I think a draft where you get both Laremy Tunsil and Xavien Howard is pretty much an A+ because those are both NFL100 players (even if the people putting that list together stupidly didn't put Tunsil in there), and then getting Kenyan Drake and Jakeem Grant on top of it just makes it a banner draft altogether. I'm not one to love Chris Grier for a lot of reasons but credit where it's due on that draft.
The question is what happens when you start looking at 2017, 2018, and now 2019. That's where things start falling apart.
Charles Harris isn't working out. Raekwon McMillan is working 2nd string behind Sam Eguavoen. Cordrea Tankersley has one foot in the grave. Isaac Asiata retired. Davon Godchaux and Vincent Taylor are rotation-quality DLs but nothing special (yes, there's time, I get it). Isaiah Ford not even worth mentioning.
Minkah Fitzpatrick is going to be good. But great? Pretty much a prime example of what Slimm was talking about when he said that even when Grier succeeds there will usually have been a guy available at the same position that ends up better. Things aren't looking great for Mike Gesicki, let's be honest. Even if Durham Smythe makes the roster I'm not sure that really matters. He's common. Kalen Ballage has to prove he's more than that 75 yard run against Minnesota. Cornell Armstrong and Quentin Poling have not done anything yet to show their worth. Jason Sanders is a good kicker.
Jerome Baker is about to have the sombrero put on him this year by this coaching staff. Flip a coin to see how that comes out. None of us should pretend to know how it's going to come out, because for as much as you read about how awesome this should be, the simple fact of the matter is they want a 6'1" guy who played the game as light as 217 lbs last year to be a primary run stopper from the box, a 5th rusher from the end of the line, and a tight end handler. And if you're not at least a little bit skeptical about that, then I question how much professional football you've been exposed to.
As for 2019, I've already basically written off everyone except Christian Wilkins, Andrew Van Ginkel, and Michael Deiter. In order for that to even end up an AVERAGE draft, you need two of them to end up being worthwhile starters. That's a narrow path you've got to run. Taking Juan Thornhill or Chase Winovich in the 2nd round would've made the chances a lot better. The savior of this draft could very well be a UDFA Preston Williams and/or Shaq Calhoun.