4 NFL Groups That Blew the 2025 Draft

Even within the train of including gamers to the roster, some NFL groups are higher than others.

Whether or not they didn’t remedy obtrusive issues on their roster or had been constantly reaching on gamers that aren’t as gifted as others, these 4 groups simply didn’t stay as much as the potential this draft had.

New Orleans Saints

Whenever you’re the one workforce within the league that’s in wage cap hell, you actually need to hit in your draft picks to make up for it. Sadly, the Saints whiffed at virtually each flip. Their first decide was serviceable, though a little bit of a attain on Kelvin Banks, however all picks after had been utterly wasted. 

The Saints set themselves up for the Brandon Weeden expertise by choosing Tyler Shough originally of the second spherical, an overaged and overrated prospect, then didn’t add picks to help him till the very newest rounds. It looks as if the Saints are content material to throw Shough into the hearth, which drastically worries me.

New York Giants

Taking Dart within the first by itself appears ridiculous to me; buying and selling as much as do it obtained me legitimately purple within the face. Dart is an okay quarterback taking part in in essentially the most QB-friendly system this aspect of the choice, and when requested to make a second learn, he typically panics and forces himself into stress. 

The Giants have a good offensive line however aren’t working the offense Dart executed properly, so he could also be studying behind Wilson for longer than anticipated. Past that, I’m not satisfied Alexander can convey manufacturing to the NFL when he couldn’t do it constantly at Toledo, and whereas Skattebo is difficult to sort out, he’s gradual sufficient the place it may not matter. A number of low upside right here for a management unit that should save themselves.

Los Angeles Rams

Perhaps I simply don’t vibe with their drafting type regardless that McVay appears to make it work, however this yr was even worse than standard. The Rams didn’t take a participant I really appreciated till the fifth spherical, as an alternative including Terrance Ferguson with their first decide, somebody who simply by no means stood out to me at Oregon and was pushed up by testing. 

They adopted it up with Josaiah Stewart, an edge rusher who is just too small, doesn’t have any size and ran a 4.8 40, showcasing restricted burst and explosiveness. Whereas snagging Chris Paul Jr. within the fifth was cool, it isn’t sufficient to headline a bunch that didn’t decide up any true studs in a really deep class.

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Steelers simply didn’t remedy the issues I needed them to unravel. They ended the draft with a QB, positive, nevertheless it was an add within the sixth spherical. I like Will Howard sufficient, however Tom Brady he’s not. They wanted extra pace within the backfield however added Kaleb Johnson, who’s highly effective and has good imaginative and prescient however lacks that second gear the Steelers have been lacking. 

No large receivers had been added to the rotation, however they picked up one other edge rusher in an already crowded room, in addition to two DTs. I discovered that odd for a workforce whose greatest unit is their line of defense. They only aren’t set as much as proceed Mike Tomlin’s streak of win percentages above .500, even when they do handle to reel in Aaron Rodgers after a drama-filled offseason.