In the latest installment of our 2019 NFL Draft Do-Over series, we focus on the AFC East.
The defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots remain a strong favorite to win it all again in 2019 despite the retirement of future Hall-of-Fame tight end Rob Gronkowski. And while they didn’t add anyone to replace him, their roster remains head and shoulders above the rest of the AFC East.
The Jets, Bills and Dolphins all had solid performances in the 2019 NFL Draft, however, and may have closed the gap — even if just a little bit — heading into the season.
But with the good also came some bad. Every team in every division would like to have a do-over or two, and we’ve already reviewed a draft do-over for every team in the NFC here:
NFC East
NFC North
NFC West
NFC South
We won’t know how each draft class truly pans out until a few years from now. So this assessment is based on pre-draft scouting reports and what the team’s roster composition was at the time. Sure, if they made a few moves since the draft concluded, we’ll take that into consideration. But for the most part, rosters have remained pretty stable.
Remember: We’re only replacing the player who was picked with a player selected after him. It would be foolish to suggest a team should’ve taken someone who was already off the board at the time they selected, so we’re not factoring in trade-up scenarios.
It this installment of our ‘Draft Do-Overs’ series, we’ll touch on the AFC East.