2025 NFL Draft offers tons of offensive and defensive line help
USA TODAY Sports’ Tyler Dragon breaks down the deepest part of the 2025 NFL Draft, offensive and defensive lineman.
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On April 24, the 2025 NFL Draft will kick off from Green Bay, Wisconsin, with the start of Round 1. The first 32 picks will be announced that evening to start the three-day event that will see 257 total players drafted to the NFL.
That’s why we’re using two other methods for this exercise: the Rich Hill and Fitzgerald-Spielberger trade value charts. Both take into account the rookie wage scale and compensatory picks. The Rich Hill chart more closely reflects what NFL teams actually use and the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart considers historic player production from specific picks since 2011.
The rankings differ for some teams because the Rich Hill chart values higher picks in each round and has a larger drop-off between picks. By comparison, the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart has a smaller spread in value between picks, meaning teams with more picks in the first four rounds and throughout the draft typically have more value.
Here’s how the teams rank:
2025 NFL Draft: Team value rankings
Teams are sorted by their Rich Hill value chart.
- Rich Hill: 1,265 (1st)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 7,041 (4th)
Tennessee leads the Rich Hill chart thanks to holding the No. 1 overall pick as well as a top pick in the second round. Because the Titans do not have a third-round pick, they drop down the Fitzgerald-Spielberger rankings.
- Rich Hill: 1,065 (2nd)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 7,580 (1st)
The Browns hold the second overall pick which keeps them up the Rich Hill chart. They top out the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart thanks to holding multiple picks in the third and sixth rounds.
- Rich Hill: 850 (3rd)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 6,780 (7th)
The Giants are farther up the Rich Hill chart because they have high picks in each of the first three rounds. But they only have eight picks overall which drops them down the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart.
- Rich Hill: 838 (4th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 7,113 (3rd)
New England’s close in both rankings thanks to having high picks in each round as well as an extra third-round pick from the Matthew Judon trade. With nine picks overall, they have good draft capital for building around second-year quarterback Drake Maye.
- Rich Hill: 832 (5th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 7,573 (2nd)
Jacksonville’s extra picks in the third and fourth round thanks to a draft-day trade in 2024 with the Vikings puts them high up on the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart. They’re still picking near the top of each round as well which puts them high up on the Rich Hill chart.
- Rich Hill: 751 (6th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 5,023 (18th)
Chicago sees one of the biggest discrepancies in the league with these charts. Their extra second-round picks this year from the trade with the Carolina Panthers ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft moves them up the Rich Hill chart. But they have just seven total picks and none in Round 4 or Round 6, which drops them farther down the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart.
- Rich Hill: 740 (7th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 6,427 (10th)
Las Vegas has nine picks total in the draft, including three selections in Round 6 and top-six picks in each round, which keeps them high up on both charts even after trading away a third-round pick for quarterback Geno Smith.
- Rich Hill: 702 (8th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 6,456 (9th)
New Orleans has two picks in both Round 3 and Round 4 which keeps them in the top 10 of both charts. The Saints’ nine picks in this draft is the most the team has had in one class since 2015.
- Rich Hill: 696 (9th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 6,114 (13th)
The Jets’ high picks in the first three rounds keeps them in the top 10 on the Rich Hill chart. New York’s eight selections overall is what pushes them farther down in the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart.
- Rich Hill: 665 (10th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 7,016 (5th)
San Francisco is picking higher than usual compared to the last few years and has an extra third- and fourth-round pick. That keeps the 49ers in the top 10 of the Rich Hill chart. Eight of their 11 picks are in the top 160 selections and that’s why they’re a bit higher on the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart.
- Rich Hill: 663 (11th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 6,545 (8th)
Carolina recouped a second-round pick thanks to a draft day trade last year with the Rams and that keeps them just outside the top 10 in the Rich Hill chart. The Panthers do have an extra pick in the fourth round and five in the fifth which is why their Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart value is higher.
- Rich Hill: 646 (12th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 6,803 (6th)
This is another good example of the discrepancy between the two charts. The Rich Hill chart considers the team’s middle-of-the-pack picks in each of the first three rounds and doesn’t give them a bump for having five top-100 selections. The Fitzgerald-Spielberger does and considers them one of the most influential teams in the draft.
- Rich Hill: 576 (13th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 5,778 (15th)
Dallas picks 12th in each of the first three rounds. Both charts give some value to this but the Cowboys are farther down the order than that despite having 10 total selections because they’re backloaded; half of the team’s 10 picks are outside the top 200.
- Rich Hill: 566 (14th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 6,120 (12th)
Miami also has 10 selections in the draft and sees a similar ranking in both charts because their picks are spread out relatively well. The Dolphins have six selections in the top 150 and an extra fifth- and two extra seventh-round picks to make up for no picks in Round 6.
- Rich Hill: 558 (15th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 5,141 (17th)
Indianapolis is the only team in the league to have exactly one pick in each round. As such, they’re right near the middle of the pack on both charts.
- Rich Hill: 530 (16th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,710 (24th)
Arizona has six picks overall after trading away their sixth-round selection to Denver for Baron Browning. They still pick high enough in the first five rounds to stay at league average in the Rich Hill chart. But their below-average pick total and drought from No. 152 overall to No. 225 knocks them down in the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart.
- Rich Hill: 510 (17th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,727 (23rd)
All of Cincinnati’s six picks are in the top 200, starting at No. 17 overall in Round 1. This keeps them at that spot in the Rich Hill chart. Between picking mid-round and having just six selections overall, the Fitzgerald-Spielberger knocks them down some places.
- Rich Hill: 472 (18th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 3,759 (30th)
Atlanta has another big discrepancy with their draft value. They own their first- and second-round selections which keeps them near league-average in the Rich Hill chart. The Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart knocks them down a lot because they have just five picks overall, second-fewest in the league, two of which are in the seventh round.
- Rich Hill: 471 (19th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,492 (27th)
Tampa Bay picks No. 19 overall in Round 1 and stays there in the Rich Hill rankings because they own their picks in each of the first five rounds. But they only have six selections overall, hence why the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart has them ranked far lower.
- Rich Hill: 469 (20th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,759 (22nd)
Denver doesn’t pick very high in each round so the Rich Hill chart keeps them where they are picking in the first round (No. 20 overall). They end up in a similar place in the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart because their pick spread is interesting. Denver has seven selections overall with zero in Round 5 or Round 7 but three in Round 6.
- Rich Hill: 464 (21st)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 6,156 (11th)
Buffalo made the AFC championship game and doesn’t pick very high as a result of that. But they’re higher in the Rich Hill chart thanks to owning an extra second-round pick from the Stefon Diggs trade. The Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart values that extra pick a lot more as well as the Bills’ two picks in Round 4, three in Round 5 and two in Round 6.
- Rich Hill: 454 (22nd)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 5,581 (16th)
The Chargers have 10 overall selections but those extra picks are all in the sixth round. The Rich Hill chart doesn’t give much value to those selections while the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart does.
- Rich Hill: 438 (23rd)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,682 (25th)
Houston has seven picks overall in the draft but none in Round 4 or Round 6. The Rich Hill chart weighs their extra third-round pick from the Laremy Tunsil trade but the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart takes the wide range of selections into account with dropping them down a couple spots.
- Rich Hill: 437 (24th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,866 (21st)
The Packers have just one extra pick in the draft in this year’s draft: an extra second-round compensatory selection. The Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart gives that just a bit more value and has them ranked slightly higher than the Rich Hill chart.
- Rich Hill: 415 (25th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 5,863 (14th)
Baltimore made the AFC divisional playoffs in 2024 so they’re picking later on in each round. The Rich Hill chart does give them a slight bump for having 11 total selections but the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart gives them even more of a jump thanks to an extra pick in the fourth round and four picks in Round 6.
- Rich Hill: 409 (26th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,892 (20th)
Kansas City has eight picks but they’re dispersed unevenly throughout the draft. Five of those picks are in the top 133; the rest are in the second half of Round 7. Both charts give them a small bump from their first overall selection (No. 31) thanks to an extra pick at the top of the third round from the Titans from the L’Jarius Sneed trade.
- Rich Hill: 358 (27th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,213 (28th)
Detroit picks late in the first round after making the NFC divisional playoffs and has exactly seven picks overall. They do not have a pick in Round 5 which drops them down the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart more while the Rich Hill chart doesn’t take that into account.
- Rich Hill: 357 (28th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,997 (19th)
Philadelphia has eight selections in the draft starting at No. 32 overall in Round 1. All eight are in the first five rounds with four in Round 5. The Rich Hill chart doesn’t value those extra fifth-round picks as much as the Fitzgerald-Spielberger chart does.
- Rich Hill: 355 (29th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 3,820 (29th)
Both charts agree that the Steelers trading away a second-round pick for D.K. Metcalf drops them down to one of the bottom four teams in the league in terms of draft value. With six selections overall, the Steelers may be looking to trade down in the draft this year.
- Rich Hill: 342 (30th)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 4,566 (26th)
The Rams sent a second-round pick in this year’s draft to Carolina and that pushes them down the order in both charts. Fitzgerald-Spielberger is a little more optimistic thanks to the Rams’ four picks in Round 6.
- Rich Hill: 313 (31st)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 3,266 (31st)
Washington traded away draft capital this offseason for veterans including Laremy Tunsil and Deebo Samuel in addition to their mid-season trade last year for Marshon Lattimore. With just five selections overall and two in the top 100, both charts have them second-to-last.
- Rich Hill: 296 (32nd)
- Fitzgerald-Spielberger: 2,919 (32nd)
Minnesota made splashy moves in the 2024 NFL draft and are bearing the consequences this year. The Vikings have a league-low four draft picks this year, one each in Round 1 (No. 24 overall), Round 3 (No. 97), Round 4 (No. 139) and Round 6 (No. 187). That lack of capital and missing picks in multiple rounds has them firmly last in both charts.
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