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Lessons Learned at the Draft

Seven days after the start of the draft, it’s time to go through all seven rounds and find seven lessons.

Round 1, Pick 3
San Diego Chargers: Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State
The Lesson: NFL teams can keep a secret.

An hour before the NFL draft I got a text from a trusted source saying he believed the Chargers would select Bosa with the third overall pick. I was in Los Angeles, covering the Rams draft party at the L.A. Live complex.

Up until the moment Bosa was drafted, the media projections for the third pick had been a sweeping failure in prognostication akin to the year-long onslaught of political op-eds declaring Donald Trump had no shot at the nomination.