2018 NFL Draft: Biggest winners & losers from Round 1

The highly anticipated first round of the 2018 NFL Draft has come and gone. Niner Noise looks at the biggest winners and losing coming out of it.

“Every year someone comes out of this looking like a donkey,” fictional Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver Jr. says in the movie Draft Day. Even though the film about the draft itself is fictional, this line is very real.

Every year, some team makes a very odd decision that will haunt them for years to come. And fans will hate the front office for that.

On the other hand, there are teams that come out of the first round looking like seasoned pros, making moves that will help their franchise long term.

However, I don’t just want to focus on general managers here. There are also players that “win” and “lose” during the draft. Whether if it is a team drafting an offensive lineman to help out its quarterback or a team drafting a player to replace a starter — I’m looking at you, Trent Brown (recently traded to the Patriots after the 49ers selected offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey with their first-round pick) — current players are also going to be watching the draft very closely for various reasons.

Here are the biggest winners and losers out of the first round of this year’s NFL Draft.