Final Grade on the Ravens but it is literally like you hand-picked all of the busts (Travis Jones has been good tbf) to give A+'s to and gave B's to the actual elite players lmao

Man the Eagles crushed my soul this draft, passing up on Kyle Hamilton for the massively (pun intended) overvalued Jordan Davis was such a stupid move. AJ Brown, Jurgens make the draft a solid B+, but Davis and Dean have been disappointing bordering on busts.

I think the issue with how people evaluate the Jordan Davis pick is what they want him to be. Jordan Davis was drafted to be a space eater who draws double teams and stops the run. He has elite physical traits which is why the hope was/is he develops into a great path rusher as well. He hasn't quite done the latter yet but he's one of the best in the league at the former. He's so good at it, when he got injured his rookie year we had to go out and sign Ndamukong Suh and Linval Joseph because our run defense took such a nosedive.

This guy doesn't watch packer games

You should have two different grading metrics, not one. Individual & Team grade: hits or misses. 😌

Why doesn't a team hire this guy? How much better are real scouts? I'd love to see them make a yt video and revisit their own draft boards and be humbled

The Saints trade(s) up for Olave and Penning are even more gross when you consider the picks they traded directly turned into... A.J. Brown, Jalen Carter, 1/2 of Cooper DeJean, and a third next draft lol

Geez. The Texans are a great example as to why you should grade after 3 years. These players have only gotten competent coaching for 1 season. I still think most of those players have promise

Grading Tyquan as a B grade shows you have no idea what you're talking about. Not only was Tyquan a major reach, but he's the 2020s version of John Ross

loved the RU-vid ad cuts lmao

I don't watch every Packers game but as a die hard Lions fan I see Quay Walker as high caliber starter that is a bit of a head case with the flags at times. His size and speed show up a lot on tape from what I've seen. He's around the ball a lot. I always thought he was a reliable tackler? And as much as Lions fans love Malcolm Rodriguez, I don't think any of us would want Malcolm over Quay if we had the choice other than for as a team fit due to character mental habits on the field. Quay is a much better athlete than Malcolm. I think you're being a bit overly harsh in critiquing your own team. The Packers are one of the best drafting teams in the league over the long-term. Romeo Doubs in round 4? Kingsley Enagbare in round 5? Yes, please. (*Apologies, I think I mixed you up with Nate Tice of the Athletic, who I believe is a Packers fan).

4:30 Seeing Marcus get those terrible youtube ads is both hilarious and comforting that im not the only one

PROPS for going back like this. Everyone’s quick to throw out their opinions, but nobody wants to go back and see where they went wrong.

I think your Jets grade was more accurate than the Pats. Swap your H and M with those ones

Full deep dive predictions: 1. Chiefs 2. 49ers 3. Packers 4. Texans 5. Lions 6. Eagles 7. Ravens 8. Jets 9. Bears 10. Rams 11. Cowboys 12. Bengals 13. Falcons 14. Seahawks 15. Browns 16. Dolphins 17. Steelers 18. Bills 19. Colts 20. Jaguars 21. Bucs 22. Cardinals 23. Vikings 24. Panthers 25. Titans 26. Saints 27. Raiders 28. Chargers 29. Giants 30. Commanders 31. Broncos 32. Patriots

Regarding the Falcons, while getting most of their board right, I think if you correctly think Ridder would be a bust and a waste of a draft pick that the grade should be lower than 'Average' (C). And most GM's keep their jobs by the returns of their top draft selections or lack there of. Missing on the evaluation of Drake London a top-10 pick, is weighted more heavily than nailing an evaluation on Day 3 guys imo. Good stuff though overall. Falcons probably should be a miss based on the Drake London eval alone as you were so far away already in his production and talent level with hacks throwing him the ball. Imagine what his production is going to be next season, assuming health, with Cousins & Penix driving the ball down the field. He's going to look like Mike Evans 2.0.

GB fan here. I, for 1, totally agree w/you re LB Quay Walker. Imo, he was NOT worth a R1P7 selection! He’s extremely inconsistent, frequently overshoots n misses way too many tackles! My quote is that he is the BEST NFL tackler 6-7yrds past the LOS! LBs Chenal n Campbell are way better! But, I disagree re DL Wyatt pick…to me, he is a bust! Plays like a R4 pick! Maybe not as bad as that woeful OT Harrell pick yrs ago, but same impact. I’ll look up Wyatt’s pff grades but doubt those are stellar! Great show, Marcus! 😊😂

Marcus gave himself a miss on the Bills and I think that is correct. Overall he did a good job of balancing the close calls. In the Bills case, I do think it was close, but he was probably correct to give himself a miss because when he was doing the analysis he gave himself a hit on Kaiir Elam, who he gave a B too. Through two years, B actually too high on Elam. While he hasn't been useless and has played 600 snaps over the two years, both years, he graded in the mid to high 50's. He could break through, but right now he looks like a solid depth piece which is probably at best a C for a first rounder.

I think you're a bit unfair for some of your day 2/3 OL/DL evaluations. IMO it's ok to overdraft at these positions since you always need bodies, so missing on some of these guys is better than missing on a HB, LB, or other less valuable positions. I don't see a lot of the day 2 OL/DL guys that didn't pan out as bad picks, since they were worth the risk.

Not sure how the steelers screwed kenny.. dude produced 6 tds in 12 games. I understand canada was horrendous but I’ve watched every kenny pickett pass in the league and he consistently missed wide open passes. Playing mason in the playoffs was the right move as he was the only qb on the roster that could move the ball and was statistically a top 5 qb in the span he played…Kenny couldn’t stay healthy as well. Kenny screwed kenny

Bro Perrion Winfrey isn’t even in the league anymore and he was horrendous in his one year with the Browns.

As a Browns fan, Perrion Winfrey has definitely not been anything close to an A grade. Lackluster play rookie year and marginal improvement the following year with young and destructive defensive talent surrounding him, and then gets in a domestic violence incident that gets him released halfway through the season. Definitely a huge waste of an early 100s pick.

I think #32 will be commanders. The defense could be solid but Idk if Jayden Daniels hits the ground running in that offense. Terry’s awesome but they don’t have too much outside of him unless Dotson or maybe sinnot can have a good year and that oline might get Daniels killed.

If you can get 3 true starters out of a draft without a first round pick I don’t think a C+ plus grade can hold up based pm principal alone. Ofc Fields’ lack of infrastructure was a real thing, however I think it’s at least a B draft.

I skipped to the browns and I’m pretty sure Perrion Winfrey is out of the league now. He played for the Jets a little bit last year and had massive character and off the field issue with the law. They would 100% re-do that pick.

Cole Turner had such great chemistry with Howell but they just never used him after preseason. Wish they played Turner more, but he will prob but a cut this year...

agree with you on the Falcons and i also think you should've given yourself a hit for the Bengals too, you really only missed on Cam Taylor-Britt, i think that's a hit. same for the Saints, you were only a bit too low on Alontae Taylor.

lmfao saying wink martindale's scheme helped kayvon??? He was the first edge rusher to ever get double digit sacks in a wink defense. His scheme favors blitzing lbs and dbs, not edge rushers

So sad Evan Neal has been a bust. I was crazy hyped with the Giants first two picks. Hopefully year 3 is the charm but I’m not holding my breath

Wait so 3rd is correct but just he is going in 1st rd??? So how are u correct also if starter now how is Jamison Williams still a+ lucky 3rd rd now doubt they would trade each straight up

Every draft analyst should do these type of vids Kenny pickett stinks Steelers draft grade should be a D at best. Got one good player and a bunch of scrubs

Ok am I crazy bears get no credit for 5555th rd starting tackle but gb does guard in 4th also would u trade Watkins for Williamson hell no!

Kenny picket is about to have a Jimmy G type career if gets the opportunity in Philly I’d guess

Make a Meh Category, sometimes you have some okay picks but missed to big ones,thats meh. It doesn't have to be a hit or not just like there are players who turn out to be Meh players

Damn that draft by Keim was terrible. Thank god it was his last and that Monti has stripped that entire team down. Can’t wait for the deep dives 🙏🏽

Cant believe you called the Falcon grade accurate because of ridder with how off the London grade was.

I'm betting the Patriots are the #32 team...slightly worse than the Commanders.

I think the timing is just a bit unfair for Pats/Jets rankings. I think this is thorntons make or break year and i think he breaks out. Imo, you hit on pats and jets

Deep Dive #32 Prediction: New England Patriots. My favorite series on the channel!

I’d still say F was too harsh for Quay. I’d say it’s more in the C range. F is more of an out of the league grade imo

Wait wait det correct you had adian only A miss & Jamison A+ who c at best so their grade by u A should be a- or b+ rd weighted that is a miss sir

Isn’t travon an OLB right jags new dc made Dupree get 8 or 9 sacks. Team is underrated

There’s a lot of luck involved and information you don’t have access to except the tape so it’s hard to be accurate every year. However one thing is for sure I appreciate the hard work you put in to give us this A+ content, thanks!

I also was super high on Perrion Winfrey but his off field issues have hindered him

great video. My only comment is about your reluctance to call the Panthers draft a miss. Its probably the clearest miss in the whole exercise. You basically liked every pick and none have panned out, and I don't think Ekwonu is going to figure it out at the pro level at all. As you say the Panthers have been bad which skews things, but a major reason they are bad is drafting really poorly over the last few years, this being a prime example. Ultimately great content and really shows why I trust your draft analysis quite a bit!

I mean the first deep dive has to be the Panthers right?

Bottom 3 will probably be Broncos Titans Patriots no specific order

"who puts ads in a youtube video, this piece of sh.. anyway" hahahaha ive never laughed so hard at one of your videos lmao

Grading your Jets take as a miss is nasty work to yourself 😭😭🤣🤣

Deep dive season!

New England gotta be #32. Their roster is just a disaster right now.

When do you guys think the next video is coming out ? The first deep dive ?

an F for Quay Walker?.. lol.. what are you smoking bro?

Fletcher is retired, so David and Carter MUST go off.

I would guess the 32nd rank team would be New England

that Vikings draft is all time bad holy shit LMFAO

You should do the regrading blind, then look at your grade after and compare. The whole falcons thing just sounds like you trying to talk yourself into your take not being bad. In some instances you put a lot of weight into the 1st pick, in others you don't. Is the grading format good for the algorithm or something? Because doing it like this, with absolutely no standard for what counts as being right/wrong just seems pointless.

I was right about Tyler smith and Trevor Penning

Really fun vid! Definitely agree with everyone saying to wait until after year 3, especially since that'll also allow 5th-year option decisions to factor into the analysis. I had your tally as 17-10-4 (I couldn't go either way on the Raiders, Bucs, Bengals, and Bears grades) with a bunch I didn't have strong feelings on but could at least put on one side or the other. Biggest Hits: - The Vikings class grading out as 'meh' (Andrew Booth not working out is just tough but they do at least have Brian Flores now) - The Commanders class performing just about as predicted (s/o to @philibusters23 - I agreed with his take) so far - The Jaguars class, dare I say, holding the franchise back Biggest Misses: - Tyler Smith being awesome, paired with Sam Williams being an actual rotation player (Cowboys) - Evan Neal having one foot out of the league after being a contender for the top spot on your board, paired with Wan'Dale Robinson actually being able to get out there and do some stuff (Giants) - Drake London being a legit #1 receiver (even if not this class's WR1), paired with Arnold Ebiketie being pretty ordinary and definitely not being better than Boye Mafe so far (Falcons) - The Ravens class being really good for *very* different reasons than you thought - The Texans class after Derek Stingley (who, for what it's worth, has ended up probably not being the class's best corner like you thought), though DeMeco and his staff might be able to develop the guys and resurrect the class (we'll see)

my prediction for #32 team is Patriots or Washington

I think maybe you should have a hits, misses, and meh grouping. There are a lot where it’s not really fair to go either way on so it makes most sense to have a meh grade as well

Tyler smith nearing all pro? He was an all pro last year lmaoo

Big fan of your work, but how are you going to give the Eagles an A+ for trading a first for Brown but not give the Dolphins an A+ for trading their first for Hill?

Nah, you are being stubborn about putting Quay at F.

A little to high on Skyy Moore? That’s a F pick

50:05 I was so confused for a second LOL 🤣

Falcons definitely a miss for you hands down

Poor Nick Muse 😢 he’s still on the Vikings

I bet my baby toenail that the patriots come in as #32

You didn’t miss the bills that’s a c plus draft

Quay is perfectly average. You’re on something. Did you just imply the Packers offense was bereft of playmakers. . . No their receivers are top 15 Tight Ends actually pull that number up if you include them. Bruh what are you talking about.

Vikes - Vederian Lowe was traded in the 2023 pre-season to the Pats for a 6th round pick and started for the Pats. Nick Muse is still on the team - scored a 22yd TD vs the Lions on the only offensive snap he's played Ingram was the second highest graded guard in that draft class per PFF behind Zion Johnson, graded slightly better than Zion in 2023, so in the context of the class 2nd round was reasonable.

If you flipped your corral analysis for Purdy, you'd be the a prophet 😂😂😂😂