Using Mike Detillier's Draft Report to Get a Sense of Everyone's Draft (1 Viewer)

By KingNene | SaintsReport.com member

Every year, Mike Detillier does a fantastic draft guide, going over hundreds of prospects before the draft. This is the first year I bought it, and I have to say I am pleased with my purchase.

After the draft, I wondered how every team did in terms of the players they got, so I decided to find out. I spent a few hours on a spreadsheet going over every pick from every team and averaging out the drafted players' grade in Mike D's Draft Report.

I first want to say I think draft grades are dumb. Judging a player before they even play is dumb. There is no way to know how good a team's draft is. I just thought it would be interesting.

First a few things:

• I will not be giving any of the grades of any prospects, only the overall average. I do this because I don't want to give you information that you should be buying from Mike D.
• Some players I could not find in his guide. This does not mean those players are not in there, but I could not find them. It is a huge guide. If you find them, please say the page number and I will update the grade. DO NOT GIVE THEIR GRADE. If I could not find a player, they automatically got a 16.00 grade. Here are the players I could not find:
  • WR - Marcus Green - Louisiana-Monroe (Falcons)
  • CB - Duke Shelley - Kansas State (Bears)
  • WR - Juwann Winfree - Colorado (Broncos)
  • RB - Cullen Gillaspia - Texas A&M (Texans)
  • LB - E.J. Speed - Tarleton State (Colts)
  • LB - Quincy Wilson - Murray State (Jaguars)
  • LS - Austin Cutting - Air Force (Vikings)
  • DE - Quinton Bell - Prairie View A&M (Raiders)
  • WR - Scott Miller - Bowling Green (Buccaneers)
• Please do not take this as mine or Mike D's actual opinions on these drafts.
• There are some flaws with this system. It doesn't take into account when you took a player or the value of other players on the board at the time.
• In the end this is all just for fun. Don't take it too seriously. Draft grades are dumb.

Well, here are the grades I got. The higher the number the better (obviously):

1. Tennessee Titans (18.46)
2. Philadelphia Eagles (18.40)
3. Denver Broncos (18.29)
4. Green Bay Packers (18.17)
5. Cincinnati Bengals (18.15)
6. New Orleans Saints (18.15)
7. Carolina Panthers (18.13)
8. Buffalo Bills (18.12)
9. Oakland Raiders (18.05)
10. New York Giants (18.03)
11. Arizona Cardinals (18.03)
12. Baltimore Ravens (18.01)
13. Jacksonville Jaguars (17.99)
14. Los Angeles Rams (17.98)
15. New England Patriots (17.92)
16. Washington Redskins (17.88)
17. Cleveland Browns (17.83)
18. New York Jets (17.83)
19. Dallas Cowboys (17.78)
20. Pittsburgh Steelers (17.77)
21. Detroit Lions (17.72)
22. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (17.70)
23. Los Angeles Chargers (17.68)
24. Miami Dolphins (17.61)
25. Seattle Seahawks (17.60)
26. San Francisco 49ers (17. 54)
27. Houston Texans (17.51)
28. Indianapolis Colts (17.46)
29. Chicago Bears (17.45)
30. Atlanta Falcons (17.44)
31. Kansas City Chiefs (17.44)
32. Minnesota Vikings (17.27)