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NFL Draft Grades and Tiers: What kind of long-term foundation did teams build?

Love em or hate em, you're getting 2026 NFL Draft grades anyway.

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Cory Kinnan
Apr 27, 2026
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NFL Draft grades are all the rage right now. Or reason for rage. The consensus board is bad! The consensus board is good!

Who cares!

I am going to grade every draft class anyway. I did a ton of work on the 2026 NFL Draft class, have formulated opinions, and plan to use those to evaluate how each team did this past weekend. And yes, the consensus board will be used as a tool (I’ll be using Arif Hasan’s at Wide Left).

Table of Contents:

  • AFC North

  • AFC South

  • AFC East

  • AFC West

  • NFC North

  • NFC South

  • NFC East

  • NFC West

  • Team Grade Tiers

This past weekend, 257 players were drafted, so there is a ton to get through. Who came out as winners? Who came out as massive losers? I’ve got my thoughts…

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