NFL Draft grades 2024: Former 10-year NFL veteran analyzes every team’s draft class, reveals favorite picks

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The 2024 NFL Draft is in the books, but there’s still plenty to discuss. Now that 257 players have heard their names called, it’s time to analyze how each team fared with its draft class. That’s what we’ll do with our team-by-team grades below, so let’s get to it!

(To see each club’s full draft class and grades for each selection, head on over to the CBS Sports draft tracker.)

AFC East

AFC South

AFC North

Pittsburgh Steelers 

A+

This was a home run draft, and every pick they made just screamed Steelers. First-round offensive lineman Troy Fautanu will make an immediate impact.

Baltimore Ravens

A-

In Ravens form, they had another good draft. Nate Wiggins is the best man corner in the class, and they got better in the trenches.

Cleveland Browns

B-

The Browns don’t have many needs on their roster, so they got good depth pieces.

Cincinnati Bengals 

B-

The Bengals got their offensive tackle of the future in Amarius Mims and got some depth pieces who can step in to play if they need to.

AFC West

Kansas City ChiefsB+Getting Xavier Worthy will open up the downfield passing game. The Chiefs grabbed really good football players with their other picks, too. 
Los Angeles ChargersBJoe Alt making the the transition from RT to LT will be interesting. Ladd McConkey gives you a playmaker on the outside.
Las Vegas RaidersDTaking Brock Bowers made no sense. Also the Raiders didn’t take a shot at a QB. 
Denver BroncosDTaking Bo Nix at 12 was a reach. Also, not taking a WR until the fourth round was concerning, even though it was Nix’s teammate in Troy Franklin.

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