Kevin Laughlin

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@JoeGoodberry Are there any outliers that would have scored low against your current formula?

Guys that got redrafted in R1 that we had 1st round scores on back in 2021: Trey Smith (27) Landon Dickerson (22) Quinn Meinerz (20) Creed Humphrey (18) Sam Cosmi (17) Milton Williams (12)

@GridironGrading It would be fun to see the data. Mainly I’m wondering how your historical class scores correlate to career AV of those classes (the players in total).

@Kevin_Laughlin For teams or players? For players, it’s a big piece of how we refine our process every year.

Our Top 200 All-Time Draft Classes from 2020-2026 These grades were all done at the time of the draft, not in retrospect. Closest to our process: Eagles, Colts, Browns Furthest from our process: 49ers, Vikings, Falcons

@SharpFootball @JakeLiscow @JoeGoodberry

The Bengals didn’t have a first-round draft pick, but they made their mid and late-round picks count. They received tremendous value with their Round 6 and Round 7 picks. Cincinnati took two centers in the 2026 draft, both later than expected. In addition, they added a tight end much later than expected: C Connor Lew – expected at 76, taken at 128 C Brian Parker II – expected at 111, taken at 188 TE Jack Endries – expected at 128, taken at 220 There were a few reaches earlier in the draft (WR Colbie Young, CB Tacario Davis), but the vast majority of the Bengals selections gave them solid DCOE. And as a result, the Bengals ranked above average in DCOE for the first time since 2023.

best value 2026 NFL draft classes 1. Commanders 2. Panthers 3. Colts 4. Bengals 5. Jets 6. Giants 7. Buccaneers 8. Raiders 9. Falcons 10. Chiefs see pic for 1-32 plus methodology READ FULL ANALYSIS: sharpfootballanalysis.com/analysis/2026-… team-by-team & round-by-round analysis to follow 🧵

Accepting the Bears trade of 239 and 244 for 213 and selecting Harold Perkins

I am taking Tanner Koziol with the 144th pick

With the 25th pick, I am selecting Dillon Thieneman to my Shadow Team

@WhoDeyLane Love it. My only comment would be that my first couple of years I tried to microwave a roster a little bit too much, picking positions over players more than I should have. Good luck with Day 2!

@Kevin_Laughlin Year 2 for me!

Slept on it.. still have no idea which guy to take at 33. So many options. Here's to the 49ers hopefully trading back. Could really use it

@Takes_by_Matt I will probably be looking at Tight End for my pick at 89 — Klare, Raridon, Roush, Delp - unless I take Stowers late in Round 2. Also considering IOL, Dunker or Tiernan.

Who are yall targeting in round 3? Lots of focus on the top players remaining but what about that next group of guys

@ChrisDunhamJr Just becomes a resource allocation question. Even if Dillon hits, will I regret having passed up an edge or corner at 25? But that’s the fun of all this!

@Kevin_Laughlin Ridiculously good room! You're definitely set. Beats my group of Hickman, Kevin Winston, Thieneman, and Stone with Hancock, Melifonwu and Markquese Bell fighting for roster spots.

Thieneman is going to have majority ownership like Johnny Newton. 😂 Thought I was going to end up with OT, WR or EDGE here but OT & WR dried up while Thieneman kept on falling. x.com/ChrisDunhamJr/…