re: First Round NFL Draft: 8 OTs (record), 6 QBs (ties record) and 7 WRs (ties record)

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It's a takeaway, but a bad one

Defense adjusts to the offense and had a pretty good advantage last year, IIRC

This just wasn't a draft with elite D talent. No elite edges, no 2-way DIs, 2 good CBs who had some issues. No great coverage safeties.

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The statistics bear out that offensive yards per game has had a steady increased since 2000. League average passing yards per game has gone from 204 to 234. Rushing yards have remained steady going from 113 to 117. The last two season have had a correction about 10 total yards per game across the league.

Oddly enough the number of total TDs scored and points per game has remained very steady. Rules certainly favor offense when it comes to yards, but it hasn't affected point totals.

There's definitely truth in the class being light on quality defense; the trend does favor that teams are more focused on offense. Offensive players were drafted on average in 14 spots during the first round before 2010, starting in 2010 the average has pushed to nearly 18. 2017 was an outlier that drove the average down with only 13 offensive players going in the first round.