One year later, three years later, a decade down the line. Regardless of the timeframe, it’s beyond tempting to re-visit drafts of yesteryear and try to imagine what your favorite team might have done differently if they knew what we wise men and women of the future know now.
Naturally, that’s already happening with the 2023 NFL Draft, where the Atlanta Falcons snapped up Bijan Robinson to be the final piece of a dynamic, unstoppable offense. The offense ultimately proved to be anything put, fueled by a nightmare season from Desmond Ridder and Taylor Heinicke and a lot of mumbling about solutions that never came from Arthur Smith, and inevitably that puts the players on offense under the microscope.