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As has become customary over the past handful of years, the top of this year’s draft focused on passing: rushing the passer, protecting the passer, catching passes from the passer, and of course, the actual passers themselves.
In a league that has become enamored with throwing the ball (see: Chiefs, Kansas City) over the past decade or so, teams are drafting heavily in the first few rounds at a few positions: quarterback, offensive tackle, wide receiver, edge rusher and cornerback. In the first round alone, 23 of the 32 players selected project to play at one of those four positions.