The 2024 #NFLDraft set MULTIPLE records:
- 6 QBs in Top 12 picks
- All offensive players in Top 10 picks
- 14 straight offensive players to start draft
- 23 offensive players in 1st round
- 8 OTs in 1st round ties record from 2008
- 7 WRs in 1st round ties record from 2004
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Caleb Williams is the only 1st-round rookie QB to join a team that both drafted a 1st-round WR in the same class (Rome Odunze) and rostered multiple players who had 1,000+ receiving yards in the season prior (DJ Moore, Keenan Allen).

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The National Champs led the way with 13 #NFLDraft picks 🔥

(h/t NFL Research)

Record 14 straight offensive players kick off historic 2024 NFL Draft, per NFL Research

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Via NFL Research: The #Falcons are the first team in the common draft era to select skill-position players in the Top 8 in four consecutive drafts: Kyle Pitts, Drake London, Bijan Robinson and Michael Penix Jr.

The 2002-04 Lions and 2007-09 Raiders did it three straight drafts.

The Lions have drafted 4 Pro Bowlers in the 1st round over the last 5 NFL Drafts, the most in the NFL.

The Lions have drafted 7 Pro Bowlers in any round over the last 5 NFL Drafts. Only the Cowboys have drafted more with 8.

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Texans make offseason history with acquisitions of Danielle Hunter, Stefon Diggs and Joe Mixon, per NFL Research

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Led by Caleb Williams, 2024 could be fourth draft in which signal-callers go in each of first three picks, per NFL Research

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The Broncos currently have 5 combined starts in their QB room between Jarrett Stidham and Ben DiNucci, the fewest of any team in the NFL.

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For the “But Marvin Harrison Jr. didn’t workout crowd”…

Fastest WR as a ball carrier in the NFL last season (per Next Gen Stats):

1. DK Metcalf - 22.23 MPH
2. Tyreek Hill - 22.01 MPH

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From 2021-2022 there were 19 quarterbacks selected in the NFL Draft

Only 2 of those 19 are expected to start in Week 1:

Trevor Lawrence (first pick in 2021)

Brock Purdy (last pick in 2022)

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From NFL Research

Only 2 quarterbacks have won fewer than 20 games and lost 25+ games since 2021:

Russell Wilson (17-27 W-L)
Justin Fields (10-28 W-L)

Players with multiple Defensive Player of the Year awards and a Super Bowl win:

Aaron Donald (3 DPOY, 1 SB)
HOF Lawrence Taylor
HOF Ray Lewis
HOF Reggie White
HOF Joe Greene
HOF Mike Singletary

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Some Keenan Allen notes per NFL Research

Since 1950, there have been 2 quarterbacks to improve year to year in each of these categories over their first 3 NFL seasons:

-Wins
-Pass yards
-Completion percentage
-Interception percentage
-Passer rating

Josh Allen
Justin Fields

(min. 10 starts each season)
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Caleb Williams had 1,861 pass yards and 22 pass TD when under pressure over the last 2 seasons, both the most in the FBS (PFF).

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Great nugget from NFL Research- last year there were 5 OT’s (college position) selected in the first round. 4 of the 5 lined up at RT as rookies. The 5th lined up at OG (Skoronski). Keep that in mind the next time someone says you can’t take a RT in 1st rd.

The teams to spend the most money in free agency each of the last 5 offseasons all increased their wins by at least 3 from the previous season:

2023 Broncos (+3 wins)
2022 Jaguars (+6)*
2021 Patriots (+3)*
2020 Dolphins (+5)
2019 Jets (+3)

*made playoffs

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Chicago Bears QB history context:

• Only team to never have a QB throw for 4,000+ pass yards OR 30+ pass TD in a season

• Last All-Pro QB was Johnny Lujack in 1950 (Sid Luckman made 5 All-Pros in the 1940s)

• Bears 1st-Round QBs in Common Draft Era:

- Justin Fields (2021)…