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Grading all 32 first-round picks after Week 5 of the 2020 NFL season

Five weeks of NFL action are officially in the books, and it's once again time to check in on the first-round rookies.

Rookie receivers were the story of Week 5, with several big performances coming from the group, while Joe Burrow fell down to earth against a formidable Baltimore defense.

[Editor's Note: PFF's advanced statistics and player grades are powered by AWS machine learning capabilities.]

PICK NO. 1: QB JOE BURROW, CINCINNATI BENGALS

2020 overall grade: 73.1

It felt like this game was inevitable for Burrow, who had been dealing with relentless pressure to start the season and then ran into one of the league’s most creative defenses at not only generating it but disguising coverage behind it.