The 2024 NFL Draft has ended; now it’s time to evaluate how each NFC team performed.
The 2024 NFL Draft was historic. The first 14 selections were from the offensive side of the ball, the longest streak of picks on one side of the ball at any point in a single draft in the common draft era (since 1967). An NFL Draft-record 23 offensive players came off the board in the opening round, which then resulted in 20 defensive players being selected in the second round.
Seven wide receivers being taken in the first round tied a common draft era record (tied with 2004 NFL Draft class), and it was the quickest 10 wide receivers were snatched up, by the 37th overall pick.
Conversely, Texas running back Jonathon Brooks being the first running back selected 46th overall (second round) by the Carolina Panthers marked the second latest the first running back has been chosen in a single draft.
In total, there were 257 total picks made in the 2024 draft, and here we will take a look at each NFC team’s best, worst and most interesting picks. The best and worst picks will be chosen by the highest and lowest grades assessed to the picks by our CBS Sports NFL Draft analysts: Pete Prisco, Josh Edwards and Chris Trapasso. Grades for each team’s picks can be found here.
It’s worth noting that the “top” player in a team’s draft class may not be considered the “best” pick due to their relative value to where they were chosen. Each NFC team did not necessarily make a “poor” selection; it is simply the lowest-graded value in a class, which for some teams is a “B.” If there are players on the high or low end with the same grade, yours truly made the decision, as well as the selection for the NFC squad’s most intriguing selection. Without further ado, let’s look at some draft classes.
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