Only 12 first-round picks from 2020 had their fifth-year option exercised

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The TV coverage of the draft oozes with unbridled enthusiasm about each and every first-round pick. The reality is far less positive. Case in point — of the 32 first-round picks selected in 2020, only 12 fifth-year options were exercised. The not-dirty dozen consists of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (No. 1); Giants tackle Andrew Thomas [more]

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