NFL Draft 2015 Grades: Final Results and Grades Following Day 3

With the hype over and hindsight settling in, the 2015 NFL draft was pretty tame. 

Well, the globe got an Ickey Shuffle from Ickey Woods, but otherwise it was easy to find oneself drifting a bit if it weren't for the broadcast's buzzer each time a team sent a pick in to the league.

There weren't many major trades to speak of, Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota went one-two, and most teams were able to put together respectable classes thanks to a deep field.

Now it's time to reflect on each team's performance. The good outweighs the bad, but franchises land all over the grading scale. With the basis being a mix of need and value, let's check out some grades after a look at the full results.

Draft Grades

Team	Grade	Analysis
Arizona Cardinals	C	Bruce Arians and Co. played it smart with D.J. Humphries, but the rest of the value left something to be desired.
Atlanta Falcons	A+	Vic Beasley was a no-brainer. The risk on Jalen Collins is perfect. Tevin Coleman might be the steal of the draft. Easily the best class of 2015.
Baltimore Ravens	A	Baltimore swaps Torrey Smith for Breshad Perriman and steals Maxx Williams in Round 2 and Carl Davis in Round 3. That's how it's done.
Buffalo Bills	C	Buffalo tried to hit areas of need with few picks, but didn't do anything noteworthy.
Carolina Panthers	C	Shaq Thompson's an odd choice, and Devin Funchess needs to improve his catch rate.
Chicago Bears	A	Kevin White makes sense. Eddie Goldman fixes a huge hole on defense. Hroniss Grasu was the best at his position and a third-rounder. Great draft.
Cincinnati Bengals	A+	Cincinnati shores up both offensive tackle spots, steals Paul Dawson at the end of the third and gets an outstanding safety in Derron Smith in Round 6.
Cleveland Browns	C	Cleveland shored up its defense with Danny Shelton and Xavier Cooper, the latter an absolute steal in the third round. No quarterback or wide receiver, though?
Dallas Cowboys	D	Byron Jones in the first is questionable as his flashy workout numbers need to match his on-field play, and Randy Gregory's an iffy gamble to spend a second-round pick on.
Denver Broncos	B	It's odd to trade up for Shane Ray, but Denver did do a good job of picking up Jeff Heuerman in the third round.
Detroit Lions	B	Detroit did a nice job of filling needs with good value in limited opportunities.
Green Bay Packers	C	Damarious Randall's good, but he was an odd choice given the structure of Green Bay's roster. Ty Montgomery's an absolute reach.
Houston Texans	A+	What. A. Draft. Kevin Johnson in the first, Benadrick McKinney in the second and Jaelen Strong in the third is perfect.
Indianapolis Colts	B	Adding another receiver is an odd choice. Josh Robinson might turn out to be the steal of the draft in the sixth round.
Jacksonville Jaguars	C	It's hard to go wrong with Dante Fowler, but T.J. Yeldon in the second round doesn't make a ton of sense given the value still on the board in the sixth round—just ask the Colts.
Kansas City Chiefs	B	Kansas City is smart to gamble on Marcus Peters. Steven Nelson in the third round is a steal.
Miami Dolphins	B	DeVante Parker gives the offense a No. 1 wideout, and Jordan Phillips is the perfect complement to Ndamukong Suh.
Minnesota Vikings	A+	Mike Zimmer can't seem to do any wrong on draft day, getting a starting corner and linebacker in the first two rounds, then stealing T.J. Clemmings and Stefon Diggs later.
New England Patriots	C	Malcom Brown was an obvious choice, but it's a mishmash of odd decisions after that.
New Orleans Saints	A	Andrus Peat will keep Drew Brees' jersey clean, and Rob Ryan has a pair of athletic linebackers to work with, not to mention a great value with P.J. Williams in the third round.
New York Giants	A	Landon Collins at the top of the second is a steal. Owamagbe Odighizuwa's a typical Giants end and a steal in the third round.
New York Jets	A	Look at the new Jets go. Leonard Williams is a perfect fit, and Bryce Petty may start despite being a fourth-round pick.
Oakland Raiders	A	Derek Carr gets to throw to Amari Cooper and a criminally underrated Clive Walford. Perfect draft.
Philadelphia Eagles	B	Nelson Agholor fits well, and Eric Rowe's a great value in Round 2. The rest was decent value.
Pittsburgh Steelers	A	Alvin Dupree falls in Pittsburgh's lap in the first, but the pick that folks will talk about for a long time is Senquez Golson in the second.
San Diego Chargers	C	Melvin Gordon's a reach given the depth of the class, and the rest of the class could have been better.
San Francisco 49ers	B	San Francisco lined up needs and knocked them down, although Jaquiski Tartt's a bit of a reach.
Seattle Seahawks	C+	Frank Clark's a talent but with a ton of baggage. Tyler Lockett fits well, but the rest of the class is mixed.
St. Louis Rams	C	Todd Gurley's a great pick, but it felt like the Rams were just pulling names out of a hat to fix the offensive trenches.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	B	Pretty straightforward. Take the best quarterback in the class and then follow with two high-upside offensive linemen. The Anthony Collins nightmare is fully over.
Tennessee Titans	B	Since "incomplete" won't work, a B will have to do. Marcus Mariota needs to adjust to the pro level, and Dorial Green-Beckham's a major risk. Huge, huge reward with both, though.
Washington	B	Scherff was an interesting pick. Preston Smith's destined for big things.

Most Underrated Class: New York Jets

Out is Rex Ryan and in at coach is Todd Bowles, and his no-nonsense approach bled into the New York Jets' draft strategy in Chicago.

USC defensive tackle Leonard Williams fell into Bowles' lap at No. 6. Rather than be content with the fact his roster already features Sheldon Richardson and Muhammad Wilkerson on the edges of his 3-4 alignment, he went ahead and formed perhaps the scariest line in the league.

One of the most hyped linemen since Ndamukong Suh has big plans, too, per NFL.com's Chris Wesseling:

All right, great, but one pick doesn't make a class. In the second round, Bowles and Co. elected to ignore the presence of Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker by scooping up Ohio State wideout Devin Smith.

Smith helps out whoever lines up under center in a big way considering he averaged north of 20 yards per catch in three of his four collegiate seasons with the Buckeyes.

Speaking of quarterback, Bowles doesn't care Geno Smith was supposed to be the future or that Ryan Fitzpatrick is on board—he grabbed Baylor gunslinger Bryce Petty in the fourth round at an outstanding value.

Petty was the third-best quarterback in the minds of many. He's a bit of a project, but the outline of a franchise quarterback is there if the Jets bring out the right marker and fill it in.

To cap it all off, the Jets shipped away a somewhat worthless seventh-round selection to get bruising St. Louis Rams back Zac Stacy, per Wesseling. It was a final smart move on a day during which the Jets quietly outshone most teams in the league.

The Head-Scratcher: Carolina Panthers

Look, the idea in Carolina is to get quarterback Cam Newton some help. 

The Panthers just have a really funny way of expressing their ideas.

Newton suffered 38 sacks last year and missed two games. Rather than grab a guard such as Laken Tomlinson or a tackle such as Donovan Smith, the Panthers spent their first selection on linebacker Shaq Thompson.

This isn't a knock on Thompson by any means, but productive linebackers are available anywhere in a class. There's a reason only a handful of teams selected linebackers in the first round Thursday, if they even line up as such in different schemes.

Carolina did try to do the right thing in the second round and secure a complement to Kelvin Benjamin, selecting Michigan receiver Devin Funchess.

Funchess looks the necessary part at 6'4" and 232 pounds considering Newton still air-mails a lot of his passes high. One problem—he has iffy hands, as NFL.com's Lance Zierlein details:

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Pass-catching is labored. Allows throws into his frame and catches back half of football at times. Tagged with 20 drops over last three seasons. Isn't a lock to high-point a throw and doesn't attack throws. Won't win enough 50-50 throws.

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To be fair, Funchess is a weapon capable of moving all over the field and these are coachable issues. But with a pro-ready prospect such as Maxx Williams still on the board, it's interesting the Panthers decided on the prospect representing a bigger risk and learning curve.

Riskiest Class: Tennessee Titans

It's quite obvious the Tennessee Titans aren't afraid of taking a few risks to keep pace with Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts in the division.

Like it or not, Mariota is a risk. Rarely did he throw out of the pocket in college, which is fine if Tennessee's offense tailors to his skill set (as it should), but the potential for things to fall apart is there.

It sounds like coach Ken Whisenhunt will do whatever it takes to make sure things work, though, per NFL on ESPN:

The other part of the class making it risky as a whole is second-round pick Dorial Green-Beckham. Folks know the deal—DGB looks like Calvin Johnson at 6'5" and 237 pounds and has the potential to play like him, too, but a litany of off-field issues blackens the skies around his pro outlook.

Say things implode with DGB. It puts Whisenhunt and his new franchise quarterback in a serious hole and back to ground zero with Kendall Wright and Justin Hunter as the top two wideouts. Veteran journeymen such as Hakeem Nicks and Harry Douglas aren't going to save the day.

To be fair, Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman brings up an excellent point to how the Mariota-DGB relationship may work off the field:

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Then Mariota will give Green-Beckham a calming, steady presence. I think what a player like Green-Beckham needs is an example like Mariota, the consummate professional. The only time Mariota will get irritated is deciding between wearing a long-sleeve Titans shirt and a Titans hoodie.

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To their credit, the Titans did many other things well. Fullback Jalston Fowler (fourth round) is a monster blocker, and David Cobb (fifth round) has the upside of an elite every-down pro back. Tre McBride was an amazing value in the seventh round.

In hindsight, the class may be an A+ or F or anywhere in between. The risk is huge, but so is the payoff. Maybe the Titans should consider a move to Las Vegas.

Stats courtesy of NFL.com and accurate as of May 2. All advanced metrics courtesy of Pro Football Focus.