We’ve got more, a little more about “What I’m Hearing” 24 hours out from Thursday’s first round …
• I asked a few teams Wednesday how many first-round grades they have on their draft board. One told me 18, another said 16, and two more told me, without giving a specific number, their number is in that range. Which means, depending on how things fall, and with quarterbacks factored in, these teams probably will be into their second-round grades in the 20s.
Now that doesn’t sound great, but it’s not unusual. And that, I think, is pretty illustrative of this class—lacking in blue-chippers, but catching up with the normal value around the teens, with solid, unspectacular starter-level talent available into the third round.
