NFL Draft Grades 2016: Team-by-Team List of Scores and Overall Analysis

Day 2 of the NFL draft separates the Super Bowl contenders from the perennial cellar-dwellers. 

It’s one thing for teams to get their first-round pick right. That’s when the most eyes are on the draft and the blue-chip prospects are still on the board. However, the franchises that are successful every year are able to find impact players in the second and third rounds. 

How well these classes pan out will take a few years to find out. But there are classes that appear to be ready to make a bigger impact than others. Here’s a look at each team’s draft haul and their early grade. 

Of course, the draft isn’t over. The official “diamond in the rough” stage picks up on Saturday, as teams will look to find the late-round player who can make a difference. These are the best available players left on Matt Miller’s big board heading into Rounds 4-7:

Notable Draft Classes

Jacksonville Jaguars

When the Jacksonville Jaguars hired Gus Bradley as head coach, the expectation was that he would build a dominant defense like the one he coordinated in Seattle. 

It hasn’t panned out that way, but the Jaguars took a big step toward making that a reality with the addition of Jalen Ramsey, Myles Jack and Yannick Ngakoue in the first two days of the draft. 

As discussed in the video below, this is the first time that a team was able to grab the top two players on Matt Miller’s big board in the same draft. 

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Obviously there are some extenuating circumstances at play here. Jack slipped to the second round due to injury concerns with his knee. However, Dr. James Andrews told Jack that he doesn’t need micro-fracture surgery right now, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. 

There are still long-term concerns for the knee, but talent is talent. Jack appears to be healthy right now, which means he’s still going to bring all the skills to the table that put him in the top 10 of a lot of mock drafts leading up to this weekend. 

Then there’s Ngakoue. The Maryland edge-rusher might not have the scouts drooling like Ramsey and Jack, but he was an ultra-productive pass-rusher in college. He registered 13.5 sacks in his final year at Maryland and figures to be a strong pass-rush specialist at the next level. 

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