NFL Draft Grades: The Good, The Bad And The Raiders
The Lead
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🗓️ 3 May 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The 2021 NFL Draft is officially behind us, and over the course of three days in Cleveland, we saw the expected (Trevor Lawrence to the Jags), the unexpected (the Bears trading up to get Justin Fields) and the confusing (the Raiders). Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Sheil Kapadia, who hands out his letter grades for some of the best, worst and strangest moves from the 2021 NFL Draft — and to offer his perspective on the ongoing Aaron Rodgers-Packers saga.
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| 0:45.0 | With the final pick of the National Football League 2021 draft, the 259th pick by the Tampa Bay Beckeneers, they select Grant Steward, |
| 1:05.0 | a linebacker from Houston. Congratulations on being Mr. Aroleman. |
| 1:11.0 | The 2021 NFL draft is officially in the rearview mirror. |
| 1:18.0 | Today, the athletic Shio Kapadiya grabs a red pen and hands out his letter grades, some of the best, worst, |
| 1:24.0 | and most confusing moves we saw over the past few days. |
| 1:27.0 | I think the big winners of the weekend are Chicago Bears fans. |
| 1:31.0 | And if you have any bears fans in your life, congratulate them because it's obviously been a rough go |
| 1:36.0 | and hopefully they'll have a quarterback who's worth watching. |
| 1:39.0 | I'm Wondry and the athletic. I'm senior producer Matt Straff filling in today. |
| 1:43.0 | It's Monday, May 3rd and this is the lead. |
| 1:51.0 | So Shio, you spent the entire weekend compiling draft rates for all 32 NFL teams. |
| 1:55.0 | I got to ask first, what does your draft war room look like? |
| 1:58.0 | Are we talking multiple screens, cartons of food all over the place basically? |
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