The NFL Draft generally doesn't end up making or breaking the season for bettors. Usually, the teams which were going to contend for the Super Bowl heading into the offseason were the ones who will ultimately be there in the end, but there are a few teams which made some tangible strides forward and some who really failed to reach the mark over the weekend.
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Arizona Cardinals +1151
Atlanta Falcons +4200
Baltimore Ravens +2876
Buffalo Bills +4500
Carolina Panthers +1004
Chicago Bears +7000
Cincinnati Bengals +1729
Cleveland Browns +20000
Dallas Cowboys +1729
Denver Broncos +1370
Detroit Lions +6500
Green Bay Packers +1215
Houston Texans +2560
Indianapolis Colts +1987
Jacksonville Jaguars +4800
Kansas City Chiefs +2195
Los Angeles Rams +4500
Miami Dolphins +5500
Minnesota Vikings +2560
New England Patriots +825
New Orleans Saints +7000
New York Giants +3405
New York Jets +4800
Oakland Raiders +4000
Philadelphia Eagles +4500
Pittsburgh Steelers +825
San Diego Chargers +6000
Seattle Seahawks +802
San Francisco 49ers +10000
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +8000
Tennessee Titans +10000
Washington Redskins +4800
NFL Draft Winners
Houston Texans – Rick Smith and Bill O'Brien knew that the Texans had to completely rework their offense, and they've done just that. They gave Brock Osweiler two new weapons with a ton of speed in Will Fuller and Braxton Miller, and they also gave him a new center in Nick Martin, a man who has the look of a 10-year center in this league. Houston was already right there with Indianapolis as the favorite in the AFC South, and this draft might've just put it over the top if Fuller can come in and make an impact immediate as DeAndre Hopkins was able to do when he had Andre Johnson lined up across from him. This price of +2560 to win the Super Bowl might still seem a bit short for a team which has never advanced to the AFC Championship Game, let alone to the Super Bowl, but the pieces are there to potentially make a big run.
Oakland Raiders – The Raiders are playing in a division which could be wide open this year if Paxton Lynch doesn't pan out for Denver as a starting quarterback. Oakland's offense got cemented together over the course of the last few years with Derek Carr under center, Latavius Murray running the ball and Amari Cooper catching it. Now, Jack Del Rio has gotten himself another cornerstone to his defense to add to Khalil Mack. Karl Joseph is a mean, hard-hitting safety who can change the game like Charles Woodson was able to for all those years. For our money, Oakland gets an A+ for picking both Joseph and Shaq Calhoun, two men who should be able to step in and start immediately for a defense which clearly had some big holes to fill coming into the offseason.
NFL Draft Losers
New England Patriots – We're really not sure what the Pats did with this draft. Sure, they didn't have a first round pick because of Deflategate, but the extra second rounder added in the Chandler Jones trade only panned out to be Joe Thuney, a man who might not be ready to step in and block someone like, say Jones in Week 1 when the Pats play the Cards. Cyrus Jones was a fine pickup for a nickel corner, but is that really the best player New England got in this draft? We would've liked to see the Patriots go after another receiver to help out Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo.
Carolina Panthers – It's also a little puzzling to try to figure out this draft Carolina had. The NFC champs didn't need a heck of a lot, but they didn't get a heck of a lot either. They drafted three straight corners in hopes of finding one to replace Josh Norman, but we're not sure any of the bunch will fit into play, including the team's second pick, James Bradberry. Defensive tackle wasn't really a position of need for the Panthers, yet they took Vernon Butler at No. 30. No wide receiver for Cam Newton? No edge rusher to try to help out the very best linebacking corps in the league? Sure, you can't do a heck of a lot at pick No. 30 in the first round, but the Panthers didn't do anything to help out their Super Bowl chances with this draft, and that's why they're still hovering just above 10 to 1 to win it all this season.
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