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The 2020 NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror and we have some NFL veterans who are smiling at the haul their club was able to pick up. Meanwhile, we have a few others that may be looking in that mirror with a single finger sailing in the air. With every draft, there are winners and losers that range from organizations as a whole and even can be broken down to a single player's situation.For the purposes of our discu sion here, we're taking a dive into which veteran players were helped and hurt by their teams picks at the draft this year. Naturally, we'll be talking a lot about quarterbacks here and one that may not be too pleased with what his team did on a number of levels is star , but we'll get to him in due time. We also have a situation in Dallas that is rather polarizing for a couple of players, which we'll discu s even further below.Helped by the 2020 draft TB QB #12 The are making sure that this stint down in Florida gets off to a hot start. The club didn't dilly-dally in the opening round of the draft and traded up a T. J. Warren Jersey spot to secure offensive tackle with the No. 13 overall pick. Brady will be 43-years old by the start of next season and Tampa needed to drastically improve upon an offensive line that ranked 23rd in pa s protection in 2019. The interior of the line is relatively solid, but needed an upgrade at tackle, which has come in the form of the 6-foot-5, 320-pounder in Wirfs, who graded fourth among all qualifying tackles in his cla s, according to Pro Football Focus.Tampa didn't just add another body to protect Brady in 2020, however, as they also gave Jeremy Lamb Jersey him a few extra weapons to attack defenses with on top of , and . In the third-round they selected running back , who may be a solid receiver out of the backfield. The also brought in receiver out of Minnesota in the fifth. Johnson was extremely productive over the course of his collegiate career and led his team in receptions (86), receiving yards (1,318) and receiving touchdowns (13) in 2019. The rich get richer in Tompa Tampa Bay. DAL QB #4 While the signing does add an interesting wrinkle in Dallas' 2020 plans, there's still no reason to believe that won't be under center when the dust settles and we're kicking off the regular season. I believe both sides will come to an agreement to a long-term extension and Prescott will be a Cowboy for the long haul. With that in mind, Dallas gave the quarterback another stud receiver in the first round in , which only adds to the treasure trove of weapons that features , , (more on him later) and .With those players (and current receiver ) last year, Prescott was statistically one of the best quarterbacks in the league, despite the club's 8-8 record. Lamb now gives Prescott yet another explosive playmaker, who hauled in 62 pa ses for 1,327 yards and 14 touchdowns for the Sooners last season. What's even more eye-popping is Lamb's 21.4 yards per reception during that campaign.In what some are already dubbing a coup Edmond Sumner Jersey , Dallas also selected (in the fourth round) center , who is a potential candidate to replace the retired Travis Fredrick as the starter. A new weapon in the pa sing game and a promising replacement protecting him in the middle of the offensive line should make Prescott extremely happy. Now it's just a matter of inking the new contract. ARI WR #18 No one really knows what the future holds for A.J. Green beyond the 2020 season after the placed the franchise tag on him back in March. If he's healthy and ready to play for Cincinnati in 2020, however, his situation has drastically improved around him following the draft. Not only did the Bengals bring in LSU star with the No. 1 overall pick to throw him the football, but the club also drafted Clemson receiver at the start of the second round.There's no question that Green, when healthy, is the go-to weapon in Cincy's offense. Higgins' presence along with fellow receiver and other pa s catchers should help keep coverage from drastically shifting towards Green. He'll likely still see a team's No. 1 corner every given week, but because of the wide array of weapons that the Bengals have put together, Green getting doubled may be few and far between. That turn of events along with an uber-talented quarterback throwing him the football should set himself up for succe s next season and, in turn, put him in position for a lucrative contract if a longer-term deal isn't reached by then. LV QB #10 Similar to Brady and Prescott, should be pretty pleased with what the did at the 2020 draft. In the opening round they selected to replace , who they traded to the earlier this offseason, Kyle O'Quinn Jersey which will maintain the club's elite pa s-rushing unit that helped lead them to a Super Bowl appearance last year. Not only did San Francisco improve upon the defense, but they also gave Garoppolo another pa s-catching weapon with their second first-rounder in receiver out of Arizona State. While he wasn't exactly in the , Henry Ruggs and CeeDee Lamb tier, Aiyuk was getting a ton of love throughout the pre-draft proce s and has all the skills to be an elite receiver in the league. Pairing him alongside fellow receiver and tight end makes quite the pa s-catching trio for Garoppolo to uncork once 2020 begins. Oh yeah, San Francisco also pulled off a Day 3 trade with the that landed them star left tackle . The 31-year-old will immediately jump into the starting left tackle spot for the Niners after longtime tackle announced his retirement. Garoppolo won't mi s a beat going from Staley to Williams. CAR WR #19 At first glance, you might have thought receiver would benefit from the departure of fellow pa s cacher , who the club traded to the prior to the draft. While the targets would certainly have increased for the 29-year-old in 2020, he e sentially was set to be the lone receiver on the depth chart as and others don't exactly instill the same type of threat that Diggs had on opposing Goga Bitadze Jersey secondaries. That would then shift an entire secondary's attention solely on Thielen, who would constantly be doubled and would have a much more difficult time getting open and clean looks than he did during his days with Diggs on the other side of the field.With the Vikings selecting with the No. 22 overall pick, Thielen will get a new running mate that should help take the pre sure off him as they enter the post-Diggs era in the pa sing game. Jefferson was a star at LSU as they marched to a national championship, catching 111 pa ses for 1,540 yards and 18 touchdowns. He should quickly become a favorite target of and open things up for Thielen. Hurt by the 2020 draft NYJ QB #8 There may not have been a bigger loser at the 2020 draft than Aaron Rodgers. Not only did the Packers neglect to draft a receiver at any point over the three-day period in what was a historically deep cla s at the position, but Green Bay a

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