Sports Hindsight is 20/20. Many NFL groups are doubtless struggling with off that sentiment now that their 2024 season has concluded.
Did they attain the whole lot they presumably would possibly maybe presumably indulge in to better their potentialities this season? Were the additions price it? Did the players they let shuffle change into regrets? More than that, did their process delay?
Those are handsome one of the most considerable questions groups consistently request themselves. And they’re one of the most considerable questions Carmen Vitali and David Helman examined when searching again on the 2024 draft. With that aforementioned income, we decided to re-draft the first spherical.
Most effective 5 picks had been replicated.
Look under for the adjustments we made now that now we indulge in got a clearer describe of how final 365 days’s high potentialities would fare in the NFL.
1. Chicago Bears : LSU QB Jayden Daniels
2024 need: QB Caleb Williams
Carmen Vitali: There changed into a case to be made for protecting Williams here, and I suspect or no longer it is a solid one. But there’s no denying Daniels had the easier season. My glorious peril about him popping out of LSU changed into the hits he took and that after he scrambled, he couldn’t shield his eyes downfield. Successfully, wager what? He can now, and he changed into incredibly efficient all over his first season, including throughout the NFC title game.
2. Washington Commanders : USC QB Caleb Williams
2024 need: QB Jayden Daniels
David Helman: This would possibly maybe occasionally doubtless presumably compile me yelled at, nonetheless I am nowhere terminate to ready to give up on Williams. There had been unpleasant moments and some things which indulge in to compile cleaned up, nonetheless Williams confirmed plenty that means he’s peaceful noteworthy of being no doubt one of many first players off the board.
3. Fresh England Patriots : UNC QB Drake Maye
2024 need: Maye
Vitali: Ahead of the draft, I changed into firmly in the camp that Fresh England must alternate down in hopes of getting a haul to lumber their roster rebuild. That peaceful would possibly maybe presumably maybe need been a upright recommendation, nonetheless there’s no query that Maye is the future for the Patriots, in particular in the event that they compile him an offensive line.
4. Arizona Cardinals : LSU WR Malik Nabers
2024 need: WR Marvin Harrison
Helman: Harrison didn’t indulge in a immoral rookie 365 days, nonetheless or no longer it’s no longer doubtless to ignore what Nabers performed while missing games ensuing from harm and participating in with worse quarterbacks. If the Cardinals would possibly maybe presumably maybe attain all of it over all all over again, I bet they’d be swayed by Nabers’ playmaking potential.
5. Los Angeles Chargers : Notre Dame OT Joe Alt
2024 need: Alt
Vitali: This changed into one of the best resolution on the time, and or no longer it’s peaceful one of the best resolution now. Alt is a stud. No notes.
6. Fresh York Giants : Oregon QB Bo Nix
2024 need: WR Malik Nabers
Helman: The Giants must be no doubt one of many glorious winners of a re-draft exercise, ensuing from they’d be assured of landing themselves a franchise quarterback. Realizing now what Nix is capable of doing in an NFL offense, Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll would fortunately pick him to toughen their job security.
7. Tennessee Titans : FSU DE Jared Verse
2024 need: OT J.C. Latham
Vitali: Whenever you happen to suspect in regards to the Titans got T’Vondre Sweat in the 2d spherical, the line of defense tandem of him and DROY entrance-runner Verse would indulge in doubtlessly grew to alter into Tennessee’s entrance into what we all notion it changed into going to be this season.
8. Atlanta Falcons : Washington QB Michael Penix Jr.
2024 need: Penix
Helman: Atlanta stands pat with their QB of the future, which can presumably maybe feel uncertain. Penix started very most practical three games, and there are heaps of superstar players peaceful on the board. But that’s how considerable the quarterback situation is. Penix flashed sufficient to give the Falcons hope for the future, and that is the explanation purpose sufficient to follow the pick.
9. Chicago Bears : Alabama OT JC Latham
2024 need: WR Rome Odunze
Vitali: Caleb Williams changed into the most sacked quarterback in the league this season and changed into nearly the most sacked quarterback in a single season ever. The Bears indulge in to end getting adorable with their offensive line picks the day gone by, which is why I gave them one of the best kind out no longer named Alt in the draft.
10. Fresh York Jets : Georgia TE Brock Bowers
2024 need: Traded the total plan down to No. 11; chosen OT Olumuyiwa Fashanu
Helman: The Jets had been guilty final spring by picking an offensive kind out, nonetheless that changed into sooner than they knew Bowers had ancient potential. It be no longer doubtless to know if Bowers would indulge in salvaged the Aaron Rodgers experiment, nonetheless he would’ve made it extra relaxing to notion.
11. Minnesota Vikings : Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy
2024 need: Traded as much as No. 10; chosen McCarthy
Vitali: Listen, I peaceful think Minnesota made the handsome call here. Darnold changed into better than anybody expected, taking part in at MVP levels at some level of parts of the Vikings’ 14-compile season. But he is not any longer the prolonged-term solution in Minnesota and I suspect the Vikings are jubilant they’ve McCarthy ready in the wings to strive all all over again in 2025 after his harm.
12. Denver Broncos : LSU WR Brian Thomas Jr .
2024 need: QB Bo Nix
Helman: No longer easy tablet to swallow for Sean Payton to lose no longer handsome Nix, nonetheless the total live younger quarterbacks in this loaded class. Whenever you happen to can no longer beef up at quarterback, it’s doubtless you’ll as a minimum draft a superstar receiver who would no longer need upright quarterback play to excel.
13. Las Vegas Raiders : Penn Remark OT Olu Fashanu
2024 need: TE Brock Bowers
Vitali: I would possibly maybe presumably well no longer lie, the Raiders knocked their pick of the park in Bowers. But in this redraft, Bowers is not any longer readily available. So what attain you attain for a crew no longer expected to contend with a plethora of needs? Begin in the trenches.
14. Fresh Orleans Saints : Oregon Remark OT Taliese Fuaga
2024 need: Fuaga
Helman: It reveals how badly the Saints need the offensive line lend a hand that their pick stays the an analogous. Fuaga had a upright rookie season, positively no longer as upright as one of the most considerable defensive stars which can presumably well be peaceful on the board. But this offensive line changed into in immoral sufficient shape that it peaceful feels cherish they made the handsome call.
15. Indianapolis Colts : UCLA DE Laiatu Latu
2024 need: Latu
Vitali: Latu wasn’t a DROY finalist, nonetheless he changed into the whole lot the Colts would possibly maybe presumably indulge in hoped for this 365 days and has mercurial change into a chief on Indy’s defense.
16. Seattle Seahawks : FSU DT Braden Fiske
2024 need: DT Byron Murphy
Helman: Mike Macdonald changed into on the handsome track searching for a disruptive defensive kind out to drop into the heart of his defense, nonetheless maybe he’d indulge in in thoughts a selected one if he would possibly maybe presumably maybe attain all of it all over again. Fiske performed with nearly triple the need of pressures of any assorted rookie defensive kind out, to shield company with 8.5 sacks.
17. Jacksonville Jaguars : Georgia WR Ladd McConkey
2024 need: Traded the total plan down to No. 23; chosen WR Brian Thomas Jr.
Vitali: McConkey changed into as terminate to a definite thing for Justin Herbert in Los Angeles as he would possibly maybe presumably maybe compile. He changed into no stranger to quantity, both. McConkey caught 82 passes for 1,149 yards and 7 touchdowns in his rookie season. With both BTJ and Nabers off the board here, McConkey is the third-very most practical receiver and would indulge in done well for the Jaguars if Thomas wasn’t an risk.
18. Cincinnati Bengals : Toledo CB Quinyon Mitchell
2024 need: OT Amarius Mims
Helman: It hurts to no longer handle Joe Burrow’s offensive line, nonetheless Cincinnati’s defense wound up being too immoral to ignore. A shutdown corner cherish Mitchell would possibly maybe presumably indulge in improved a few aspects of Lou Anarumo’s unit, and it would possibly maybe maybe presumably maybe need been sufficient to lend a hand the Bengals attain the playoffs.
19. Los Angeles Rams : Texas A&M LB Edgerrin Cooper
2024 need: DE Jared Verse
Vitali: No longer very most practical is Verse off the board already, nonetheless so is Braden Fiske. The college teammates had been instrumental in revamping the Rams defense and boosting them again to the live of the NFC West. Los Angeles wanted lend a hand against the trudge one technique or one other and Cooper, along with his a few Rookie of the Week awards, has grew to alter into into a attain-it-all heart of the sphere defender that can be considerable in this defense.
20. Pittsburgh Steelers : Ohio Remark WR Marvin Harrison Jr.
2024 need: OT Troy Fautanu
Helman: The Steelers went into the draft hell-bent on addressing their offensive line, nonetheless it would possibly maybe maybe presumably well indulge in regarded insane to think a expertise cherish Harrison would descend your whole technique down here. Harrison didn’t indulge in the an analogous eye-popping numbers as Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr., nonetheless he had a plenty productive rookie 365 days and would indulge in helped beef up Pittsburgh’s passing game.
21. Miami Dolphins : Duke C Graham Barton
2024 need: DE Chop Robinson
Vitali: I spent fairly a few time final offseason speaking about how the Dolphins wanted an insurance coverage policy on the cash they gave quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. They didn’t listen. And it bit them. The Fins no longer very most practical graded out poorly in cross safety, nonetheless their trudge game took a giant step again this season. Set aside Barton on the internal there and present me all of that would no longer beef up.
22. Philadelphia Eagles : Iowa DB Cooper DeJean
2024 need: CB Quinyon Mitchell
Helman: It felt cherish toll road theft that the Eagles had been ready to land Mitchell and DeJean with again-to-again picks at some level of the draft, and the 2024 season proved that to be correct. The league would by no technique let it happen in a re-draft, nonetheless Philly can as a minimum snatch one half of of the dynamic duo by making DeJean a first-spherical pick.
23. Minnesota Vikings : Texas DT Byron Murphy
2024 need: Traded as much as No. 17; chosen LB Dallas Turner
Vitali: The Vikings handsome wanted some bigger dudes on the defensive interior. Murphy presents them size along with as athleticism, which can presumably well be handsome in defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ wheelhouse. You retain no longer decide as many unfamiliar blitzes when your tackles can compile rigidity from the closest positions to the opposing quarterback.
24. Dallas Cowboys : Georgia OT Amarius Mims
2024 need: Traded the total plan down to No. 29; chosen OT Tyler Guyton
Helman: The Cowboys had boxed themselves into a corner and desperately wanted an offensive kind out ahead of final 365 days’s draft. So, it would no longer feel cherish the precedence would alternate — handsome the participant. They flipped Guyton from handsome kind out to left this season, so they would possibly maybe presumably maybe attain the an analogous with Mims. The 22-365 days-ancient flashed heaps of potential at some level of his first season in Cincinnati.
25. Green Bay Packers : Texas DT T’Vondre Sweat
2024 need: OT Jordan Morgan
Vitali: If this had in fact came about, I suspect fairly a few Packer followers would indulge in complained that the crew took defensive tackles in the first spherical two out of three years. But with Sweat’s size, and the crew switching to a 4-3 defense under coordinator Jeff Hafley, Sweat would possibly maybe presumably indulge in occupied a ton of residence on that interior, which maybe would indulge in freed up the ends pretty extra and resulted in extra rigidity on the quarterback.
26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers : West Virginia C Zach Frazier
2024 need: C Graham Barton
Helman: The Bucs would doubtlessly pick Barton all over the build all all over again in the event that they would possibly maybe presumably maybe, nonetheless he performed his technique into the next draft slot. The subsequent-very most practical route of motion also can very well be to follow one other relaxing participant on the an analogous situation. Frazier allowed handsome 12 pressures and one sack in a terrific debut season for Pittsburgh.
27. Arizona Cardinals : Penn Remark DE Chop Robinson
2024 need: DE Darius Robinson
Vitali: The Cardinals had a host of needs all along the defense, and at this level, Chop Robinson is one of the best defensive participant left on the board.
28. Buffalo Bills : Texas WR Xavier Worthy
2024 need: Traded the total plan down to No. 33; chosen WR Keon Coleman
Helman: The Bills can shriek it in the event that they want to — and, to be handsome to them, Coleman had a promising rookie season. But in the event that they would possibly maybe presumably maybe attain all of it over the build all all over again, having handsome watched Worthy hit them for 101 scrimmage yards and a landing in the AFC Championship Sport, they would possibly maybe presumably maybe handsome extinguish him a Bill in want to shopping and selling their pick to Kansas Metropolis.
29. Detroit Lions : Georgia CB Kamari Lassiter
2024 need: Traded as much as No. 24; chosen CB Terrion Arnold
Vitali: It wasn’t a mystery what situation the Lions had been searching at in the 2024 first spherical, and or no longer it’s even less of a mystery and maybe extra of a necessity now. Lassiter had the third-very most practical coverage grade of any rookie taken, which is why I indulge in the Lions swapping out Arnold for him.
30. Baltimore Ravens : Maryland CB Tarheeb Composed
2024 need: CB Nate Wiggins
Helman: A Day 3 pick soars up the board to land as the third corner off the board. Wiggins didn’t indulge in a immoral rookie season in Baltimore, nonetheless Composed performed tied for the league lead amongst newcomers with four interceptions, and PFF graded him out with a high 10 coverage trace in this draft class.
31. San Francisco 49ers : Washington WR Rome Odunze
2024 need: WR Ricky Pearsall
Vitali: Odunze came in seize extra than a few occasions for the Chicago Bears and rookie quarterback Caleb Williams. But he changed into already WR3 in Chicago. If he’ll affix an All-Well-known person forged, let it be the Niners who would possibly maybe presumably indulge in maximized his potential map pretty extra.
32. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs : OT Roger Rosengarten
2024 need: Traded as much as No. 28; chosen WR Xavier Worthy
Helman: It be tempting to strive and compile the Chiefs a huge-play change for Worthy, nonetheless that’s more straightforward said than done. As a change, maybe the handsome transfer is to handle their left kind out scenario. Rosengarten essentially plays handsome kind out, nonetheless he would possibly maybe presumably maybe extinguish the switch. He gave up 23 pressures and 3 sacks at some level of his first nine games in Baltimore, nonetheless these numbers dropped to 13 pressures and 1 sack at some level of his 2d nine games. There’d be an adjustment length, nonetheless Rosengarten would possibly maybe presumably maybe extinguish the Chiefs’ offensive line even scarier than it already is.
Carmen Vitali is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. Carmen had earlier stops with The Draft Network and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . She spent six seasons with the Bucs, including 2020, which added the title of Spacious Bowl Champion (and boat-parade participant) to her résumé. You would possibly maybe presumably maybe also dispute Carmen on Twitter at @CarmieV .
David Helman covers the NFL for FOX Sports and hosts the NFL on FOX podcast. He previously spent nine seasons masking the Cowboys for the crew’s decent web speak. In 2018, he acquired a regional Emmy for his characteristic in producing ” Dak Prescott : A Family Reunion” in regards to the quarterback’s time at Mississippi Remark. Practice him on Twitter at @davidhelman_ .
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