The Raiders Drafted Well. Three GM Firings Explain the 6 Percent Retention.
Las Vegas drafted 53 of 88 picks into 500-snap contributors from 2012 through 2022, above league average. Five remain on the 2025 roster after three GM firings.
NFL Roster Construction · GM Grading
Drafting players is one job.
Keeping them is another.
An independent NFL publication grading every general manager's roster construction. Open data, snap-weighted, all 32 teams since 2012.
We grade every NFL general manager. Hit rate, retention, position construction, and the franchise pick. Snap-weighted across all 32 teams since 2012, all data public, all methodology open-source.
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Seattle's Post-Wilson Drafts: A Trench Build with a Rented Quarterback
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The Window Question: Why Our Draft Analysis Runs 2012 to 2022
A reader asked whether our 2012 to 2022 hit-rate window could be widened. The answer is no, and the why is the moat: snap-weighted retention only exists from 2012 forward, and recent classes need three full seasons to clear the 500-snap line.
Grading Brandon Beane: League's Best at Keeping, Above Average at Drafting
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The Eagles Are the Best Drafting Team in the League. They Keep a Third of It.
Philadelphia turns 67.5 percent of its draft picks into 500-snap contributors against a league rate of 57.27 percent, the best mark in football, and retains 32 percent of its 2017-2021 cohort hits. Top-five on both sides.
What we grade
What We Grade
Four columns, one grade, every team since 2012.
Hit rate
Share of a GM's picks that crossed the 500-snap line in a regular season. Compared to the league baseline so a GM is not credited for drafting in a high or low era.
Retention
Share of those picks still on the current 53-man roster, raw and snap-weighted. Drafting a player and keeping them are different skills.
Position construction
Distribution of homegrown players across position groups, read against the team's identity. A defense-first roster carried by drafted defenders scores higher than one carried by free agents.
The franchise pick
The single bet that defines the regime, usually the quarterback. Did it hit? A regime built around a missed franchise pick reads differently from one built around a hit.
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