Baltimore Drafts Second Best in the NFL. The Edge Is on Day 3.
Baltimore converted 67 of 103 picks into 500-snap players from 2012 through 2022, second best in the NFL, and hit on 34 of 62 Day 3 picks against a league rate of 41.0 percent.
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.
New analysis on Tuesdays. No sponsors. No paywalls.
Featured
Recent articles
Atlanta Drafts Third Best in the NFL. The Roster Starts in 2021.
Atlanta converted 50 of 78 picks into 500-snap players from 2012 through 2022, third best in the NFL. Its retention is league average, and four picks from the 2012-2020 decade are left.
The Cardinals Drafted Fine for a Decade. Four of Those Picks Are Left.
Arizona's 2012-2022 Day 1-2 hit rate was 80.6 percent against a league mark of 82.0. Four of Steve Keim's 74 picks remain, and 27 of the 32 homegrown players on the 2025 roster came from three drafts.
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.
Seattle's Post-Wilson Drafts: A Trench Build with a Rented Quarterback
Eight of the 30 Seahawks drafted in the four classes since the Russell Wilson trade are offensive linemen. One is a quarterback. Schneider is rebuilding the trenches and renting the position he made his name on.
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.
Coming next
Next up: Ravens. Then Panthers. New analysis on Tuesdays.