It is that time of the year again--the time to hand out grades for the NFL Draft. Football Outsiders has compiled a list of grades from nine NFL writers and draft analysts to see how the grades would average out. Guess who has the top Grade Point Average (GPA) out of all 32 teams? You are correct if you guessed the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Bengals highest grade was of course an A+ from CBS SPORTS writer Pete Prisco, Sporting News writer Vinnie Lyer, Sports Illustrated's Chris Burke, and the USA Today's Nate Davis. The lowest grade was from ESPN''s Mel Kiper, who gave the Bengals an A-. Putting together the grades and averaging them equal out to a 4.11 GPA for the Bengals. The closest team to the Bengals was AFC North division rival Pittsburgh and their a 3.78 GPA. Mike Ridley from Football Outsiders writes about the Bengals draft:
"Not one analyst had the Bengals lower than an A-, even the ever-fickle Jason Cole. Prisco loves all ten picks, saying the Sanu...
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