2015 NFL Draft class power rankings
The best cla s in the 2015 belonged to the .Using NFL Media senior analyst list as the arbiter, the were the draft's clear "winner."First off, the selected six Hot 100 players. And when you add some math to the equation -- i.e., a signing point totals to each player depending on where he was ranked (100 points to the No. 1 player, 99 to the No. 2 player and so on) -- the piled up 290 points, 42 more than the second-place team. The identity of that No. 2 team might surprise you -- and we're going to make you read on to find out who it is.Here are all 32 teams ranked using Brandt's Hot 100 list as the ultimate draft guide.1. Minnesota Vikings: 290 points (6 players)Overview: The drafted six Hot 100 players, the most of any team. They got excellent value with picks in the fourth (OT , 110th overall), fifth (WR , 146th overall) and sixth (OT , 185th overall) rounds. Each of their first four picks were Hot 100 players (TE , who went in the fifth round at 143rd overall, was not on Brandt's list).The players (points) No. 9 CB , Michigan State (92) No. 42 OT , Pittsburgh (59) No. 50 LB , UCLA (51) No. 51 DE , LSU (50) No. 76 OT , Oklahoma (25) No. 88 WR , Maryland (13) 2. Cleveland Browns: 248 points (5 players)Overview: The had two first-round picks and used them to select two of Brandt's top 26 players. Each of Cleveland's first five picks were Hot 100 players and the got them in the first three rounds, though they didn't select them in Brandt's order. The got DE in the second round and RB in the third round; Johnson was ahead of Orchard on Brandt's list.The players (points) No. 13 NT , Washington (88) No. 26 C , Florida State (75) No. 61 RB , Miami (40) No. 65 DE , Utah (36) No. 92 DT , Washington State (9) 3. Dallas Cowboys: 237 points (3 players)Overview: Dallas got three of Brandt's top 28 players. But how they got them is the interesting aspect of this. The ' first-round pick was CB -- and he was the lowest-ranked by Brandt of Dallas' three Hot 100 players. The highest-ranked was OT , who was in Javon Hargrave Jersey the draft. Dallas got OLB in the second round after he fell because of off-field i sues.The players (points) No. 15 OT , LSU (86) No. 23 OLB , Nebraska (78) No. 28 CB , UConn (73) 4. Atlanta Falcons: 233 points (5 players)Overview: The drafted five Hot 100 players, including two who were in the top 30, and got them with their first five picks. Atlanta got two of their Hot 100 players on the third day with WR (fourth-rounder, 107th overall) and DT (fifth-rounder, 137th overall).The players (points) No. 12 OLB , Clemson (89) No. 30 CB , LSU (71) No. 46 RB , Indiana (55) No. 84 DT , Clemson (17) No. 100 WR , East Carolina (1) 5. New York Jets: 224 points (5 players)Overview: The also got five Hot 100 players, including DL -- the No. 1 player on Brandt's list -- with the sixth pick of the draft. They drafted the five with their first five selections, including two excellent-value picks on the third day -- QB in the fourth round (103rd overall) and G in the fifth (152nd overall). The ' second-round pick was WR , who was the 37th overall pick. He also was ranked 37th on Brandt's list.The players (points) No. 1 DL , USC (100) No. 37 WR , Ohio State (64) No. 53 QB , Baylor (48) No. 91 OLB , Louisville (10) No. 99 G , Texas A&M (2) 6. Houston Texans: 221 (3 players)Overview: The drafted just three of the Hot 100, but each was a top-39 player, so they got excellent value. Houston ended up with two of Brandt's top 22 players. CB , the ' first-round pick, was No. 22 on Brandt's list. But Houston drafted WR , No. 21 on the list, in the third round -- 70th overall.The players (points) No. 21 WR , Arizona State (80) No. 22 CB , Wake Forest (79) No. 39 ILB , Mi si sippi State (62) 7. Chicago Bears: 216 points (5 players)Overview: The got five Hot 100 players, including two of the top 32 on Brandt's list. WR was Brandt's No. 4 player and Chicago got him with the seventh pick. DT was Brandt's No. 32 player, and the got him with the 39th pick. Chicago also got excellent value with RB (fourth-rounder, 106th overall) and S (fifth-rounder, 142nd overall).The players (points) No. 4 WR , West Virginia (97) No. 32 DT , Florida State (69) No. 77 C , Oregon (24) No. 87 RB , Michigan State (14) No. 89 S , Penn State (12) 8. New York Giants: 213 points (3 players)Overview: The ended up with three Hot 100 players; each was in the top 50 on Brandt's list. New York got two of Brandt's top 25, selecting OT in the first round and S in the second. Flowers was 16th on Brandt's list, Collins 25th. They also got good value with third-round pick ; they drafted him 74th overall, and he was 49th on Brandt's list.The players (points) No. 16 OT , Miami (85) No. 25 S , Alabama (76) No. 49 DE , UCLA (52) 9. Miami Dolphins: 201 points (3 players)Overview: The finished with three Hot 100 players, and each was ranked in the top 60, including two that were considered first-rounders by Brandt. Miami got DT in Fred Warner Jersey the second round; he was No. 31 on Brandt's list. Miami got tremendous value in RB . He was a fifth-round pick (149th overall) who was ranked No. 60 on Brandt's list. Concerns about Ajayi's knee caused his slide down draft boards.The players (points) No. 11 WR , WR, Louisville (90) No. 31 DT , DT, Oklahoma (70) No. 60 RB , RB, Boise State (41) 10. New Orleans Saints: 198 points (4 players)Overview: New Orleans was one of two teams with two first-round picks, but using the Hot 100 as a guide, the didn't do nearly as well as the , who were the other team with two first-rounders. New Orleans chose OT with its initial first-round selection and LB with its second. Anthony's selection looks like a reach, though: He went 31st overall but was ranked 56th by Brandt.The players (points) No. 17 OT , Stanford (84) No. 56 LB , Clemson (45) No. 63 CB , Florida State (38) No. 70 QB , Colorado State (31) 11. Baltimore Ravens: 191 (4 players)Overview: Despite not picking any earlier than 23rd in any of the first four rounds, the got four Hot 100 players -- one in each of the first four rounds. WR was 10th on Brandt's list, but Baltimore got him with the 26th pick. The also got good value with third-rounder (90th pick) and fourth-rounder (122nd pick).The players (points) No. 10 WR , UCF (91) No. 54 TE , Minnesota (47) No. 59 DT , Iowa (42) No. 90 DE , Kentucky (11) 12. Jacksonville Jaguars: 183 points (4 players)Overview: Going by the Hot 100, the made one of the best value picks of the entire draft with DT in the sixth round. He was considered a late second-rounder by Brandt. Conversely, RB might have been overdrafted: The took him 36th overall, but he was 80th on Brandt's list.The players (points) No. 2 , Jr., OLB, Florida (99) No. 57 , DT, Ohio State (44) No. 80 , RB, Alabama (21) No. 82 , G, South Carolina (19) 13. Tenne see Titans: 178 (4 players)Overview: The look to have an excellent value with fifth-round pick ; he was drafted 138th overall, but was 86th on Brandt's list. Their other three Hot 100 players were a bit overdrafted, though, going by Brandt's rankings: QB went second overall, WR 40th and OL 66th.The players (points) No. 7 QB , Oregon (94) No. 55 WR , Mi souri (46) No. 78 OL , Utah (23) No. 86 RB , Minnesota (15) 14. Oakland Raiders: 171 points (3 players)Overview: The got a Hot 100 player with each of their first three picks. WR (first round, fourth overall) and TE (third round, 68th overall) were drafted close to Brandt's ranking, but DE Mario Edwards, Jr., the second-rounder, might have been overdrafted; he went 35th but was ranked 58th.The players (points) No. 3 WR , Alabama (98) No. 58 DL Mario Edwards, Jr., Florida State (43) No. 71 TE , Miami (30) 15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 168 points (3 players)Overview: The Bucs nabbed three Hot 100 players in the first two rounds. While QB and OT were drafted close to their rankings (in fact, Smith was taken 34th overall -- and ranked 34th on Brandt's list), OL might have been overdrafted. The Bucs traded up to take him at No. 61 overall; he was 96th on Brandt's list.The players (points) No. 5 QB , Florida State (96) No. 34 OT , Penn State (67) No. 96 OL , Hobart (5) 16. San Francisco 49ers: 155 points (3 players)Overview: The got Hot 100 players with each of their first three picks, but the order in Bill Romanowski Jersey which they were drafted didn't match their ranking. The first-round pick was DL , who ranked 38th. The second-round pick was S , who ranked 74th. And the third-round pick was OLB , who ranked 36th -- and was drafted 79th overall.The players (points) No. 36 OLB , Virginia (65) No. 38 DL , Oregon (63) No. 74 S , Samford (27) 17. Washington Redskins: 149 points (2 players)Overview: The got relatively good value with their first two picks, but that was it for Hot 100 players. They had the Nos. 95 and 105 overall picks, but didn't get a Hot 100 guy at either spot.The players (points) No. 8 OL , Iowa (93) No. 45 DE/OLB , Mi si sippi State (56) 18. Denver Broncos: 143 points (3 players)Overview: The got Hot 100 guys in each of the first three rounds. They were able to get OLB , ranked in the top 20 by Brandt, at No. 23 because of Ray's off-field i sues.The players (points) No. 18 OLB , Mi souri (83) No. 67 OT , Colorado State (34) No. 75 TE , Ohio State (26) 19. San Diego Chargers: 140 points (2 players)Overview: San Diego got Hot 100 players with each of its first two picks -- and the got them with picks that were incredibly close or right on their rankings. RB was ranked 14th by Brandt and went 15th overall. ILB was ranked 48th by Brandt -- and he went 48th overall. But third-round pick , a cornerback from Texas State who was the 83rd overall pick, wasn't in the Hot 100.The players (points) No. 14 RB , RB, Wisconsin (87) No. 48 ILB , LB, Miami (53) 20. Indianapolis Colts: 137 points (3 players)Overview: Indy got three Hot 100 players, but the ' first-round pick might have been a bit of a reach. WR went 29th overall, but was ranked 40th by Brandt. CB , the ' second pick, might have been a bargain: He was 43rd on Brandt's list but went with the first pick of the third round (65th overall).The players (points) No. 40 WR , Miami (61) No. 43 CB , Florida Atlantic (58) No. 83 DE , Stanford (18) 21. Cincinnati Bengals: 136 points (3 players)Overview: The drafted three Hot 100 players, including one they grabbed in the fourth round. Going by the Hot 100 rankings, they overdrafted (drafted 21st, ranked 40th) in the first round, got a bargain with second-rounder (drafted 53rd, ranked 33) and got another bargain with fourth-rounder (drafted 120th, ranked 93rd). But neither of their third-round picks (Nos. 85 and 99) were Hot 100 guys.The players (points) No. 33 OT , Oregon (68) No. 41 OT , Texas A&M (60) No. 93 DB , USC (8) T-22. Kansas City Chiefs: 129 points (3 players)Overview: The had four picks in the first three rounds and came away with three Top 100 players. Interestingly, their Keena Turner Jersey second pick -- OL , taken 49th overall -- wasn't one of them. Third-round WR was taken 76th overall but ranked 52nd on Brandt's list.The players (points) No. 27 CB , Washington (74) No. 52 WR , Georgia (49) No. 95 CB , Oregon State (6) T-22. Philadelphia Eagles: 129 points (2 players)Overview: Philadelphia grabbed a Hot 100 player in each of the first two rounds, but the ' third-round selection, Texas LB , was not ranked by Brandt. The draft spots of WR (drafted 20th) and DB (47th) generally matched where they were ranked by Brandt.The players (points) No. 29 WR , USC (72) No. 44 DB , Utah (57) 24. Steelers: 109 points (2 players)Overview: Pittsburgh got a Hot 100 player in the first and third rounds, but second-round pick , a cornerback who went 56th overall, was not on Brandt's list.The players (points) No. 20 OLB Bud Dupree, Kentucky (81) No. 73 WR , Auburn (28) 25. Green Bay Packers: 103 points (3 players)Overview: The draft slots of Green Bay's first two picks -- S (drafted 30th overall) and CB (62nd) -- matched up well with their rankings in the Hot 100. But third-rounder , a wide receiver, wasn't in the Hot 100. The flipside to that: Fifth-round pick was taken with the 147th overall pick -- 50 spots lower than his Hot 100 ranking.The players (points) No. 35 S , Arizona State (66) No. 68 CB , Miami of Ohio (33) No. 97 QB , UCLA (4) 26. St. Louis Rams: 102 points (2 players)Overview: The Nesta Jade Silvera Jersey had four picks in the first three rounds, yet came away with just two Hot 100 players. Offensive linemen (second-round pick) and (third-rounder) were not in the Hot 100.The players (points) No. 6 RB , Georgia (95) No. 94 QB , Oregon State (7) 27. Carolina Panthers: 100 points (3 players)Overview: The got Hot 100 players with each of their first three picks -- and one of those was in the fourth round. But they appear to have vastly overdrafted LB , their first-rounder. Thompson was taken 25th overall, but he was 62nd on Brandt's list. Carolina also appears to have overdrafted WR , the team's second-round pick. He went 41st overall and was ranked 69th by Brandt. Conversely, the fourth-round selection was OL , who ranked 72nd but was nabbed with the 102nd pick.The players (points) No. 62 OLB , Washington (39) No. 69 WR , Michigan (32) No. 72 OL , Oklahoma (29) 28. Detroit Lions: 94 points (3 players)Overview: The drafted a Hot 100 player in each of the first three rounds, but they appear to have overdrafted G , their first-rounder. He went 28th overall, but was ranked 64th by Brandt.The players (points) No. 64 G , Duke (37) No. 66 RB , Nebraska (35) No. 79 CB , Stanford (22) 29. New England Patriots: 93 points (2 picks)Overview: The drafted two Hot 100 players and got good value with each. They selected DT with the No. 32 pick; he ranked 24th. And they got G Tre' Jackson with the 111th selection; he ranked 85th. But they had three picks in-between those two -- and none of the draftees (S , DE and OLB ) were ranked.The players (points) No. 24 DT , Texas (77) No. 85 G Tre' Jackson, Florida State (16) 30. Arizona Cardinals: 85 points (2 players)Overview: The got a Hot 100 guy in the first and third rounds. But second-round pick , an edge rusher, wasn't ranked by Brandt.The players (points) No. 19 OT , Florida (82) No. 98 RB , Northern Iowa (3) 31. Buffalo Bills: 54 points (1 player)Overview: The were one of two teams without a first-round pick. Buffalo got CB in the second round, with the 50th overall pick; he was No. 47 in the Hot 100. But third-round pick , a guard, wasn't ranked by Brandt.The players (points) No. 47 CB Florida State (54) 32. Seattle Seahawks: 20 points (1 player)Overview: Seattle was the other team without a first-round selection. The used a third-round pick, 69th overall, on WR , who was ranked 81st by Brandt. But second-rounder , a defensive end, wasn't in the Hot 100.The players (points) No. 81 WR , Kansas State (20)Mike Huguenin can be reached at [email protected]. You also can follow him on Twitter .
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