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Subscribe to the Sharp Football Email Newsletter to receive all our 2026 NFL content: Subscribe to our newsletter: Leave this field empty if you're human: The 2026 NFL draft is in the books, which means it's time to hand out grades. I know some people roll their eyes at draft grades because we won't actually know how teams fared until a few years down the road, but here's my argument for why draft grades matter. It's important to understand the initial impression of each class because it will inform our perception down the road. Let's say Fernando Mendoza turns into a bust. Does Raiders GM John Spytek deserve criticism for that selection? Maybe a little, but it's likely each of the other 31 GMs would have made the same call in his shoes. No matter what happens to Mendoza, that selection was the correct choice in the moment. Now, let's say Jadarian Price is a bust. Does John Schneider deserve criticism for desperately reaching for a running back few others would have gambled on in the first round? Of course! That was a decision very few others would have made in his shoes. So if both Price and Mendoza are busts, the result is the same for each franchise, but we'll look at Spytek and Schneider very differently. That's not to say my draft grades are perfect. They're just one set of many grades worth looking at this week. What is valuable is the collective perception of these draft classes, because these grades will inform our perception of what happened when we eventually look back on the draft years later. So here is my letter grade for each franchise in addition to a few superlatives for each draft class. 2026 NFL Draft Grades: All 32 Teams [[["Team","Draft Grade"],["Buffalo Bills","A"],["Kansas City Chiefs","A"],["Las Vegas Raiders","A"],["Indianapolis Colts","A-"],["Miami Dolphins","A-"],["New York Jets","A-"],["Tampa Bay Buccaneers","A-"],["Tennessee Titans","A-"],["Baltimore Ravens","B+"],["Cincinnati Bengals","B+"],["Dallas Cowboys","B+"],["Green Bay Packers","B+"],["New York Giants","B+"],["San Francisco 49ers","B+"],["Carolina Panthers","B"],["Chicago Bears","B"],["Cleveland Browns","B"],["Minnesota Vikings","B"],["Philadelphia Eagles","B"],["New Orleans Saints","B-"],["Seattle Seahawks","B-"],["Detroit Lions","C+"],["Washington Commanders","C+"],["Pittsburgh Steelers","C+"],["Atlanta Falcons","C"],["Houston Texans","C"],["New England Patriots","C"],["Denver Broncos","C-"],["Los Angeles Chargers","C-"],["Arizona Cardinals","D+"],["Jacksonville Jaguars","F"],["Los Angeles Rams","F"]],[{"row":0,"col":0,"visualRow":0,"visualCol":0,"prop":0},{"row":0,"col":1,"visualRow":0,"visualCol":1,"prop":1,"className":"htCenter"},{"row":1,"col":0,"visualRow":1,"visualCol":0,"prop":0},{"row":1,"col":1,"visualRow":1,"visualCol":1,"prop":1,"className":"htLeft"},{"row":2,"col":0,"visualRow":2,"visualCol":0,"prop":0},{"row":2,"col":1,"visualRow":2,"visualCol":1,"prop":1,"className":"htLeft"},{"row":3,"col":0,"visualRow":3,"visualCol":0,"prop":0},{"row":3,"col":1,"visualRow":3,"visualCol":1,"prop":1,"className":"htLeft"},{"row":4,"col":0,"visualRow":4,"visualCol":0,"prop":0},{"row":4,"col":1,"visualRow":4,"visualCol":1,"prop":1,"className":"htLeft"},{"row":5,"col":0,"visualRow":5,"visualCol":0,"prop":0},{"row":5,"col":1,"visualRow":5,"visualCol":1,"prop":1,"className":"htLeft"},{"row":6,"col":0,"visualRow":6,"visualCol":0,"prop":0},{"row":6,"col":1,"visualRow":6,"visualCol":1,"prop":1,"className":"htLeft"},{"row":7,"col":0,"visualRow":7,"visualCol":0,…