Most draft classes are defined by their elite prospects, and by that definition, the 2022 class that will start filtering into Indianapolis this week simply isn’t very good.
If you’re looking for a Myles Garrett or Chase Young, you won’t find one. There isn’t a Ja’Marr Chase or Laremy Tunsil, and there certainly isn’t a Trevor Lawrence or Joe Burrow. And I’ve been aware of this for a while, but after talking with ESPN’s Todd McShay for nearly an hour—going through the group, position-by-position, piece-by-piece—what I’d heard over the past few months was confirmed.
“Just think about the last 50 minutes we’ve had on the phone; we’ve said that [for] just about every position,” McShay says. “Even the tackles; they’re great, you’ve got Evan Neal, [Ikem] Ekwonu and [Charles] Cross. But I’d take the two guys last year, [Penei] Sewell and [Rashawn] Slater, over these guys. And not even knowing what they did as rookies, just based on the grade. They’re just slightly better. …
