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NFL Draft 2022: 5 worst picks of the first round

By Mike Phillips

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 28: (L-R) Jameson Williams poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell onstage after being selected 12th by the Detroit Lions during round one of the 2022 NFL Draft on April 28, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 28: (L-R) Jameson Williams poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell onstage after being selected 12th by the Detroit Lions during round one of the 2022 NFL Draft on April 28, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – JANUARY 13: Cornerback Derek Stingley, Jr. #24 of the LSU Tigers during the College Football Playoff National Championship game against the Clemson Tigers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana. LSU defeated Clemson 42 to 25. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /

Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. 3. player. 10. CB. LSU. Derek Stingley Jr.

A total of eight teams entered the first round with multiple picks, giving them opportunities to add tremendous value to their roster, but not everyone was smart with their selections. The Houston Texans, who have been making questionable decisions for years, made a pair of bad choices with their draft picks tonight.

The first odd move came at No. 3, when the Texans tabbed LSU’s Derek Stingley as their selection. If this pick was made after the 2019 season, it would have made sense since Stingley dominated as a freshman at LSU and helped the Tigers win the national championship.

Foot injuries have hurt Stingley ever since, limiting his impact over the past two seasons, and his game tape has not been as good since that magical 2019 season. The talent is there for Stingley, but he hasn’t been nearly as productive as Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner, who went one pick later to the New York Jets at 4.

Picking Stingley over Gardner was a bad call if the Texans felt that cornerback was a need area. Reaching for Stingley at 3 made it worse since most mock drafts had him projected towards the back end of the Top 10, giving Houston an opportunity to trade back and add more assets to a roster that needs essentially everything, but Nick Caserio decided to sit here and pass on more sure things for a big gamble.

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