In nearly every mock I did, I took a wide receiver. I'm not denying an upgrade would be useful.
But let's look at what receivers made it to the last day:
4th round:
Chris Moore, WR, Cincinnati
Malcolm Mitchell, WR, Georgia
Ricardo Louis, WR, Auburn
Pharoh Cooper, WR, South Carolina
Demarcus Robinson, WR, Florida
Seth DeValve, WR, Princeton
5th round:
Tajae Sharpe, WR, Massachusetts
Jordan Payton, WR, UCLA
Trevor Davis, WR, California
Tyreek Hill, WR, West Alabama
Rashard Higgins, WR, Colorado State
6th round:
Moritz Boehringer, WR, International (Germany)
Jakeem Grant, WR, Texas Tech
Cody Core, WR, Ole Miss
Mike Thomas, WR, Southern Mississippi
Aaron Burbridge, WR, Michigan State
7th round:
Devin Lucien, WR, Arizona State
Demarcus Ayers, WR, Houston
Daniel Braverman, WR, Western Michigan
Devin Fuller, WR, UCLA
Charone Peake, WR, Clemson
Kenny Lawler, WR, California
Granted, many of these guys are stiffs I wouldn't draft but there's some decent quality out there on the third day that could suffice, particularly if you planned on drafting two WRs.
Meanwhile, we did not draft a TE to replace Graham, did not draft a DE to replace Crick and did not draft a second OL after taking our future center.
If those two receivers were future Andre Johnsons and DeAndre Hopkins, that might be one thing but neither of them are which is why I see this as a poor use of our draft resources.
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