We look at the winners and losers from the 2024 NFL Draft as the Chicago Bears shine while the Atlanta Falcons spring a huge shock.
It was a record NFL Draft in Detroit with teams going quarterback crazy, some big shock selections and a real international flavour coming through.There's still a long way until the 2024 NFL season kicks off in September, but while teams like the Chicago Bears will have a summer of hope, the Atlanta Falcons are already under pressure to explain their big puzzling pick., the Chicago Bears had the first and ninth picks of this year's draft - and they made the very most of them.
Also adding veteran receiver Keenan Allen in free agency, Chicago's long-suffering fans now have a passing attack worth watching - they just cannot wait until September.The Minnesota Vikings made the biggest trade moves of the draft, moving up to get quarterback JJ McCarthy and then a great value addition of edge rusher Dallas Turner at pick 17.
With the top 14 picks all being offensive talent, the Vikings then recognised they could get Turner with the 17th pick, when in any other year the Alabama linebacker would have gone much higher - that could turn out to be great value.has never played a game of American football, but that did not stop him being drafted by the Buffalo Bills.
And Buffalo again traded with their big AFC rivals to let them draft wide receiver Xavier Worthy - who just happens to be the fastest ever player to have run at the NFL Combine. With a pivotal pick at eight that they could have done anything with - choosing to upset your new $100m quarterback is not the best move.Can you call someone on a guaranteed $100m deal a loser? Probably not, but in terms of job security and settling at a new team then Kirk Cousins did not come out of the draft well.
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