2018 NFL Draft winners and losers from D

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2018 NFL Draft winners and losers from D

The second day of the New Jersey Devils Jacket 2018 NFL Draft wrapped, which means we're roughly halfway through the draft -- time-wise we're past the point, but there are still four grinding rounds to go on Saturday. Whose family doesn't love a little draft party at noon? (Answer: mine.) Friday's action felt a little subdued after a wild Thursday, but we still saw plenty of teams separate themselves from the pack.Let's take a look at some winners and losers from the second day of the draft, bearing in mind we are just grading them on Friday's action. If you love these, hate these or just need to yell at someone . WINNERSFans of the G Men showed up in my mentions all day Friday . Hopefully they'll be appeased after I flip them to the other side following Dave Gettleman's decision to wet his beak with a little Hog Molly -- the Giants went to the trenches with all three of their second-day picks. Things started poorly for Gettleman, with him deciding to make fun of nerds in his post-Round 1 pre s conference: Dave Gettleman explains why analytics don't work for Saquon Barkley. Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) Seriously, he was mocking analytics and people who devalue running backs by pretending to type on a keyboard. Just yell "take that, nerrrrrrrds!" or something while you're at it. Instead of doing that, Gettleman just decided to annihilate the draft on his second day with the Giants.With the second pick of the second round, he nabbed , a nasty guard out of who will work well in combination with Barkley. Then he circled back with the No. 66 pick and snared , the pa s rusher who should give an injection of pa s-rushing speed to James Bettcher's defense. Gettleman rounded out his day by grabbing NC State defensive tackle B.J. Hill with the No. 69 pick. Hill was excellent in pre-draft workouts and gives the Giants a nasty rotation on the interior between (who can take more breaks now), and Hill.Even the staunchest anti-RB-early person would admit the Giants are doing a tremendous job in this draft through the first two days, and their haul on the second day makes them much stronger on both sides of the line, where Gettleman loves to be staunch. Take that for data. Give Jason Licht a lot of credit for the foresight he showed on Thursday night when the Buccaneers were willing to sit there at No. 7, palm out, taking the ' money so Buffalo could move up and grab . Licht risked losing out on a prospect he wanted, but instead he was able to move down and get anyway. The move paid ma sive dividends on Saturday, when Licht used Cory Schneider Jersey a pile of second-round picks to improve the Bucs roster.Ronald Jones fills a need (running back) after offseason departure, and even if he isn't a true feature back, he can take this primary job and run with it. He's as explosive as any back in the draft, a true home run threat. M.J. Stewart is an underrated corner out of , although grabbing him at No. 53 felt a little bit higher than he might go. Still, a position of need for the Bucs. is a double down at that spot and a nice selection out of . , who looks like he might go on tour with Widespread Panic in his spare time, was described by Mike Mayock as a bouncer -- to sing people out of the club and whatnot -- on the NFL Network broadcast. We went from shots of Cappa looking like a hippie from Humbolt to him rag-dolling Division II kids.Making good picks is pretty important in the (duh). But it's easier when you make smart moves to acquire more picks. When those become quality selections, that's how you hit a home run in the draft. Licht may have just done that on Day 2. . It's like they took the transaction log from the 2017 , printed it out and did their best to just follow it. It's working! Day 2 of the draft featured more help for , as the Bears utilized a pair of second-round picks to snag a pair of highly-coveted players. out of was Graeme Clarke Jersey the top center on a lot of boards after injury and his fall to No. 39 was a little surprising given the emphasis on interior offensive linemen in the draft during the early proceedings. Giving Trubisky a young center to work and grow with is a smart move. So is adding the extremely talented , a wide receiver the Bears picked up with the No. 51 overall selection. His upside is through the roof. Their pa s-catching depth chart now features , , Miller, (he has upside P K Subban Women Jersey !), and . There is major sleeper potential with this team, at least in April.Good teams have a plan to build on their draft selections, and the appeared to have one on their second day of the draft. The Cardinals didn't have one of their third-round picks because of the trade for Rosen, but that should factor in here -- they used a third- and fifth-round pick to land a franchise quarterback. Nicely done. Even better, they went out and gave him some help in the second day of the draft. First up was the selection of , a guy who sort of fell through the cracks in this weak draft cla s for receivers. He's the sort of slot receiver type who can make life much easier for Rosen/Sam Bradford, while also diversifying the receiving corps around . The Cards had a compensatory pick in the third round as well and managed to snare out of , an interior offensive lineman who gives the Cards some flexibility and could end up being a long-term center for Rosen.Cincy isn't getting any attention because they're the one AFC North team that isn't MAKING A SPLASH. The got , the got , the got , and the Bengals are just piling up boring non-quarterbacks. Fortunately for Cincy that's what they need if they want to win in 2018 and they added some really nice players on defense in Day 2. Wake Forest safety Je se Bates is a hard-hitting addition to an already volatile secondary, defensive end is another body Cincy can put in its increasingly deep pa s-rush rotation and linebacker was a guy who profiled as a first-round pick this time last year, so there is plenty of upside there for growth. The Bengals have upside as a contender in their division or a wild-card team this year, but need impact Stefan Noesen Men Jersey guys out of the draft to make it happen. Can I be honest here? I'm scared to suggest the Raiders aren't doing things the right way because I'm worried Jon Gruden is just outflanking all of us and we don't realize it yet. People are very high on Kolten Miller, but there's reason to be concerned if it's a Tom Cable-driven decision. On Day 2 of the draft, Oakland scooped up defensive lineman P.J. Hill, offensive lineman and edge rusher . They also used a pick they acquired from the Cardinals to trade for from the Steelers. So in total the Raiders have added two offensive linemen, even though the offensive line has long been considered one of the strengths of this team. And then two more of the picks were used on getting guys with MAJOR red flags in Key and Bryant. Plugging those guys on the same roster for a California-based franchise that's plotting a move to Las Vegas seems like a dangerous proposition.Again, this is a Day 2 breakdown. And the Jets, by virtue
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