2023 NFL draft winners, losers: Players most impacted by rookies - ESPN

Naturally, we spend the NFL draft's three-day weekend focusing on college football players entering the league. It's a time for rookies to shine as they achieve their childhood dreams and enter professional football. Getting to see where first-round picks such as Will Anderson Jr. and Bijan Robinson will begin their careers was both dramatic and exciting.

What we don't discuss much during draft weekend is the impact those new additions will have on players currently on NFL rosters. Outside of a quarterback getting new playmakers, we typically don't have many conversations about what an exciting rookie means for a team's veteran players. Some will have it easier because they have more help. Others will retain their opportunity because their team didn't draft a replacement. Some who were on the precipice of being released or traded will move on because their team found a new solution.

Let's take a step back from the draft and look at the veteran players whose situations were affected by draft decisions. Some are further entrenched than they were before; others might feel like they're standing on shakier ground.

I'll run through the veterans who might be considered winners and losers from the draft, starting with a quarterback who had a very exciting weekend:

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Jackson finally came to terms on the extension he and the Ravens had been battling over for the past two years. We're still waiting for the exact specifics of his five-year, $260 million deal, but it reportedly has $185 million in some form of guarantees and will surely have more than $100 million fully guaranteed at the time of signing. He is going to