On this episode, host Brad Fowler gives out his final draft grades of the year with the NFC West and tells you each teams best pick, and worst pick. He also has a great interview with Ian Cummings (@IC_Draft) of Pro Football Network to put a bow on the draft and take a early look at the 2023 NFL Draft prospects. The NFC West had some really good drafts, an ugly draft and one of the worst draft day trades this off season.

Today's Guest

Ian Cummings

Ian Cummings is a NFL Draft analyst at Pro Football Network

Here are the questions we asked Ian:

• I want to start with a couple questions about the 22 draft and then we'll look ahead to 23, if you had to make a bet on one guy from this class that will go on to become a Hall of Famer, who would it be?

• Let's flip it to the other side, which high first round pick would you bet is most likely to be a bust?

• Which team had the best overall draft? And who had the worst draft?

• You've already been breaking down the prospects for the 2023 NFL Draft, never too early to look ahead, let's start with the top quarterbacks Bryce Young from Alabama and CJ Stroud from Ohio State, tell us about their strengths and weaknesses and how they project as NFL QBs.

• Let's go past the top 2 QBs, who else do we need to watch for under center in college football this season, guys who could also be high draft picks?

• Every year it seems like there's a position group or two that is loaded, what group(s) will that be, next April?

• You've already put out some great scouting reports on some prospects for next season at Pro Football Network, tell us about some guys you're really high on?

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On today's episode host Brad Fowler grades each team in the AFC West and tells you each team's best pick, and worst pick, he also has a great interview with William McFadden (@willmcfadden) of SB Nation, but first the best division in the NFL might have had the best top to bottom draft classes, which is scary for the rest of the AFC, but one team really crushed it with an "A" grade.

Today's Guest

William McFadden

William McFadden covers the Atlanta Falcons for SB Nation's The Falcoholic and is the host of Believe in Falcons podcast.

Here are the questions we asked William:

• The Falcons are a team in transition, and with at least 10 new starters entering the 2022 season, who are some guys with the most to prove this year?

• Atlanta has moved on from long time starting QB Matt Ryan, they signed veteran Marcus Mariota and drafted Desmond Ridder from Cincinnati, What are you hearing about the QBs from OTAs so far?

• I read a story today on ESPN.com on rookie free agent signing of Jared Bernhardt, who scored a ton at Maryland, but as a member of their LaCrosse team. He's attempting to make the jump to the NFL. We've seen guys pull this off before, Chris Hogan who played for the Patriots and Tom Kennedy who's currently a WR for the Lions. Tell us about Jared Bernhardt and what your hearing coming from the Falcons organization?

• I want to jump to a more high profile rookie WR Drake London from USC. He's a big athletic player who lined up all over the field for the Trojans, but how do expect Atlanta to use him in this offense?

• Another rookie I'm excited to watch this year is 2nd round pick Arnold Ebiketie from Penn State, what have you seen or heard about him so far?

• Last years first round pick TE Kyle Pitts had an incredible rookie campaign, considering how good he was as a rookie, whats a realistic expectation for him in year 2?

• 2020 first round pick AJ Terrell had a breakout season last year and was an all pro, is he the underrated defender in the NFL right now?

• What 2nd or 3rd year Falcons player could be next in line for a breakout season?

• Rookie head coach Arthur Smith came in last season, now enters year 2, what changes do expect to see from him and his staff this season?

• The 2022 Atlanta Falcons will win how many games?

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​On this episode host Brad Fowler grades each team in the NFC East and tells you, each team's best pick, and worst pick. He also interviews Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. (@wiltfongjr) who covers the Chicago Bears for SB Nation. The NFC East had some really solid drafts but one team with a huge fan base is not going to like what Brad had to say about their draft!

Today's Guest

Lester A. Wiltfong Jr.

Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. covers the Chicago Bears, He's the editor in chief of SB Nation's Windy City Gridiron, the host of T Formation Conversation, the Co-Host of Bear and Balanced and on YouTube at 2nd City Gridiron.

Here are the questions we asked Lester:

• Let's start with the offense, RB David Montgomery has been a productive back for the Bears. It looks like Chicago's offense is moving to more of a outside zone rushing attack, how does Montgomery's skill set fit into this scheme? and what do expect from him this season?

• The Bears' WR group has lost Allen Robinson but Bears added Byron Pringle, and some other pieces but have they done enough to upgrade the passing attack alongside Darnell Mooney?

• There were high expectations for TE Cole Kmet the former 2nd round pick in 2020, and we saw his targets jump from 46 in yesr one to 89 last season, what do you expect from him in year 3 in Luke Getsy's offense?

• We talked about the offensive playmakers, the big question is 2nd year QB Justin Fields. He had some great moments last season, the games vs the 49ers and Steelers come to mind, but his completion % wasn't great and he had issues turning the ball over, we know he's talented but where does he need to improve this season to show Bears fans he's moving in the right direction?

• Matt Eberflus comes in this year as the new head coach, a first time head coach, former defensive coordinator with the Colts, a defensive guy through and through, and was a hot name in the NFL coaching circles, tell us about Matt Eberflus, and what he brings to the organization?

• The Bears used their first two draft picks on talented defensive backs in cornerback Kyler Gordon from Washington and safety Jaquan Brisker from Penn State.
Chicago's pass defense was pretty weak last season, so I like that they addressed it with these 2 players early in the Draft, tells us about them, and how they fit into the defense?

• The Bears also addressed the OL in this draft which is in need of some talent, talk about the group of rookie offensive lineman and who stands out in this group for you?

• The Bears season win total will be what?

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On this episode host Brad Fowler grades each team from the AFC East and tells you each teams best pick, and worst pick. He also interviews Tyler Walker, who's a scouting assistant for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Brad tells what team had one of the best drafts in the entire NFL this year and why the rest of this division, was down right ugly. 

Today's Guest

Tyler Walker

Tyler formerly worked for the University of Oregon Football operations and is currently a Jacksonville Jaguars scouting assistant.

Here is the questions we asked Tyler:

• Before you started working for the Jaguars you were with the University of Oregon, a lot of us read stories about Oregon, the facilities and the program but few of us get to see what it's really like, take us behind the curtain if you will?

• While at Oregon you worked with Mario Cristobal, he had a lot of success at U of O and is now the head coach at Miami, tells us about what type of coach, recruiter and just overall guy the Hurricanes are getting with Cristobal?

• The Jaguars have now hired former Eagles coach Doug Pederson, a respected coach with a recent Super Bowl win on his resume, what's it been like working with him?

• The NFL Draft just behind us now, you were involved in scouting these players for Jacksonville, let's start with with Travon Walker, big time athlete but limited production, wasn't seen as a lock for the 1st pick, was there a lot of debate internally in the pre draft process who the Jags would be selecting at 1? 

• I think drafting LB Devin Lloyd at the 27th overall pick could be one of the biggest steals in the 1st round, a guy I had ranked as my 9th best player in this entire class, tells us about Lloyd and the move to go get him?

︎• I also really like the 3rd round selections of center Luke Fortner and Chad Muma, tells us about what you saw in scouting them and what they'll bring to the Jaguars?

• Every year we see reports after the draft that fill in the blank team was targeting a certain player, but another team drafts him before they go there chance to, who was that player for the Jaguars?

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On this episode host Brad Fowler gives his draft grades for each team in the NFC North and tells you each teams best pick and worst pick. Brad also has a great in-depth interview with Donnie Druin (@DonnieDruin) of SI.com. Brad also shares what 3 NFC North teams had great draft classes, and one team's draft was so terrible, he considered giving them an "F"

Today's Guest

Donnie Druin

Donnie Druin covers the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona State Sun Devils for Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation. 

Here are the questions we asked Donnie:

• Let's start with the Steelers, for the first time in a long time they went into the draft with question marks at the QB position and decided to draft Kenny Pickett with the 20th pick, what are your thoughts on him and what level of player can he become?

• Historically speaking the Steelers draft really well especially at WR, tell us about George Pickens from Georgia and Calvin Austin from Memphis.

• With free agency and the draft behind us, which teams are poised to take a leap forward this season and who's going to take a step backwards?

• Sticking with the draft, who's your pick for OROY and DROY?

• What draft pick really left you scratching your head?

• Let's shift to Arizona State, RB Rachaad White who went to Tampa Bay with the 91st pick, he's a guy that I was higher than most analysts on during the pre draft process, you covered him up close, what should we expect from him in Tampa?

• Arizona State had several players drafted this year, tell us about the rest of this group and what kind of impacts they can make at the next level?

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On this episode host Brad Fowler gives out his draft grades for each of the AFC North teams and tells you each teams best pick, and worst pick. Later in the episode Brad interviews J.P. Acosta of Football Outsiders, SB Nation and SI.com to discuss the draft and NFL offseason. Brad also tells you the AFC North team that had a huge swing and miss, while their rival had his highest graded draft EVER!

Today's Guest

J.P. Acosta

J.P. Acosta writes for SB Nation's BigCatCountry.com covering the Jacksonville Jaguars, as well as FootballOutsiders.com, and Sports Illustrated's Wildcats Daily covering Northwestern.

Here are the questions we asked J.P. :

1) Lets start with the Jaguars because this is a team that shocked some people when they selected Travon Walker with the 1st pick, a highly gifted athlete but had limited production, they then went on to draft a highly productive LB in Devin Lloyd from Utah also in the first round, I like the picks they made in the 3rd, but talk about the Jaguars draft as a whole and how would you grade it?

2) You had an article for football outsiders where you stated the Texans biggest need this off season was on the defensive line, they had an opportunity 3 to take arguably the best defensive lineman in this draft with Kayvon Thibodeaux from Oregon but instead went with CB Derek Stingley Jr. from LSU, what did you make of that selection?

2) This draft didn't have a lock for the 1st pick like some classes and there's been a alot of discussion on who was the best player but who had the best pick in this draft?

3) When you combine the off season free agency period with the draft, which team has done the most to improve it's team?

4) Let's flip it to the other side, who's had the worst off season from a free agency and draft standpoint?

5) 5 years from now which 1st round pick will be the biggest bust?

6) Who's a player in this draft that you feel like not enough people are talking about that could become a star?

7) It feels like there is a divide happening in NFL front offices right now on weather or not to pay big for veteran WRs or to let someone else pay them and draft rookie WRs, especially considering how deep the position has become each April. What are your thoughts on this and if you were a GM which way would you lean?

9) With free agency and the draft behind us, what team is being overhyped and who's being overlooked going into next season?

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On this episode host Brad Fowler gives his draft grades for the NFC South and tells you each teams best pick and worst pick. Brad also has a great in depth interview with Mark Dulgerian of NFL Media. Plus the NFC South had 2 teams that he thinks crushed the draft and 2 teams that had terrible drafts, and received Brad's worst grades yet!

Today's Guest

Mark Dulgerian

Mark does research and analytics for NFL Media (which includes NFL Network and NFL.com) and works for Optimum Scouting. He was formerly with the XFL as the Director of Pro Scouting and also worked in the football operations at USC.

Here are the questions we asked Mark:

1) You have a background in scouting and like I said in your intro you currently do research and analytics, I'm curious, when you're evaluating these prospects, what are some of the key things you look for from a analytics point of view?

2) We saw Travon Walker and Jordan Davis both go early in the 1st round, players that lacked the typical production you might expect from early picks but have the measurements and traits of high level players, what is your process when evaluating a player and weighing the measurements and traits vs the production and game tape?

3) I saw you did a pick by pick analysis for the mid and late round guys for NFL.com, who are some players from that group that really stand out and you think offer great value for where they were taken?

4) You covered the Shrine Bowl for NFL Media and are involved with the game with Optimum Scouting and got a real close look at the players that attended, who from that game really stood out to you?

5) What team you get drafted too can often play a big role in the success or failure of a rookie in the NFL, so who are some guys that you feel landed in right spot?

6) The New York teams are getting a lot of high draft grades from the media but which team had a great draft that isn't getting talked about enough?

7) This QB class was viewed as down and the NFL teams made that abundantly clear by where they were drafted, who is most likely to become a franchise quarterback from this class or is there one?

8) 5 years from now, what will we remember most from this draft?

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On this episode Host Brad Fowler has a great in-depth interview with NFL Draft analyst Oliver Hodgkinson (@ojhodgkinson) of ProFootballNetwork.com to do a deep dive into this NFL draft class. We take a look at a lot of different players including mid/late round prospects, quarterbacks, edge defenders, running backs, small school guys and more, but I think you'll be surprised who Oliver has as his top ranked cornerback and running back in this class, and who he thinks could be overrated in the first round as well. 

Today's Guest

Oliver Hodgkinson

Oliver is an NFL Draft Analyst for ProFootballNetwork.com, a co host of the "College Chaps Podcast" and a contributor for TheTouchdown.co.uk

Here are the questions we asked Oliver:

• Which prospect in this draft are you higher on than most other draft analysts?

• Who are some mid to later round prospects that you really like that you think could make a big impact for their team?

• Alot has been made of this year's QB group and it being viewed as a down year for the position, with that being said we know how important the position is, so will any team draft a QB in the top 10? 

• Which projected 1st round prospect(s) are most likely to slide in this draft and get picked later than most expected?

• Which projected top 10 player is being overhyped?

• If you were a NFL GM, who is a guy you would be pounding the table for in this Draft?

• The running backs in this draft aren't viewed as 1st round talent although there's a few solid prospects such as Breece Hall and Kenneth Walker, could you see either one going in the first round? Possibly to a team like the Bills that have a need at the position? 

• Unlike last year there isn't a consensus, no brainer number 1 pick. Most analysts think it will be Aidan Hutchinson going number one but there's a wide range of opinions on the top players in this class, so I'll ask you, who's the best player in this draft?

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On this episode host Brad Fowler releases his NFL Draft Big Board ranking of his top 25 players in the 2022 NFL Draft, and he tells you about one prospect that he has ranked inside of his top 10, that no other analyst has ranked as high.

Today's Guest

Natalie Miller

Natalie is a writer and NFL Draft Analyst for USA Today's Draft Wire. Read her work at draftwire.usatoday.com and Follow her on Twitter @Nat_NFLDraft

Here are the questions we asked Natalie:

• Many view Aiden Hutchinson as the most likely 1st overall pick, but some think Kayvon Thibodaux is actually a better player at that position, some analysts have OT Evan Neal as the best player, my point is, there's a wide range of opinions at the top of this class, so I'll ask you, who's the best player in this class?

• Which position group do you think is the deepest, and who are some players you like from that group?

• Most fans have become pretty familiar with the players projected to go in the 1st round but who are some mid to later round prospects that you are high on?

• This QB class is viewed as being down this year, what are your thoughts on this group of QBs? and who do you think is most likely to become a high level franchise QB?

• Every year we see some guys who go later than most expected, which projected 1st round pick is most likely to slide in this draft?

• We see it every year come April, a guy or 2 that goes early in the draft and never lives up to the projections, which player/players could you see being a bust?

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On this episode host Brad Fowler gives out his AFC South draft grades and Brad also tells you who he thinks each teams best pick and worst pick were in this draft.

Today's Guest

Laurie Fitzpatrick

Laurie covers the NFL for USA Today's Touchdown Wire and is the co-host of the "Bleav in The Jacksonville Jaguars" podcast.

Here are the questions we asked Laurie:

I want to start by getting your thoughts on the NFL Draft as a whole being in Las Vegas, the crowd, the weather the scenery, I thought made for a great venue for the Draft, what did you think?

1) When you're in the first round, most teams want to eliminate as many question marks as possible. And for Jacksonville with the first overall pick to go with potential over production, was a bit shocking to me. What are your thoughts on Travon Walker going No. 1?

2) 9 trades and 6 WRs taken in the first 20 picks, what did you make of all the trades we saw and the high number of WRs that went early in this draft?

3) The NFL seems to be split on the philosophy of weather to pay big for proven veteran WRs or draft young WRs, the position has never been viewed as important as it is today, some teams are paying big money to acquire veterans like Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill but what are your thoughts on what we saw during the draft with the AJ Brown and Hollywood Brown trades when this was viewed as such a deep WR class ?

3) I want to shift the QBs, Kenny Pickett went at 20 to the Steelers and was the 1st and only QB taken in round one, Malik Willis was viewed by many as the best prospect but fell Into the 3rd round, along with the rest of the top rated QB prospects. The NFL made a clear statement on how they felt about this QB class, but What did you make of the QBs and where they went?

4) Who were some players that slid in this draft that really surprised you?

5) Who were some players that you feel landed in the perfect situation or perfect team for them?

6) what 1st round pick left you shaking your head?

7) We had several teams this year with multiple 1st round picks, of that group who did the best?

8) What was the single best pick of the entire draft?

9) After the draft, we all love to grade how we think the teams did, and this podcast is no exception, I don't necessarily need grades from you but how about winners and losers so to speak, who do you think crushed it and who came up light this year?

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