Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!If I've learned one thing in my life, it's that if you put an event in Las Vegas, there's a 100% chance it's going to be absolutely crazy and the 2022 was no exception. I hope someone gave the draft a breathalyzer before it went home last night, because it was drunk.The first round basically turned out how a trip to Vegas usually goes: Things start off quietly and then, before you know it, you're pa sed out in a gutter covered in tequila. Although there wasn't much action with the first 10 picks, the draft went totally off the rails after that with nine trades over the final 22 picks of Earl Campbell Jersey the first round.If you're wondering whether that's a record, we'll be letting you know later on in the newsletter. We'll also be letting you know what the biggest surprises were in the first round, plus we'll be giving you a Day 2 mock draft that will include both the second and third rounds.If you're going to be out and about over the next two days, but you still want to keep tabs on who's being picked, and going to our draft tracker. If you plan on watching the draft tonight, it starts at 7 p.m. ET and will be televised by ABC, ESPN, and Network (If you want to know how to watch the final four rounds on Saturday, ). As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to do is . Alright, let's get to the rundown. 1. Today's show: NFL Draft winners and losers for Round 1If this entire newsletter is a jumbled me s today, it's because I stayed up until 3 a.m. last night recording a draft recap podcast with Will Brinson, Chris Trapa so and Josh Edwards. During the pod, we touched on everything you need to know Logan Ryan Jersey about the first round of the NFL Draft and let me just say, it's probably for the best that you listen.We rehashed the entire first round and if you're wondering how long it takes to do that, I can tell you that today's episode is not a short one. As a matter of fact, I think it clocked in at 90 minutes, which is kind of ironic, because I also think that's how much sleep I got last night. Here's a list of some of the winners and losers that we came up with after the first round:WinnersTeams in the Big Apple. The and are usually two teams we're all making fun of after the draft, but not this year, and that's because they both nailed their picks. Not only did the Jets land Sauce Gardner and , but they also traded back into the first round to get Jermaine Johnson (Johnson was viewed by many to be a po sible top-10 pick). As for the Giants, they had two highly touted players -- and -- fall right in their lap. In past years, the Giants probably Curley Culp Jersey would have kicked those guys out of their lap and taken a running back or something instead, but this year, the Giants actually drafted intelligently. . When you look around the AFC North, the Ravens easily had the best first round of any team in the division. The drafted a player ( ) who might not take a single snap this year, the selected a player ( ) who almost certainly won't be a starter in 2022 and the didn't even have a pick. As for the Ravens, they hit two home runs by getting the top safety ( ) and the top center (Todd Linderbaum) in the draft. . After taking with the second overall pick, the Lions pulled off one of the most surprising trades of the first round when they jumped up from 32nd overall to 12th overall to draft Alabama receiver . Basically, the Lions landed one player on each side of the ball and they could both turn out to be stars, which is good news for the Lions, because they don't have a lot of stars.Losers . In what seems to have become an annual occurrence at the draft, the needed a wide receiver, but they decided not to take one. This year, the fact that Green Bay didn't get a wide receiver was somewhat understandable. By the time the Packers were on the clock at the 22nd overall pick, there had been six receivers taken, so there weren't a lot options. In an interview on The Pat McAfree Show during the draft, Rodgers didn't about how things played out. However, he still doesn't have anyone to throw the ball to and that's something Green Bay will need to fix today and if they don't fix that today, Rodgers might be throwing the ball to himself this season.Malik Willis. Two weeks ago, it was looking like the Liberty quarterback might go in the top 10, but that definitely didn't happen on Thursday night. Not only did Willis get left out of the top 10, he Corey Davis Jersey went through the ENTIRE FIRST ROUND without being selected. . I'm not going to say the Saints have no idea what they're doing, but it seems like they have no idea what they're doing. They paid big to add a second first-round pick this year in a trade with the and then they paid big again to trade up from 16th overall to 11th overall in the first round. They ended up landing and Trevor Penning, which isn't bad, but it actually is when you consider what they ultimately gave up to land those two picks. ESPN's Mike Clay has a good breakdown of what the Saints traded away and you can .If you want our full list of winners and losers, then so you can listen to today's podcast. You . 2. Four biggest surprises of Round 1If you don't like surprises, then you probably hated the first-round of the NFL Draft because there were a ton of surprises. No one loves LeShaun Sims Jersey a good surprise more than CBSSports.com's Tyler Sullivan, which is why we put him in charge of writing about the biggest surprises from Round 1. With that in mind, here's our list of the biggest surprises
nly one QB drafted. Rare defensive run to start the draft. Lions trade up 20 spots for Jameson Williams. make a strange pick. Note: The and trades aren't on this list because they're on our next list, which is a list of the biggest trades from the first round.To check out Sullivan's. 3. NFL Draft goes trade crazy: A.J. Brown and Marquis Brown both get dealtAfter the first 10 picks of the draft went down on Thursday, it looked like it was going to be a boring night in Las Vegas, but as we all know, there's no such things as a boring night in Las Vegas, which might explain why things got so crazy.Starting with the 11th pick in the draft, there ended up being a total of nine trades in the first round and although some of them were small -- I'm not sure the Bills-Ravens deal even counts as a trade -- there were also some monstrous ones like the Eagles pulling off a deal for A.J. Brown. Let's take a look at the three biggest trades from the first round:A.J. Brown traded to EaglesEagles get: A.J. Brown get: 18th overall, third round (101st overall)Eagles Takeaway: I don't hate this
nly one QB drafted. Rare defensive run to start the draft. Lions trade up 20 spots for Jameson Williams. make a strange pick. Note: The and trades aren't on this list because they're on our next list, which is a list of the biggest trades from the first round.To check out Sullivan's. 3. NFL Draft goes trade crazy: A.J. Brown and Marquis Brown both get dealtAfter the first 10 picks of the draft went down on Thursday, it looked like it was going to be a boring night in Las Vegas, but as we all know, there's no such things as a boring night in Las Vegas, which might explain why things got so crazy.Starting with the 11th pick in the draft, there ended up being a total of nine trades in the first round and although some of them were small -- I'm not sure the Bills-Ravens deal even counts as a trade -- there were also some monstrous ones like the Eagles pulling off a deal for A.J. Brown. Let's take a look at the three biggest trades from the first round:A.J. Brown traded to EaglesEagles get: A.J. Brown get: 18th overall, third round (101st overall)Eagles Takeaway: I don't hate this