More technical breakdown of the Super Bowl.

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Originally Posted by Couch-Potato

Pretty amazing draft now that you take a moment to look back and realize how much these guys contributed to a Super Bowl this year:

Round 1: No. 21 (from NE) – Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington

Round 1: No. 30 – George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue

Round 2: No. 54 (from NE) – Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan

Round 2: No. 62 – Bryan Cook, S, Cincinnati

Round 3: No. 103 – Leo Chenal, LB, Wisconsin

Round 4: No. 135 – Joshua Williams, CB, Fayetteville State

Round 5: No. 145 (from SEA via DET via DEN) – Darian Kinnard, OT, Kentucky

Round 7: No. 243 (from LV via NE) – Jaylen Watson, CB, Washington State

Round 7: No. 251 – Isaih Pachecho, RB, Rutgers

Round 7: No. 259 – Nazeeh Johnson, S, Marshall

The most incredible thing is the room for growth. All of those guys at times played well, but there was also a lot of predictable rookie inconsistency and some poor play too.

Growth isn't linear, one or two of these guys probably won't amount to much more than depth guys. But it feels completely plausible that 3-4 also improve, 1-2 maybe very significantly. Obvious candidates for me are Karlaftis, who I think has a lot of room for growth, Skyy Moore who I felt was held back by his understanding rather than athletic limitations, and Chenal, LB is a haaard position to come in and dominate straight away, but he flashed enough to think he could be very, very good at least as a run-stuffing pass-rushing type. At least one of those DBs is going to improve too.