Overview
One of the many things that’s interesting about the NFL Draft is the way draft analysts and experts create elaborate evaluations of players, try to predict what NFL teams will do, and then repeat the entire process the next year with very little accountability or reflection on what happened the prior year. I have previously written about how little similarity there tends to be between draft boards and draft reality. Despite this, there are a few experts touted as “the best in the business” in their fields, and I thought it was worth looking into this claim with respect to one particular grouping of players.
Offensive linemen.
The reason for this focus is threefold. First, I highly value offensive line play and enjoy evaluating the play of offensive linemen myself. Second, it re