The Best Picks At Each Position From The 2025 NFL Draft

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It’s the Monday after the NFL Draft, which means ESPN, NFL.com, Fox, and random people you follow on Twitter are all grading each team’s draft.

Frankly, I don’t feel like doing that.

But I do want to discuss the draft.

So instead, I will go position by position and talk about which was the best pick.

This will take into account talent, upside, and where the player was taken.

As always, this is just my opinion, but it’s probably correct.

Best Pick Overall: Travis Hunter

Ok one quick shout out before we get started.

The Jags needed a good wide receiver and a good cornerback. So they were aggressive in the draft, moved up, and got Travis Hunter who is projected to be an elite receiver AND cornerback.

Not to shabby.

Best QB Pick: Shedeur Sanders (5th Round to the Cleveland Browns)

I have been very doubtful about Shedeur Sanders throughout the past couple of years.

He’s accurate, but his arm isn’t tremendous, his mobility isn’t excellent, and he takes way too many sacks for my liking.

I wasn’t buying a first round pick.

But a 5th round pick? If you’re accurate and can complete passes in the league, which Sanders clearly can, then a 5th round pick is tremendous value.

Honorable Mention: Jalen Milroe (Seattle Seahawks)

Best RB Pick: Omarion Hampton (1st Round to the Los Angeles Chargers)

Jim Harbaugh took over the Chargers a year ago, bolstered their offensive line, and found Justin Herbert a great weapon in Ladd McConkey.

Now, he has the running back to put the finishing touches on the rush heavy offense he likes to run.

Hampton has the talent to be a star, and the situation he finds himself in makes it even more likely.

Honorable Mention: Cam Skattebo (New York Giants)

Best WR Pick: Jack Bech (2nd Round to the Las Vegas Raiders)

Much like Harbaugh and the Chargers, Pete Carroll wants to run the ball.

He has Geno Smith at QB, Brock Bowers at TE, and Ashton Jeanty at RB. The makings are there, but they still needed a good receiver.

Bech had a great season with TCU, and Bech has the sure hands needed to be another option for Smith and company in the passing game.

Honorable Mention: Elic Ayomanor (Tennessee Titans)

Best TE Pick: Tyler Warren (1st Round to the Indianapolis Colts)

I was adamant that my pick for this was going to be Harold Fannin out of Bowling Green, because I flat out love his game.

But then the Bears took Colston Loveland (who I also like) as their TE at pick 10 instead of Tyler Warren.

Warren now goes to the Colts where he can be an automatic security blanket for Anthony Richardson as the Colts continue to try and develop him as a passer.

Not to mention, Warren ain’t afraid to block. So he helps Jonathan Taylor and the run game massively as well.

Honorable Mention: Harold Fannin Jr. (Cleveland Browns)

Best OL Pick: Wyatt Milum (3rd Round to the Jacksonville Jaguars)

Milum was a tackle at WVU, but small arms always meant an NFL team was going to move him to guard.

But because Milum never played guard at West Virginia, he was an unknown commodity.

But he is extremely physical in the run game, and not having to compete against edge rushers will be huge for him in the passing game.

The Jags needed help, and Milum has huge upside.

Honorable Mention: Josh Simmons (Kansas City Chiefs)

Best DL Pick: Mike Green (2nd Round to the Baltimore Ravens)

Mike Green is a first round talent that slipped all the way to the second round due to multiple sexual assault allegations in high school and college.

Those, justifiably, scared a lot of NFL teams.

But the beauty of the NFL is that there are some franchises well equipped to handle this stuff, and the Ravens are one of them.

They have the coaching, front office, and leaders in the position group to keep Green on the straight and narrow, so all Green needs to do is focus on being the dominant pass rusher that he is.

This pick reminds me a lot of Jalen Carter to the Eagles.

Honorable Mention: Yahya Black (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Best LB Pick: Nick Martin (3rd Round to the San Francisco 49ers)

The NFL let Robert Saleh get his hands on a fast and good tackling linebacker.

Yes he’s coming off a season ending knee injury, which is obviously an unknown, but Martin feels like the perfect Niner.

He can thrive in this system.

Honorable Mention: Barrett Carter (Cincinnati Bengals)

Best CB Pick: Will Johnson (2nd Round to the Arizona Cardinals)

Johnson’s medical concerns led to one of the best corners in the draft slipping all the way to the second round.

If the medical concerns end up not being an issue, the Cardinals and Jonathan Gannon have their corner for the future.

If they do end up being an issue, it was only a second rounder. Not the end of the world.

Honorable Mention: Trey Amos (Washington Commanders)

Best S Pick: Nick Emmanwori (2nd Round to the Seattle Seahawks)

In Baltimore, Mike MacDonald took a 6’4 insanely athletic safety in Kyle Hamilton and made him All-Pro.

Now, he has a 6’3 insanely athletic safety in Nick Emmanwori, who wasn’t as talented as Hamilton in college so he fell to the second.

But if he gets anywhere slightly close to Hamilton’s level, the Seahawks are going to be absolutely ecstatic.

Honorable Mention: Xavier Watts (Atlanta Falcons)

Best ST Pick: Tyler Loop (6th Round to the Baltimore Ravens)

Obviously I had to give the kickers some love, and Tyler Loop should be loving where he is going.

The Ravens just know how to draft and develop kickers.

Justin Tucker began his struggles last season, and now has off the field sexual misconduct allegations to deal with as well.

This is a perfect opportunity for the Ravens to replace Tucker with Loop, and turn him into the next great Ravens kicker.

Honorable Mention: Jeremy Crawshaw (Denver Broncos)