Picture this. Roger Goodell walking up to the podium. He’s greeted with a roar of boos, something that’s expected for the NFL commissioner, who is quite unpopular among fans. He opens up the card and says, “With the first pick of the 2016 NFL draft, the Los Angeles Rams select Jared Goff, quarterback, California.”

The crowd erupts. A smile spreads across Goff’s face as he makes his way to the center stage. For him and many other prospects, draft night is the best night of their young lives. It’s the start of the next chapter in their football careers. The 2016 NFL draft was best described as surprising, to say the very least.

This year’s draft class was very deep in terms of defensive players. A couple examples would be Joey Bosa, who terrorized opposing quarterbacks all year, and cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who was regarded by many to be the best defensive player in the entire draft.

Originally, the first two picks of this draft belonged to the Titans and the Browns, two abysmal teams if anything. The Rams, who ranked dead-last in the NFL in total QBR (quarterback rating) in 2015 desperately needed a quarterback, so they traded for the No. 1 overall pick and drafted Goff.

The Eagles soon followed suit, trading for the Brown’s No. 2 pick. The Eagles also used it on a quarterback, drafting North Dakota State product Carson Wentz. Believe it or not, but the first two picks of this draft may have been the least surprising.

The Chargers took the first defensive player of the draft, Bosa, with the third overall pick. Next, the Cowboys selected Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott. This was one of the more surprising picks. It is rare that a running back is selected that early in the draft, no matter how good they may be. Last year for the Buckeyes, Elliott racked up 1,821 yards.

Along with Bosa and Elliot, 10 other Ohio State players were selected in the draft. Talk about school domination.

Two offensive linemen were taken in the top ten. Ronnie Stanley (Notre Dame) went to the Ravens, and Jack Conklin (Michigan State) went to the Titans, who traded up for the eighth overall pick. If you’re a more serious follower of football, you probably already knew that the name Laremy Tunsil wasn’t anywhere in the top 10.

The Ole Miss product went from a projected third overall pick to the 13th overall pick, where he was selected by the Miami Dolphins. His draft slide was largely in part due to a leaked video of himself on Twitter wearing a gas mask with a marijuana bong attached to it. Tunsil claimed that his account was hacked. ESPN insider Adam Schefter reported that the draft slide cost Tunsil $10-12 million.

Bears fans will be saying hello to Georgia linebacker Leonard Floyd come time for training camp. The Bears traded up two spots to pick number nine to select this player.

For my fellow Bears fans that may not think this was the greatest pick selection, just remember that head coach John Fox has had a history of drafting great front seven players. Just take a look at Julius Peppers and Von Miller.

While his size (six feet six inches, 244 pounds) may not exactly fit the linebacker build, Floyd brings a type of physicality and explosiveness that will bring some fire to the Bears defense. He just has to hit the weight room and maybe the team cafeteria first.

Later in the first round, (21st, 22nd, and 23rd picks) three straight wide receivers were selected by the Texans, Redskins, and the Vikings. The players were Will Fuller, (Notre Dame) Josh Doctson, (TCU) and Laquon Treadwell, (Mississippi) respectively.

Probably the biggest surprise of the draft was the fact that UCLA linebacker Myles Jack wasn’t selected in the first round. Jack suffered a left knee injury in 2015 that forced him to miss the entire 2015 season.

Before the draft it was reported that Jack had some sort of cartilage damage in his knee. As a result, he wasn’t drafted in the first round. This is a player that is a rare breed of athleticism at the linebacker position (87 tackles in 2015).

The Jaguars wasted no time in the second round, moving up to the fifth pick to select Jack. The Jags perhaps selected the two best defensive players in the draft in Jack and Ramsey. Yes, Jaguars fans, you can be excited now.

The 2016 NFL draft was undoubtedly one of the more interesting ones in recent memory. It’s not usual for so many trades to occur in the first round. There were 12. There were countless outstanding defensive players throughout all seven rounds, which isn’t the most common occurrence during the draft. From top to bottom, most teams would likely call the 2016 draft a success.