Team-by-Team NFL Draft Recap: AFC Grades and Fantasy Fallout with Evan Silva and Adam Levitan (Episode 977)
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4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Adam Levitan and Evan Silva take a look at each AFC team's draft haul, assess the fantasy fallout for each team, and grade their draft results.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:19 - Baltimore Ravens
5:59 - Buffalo Bills
8:38 - Cincinnati Bengals
10:26 - Cleveland Browns
13:26 - Denver Broncos
15:56 - Houston Texans
17:50 - Indianapolis Colts
20:34 - Jacksonville Jaguars
23:34 - Kansas City Chiefs
26:40 - Las Vegas Raiders
30:48 - Los Angeles Chargers
32:57 - Miami Dolphins
36:03 - New England Patriots
38:23 - New York Jets
41:52 - Pittsburgh Steelers
45:29 - Tennessee Titans
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 977 of the official Establish the Run.com podcast. |
| 0:22.5 | My name is Adam Levittan. |
| 0:23.5 | I am one of the co-founders here at ETR. |
| 0:25.5 | As always, joined by fellow co-founder Evan Silva. |
| 0:29.7 | The NFL draft went down over the weekend. |
| 0:33.6 | We already covered the NFC. |
| 0:36.4 | It's AFC time, Evan. |
| 0:37.5 | How's it going? It's going great. It's AFC time, Evan. How's it going? |
| 0:38.8 | It's going great. |
| 0:39.6 | It's a time of hope. |
| 0:40.5 | And you can tell by listening to all the fan bases on Twitter, |
| 0:46.2 | Packers' Twitter and Lions' Twitter and Ravens Twitter, |
| 0:51.1 | you know, they want to have optimism and they want to get their team to get good |
| 0:55.0 | draft grades. So when they see a bad draft grade, the vitriol just pours from their pores. |
| 1:01.6 | And so I'm feeling the brunt of that, the wrath right now. |
| 1:06.6 | I just want everyone to know that if Evan gives your team a bad grade, it's not about what they did in the draft. |
| 1:12.4 | It's a personal attack on you, and you should feel personally offended and take serious offense to that. |
| 1:20.0 | On today's show, we are going to go team by team through each AFC franchise's draft. |
| 1:25.8 | We'll discuss Evans grade, the Fantasy Fallout, |
| 1:28.6 | and what the picks mean for the incumbent players on the roster. |
| 1:32.7 | Very important exercise. |
| 1:33.8 | I really truly believe teams tell us way more with their actions in the draft |
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