rackcs Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Karnage84 said: With the signing of Sutton and Mosley, I don't know if the Lions would address CB this early in the draft. I like Gonzalez a lot but it now opens up other positions are larger positions of need. I'd probably consider Tyree Wilson here instead. We absolutely need interior DL help. Kancey is a good player and does help to address a big need. I'd like if he was a bit bigger but it is what it is. I can't really take issue here. I'd like to address the OL long term. Vaitai isn't it. I'm probably more in favour of Schmitz out of Minnesota with the OG/OC flexibility but I like the addition overall. I want nothing to do with Hendon Hooker for the Lions. He was a really good college player and seems like a great guy. He's coming off a major injury and he's going to be 26 years old as a rookie. Not a lot of players have a long, successful playing career when they have to redshirt their rookie year due to injury. I'd take Emmanuel Forbes here. He has elite level ball skills. He's light but you can work on that a bit. This could go several different ways. Battle would be a nice addition to the S room and is a versatile guy; Overshown could be a LB target; Tucker at RB or Kuntz at TE could also be nice additions. For Gonzalez, this was done before FA. That being said, Mosley is on a one year deal. And I'm a Steelers fan. As great as Sutton is, he's a very useful player, but he's not a #1 guy. He's a versatile nickel who can play outside in a pinch. I don't really feel like those two should stop you from taking a CB like Gonzalez if the team wants him. I think they stop you from forcing the CB pick at 6 but if Gonzalez is the BPA I think you still take him there. Thanks for providing some other options/needs for the Lions, I'll absolutely keep those in mind for the next edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnage84 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 42 minutes ago, rackcs said: For Gonzalez, this was done before FA. That being said, Mosley is on a one year deal. And I'm a Steelers fan. As great as Sutton is, he's a very useful player, but he's not a #1 guy. He's a versatile nickel who can play outside in a pinch. I don't really feel like those two should stop you from taking a CB like Gonzalez if the team wants him. I think they stop you from forcing the CB pick at 6 but if Gonzalez is the BPA I think you still take him there. Thanks for providing some other options/needs for the Lions, I'll absolutely keep those in mind for the next edition. For sure - I can understand that. This is a ton of work, so kudos to you amigo. Mosley and Sutton give you two veteran starters. Jerry Jacobs is a capable starter in his own right. Jeff Okudah is going to need to prove himself but I think he'll be given an opportunity to potentially start. Adding in a guy like Forbes gives you that developmental guy that could arguably battle and win a starting role. What CG does offer that none of these other guys do, is excellent size. So that's certainly something to consider. Jack Campbell is someone that I absolutely want on the Lions, however I don't think you can take him at 18 and you have him going at 32. If he's there at 48, I'd take him in a heartbeat. It's a bit trickier though because we did re-sign Anzalone to a 3 year deal. Even if you want to call it a 2 year deal + an 3rd year option, he's going to be one of your starters for the next 1-2 years. I don't think you're drafting a LB in round 2 if you're not planning to start him right away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Let me start by saying I absolutely love this draft for the Titans. Automatic turnaround for the offense with Johnson, Torrence, and Tillman all added. That said, Paris Johnson at 11 is no longer the sure thing it once was. If Titans see Andre Dillard as a left tackle, then they just gave him starting left tackle money. I'd still be down with taking Paris myself, and just plugging him on the right side, but if JSN is as highly rated on their big boards as others, then he might be the pick there. But Dillard may be a guard, or a right tackle. Dunno. Still a great pick, just something to keep in mind going forward. Other two picks are great. Multiple spots on the OL need filling, including RG and Torrence is a great RG prospect. Tillman is one of the most underrated receivers in the class IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onejayhawk Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 On 3/13/2023 at 8:36 AM, rackcs said: 31 Kansas City Chiefs Darnell Wright, OT, Tennessee 63 Kansas City Chiefs Sam LaPorta, TE, Iowa 95 Kansas City Chiefs Derick Hall, EDGE, Auburn Not bad. Not great. Signing Taylor moves OT down the priority list. Wright is solid value I would lean to Edge or DT. TE is a position that they are looking to improve but Felix Anudike-Uzomah is on the board. Hall is OK. It's too bad they miss on Kraft. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Love the formatting, nice work. I wouldn't mind Branch but Bresee should be in play as well. CB is still a need even with the Byron Murphy signing (I know you did this before FA). Ricks or Phillips III are good picks. Derick Hall would be intriguing as well. Flores was raving about him from the sounds of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackcs Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 NFL Mock 8.0 We are officially less than a month away from the actual NFL draft. As the dust from FA settles, I decided to do an end of the month mock. There are still some potential big moves on the horizon, particularly in regards to quarterbacks (Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson) that would shake things up a lot, but this is all just based on rosters as they are now. I expect I'll do another mock early-mid April and then a final 7 round mock right before the draft. That's the plan anyways. As always, please feel free to leave constructive feedback. I learn a lot about team needs from your comments and I always appreciate the opportunity to have a dialogue about prospects, team fits and needs, and just draft talk in general. Please keep in mind that I'm not an expert on every team so if you think I'm wildly off base for your team, just let me know and I'll keep it in mind going forward. Round 1 Team Pick 1 Carolina Panthers (from Chicago) C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State 2 Houston Texans Bryce Young, QB, Alabama 3 Arizona Cardinals Will Anderson Jr., EDGE, Alabama 4 Indianapolis Colts Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida 5 Seattle Seahawks (from Denver) Tyree Wilson, EDGE, Texas Tech 6 Detroit Lions (from LA Rams) Jalen Carter, INT, Georgia 7 Las Vegas Raiders Will Levis, QB, Kentucky 8 Atlanta Falcons Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon 9 Chicago Bears (from Carolina) Paris Johnson Jr., OT, Ohio State 10 Philadelphia Eagles (from New Orleans) Myles Murphy, EDGE, Clemson 11 Tennessee Titans Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Ohio State 12 Houston Texans (from Cleveland) Lukas Van Ness, EDGE, Iowa 13 New York Jets Broderick Jones, OT, Georgia 14 New England Patriots Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois 15 Green Bay Packers Nolan Smith, EDGE, Georgia 16 Washington Commanders Peter Skoronski, OL, Northwestern 17 Pittsburgh Steelers Joey Porter Jr., CB, Penn State 18 Detroit Lions Cam Smith, CB, South Carolina 19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Darnell Wright, OT, Tennessee 20 Seattle Seahawks Bryan Bresee, INT, Clemson 21 Los Angeles Chargers Quentin Johnston, WR, TCU 22 Baltimore Ravens Jordan Addison, WR, USC 23 Minnesota Vikings Deonte Banks, CB, Maryland 24 Jacksonville Jaguars Brian Branch, DB, Alabama 25 New York Giants Zay Flowers, WR, Boston College 26 Dallas Cowboys Calijah Kancey, INT, Pittsburgh 27 Buffalo Bills Bijan Robinson, RB, Texas 28 Cincinnati Bengals Darnell Washington, TE, Georgia 29 New Orleans Saints (from San Francisco) BJ Ojulari, EDGE, LSU 30 Philadelphia Eagles Drew Sanders, LB, Arkansas 31 Kansas City Chiefs Dawand Jones, OT, Ohio State Round 2 Team Pick 32 Pittsburgh Steelers (from Chicago) Anton Harrison, OT, Oklahoma 33 Houston Texans Jalin Hyatt, WR, Tennessee 34 Arizona Cardinals Emmanuel Forbes, CB, Mississippi State 35 Indianapolis Colts O'Cyrus Torrence, OG, Florida 36 Los Angeles Rams Will McDonald IV, EDGE, Iowa State 37 Seattle Seahawks (from Denver) Josh Downs, WR, North Carolina 38 Las Vegas Raiders Adetomiwa Adebawore, DL, Northwestern 39 Carolina Panthers Rashee Rice, WR, SMU 40 New Orleans Saints Dalton Kincaid, TE, Utah 41 Tennessee Titans Cody Mauch, OG, North Dakota State 42 New York Jets (from Cleveland) Antonio Johnson, S, Texas A&M 43 New York Jets Trenton Simpson, LB, Clemson 44 Atlanta Falcons Isaiah Foskey, EDGE, Notre Dame 45 Green Bay Packers Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame 46 New England Patriots Matthew Bergeron, OT, Syracuse 47 Washington Commanders Kelee Ringo, CB, Georgia 48 Detroit Lions Jack Campbell, LB, Iowa 49 Pittsburgh Steelers Mazi Smith, INT, Michigan 50 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gervon Dexter Sr., INT, Florida 51 Miami Dolphins Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, Alabama 52 Seattle Seahawks Joe Tippman, C, Wisconsin 53 Chicago Bears (from Baltimore) Keion White, EDGE, Georgia Tech 54 Los Angeles Chargers Felix Anudike-Uzomah, EDGE, Kansas State 55 Detroit Lions (from Minnesota) Luke Musgrave, TE, Oregon State 56 Jacksonville Jaguars Tuli Tuipulotu, EDGE, USC 57 New York Giants John Michael Schmitz, C, Minnesota 58 Dallas Cowboys Siaki Ika, INT, Baylor 59 Buffalo Bills Daiyan Henley, LB, Washington State 60 Cincinnati Bengals Jaelyn Duncan, OT, Maryland 61 Chicago Bears (from San Francisco) Julius Brents, CB, Kansas State 62 Philadelphia Eagles Tyrique Stevenson, CB, Miami 63 Kansas City Chiefs Zach Harrison, EDGE, Ohio State Round 3 Team Pick 64 Chicago Bears Luke Wypler, C, Ohio State 65 Houston Texans Keeanu Benton, INT, Wisconsin 66 Arizona Cardinals Steve Avila, OL, TCU 67 Denver Broncos (from Indianapolis) JL Skinner, S, Boise State 68 Denver Broncos Devon Achane, RB, Texas A&M 69 Los Angeles Rams DJ Turner, CB, Michigan 70 Las Vegas Raiders Jaylon Jones, CB, Texas A&M 71 New Orleans Saints Zacch Pickens, INT, South Carolina 72 Tennessee Titans Wanya Morris, OT, Oklahoma 73 Houston Texans (from Cleveland) Alex Forsyth, C, Oregon 74 Cleveland Browns (from NY Jets) Derick Hall, EDGE, Auburn 75 Atlanta Falcons Marvin Mims, WR, Oklahoma 76 New England Patriots (from Carolina) Cedric Tillman, WR, Tennessee 77 Los Angeles Rams (from New England) Zach Charbonnet, RB, UCLA 78 Green Bay Packers Xavier Hutchinson, WR, Iowa State 79 Indianapolis Colts (from Washington) Kyu Blu Kelly, CB, Stanford 80 Pittsburgh Steelers Jordan Battle, S, Alabama 81 Detroit Lions Tyler Scott, WR, Cincinnati 82 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Hendon Hooker, QB, Tennessee 83 Seattle Seahawks Owen Pappoe, LB, Auburn 84 Miami Dolphins Sam LaPorta, TE, Iowa 85 Los Angeles Chargers Zach Evans, RB, Ole Miss 86 Baltimore Ravens Riley Moss, CB, Iowa 87 Minnesota Vikings A.T. Perry, WR, Wake Forest 88 Jacksonville Jaguars Tucker Kraft, TE, South Dakota State 89 New York Giants DeMarvion Overshown, LB, Texas 90 Dallas Cowboys Andrew Vorhees, OG, USC 91 Buffalo Bills Blake Freeland, OT, BYU 92 Cincinnati Bengals Sydney Brown, S, Illinois 93 Carolina Panthers (from San Francisco) Dylan Horton, EDGE, TCU 94 Philadelphia Eagles Jartavius Martin, S, Illinois 95 Kansas City Chiefs Tank Dell, WR, Houston 96 Arizona Cardinals Jaquelin Roy, INT, LSU 97 Washington Commanders Zack Kuntz, TE, Old Dominion 98 Cleveland Browns Henry To'o To'o, LB, Alabama 99 San Francisco 49ers Isaiah McGuire, EDGE, Missouri 100 Las Vegas Raiders (from Kansas City) Dorian Williams, LB, Tulane 101 San Francisco 49ers Clark Phillips III, CB, Utah 102 San Francisco 49ers Luke Schoonmaker, TE, Michigan Round 4 Team Pick 103 Chicago Bears Byron Young, INT, Alabama 104 Houston Texans Will Mallory, TE, Miami 105 Arizona Cardinals Jayden Reed, WR, Michigan State 106 Indianapolis Colts Rakim Jarrett, WR, Maryland 107 New England Patriots (from LA Rams) Noah Sewell, LB, Oregon 108 Denver Broncos Ricky Stromberg, C, Arkansas 109 Las Vegas Raiders Tyler Steen, OL, Alabama 110 Atlanta Falcons (from Tennessee) Asim Richards, OG, North Carolina 111 Cleveland Browns Karl Brooks, INT, Bowling Green 112 New York Jets Jarrett Patterson, C, Notre Dame 113 Atlanta Falcons Jerrod Clark, INT, Coastal Carolina 114 Carolina Panthers Darius Rush, CB, South Carolina 115 New Orleans Saints Tyjae Spears, RB, Tulane 116 Green Bay Packers Christopher Smith, S, Georgia 117 New England Patriots Anthony Johnson Jr., S, Iowa State 118 Washington Commanders Tanner McKee, QB, Stanford 119 Minnesota Vikings (from Detroit) Garrett Williams, CB, Syracuse 120 Pittsburgh Steelers Nick Herbig, LB, Wisconsin 121 Jacksonville Jaguars (from Tampa Bay) Moro Ojomo, INT, Texas 122 Kansas City Chiefs (from Miami) Keondre Coburn, INT, Texas 123 Seattle Seahawks Sean Tucker, RB, Syracuse 124 Baltimore Ravens Robert Beal Jr., EDGE, Georgia 125 Los Angeles Chargers Cameron Latu, TE, Alabama 126 Cleveland Browns (from Minnesota) Michael Wilson, WR, Stanford 127 Jacksonville Jaguars Nick Broeker, OG, Ole Miss 128 New York Giants Cameron Mitchell, CB, Northwestern 129 Dallas Cowboys Andrei Iosivas, WR, Princeton 130 Buffalo Bills Jonathan Mingo, WR, Ole Miss 131 Cincinnati Bengals Roschon Johnson, RB, Texas 132 Carolina Panthers (from San Francisco) Ivan Pace Jr., LB, Cincinnati 133 Chicago Bears (from Philadelphia) Mekhi Garner, CB, LSU 134 Kansas City Chiefs Tank Bigsby, RB, Auburn 135 New England Patriots Ji'Ayir Brown, S, Penn State 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scar988 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I like it Racks. Good mock for ATL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackcs Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 23 minutes ago, scar988 said: I like it Racks. Good mock for ATL I consider it pretty easy to mock for Atlanta at this point because there's always a few of you who respond about your team needs and stuff lol feel like I've pretty much got my Atlanta stuff on lock at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I don't think the Bengals are quite that high on Washington, but I wouldn't rule it out either. I think Duncan is going to fall a bit, he lacks power, and the Bengals need a RT I highly doubt we take another young safety when the four they have are pretty set. If they add at all, it will be veteran depth at this point. At least not on day 2. Love love love Roschon Johnson at 131, would be 100% on board. Given your board as it lays each pick and with hindsight, i'd go (disregarding a trade down, which I think they'd be primed to do give how the board is at 28): 28. Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame 60. Blake Freeland, OT, BYU 92. Darius Rush, CB, South Carolina 131. Roschon Johnson, RB, Texas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackcs Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: I don't think the Bengals are quite that high on Washington, but I wouldn't rule it out either. I think Duncan is going to fall a bit, he lacks power, and the Bengals need a RT I highly doubt we take another young safety when the four they have are pretty set. If they add at all, it will be veteran depth at this point. At least not on day 2. Love love love Roschon Johnson at 131, would be 100% on board. Given your board as it lays each pick and with hindsight, i'd go (disregarding a trade down, which I think they'd be primed to do give how the board is at 28): 28. Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame 60. Blake Freeland, OT, BYU 92. Darius Rush, CB, South Carolina 131. Roschon Johnson, RB, Texas I'll be honest and say I'm surprised to hear that you're so confident and settled on the Bengals safety room given the two starters just left. I knew Dax Hill was there obviously but thought a running mate for him would still be on the table at some point. As for Duncan, I agree that it wasn't an ideal match but felt that he was going to be one of the better options available at that point. In hindsight, I think it would probably make more sense for them to reach slightly on Wanya Morris than Duncan. I don't think Freeland is sniffing that high personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 12 minutes ago, rackcs said: I'll be honest and say I'm surprised to hear that you're so confident and settled on the Bengals safety room given the two starters just left. I knew Dax Hill was there obviously but thought a running mate for him would still be on the table at some point. As for Duncan, I agree that it wasn't an ideal match but felt that he was going to be one of the better options available at that point. In hindsight, I think it would probably make more sense for them to reach slightly on Wanya Morris than Duncan. I don't think Freeland is sniffing that high personally. I think Freeland is going a lot higher than most suspect. Dax Hill and Nick Scott will be the starters, they drafted Tycen Anderson last year who they like but got injured, and Michael Thomas is ok depth but is also a special teams captain that I don't see them moving out for some third round rookie. Also don't see them carrying 5 safeties. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackcs Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: I think Freeland is going a lot higher than most suspect. Dax Hill and Nick Scott will be the starters, they drafted Tycen Anderson last year who they like but got injured, and Michael Thomas is ok depth but is also a special teams captain that I don't see them moving out for some third round rookie. Also don't see them carrying 5 safeties. Well obviously we'll agree to disagree about Freeland but otherwise I think we're on the same page about overall strategy positionally for the Bengals there. Which I think is more important when it comes to mocking anyways since none of us know what any given team's board will look like but we can speculate/mock about their positional needs and strategy. I'm certainly not an expert on the Bengals safety room so I'll keep this in mind going forward. I know nothing about Nick Scott so I'll look into him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onejayhawk Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, rackcs said: 31 Kansas City Chiefs Dawand Jones, OT, Ohio State 63 Kansas City Chiefs Zach Harrison, EDGE, Ohio State 95 Kansas City Chiefs Tank Dell, WR, Houston 122 Kansas City Chiefs (from Miami) Keondre Coburn, INT, Texas 134 Kansas City Chiefs Tank Bigsby, RB, Auburn Harrison over Jones. Better yet give them Kincaid. Kelce is 24 this season. Edge is a good idea at #63. Also consider Keanu Benton. Nathaniel Dell is OK. The Chiefs need high upside WR from the draft. However, DL makes more sense now that the good TE are gone. I love both of the 4th round picks. Pretty much BPA at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackcs Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 31 minutes ago, onejayhawk said: Harrison over Jones. Better yet give them Kincaid. Kelce is 24 this season. Edge is a good idea at #63. Also consider Keanu Benton. Nathaniel Dell is OK. The Chiefs need high upside WR from the draft. However, DL makes more sense now that the good TE are gone. I love both of the 4th round picks. Pretty much BPA at this point. I'm not sure I see why KC would go Harrison over Jones honestly. Jawaan Taylor is going to be LT and I don't really see Harrison as a RT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onejayhawk Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 41 minutes ago, rackcs said: I'm not sure I see why KC would go Harrison over Jones honestly. Jawaan Taylor is going to be LT and I don't really see Harrison as a RT. It's no contest. Jones is a pure power blocker, so he fits an OL like Dallas. Harrison is weak on the run blocking but he's very light on his feet which makes for good pass blocking. Orlando Brown is superior run blocker but he needs help against a speed Edge. Jawaan Taylor is only good at pass blocking and they are saying that they are moving him to LT. Lucas Niang and Darrian Kinnard are set to cover RT for 2023 though Niang may also get a shot at LT. Niang had the job until he was injured so this should be an upgrade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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