What takes longer? The draft, people filling in the draft survey, someone writing up the results of the survey, or someone getting round to uploading that write-up to the website? Turns out they all take about a month. So if you can remember all the way back to pick 1.01 in the balmy days of May (and 1.02 onwards, in the balmy days of June), here’s some information of what we all thought about it.
#1 pick: Tamworth Two
Self-assessment
Score: 7/10. “Can’t really do much wrong with 1.01 as you’re going with the consensus. I’ve picked up a couple more players I liked, so that is good.”
Philosophy: “Stock up on attacking players.”
League assessment
Best fantasy player: RB Ashton Jeanty (1.01, 7 votes)
Best value: DE James Pearce (5.01, 2 votes). RB Ashton Jeanty, WR Matthew Golden (2.01), TE Mason Taylor (3.01), WR Pat Bryant (6.01), QB Shedeur Sanders (9.02) – 1 vote each.
Worst value: WR Jack Bech (3.02, 3 votes). WR Matthew Golden, TE Mason Taylor, WR Pat Bryant, QB Shedeur Sanders – 1 vote each.
Early picks likely to bust: WR Matthew Golden (3 votes). None: 4 votes.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: TE Mason Taylor, WR Pat Bryant, DE James Peaces (2 votes each). WR Jack Bech – 1 vote.
Late picks likely to be useful: DE Jack Sawyer (7.01), RB Woody Marks (8.01) – 3 votes each. LB Chris Paul (9.01), QB Shedeur Sanders (9.02) – 2 votes each. None: 1 vote.
Analysis: Shockingly, we liked Jeanty. The answers to the value questions were all over the place though: Pearce was seen as good value, Bech as bad value and Golden, Taylor, Bryant and Shedeur all got a vote each for best and worst value. And some people really liked Shedeur. I didn’t know Mel Kiper was in our league.
Commentary
“Some good picks and obviously some high end talent.”
“Given he picked a Woody and a Pooh I assume he wish he drafted more animated characters. Maybe next year.”
“Let’s hope tanking his roster was worth it and this overhaul makes him competitive again. Be incredibly funny if it didn’t. It’s quite a nice draft though.”
“Hard to hate it when he got Jeanty. But at the same time, other than him I don’t really like any of the players he took.”
“There’s not a lot of skill involved in picking Ashton Jeanty at #1, but he’s still highly likely to be a plus player compared to the average number one pick. The mid-rounds feel a bit underwhelming though and I wouldn’t have taken any of those players in those spots considering the alternatives.”
“Couldn’t miss with Jeanty at no 1. Next few picks were fine but not keen on much after that other him nicking Sanders in front of me.”
Average rating: 6.57 (0.43 below self-assessment)
Average rating of trade for Drake London for Goody: 2.42/5.
#2 pick: Dynasty of Sadness
Self-assessment
N/A
League assessment
Best fantasy player: WR Travis Hunter (1.02, 5 votes). RB Kaleb Johnson (2.02), DE Jalon Walker (3.04), WR Kyle Williams (4.02) – 1 vote each.
Best value: WR Kyle Williams (3 votes). LB Demetrius Knight (4.06, 2 votes). RB Kaleb Johnson, DT Kenneth Grant (6.11), RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt (5.02) – 1 vote each.
Worst value: WR Travis Hunter, RB Kaleb Johnson, DE Jalon Walker (2 votes each). RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt, DE Landon Jackson (6.06) (1 vote each).
Early picks likely to bust: WR Travis Hunter (4 votes). RB Kaleb Johnson (3 votes). None: 1 vote.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: LB Demetrius Knight (3 votes), WR Kyle Williams (2 votes). RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt, WR Isaac TeSlaa (6.02), DE Jalon Walker (1 vote each).
Late picks likely to be useful: S Kevin Winston (7.02), WR Jaylin Lane (7.11) – 2 votes each. CB Will Johnson (10.01), DT Alfred Collins (10.02) – 1 vote each. None: 3 votes.
Analysis: I’m a bit surprised at the lack of love for Hunter. Although maybe it’s him being seen as a boom-or-bust player? He was definitely divisive, because if 5 people voted for him as best player, 4 people voted for his as likely to bust, and 8 people completed the survey, that means one person voted for him as best player and most likely to bust. That’s a damning indictment, but I’m not sure whether its an indictment of Mike’s draft class as a whole, or of the GM who gave those answers to the survey. Kaleb Johnson was a just generally divisive – quite a skill to get votes for votes for best player, best value, worst value and most likely to bust. There wasn’t a huge amount of love for his late round picks.
Commentary
“Solid effort but equally might just implode.”
“Top work. I assume the parents of Isaac TeSlaa are huge physics fans. Is his middle name “Dark Matter”?”
“I’m very concerned about Hunter. I mean, I’m not, I don’t really give a shit. But I do think he’s got a small frame and is going to be asked to do a lot and I’m not convinced he’ll last in the rough and tumble NFL. Res of the draft is Meh.”
“Staying at 2 and taking Travis Hunter was the right call. He’s got absolutely ludicrous upside. I’m not a fan of Kaleb Johnson, but the opportunity is there. I felt TeSlaa and Croskey-Merritt were big reaches in the mid-rounds though”
“Collecting so many picks from rounds 6-11 was not much of a strategy for a piss poor draft class. Also, Mike is getting a 1 on principle for taking the absolute piss on his pick times.”
“Asked a ridiculous price for 1.02, but hey that’s his prerogative. Couldn’t go wrong with Hunter. If he plays much CB could be huge. A few later picks that I liked (TeSlaa, Grant, Lane) but also a few odd ones (Croskey-Merritt)
“Loved these picks.”
Average rating: 6.85
#3 pick: Kelkowski
Self-assessment
Score: 7/10. “I ended up with the early targets I wanted (Hampton, Skattebo, tuten) but missed on a few. I tried to trade to be in position to take a TE but couldn’t make it work and could probably have taken some later picks in a different order and would have potentially got a few more guys I wanted”
Philosophy: “RB early. Get some kind of TE & DT. Then just.mix it up / bpa.”
League assessment
Best fantasy player: RB Omarion Hampton (1.03, 5 votes). RB Cam Skattebo (2.06), TE Harold Fannin (4.04) – 1 vote each.
Best value: RB Cam Skattebo (3 votes); RB Omarion Hampton, DE Shemar Stewart (5.05), DE Nic Scourton (5.06), RB Trevor Etienne (5.08) – 1 vote each.
Worst value: RB Bhayshul Tuten (3.03, 4 votes); DE Shemar Stewart (2 votes); RB Cam Skattebo (1 vote)
Early picks likely to bust: RB Cam Skattebo (3 votes). None – 4 votes.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: DE Nic Scourton (2 votes); RB Bhayshul Tuten, TE Harold Fannin, S Malaki Starks (5.03), DE Shemar Stewart (1 vote each). None – 1 vote.
Late picks likely to be useful: DT Shemar Turner (7.03), LB Cody Simon (8.04) – 2 votes each. DE Josaiah Stewart (9.03), DT TJ Sanders (11.03), LB Cody Lindenberg (12.04) – 1 vote each. None – 2 votes.
Analysis: I am very curious to know who voted for Fannin as the best fantasy player here. But generally there seemed to be a bit of a consensus emerging around liking his first two picks (especially Hampton), his four 5th rounders probably having some promise, and generally no one having very strong feelings about anything.
Commentary
“Loved the start of it. Hampton, Skattebo, Fannin, Stewart were all guys I was high on. I had a hard time answering the “mid round picks” question because I liked a lot of them. Not a massive fan of many of the later guys, but they are probably all shit anyway.
“I said this about Mike and it applies to Ian too – more picks in this draft isn’t necessarily an awesome thing and probably more trades out of this year into future or moves to consolidate multiple picks into better ones would have been a better strategy (if achievable). However, there’s a clear strategy to try and fix the RB situation in a good RB draft. I don’t think there’s an awful pick relative to draft position, so this is as good as you could have done with this draft capital. Hampton should be a legit quality RB.”
“Good effort her and some great depth for future.”
“I wanted Starks. He was a good get. Wll done Ian. I also quite wanted the Skat Man. Probably the best all round draft of all the ones I’ve looked at so far, but Chris’s will probably be better when I look at his in a moment. Bastard.”
“Darn Tuten Ian made some great picks at RB. Well jel.”
Average rating: 7.71 (0.71 above self-assessment)
#4 pick: Hawkesville Hurricanes
Self-assessment
Score: 5/10. “Some good highlights, but largely average.”
Philosophy: “BPA really.”
League assessment
Best fantasy player: RB TreVeyon Henderson (1.04, 4 votes), WR Jayden Higgins (2.03, 2 votes), S Nick Emmanwori (4.03, 1 vote).
Best value: WR Jayden Higgins, S Nick Emmanwori (2 votes each). WR Jalen Royals (5.04), DT Omarr Norman-Lott (6.12), QB Jaxson Dart (7.04) – 1 vote each.
Worst value: RB TreVeyon Henderson (3 votes). S Nick Emmanwori (2 votes). DT Omarr Norman-Lott, QB Jaxson Dart (1 vote each).
Early picks likely to bust: WR Jayden Higgins (3 votes), RB TreVeyon Henderson (2 votes). None: 3 votes.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: S Nick Emmanwori (4 votes), WR Jalen Royals (2 votes). None: 1 vote.
Late picks likely to be useful: QB Jaxson Dart, LB Barrett Carter (9.04) – 3 votes each. K Andre Borregales (12.03, 2 votes). WR Tai Felton (8.03), WR Xavier Restrepo (10.03) – 1 vote each.
Analysis: Seems like people liked TreVeyon Henderson as a player, but possibly taken a bit early. And possibly the same but to a lesser extent for Nick Emmanwori?
Commentary
“I like the Henderson pick. Bit unsure about the rest.”
“I said Dart was most likely to be useful from the lower round picks, but that’s in fantasy terms, not specifically for Neil. With the caveat that it was a 7th round pick so who gives a fuck, I have no idea why he took Dart when he’s already got 3 starting QBs, all of whom are starters and with multiple years left on their contracts. Surely take a shot at a position of need, like edge or DT.”
“Personally I’m very glad he took Henderson and left McMillan for me. But I hate it as a pick. Higgins and Emmanwori almost make up for it though. And then throughout the draft pretty much every he took has at least a vague path to relevance.”
“Honestly, if you can tell what Neil’s strategy is then you should let him know because I genuinely don’t think there is one. This draft is just more of the same – there’s no sense of an overarching plan, or direction, any intention to make a move to get out of the bottom half of the league, whether by bottoming out or trying to stack up on draft capital.”
“Henderson could be great but the rest all feels a bit too meh. Neil is clearly far too busy to focus on this shit.”
“I think he picked non fantasy relevant players.”
Average rating: 4.71 (0.29 below self-assessment)
#5 pick: Dyna Hard
Self-assessment
Score: 8/10. “I liked the players I got, but I think I ended up with too many DEs”
Philosophy: “I thought I was going to get some DEs and I ended up with that. I thought it was an underwhelming draft for offense after about the first 6 or 7 players, so not surprised I ended up a lot of defensive players in the middle rounds.”
League assessment
Best fantasy player: WR Tetairoa McMillan (1.05, 4 votes); DE Abdul Carter (2.04, 3 votes).
Best value: DE Abdul Carter (3 votes); WR Tetairoa McMillan, DE Mike Green (3.05), DT Mason Graham (4.01), WR Donte Thornton (7.05) – 1 vote each.
Worst value: DE Mike Green (5 votes); DE JT Tuimoloau (5.09), LB Teddye Buchanan (8.02) – 1 vote each.
Early picks likely to bust: DE Abdul Carter (1 vote). None – 6 votes.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: DT Mason Graham (4 votes), DE Mike Green (1 vote). None – 2 votes.
Late picks likely to be useful: WR Donte Thornton, TE Oronde Gadsden (8.06) – 2 votes each. LB Teddye Buchanan (2 votes). RB LeQuint Allen (9.05), DE Ashton Gillotte (10.05) – 1 vote each. None – 1 vote.
Analysis: I find it hard to write up my own drafts. But anyway: the first two picks seemed to be popular (in that both got votes for best player and best value, neither got votes for worst value and they combined for one vote about being a bust). And then Mike Green was the consensus worst value pick of the draft (I also thought he was a reach, but maybe not to that degree), and that’s probably ignoring that he’s seemingly a horrible person. The reviews for the late round picks seemed quite positive too, although without a great consensus around a single guy.
Commentary
“Got the best players in the draft at 3 positions which is amazing work. Solid throughout.”
“Usually the top defender has been a 1st round pick. Carter isn’t that different from Will Anderson to explain why he’s fallen from Anderson’s 8th(?) overall to 14, in a worse draft class. This is a very against type Chris draft. I’d give him an 8, but Mike Green costs him a point.”
“Measured and selective, a good one this year, despite all the efforts to trade picks away. Lordy he needs it.”
“First 4 picks, 11/10. Rest of the draft – 3/10. It is a crime that we, collectively, let Chris get Carter at 14. We should all hang our heads.”
“Gillotte… the best a man can geeeettttt (in the 10th round).”
“Some good value late picks.”
Average rating: 7 (1.0 below self-assessment)
#6 pick: Champions of the Sun
Self-assessment
N/A
League assessment
Best fantasy player: TE Tyler Warren (1.06, 4 votes); LB Carson Schwesinger (2.05, 2 votes); QB Cam Ward (3.06), WR Jaylin Noel (4.06) – 1 vote each
Best value: WR Jaylin Noel (3 votes); LB Carson Schwesinger, RB Jarquez Hunter (6.05) – 2 votes each; WR Savion Williams (8.11, 1 vote).
Worst value: QB Cam Ward (4 votes); TE Tyler Warren (3 votes); LB Carson Schwesinger (1 vote)
Early picks likely to bust: LB Carson Schwesinger (3 votes); TE Tyler Warren (2 votes). None – 3 votes.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: WR Jaylin Noel, RB Jarquez Hunter (3 votes each). None – 2 votes.
Late picks likely to be useful: RB Brashard Smith (8.05), WR Savion Williams (8.11) – 2 votes each). WR Tory Horton (7.06), WR Jordan Watkins (9.06), S Malachi Moore (10.05), LB Ruben Hyppolite (12.05) – 1 vote each. None: 3 votes.
Analysis: Is it a good thing for your first 4 picks to get tapering amounts of votes as best player? It feels like it, in that it means that there’s at least something to like from all of them. Especially as 5 of the 8 best value votes were for players from those top 4. But then 3 of those 4 also got votes for worst value. Who knows. Divisive, maybe? That’s seems to be the gist of our comments below.
Commentary
“Pretty good, even though I’m not a fan of Warren (if he’s that good, why wasn’t he good in college until he was 23?). Schwesinger should be a tackling machine, Ward should be solid with a lot of upside and then there’s a bunch of guys with a chance to be good. Not sure how highly I can rate a draft with a not great TE as the first pick though.”
“Love the Warren pick. But the rest – no thanks. Absolutely no need to take Ward in the 3rd. Complete waste of a pick.”
“I’m going back to hark back to 2024 and a trade I hated immediately – Javonte Williams plus 10 for 4. It was fucking awful then, if your logic was “I don’t want Brock Bowers because I have Sam LaPorta”, that looks objectively even worse when you come back in 2025 and take Ty Warren and you could have stood still and just taken Brian Thomas Jr, wo was arguably (with hindsight) the best player in the whole draft.
Warren is going to a bad offense where Daniel Jones is probably starting, with a lame duck HC and GM. At a position which traditionally needs time. I’ve seen this move before and it ends badly. Schwesinger is fine but doesn’t move the needle, Cam Ward is probably fine but that’s not useful for a fantasy QB as much as an IRL one. I appreciate this was a draft of limited difference makers but I don’t see one here.” [Yes this is all one comment]
“Good draft and depth.”
“Hampered by being in another country surrounded by interesting and fun shit to do instead of the tediosity of the draft. Not a great draft if you ask me. And you did. It’s fine. Max will still somehow be frustratingly competitive.”
“I want to be (Hyp)polite about the draft but I don’t know many of the names. Warren was a good pick up. There I’ve done it. Sorrell, I don’t have any more.”
Average rating: 5.57
#7 pick: Here Comes The Brees
Self-assessment
Score: 7/10. “Happy with some early picks but narrowly missed out on a few picks in the mid-rounds.”
Philosophy: “Stock up on RBs and fill needs on Defence.”
League assessment
Best fantasy player: RB Quinshon Judkins (1.07, 7 votes)
Best value: RB Dylan Sampson (3.07), DT Tyleik Williams (5.07) – 2 votes. RB Devin Neal (6.07), TE Elijah Arroyo (4.07), LB Jihaad Campbell (2.07) – 1 vote each.
Worst value: RB Dylan Sampson (3 votes). DT Tyleik Williams, LB Jihaad Campbell (2 votes each)
Early picks likely to bust: LB Jihaad Campbell (3 votes). None: 4 votes.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: RB Dylan Sampson (4 votes). TE Elijah Arroyo (2 votes). None: 1 vote
Late picks likely to be useful: LB Danny Stutsman (6 votes). CB Trey Amos (2 votes). RB Tahj Brooks, S Lathan Ransom (1 vote each). None: 1 vote.
Analysis: Everyone loved Quinshon Judkins. Ouch. But on the plus side most of us seemed to like Dylan Sampson as a mid-round guy we liked, so the handcuff seemed like a wise choice there. And Danny Stutsman was our pick as the late round pick we liked most.
Commentary
“Some depth free but not earth shattering.”
“Perfectly adequate. I wasn’t targeting any of these players. Make of that what you will.”
“Liked them getting the Browns backfield, feels like that really reduced the risk overall of the draft. But possibly limited it’s upside? I liked a few of the later round guys, especially Stutsman.”
“I liked them doubling down on the Browns RB, they’ve generally had a high value [fantasy] running game. However, their line struggled in 2024 and the coach is probably getting fired, so this could end up not working out. I like the gamble, but it’s not without risk. Overall though, it just feels a bit reach-y.”
“Pretty solid. RB was a desperate need and the addressed it (albeit with the Browns backfield – good luck with that). Took too fucking long.”
“I think they nailed the early rounds.”
Average rating: 6.57 (0.43 below self-assessment)
#8 pick: Dynasore Lossers
Self-assessment
Score: 7/10. “I felt like I hit it squarely down the fairway, nothing special, but nothing too risky.”
Philosophy: “In this class, target WRs early because there were so few.”
League assessment
Best fantasy player: WR Emeka Egbuka (1.08, 6 votes). WR Luther Burden (2.08, 1 vote)
Best value: Luther Burden (5 votes). WR Tre Harris (3.08), RB DJ Giddens (7.08) – 1 vote each.
Worst value: TE Terrance Ferguson (3.10, 4 votes), Donovan Ezeiruaku (4.08, 2 votes), WR Luther Burden (1 vote)
Early picks likely to bust: WR Luther Burden (1 vote). None: 6 votes.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: DE Donovan Ezeiruaka, TE Terrance Ferguson (2 votes). WR Tre Harris, RB Jordan James (6.08) – 1 vote. None: 1 vote.
Late picks likely to be useful: RB DJ Giddens (4 votes). DE Princely Umanmielen (8.08, 2 votes). LB Jack Kiser (9.08). S Jonas Sanker (10.08), K Tyler Loop (11.08) – 1 vote. None: 2 votes
Analysis: People seemed to like this as a safe draft and liked Burden (we agreed he was the best value pick of the draft, but no one else wanted to draft him!). Terrance Ferguson might be divisive – seen as bad value, but also quite a popular one that others wanted.
Commentary
“Took Giddens, which was annoying. Seems a decent crop.”
“Some nice pieces there. The bottom of the draft – who fucking knows whether anything will come good, but the top end is nice and some players I wanted. I don’t like trading away a potential (and likely) second for the 3.10, or the player taken with that pick.”
“Fine. Loading up on WRs in what felt like a weak draft for WRs was a choice, but they all have some upside. I loved Ezeiruaku, although I feel like he might have gone a bit early (him over Pearce is odd).”
“Pretty solid from a late slot. I like most of his picks.”
“Average draft but I think Burden could be decent.”
Average rating: 6.71 (0.29 below self-assessment).
Average rating of trading Drake London for Slatz: 3.66/5.
#9 pick: East Flanders Dungeoneers
Self-assessment
Score: 5/10 – “Got to give myself something.”
Philosophy: “More offensive players.”
League assessment
Best fantasy player: TE Colston Loveland (1.10), DT Derrick Harmon (4.09), LB Nick Martin (4.10) – 2 votes each. DE Mykel Williams (2.09, 1 vote)
Best value: DT Derrick Harmon (4.09), TE Gunnar Helm (8.09) – 2 votes each. TE Colston Loveland (1.10), DE Mykel Williams (2.09), LB Nick Martin (4.10) – 1 vote each
Worst value: DE Mykel Williams (2.09, 3 votes), TE Colston Loveland (1.10), DT Derrick Harmon (4.09), LB Nick Martin (4.10), S Andrew Makuba (6.09) – 1 vote each.
Early picks likely to bust: DE Mykel Williams: 6 votes. TE Colston Loveland: 3 votes.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: DT Derrick Harmon (5 votes), LB Nick Martin, S Andrew Makuba (1 vote each)
Late picks likely to be useful: TE Gunnar Helm (4 votes). RB Ollie Gordon, LB Kain Medrano, DT Tonka Hemingway (1 vote each). None (2 votes)
Analysis: Is it a good thing that people really liked his two 4th round picks? Or is that an indictment of his 1st and 2nd round picks (he traded away his 3rd)? People weren’t a big fan of Mykel Williams at 2.09 – he was our consensus pick for high round bust, albeit with the caveat that category only covered players picked in the first 20 picks, and he was pick #19. But people were high on Derrick Harmon (our favourite pick for mid-round guy we want) and Gunnar Helm (a common choice on useful late round picks).
Commentary
“Average at best.”
“He picked Tonka and for that he deserves some praise.”
“It’s fine. A lovely compliment to a decent free agency. What? Oh…”
“Not a fan. I’m not a huge fan of Loveland or Mykel Williams, so I wasn’t a fan of his early picks. I liked his 2 4th round picks, especially Harmon, but that’s it.”
“I really don’t like this group of players, this could easily be a complete whiff if Loveland doesn’t show something in the first two years.”
“Dungeoneers have so many needs no matter what players they picked they would fill a hole. Went a bit early on defense for may liking.”
“Middling.”
Average rating: 4.85 (0.15 lower than own rating)
#10 pick: Dynablaster Bombermen
Self-assessment
Score: 6/10 – “I think I did fine. I think I’ll get mildly hammered for taking Blue in the third round, and I’d have rather waited but I felt he was the best RB left and wouldn’t be there by the time my next pick came around. I think there are some reasonable long shots in there too.”
Philosophy: “Get some running backs. Beyond that, BPA, I guess. I had some names I wanted to get – I didn’t get most of them. I wanted Milroe though and waited him out.”
League assessment
Best fantasy player: RB RJ Harey (1.09, 5 votes), QB Jalen Milroe (7.10, 2 votes).
Best value: QB Jalen Milroe, RB Jaydon Blue (3.09) – 2 votes each. RB RJ Harvey, DT Walter Nolen (2.10), DE Oluwafemi Oladejo (5.10) – 1 vote each.
Worst value: DT Walter Nolen (4 votes), RB Jaydon Blue (3.09), RB RJ Harvey (1.09)
Early picks likely to bust: RB RJ Harvey, DT Walter Nolen (3 votes each). None – 3 votes.
Mid-round pick you wish you had: RB Jaydon Blue (3 votes), Olu Oladejo (1 vote). None: 3 votes.
Late picks likely to be useful: S Xavier Watts (7.09), QB Jalen Milroe (7.10) – 4 votes each. DE David Walker (10.10) – 1 vote. None: 1 vote.
Analysis: People definitely seemed to like Jalen Milroe as a good upside prosect, and like Xavier Watts too. So some excellent work going on in the 7th round. Walter Nolen seemed pretty divisive – either good value or bad value, with more coming down on the side of bad value.
Commentary
“Strong and considered, just like his dad.”
“Two very good RB prospects, nicely done.”
“I did it. I skipped my section!” [Ed: almost, anyway]
“Wow, turns out I really hated this draft. I feel like he’s getting screwed a bit by Dobbins going to Denver on a decent chunk of contract after our draft. But I didn’t like Harvey, Nolen seemed like he was drafted a round early (and is a very boom or bust prospect), and the same applies to a bigger extreme for Blue. I didn’t like anyone else bar Milroe. And even he’s a massive projection.”
“A lot of this comes down to how you feel about RJ Harvey. He could be Alvin Kamara. Or he could be Marvin Mims/Audric Estime. I don’t trust Sean Payton at all, so I’m out on this group.”
“Didn’t like it at all besides the first 2 picks. But hey he’s the champ so he knows what he’s doing right?”
“Some good mid-round picks. I like Blue.”
Average rating: 5.00 (1.00 below self-assessment).
Average ratings:
Success! It seems like we didn’t just rate based on where teams picked in the order!
Kelkowski (#3 pick): 7.71
Dyna Hard (#5 pick): 7.00
Sadness (#2 pick): 6.85
Lossers (#8 pick): 6.71
Tamworth Two (#1 pick) and Brees (#7 pick): 6.57
Champions (#6 pick): 5.57
Bombermen (#10 pick): 5.00
Dungeoneers (#9 pick): 4.85
Hurricanes (#4 pick): 4.71
Summary of ephemera
Average self-assessment: 6.5
Average other team assessment: (4.85, 6.57, 6.57
Player who was realistically achievable you were gutted to miss out on: Jayden Higgins (2), Derrick Harmon (2), RJ Harvey, Cam Skattebo, Luther Burden, Oronde Gadsden
Consensus best value: 5 votes: WR Luther Burden (2.08, Slatz). No one else got more than 3 votes.
Consensus worst values: 5 votes: DE Mike Green (3.05, Dyna Hard). 4 votes each: DT Walter Nolen (2.10, Bombermen), RB Bhayshul Tuten (3.03, Kelkowski), QB Cam Ward (3.06, Sadness), TE Terrance Ferguson (3.10, Lossers)
Consensus early round busts: 6 votes:DE Mykel Williams (2.09, Dungeoneers); 4 votes: WR Travis Hunter (1.02, Sadness).
Consensus mid-round picks we wanted: 5 votes: DT Derrick Harmon (4.09, Dungeoneers); 4 votes each: RB Dylan Sampson (3.07, Brees), DT Mason Graham (4.01, Dyna Hard), S Nick Emmanwori (4.03, Hurricanes)
Consensus late round picks we like: 6 votes: LB Danny Stutsman (7.07, Brees); 4 votes each: RB DJ Giddens (7.08, Lossers) S Xavier Watts (7.09, Bombermen), QB Jalen Milroe (7.10, Bombermen), TE Gunnar Helm (8.09, Dungeoneers)
What was the biggest surprise of the draft:
- “When Mike eventually made a fucking pick.”
- “The length of the first round. Nothing in the question said it had to be a pleasant surprise. It wasn’t.”
- “That we all survived.”
- “That no one topped themselves during it.”
- “The Drake London trade. I almost fell off my chair at the price.”
- “How sloooow it was.”
- “A baby.” [Hopefully not a surprise to Adam and Amber]
How was the scheduling of the draft: Just right: 5; should’ve been earlier: 2; should’ve been later: 1.
Length of the draft: About right: 4; too long: 4
Who has been the best at picking rookies during Dynabowl history: Chris (3), Slatz (2), Goody, Benj, Ian (1 each)
Who has been the worst at picking rookies during Dynabowl history: Neil (3), Pete/Adam (2), Slatz, Mike, Ian (1 each)
Who is going to win the 2025 Dynabowl: Slatz (3), Chris (2), Goody, Benj, Max (1 each)
Who is going to be picking first in the 2026 Dynabowl draft: Adam (4), Slatz, Slatz (with Goody’s pick), Mike, Neil (1 each) [my format for this section hasn’t left space for comments, but its interesting that Slatz and Goody each have votes for winning it all and picking #1]
Who will be 2025 Dynabowl offensive rookie of the year: Ashton Jeanty (5); TreVeyon Henderson, Travis Hunter (1 each)
Who will be 2025 Dynabowl defensive rookie of the year: Abdul Carter (4); Carson Schwesinger (2); Jihaad Campbell (1).