Welcome to The Athletic’s pick-by-pick grades for Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft. Which teams filled a need with a potential star? Which GMs might wind up regretting their decisions down the line? Because we won’t know those full answers until the incoming rookie class has been in the league for a few seasons,

Well, that was a wild NFL Draft. To assess the big swings and misses from the 32 NFL teams, our draft experts handed out early team-by-team grades.

The AFC made waves in the 2025 NFL Draft. Of course, the Tennessee Titans got things started with the selection of Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick, but there was bedlam right after that with the Jacksonville Jaguars pulling off a blockbuster trade to land Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter at No.