Winners and losers from dramatic 1st round of 2018 NFL Draft

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A thrilling opening round of the 2018 NFL Draft is in the books, and there's a ton to unpack.

Let's evaluate who were the big winners and losers from the first 32 picks.

Winners

Josh Rosen

Rosen, derided by a legion of anonymous scouts for having interests outside of football, landed in an ideal situation when the Cardinals traded up to the No. 10 pick to select him. His reward? An offense led by David Johnson and future Hall of Fame wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, while the Cardinals look to prove they're still relevant in an increasingly competitive NFC West. Not far from his home state of California, Rosen is hell-bent on proving several teams wrong, while destroying tropes in the process. - Arun Srinivasan

Ravens fans

After years of watching the cement-footed Joe Flacco heave deep ball after deep ball, hoping for a pass interference penalty, Ravens fans have hope on offense with the Lamar Jackson pick. Grabbing the electric Louisville quarterback with the 32nd pick will inject life into the league's 27th-ranked offense in yards-per-game. Baltimore certainly has some decisions to make about how to use Jackson with Flacco still under contract, but the addition of the draft's most exciting player is a huge win for the fan base. - Dane Belbeck

Eli Manning

Eli Manning is now gifted with one of the most electrifying playmakers in recent memory after the Giants took Barkley second overall. Manning, often used a Rorschach test, can rely on a host of weapons in trying to lead the Giants out of the basement and toward one final Super Bowl run. Call Manning all the names you'd like, but he's got no excuse for failure in 2018. - Arun Srinivasan

Running backs

There was a convention in league circles that running backs weren't worth first-round picks. Apparently, NFL general managers know more than the Twitterati, with Saquon Barkley becoming the highest selected running back since Reggie Bush in 2006, while Rashaad Penny and Sony Michel went to the Seahawks and Patriots, respectively.

Debate all you want about market inefficiency or whatever buzz word you want to use to win bar arguments, running backs are still a valuable commodity. - Arun Srinivasan

Bears

Chicago's sneaky good defense got that much better on the first night of the draft. The Bears finished 2017 with a top-10 defense and brought aboard one of the top defensive prospects in the draft in linebacker Roquan Smith.

That the Bears didn't have to budge from their perch at No. 8 to get him makes the selection that much sweeter. - Michael McClymont

Losers

Bills

The Bills entered the day in one of the most enviable positions, with the No. 12 and No. 22 picks in hand. They used those picks to move up to get their quarterback of the future, but coughed up two second-round draft picks to land what amounts to a project at the position.

Buffalo added a premier talent in linebacker Tremaine Edmunds at No. 16 but relinquished a third-round pick in trade up to do so. All of that capital the rebuilding team stockpiled is significantly depleted.- Michael McClymont

Tyrod Taylor

Taylor was named the Browns' 2018 starter in mid-March, with head coach Hue Jackson insisting that wouldn't change regardless of who Cleveland ultimately took with the first overall pick. However, while Taylor might have been able to hold off the raw talents of Josh Allen or Sam Darnold, it's hard to envision the uber-competitive and more NFL-ready Baker Mayfield being content on the bench for too long.

Sorry, Tyrod, but the 2017 Heisman winner is taking your job before Week 1. - Jack Browne

Harold Landry

The NFL draft is a fickle beast and a player often bound to be taken in the first round inexplicably drops. Welcome to Harold Landry's evening, as the defensive end was left waiting as his cohorts took the stage Thursday. An excellent pass rusher, Landry may be fuming as Day 2 rages on. At least it'll serve as motivation against the other 31 teams. - Arun Srinivasan

AFC West QBs

Thursday's opening round was a highly entertaining affair, unless you are one of the four starting quarterbacks in the AFC West. Two of the three teams from the division that held first-round picks opted to go with defense, as the Denver Broncos added Bradley Chubb at No. 5 and the Los Angeles Chargers grabbed Derwin James at No. 17. That means a division that already has defensive studs such as Khalil Mack, Von Miller, Joey Bosa, and Justin Houston only got better, and pivots lacking in foot speed like Philip Rivers, Derek Carr, and Case Keenum are going to be under siege all season. - Dane Belbeck

Raiders

If Oakland's first draft under Jon Gruden is a sign of what's to come, then it could be a long decade for Raiders fans.

First, the Raiders made arguably the worst pick of the first round by reaching for offensive tackle Kolton Miller at No. 15 overall. The putrid defense should have been the priority and potential game-wreckers Derwin James and Tremaine Edmunds were still on the board. Next, Oakland took a huge risk by sending a third-rounder to the Steelers for troubled receiver Martavis Bryant, who's one more drug violation away from a one-way ticket out of the NFL. - Jack Browne

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