After a first round in which one quarterback (Pitt’s Kenny Pickett) was selected, and a second round in which no quarterback was selected, there was finally a third-round run on what NFL teams clearly saw as the weakest class at that position in at least a decade.
But the real story for NFL teams in the second day of the draft was the ridiculous array of talent available in the second day of the draft at every position.
The 2022 class has been regarded as one of the deepest in the later rounds in years, in part due to players returning to the NCAA in 2021 after COVID opt-outs, and that has shown itself to be true already — when you look at the best picks in the second round of this draft, you wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot of these guys in the first round of this draft, or drafts in the past.
This is where teams start to get better up and down the roster, and here are my best third-round picks in the 2022 NFL draft.
