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April 2025

Evaluating every NFC draft class
Running through the strongest and weakest hauls from the draft weekend
 • 
Oliver Connolly
1
2:42:52
Evaluating every AFC draft class
Running through the strongest and weakest hauls from the draft weekend
 • 
Oliver Connolly
2:35:47
NFL Draft: Pick-by-pick analysis -- first round
The picks, the prospects, the scheme fits, the value
 • 
Oliver Connolly
1
2:39:36
A new way to evaluate the cost of draft picks -- and to analyze trades
How to properly apportion value to every pick in the draft, and what it means for Draft weekend deals
 • 
Josh Queipo
2
2025 NFL Draft Horizontal Board
A full horizontal draft board with 280 prospects
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Oliver Connolly
Final NFL Draft thoughts and tiers
Running through the latest pre-draft rumors and figuring out our final tiers
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Oliver Connolly
1:47:09
2025 NFL Draft Tiers: Linebackers
Jihaad Campbell, Carson Schwesinger and searching for lower-round gems
 • 
Oliver Connolly
1:49:00
How would you change the draft?
Looking at proposals to alter, re-shape or overhaul the current draft structure
 • 
Oliver Connolly
 and 
Josh Queipo
2
1:38:47
Mock Draft Monday
The Read Optional Podcast's lone mock draft
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Oliver Connolly
5
1:59:45
2025 NFL Draft Tiers: Offensive Line -- Part II
The big, powerful interior linemen are coming
 • 
Oliver Connolly
1:47:30
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