Everything.
We got everything wrong about the 2022 NFL draft.
Ok, so it might not be that dramatic, but after those of us in the media landscape spent months thinking about roster construction and evaluating players on film, the NFL finally had the chance to have their say.
And it turned out a little different than we expected.
Perhaps the biggest theme heading into the draft was “uncertainty.” It began at the top, with questions over who the Jacksonville Jaguars were going to take with the first-overall selection. While in previous draft years you could be positive it would be a quarterback first — and you could be pretty sure which one — with the Jaguars looking to address another position, there was not even any consensus as to how it would start Thursday night.
Now with the draft behind us, we can start to take away some lessons from the results. Here is a look at a few things we got wrong, and a few things we learned.