The hot-button issue to attack after a draft is handing out immediate grades to a team based on their class and, typically, how the particular writer saw the players versus where they were drafted.
Rene Bugner recently compiled draft grades across 29 writers and totaled them together to create a total GPA for each team. The Jets didn’t come away with a strong GPA and, as a result, were near the bottom of the board, ranking 24th in the league with a 2.54 GPA.
The Jets taking Iowa State edge Will McDonald IV certainly played a part as many draft analysts did not see McDonald as a top-15 player. As a result, out of the 29 draft grades compiled — including our own Doug Farrar, who gave the Jets a B+ — only two gave the Jets at least an A-, those being Nate Davis of USA Today (A-) and Evan Silva of Establish the Run (A).
A “D” from Vinnie Iyer of Sporting News and a “D+” from Thor Nystrom of Fantasy Pros drug the grade down. The vast majority of grades were between “C-” and “B+”.
The best GPA went to the Philadelphia Eagles with a 4.12 thanks to a plethora of “A+” grades while the lowest went to the San Francisco 49ers with a 1.78, including three failing grades, including Nystrom, who also gave the Dallas Cowboys an “F”.
🏈🧑🏻🎓 I´ve compiled 29 evaluations of the 2023 NFL draft and totaled the team grades.
Here is the spreadsheet. Sorted by GPA for all 32 teams.
I also sorted the 29 evaluations by GPA. From left (soft graders) to right (hard graders).
Thanks to all who give out grades every year! pic.twitter.com/lEvqCkViCT— René Bugner (@RNBWCV) May 25, 2023