I can’t tell if this is something that’s been going on for years now, or if it’s something I just started paying attention to this year, but in the lead up to the 2024 draft, I started seeing a lot of “draft deviation from the consensus” look-backs coming across my timeline on Twitter.
Teams that have deviated the most from the consensus big board in the past 5 years in the first 3 rounds of the draft: 49ers, Cowboys, Raiders, and Rams. Teams that have deviated the least: Titans, Broncos, Cardinals, and Jets pic.twitter.com/IQpzytLCu1
— Arjun Menon (@arjunmenon100) April 22, 2024
I thought a bit about them and I found them interesting, but also a little irritating, if I’m being honest.