Best Positional Values / Deepest Groupings in the 2021 NFL Draft (1 Viewer)

Anarchy99 said:

I didn't seen a general draft thread so opted to make a new thread to discuss what NFL team strategies should be looking at who is available overall. I looked at Todd McShay's rankings and here are the breakdowns by position based on the number of players with a particular rating score (100 is the highest).

90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s
QB 5 0 3 0 1 1
RB 1 2 3 3 3 4
WR 4 6 8 8 9 4
TE 1 2 2 1 2 4
C 0 2 1 2 1 1
OT 3 4 4 1 3 1
G 1 2 4 4 3 3
ILB 3 3 1 5 4 0
OLB 0 2 3 2 1 2
DE 2 5 3 2 9 0
DT 0 2 6 4 2 1
CB 4 4 9 6 4 1
S 1 3 3 4 6 6
PK 0 0 0 0 1 0


That adds up to 231 players . . . or basically 6 rounds worth. There are 119 additional players in the score of 30-39 range (basically 7th round options). Players in the 80+ range will likely be gone in Round 2 (or early 3rd). Based on the positional breakdowns, it seems like there are a ton of WR, CB, and S that should be available in the middle rounds. Not many OLB or OT in the mid to late rounds this year.

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Anarchy99 said:

I didn't seen a general draft thread so opted to make a new thread to discuss what NFL team strategies should be looking at who is available overall. I looked at Todd McShay's rankings and here are the breakdowns by position based on the number of players with a particular rating score (100 is the highest).

90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s
QB 5 0 3 0 1 1
RB 1 2 3 3 3 4
WR 4 6 8 8 9 4
TE 1 2 2 1 2 4
C 0 2 1 2 1 1
OT 3 4 4 1 3 1
G 1 2 4 4 3 3
ILB 3 3 1 5 4 0
OLB 0 2 3 2 1 2
DE 2 5 3 2 9 0
DT 0 2 6 4 2 1
CB 4 4 9 6 4 1
S 1 3 3 4 6 6
PK 0 0 0 0 1 0


That adds up to 231 players . . . or basically 6 rounds worth. There are 119 additional players in the score of 30-39 range (basically 7th round options). Players in the 80+ range will likely be gone in Round 2 (or early 3rd). Based on the positional breakdowns, it seems like there are a ton of WR, CB, and S that should be available in the middle rounds. Not many OLB or OT in the mid to late rounds this year.

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Anarchy99 said:

For cross-reference purposes, here is similar information from the prospect rankings at NFL.com. This adds up to 251 players (so 20 more than the first list).

Their rating system is as follows . . .

7.0-7.1 - Pro Bowl talent
6.7-6.8 - Year 1 quality starter
6.5 - Boom or bust prospect
6.3-6.4 - Will be starter within first two seasons
6.1-6.2 - Good backup who could become starter
6.0 - Developmental traits-based prospect
5.8-5.9 - Backup/special-teamer

6.8+ 6.6 6.4 6.2 6 5.8
QB 1 0 3 1 3 2
RB 0 1 2 1 5 10
FB 0 0 0 0 0 1
WR 3 0 1 11 10 14
TE 1 0 0 2 1 6
C 0 0 1 3 1 1
OT 0 2 2 8 3 10
G 0 0 1 6 4 5
LB 2 0 0 6 5 7
EDGE 0 0 2 7 4 7
DE 0 0 0 3 0 7
DT 0 0 1 3 5 9
CB 1 0 2 11 4 16
S 0 0 0 5 4 10
PK 0 0 0 0 0 2
PK 0 0 0 0 0 2


Here's how the 2021 NFL.com ratings compare to other recent drafts . . .

6.8+ 6.6 6.4 6.2 6 5.8
2021 8 3 15 67 49 109
2020 5 11 10 69 40 118
2019 10 22 7 64 49 121
2018 13 14 11 69 55 109
2017 18 15 8 55 45 115
2016 21 20 4 36 34 119
2015 13 17 6 37 28 126
2014 13 10 7 20 23 145


This supports the theory that some have suggested that there aren't many legit first round picks in this draft. The first two columns only add up to 11 players. That normally is much higher. I don't know if they changed their methodology or their evaluator, as the number of players in the 6.2 and 6.0 columns took a big jump over the years.

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Anarchy99 said:

This supports the theory that some have suggested that there aren't many legit first round picks in this draft. The first two columns only add up to 11 players. That normally is much higher. I don't know if they changed their methodology or their evaluator, as the number of players in the 6.2 and 6.0 columns took a big jump over the years.

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rockaction said:

Waldman says this is a heck of a deep draft for WRs in terms of overall talent at the position (not in terms of predicted future fantasy success or who will stick in the pros) and this seems to back him up.

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