In the aftermath of the NFL draft, pundits opine on which teams did the best and worst jobs of improving their teams. Much of that is predetermined by where a team picks, by free agent losses that determine the number of picks each team has, and by trades made before and during the draft to obtain, give up, or exchange picks.
The true test of NFL GMs comes when their team is on the clock and makes a pick. At that moment the processes that led to their big board and their assessments of needs and positional value come together.