NFL Draft 2016 Results: Complete Overview and Grades of Rounds 1-3

The second day of the 2016 NFL draft got the surprises out of the way early.

Compared to a wild first day, the second and third rounds saw Jaylon Smith and Myles Jack come off the board with two of the Round 2’s first picks before one of the most confusing runs on quarterbacks of all time—it could come to be seen as the greatest, though, so who knows?

While it’s good the big questions got out of the way early, it doesn’t make the grading process any easier.

Below, we’ll work with what’s available to outline every pick of the draft thus far and assign grades based on teams’ needs and prospects’ ratings before Saturday’s action gets underway.

2016 NFL Draft Grades

Best Value: Houston Texans

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The Houston Texans didn’t get a ton of credit after the first round of the draft.

Why would they? Will Fuller out of Notre Dame hits a need because the offense wanted more speed. Fuller will provide that but also has well-known drop problems. At the worst, though, he will force a safety to his side of the field out of respect and open things up for DeAndre Hopkins.

Day 2 is where things started going well for Houston. Nick Martin at center with the 19th pick of the second round is one of the best values in the draft, giving the Texans a guy who could provide an upgrade right away and some mind-boggling stats to boot, per PFF Draft:

Nick Martin allowed zero sacks and only five hurries in 2015, his 99.1 pass blocking efficiency was 2nd-best among C in the NFL draft

— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) April 30, 2016

Houston went ahead and added Ohio State project wideout Braxton Miller in the third round, another great-value pick when one combines the category with need.

Not only does each pick so far offer incredible value, but one has to digest the class in tandem with the overall work Houston has done this offseason—don’t …

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