Football Function
Post Free Agency NFL Mock Draft
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Need help? Visit Dan CapitalistLaw.com That's Dan, C-A-P-L-I-S Law.com What's going on, everybody? Guys and girls, welcome back to another edition of the Football Function Podcast. As always, I am the host of the show, one of the hosts of the show, Michael Ritter. You can find me on X at Michael5Ritter on Instagram at MichaelRitter5 and also the host of the SmackDown review over on the WWE podcast. Joining me on this episode, for the first time in a long time, young Terrence Minnefield, my humble co-host student of the game, it feels like forever since you've been doing it. Dude, it does. Let me just start out by saying, "Mama fucker, I have missed all you guys. Goddamn, I have missed you guys so much. Missed you're being in the studio. Yeah, this is just so real, just being back, man. I have missed everything about recording, man. When it becomes a part of your day, your day-to-day, your weekly events, this is just something that is a part of my life. Now, in that month, I did not do this. I can already tell the rust is already built up. So, Funkeys, bear with me a little bit. But yeah, I am ready to dive into this episode. Get back into the groove of everything. Funkeys, we back, baby. I mean, it almost seems like your first off season episode. It is, and it really is. I mean, geez, it's been a long time, but hey, you know, we're glad to have you back. I see you, boys, for doing your damn thing. It's glad that you're feeling well, dude, obviously, because there was just, you know, so many things trying to prevent this from happening, you know, just this episode in particular. Yeah, this one. It's supposed to record it yesterday. Took a while to get to. But for whatever reason, killer, like, jaw pain, the left side of my mouth is still swollen. Hopefully, it won't, you know, rear it's ugly head here in this episode, and we can just get through it smoothly, but yeah, you're a little swollen still. Yeah, it's a little bit uncomfortable, to say the least, but you know, we're here. I'm excited to get this episode out. As you guys know, we are just now getting started on our prospect discussion series. We are going to put a small pause on that will be the next episode that drops is going to be the edge discussion. So, we'll be doing that very soon. We thought about doing it tonight, but we're getting a little bit of a late start. So, we are going to just keep this episode focused on one thing and one thing only. Yeah, baby. And that's the mock draft 1.0 post free agency. Let's go mock draft. So, we're taking account some of the moves that these teams have made, some of the holes that they now have or some of the holes that they may have filled. Here are some of the things that make you realize how they're going to go towards in the draft and, you know, some of the moves that they're making, making it a little easier for us to understand the way that they're going. Well, there's 32 picks, no shortage of things to talk about. Obviously, welcome back. Let's get right into this bad boy. Let's do it, baby. We're going to let you roll with the odds here, because it kind of just works out like that. Obviously, just you get to pick the Patriots pick, the Bears picks, both of them, both of the Vikings picks as well. I will take the Evens, just to get the Falcons pick, kind of get things going as well, or me in the draft, because there's some pretty tough decisions to make when you look at that top five. And where some of these guys are going to land, but I am excited to get your insight as well in some of your opinions. So, this draft isn't just going to be cookie cutter, what I think is going to happen. It's going to be what you think is going to happen as well. And I can't predict what you're going to, you know, what you're going to do. The board is just going to fall. Players are going to get selected. So, let's go ahead and get right into this bad boy. You are picking first overall with the Chicago Bears, who lucked in. I don't want to say lucked into this pick, but whenever you trade for a draft pick, very rarely does it turn into the first overall. Does it work out for you most of the time? No, it doesn't. But in this instant, I mean, it is hitting the nail on the head, whatever analogy you want to put, the Chicago Bears have won this pick, won this draft, won this trade. And with that first pick, I mean, it's been set in stone from the point that they figured out that they were going to be number one in the draft order. And it made it pretty obvious, like I was saying earlier, from the moves that they were making, you know, obviously getting rid of Justin Fields, that quarterback's position is all open. And it's going to be filled by one person and one person only. And that's Mr. Caleb Williams. He will be selected first overall. And I think it's just, you know, it's a perfect fit with the moves that they're making at receiver. They even made some move on the off in the lining, on the off of the line, bringing in Coleman Shelton from the Rams. And, you know, just to bolster up the line, they brought in DeAndre Swift from, you know, to help out the backfield. And I think it's just moves that you want to make if you're going to, you know, rebuild with the franchise quarterback the way Caleb Williams is, get them weapons. You know, I don't think they ever put this more, this much effort in when Justin Fields was there. And so I think that they're growing in that aspect of the office and everything. So I think Caleb Williams is going to have a great start here at Chicago at the number one pick. And you know, another name that you didn't mention that they added is the person who greeted him at his pro day, Keenan Allen, the one receiver that they brought in. And obviously just looking at the defensive side of the ball. They've signed a few guys, but Kevin Byard coming in to be the new starting free safety, almost solidifying that very talented cornerback room and just defensive backroom in general that they have. And they, you know, they have another top 10 pick. They're picking number nine overall. So they're not done making moves by any means by I agree. Caleb Williams going into a phenomenal situation. Layup pick, it's not hard. Don't overthink it. You know, not the Bears, just you in general, whenever you're thinking about this, if you think they're going to trade out, I highly doubt that unless they come with, you know, more than a Kings ransom has to be, you know, what the Saints gave up for Ricky Williams plus has to be what, you know, the Cowboys traded man, Herschel Walker way back in the day of Minnesota, which ultimately set up their 90s dynasty. There's been a lot of blockbuster trades, and that's what it would take to get the Bears to come up, you know, come off this pick. And I don't anticipate that happening. No, hell no. Another thing I anticipate happening here number two overall, the Washington commanders, obviously the biggest need on their team is a quarterback position. Yeah. The last thing you want to do is go into an off season with Mark, or go into an NFL season with Marcus Mario as you're starting. I could tell you that right now. Some of the moves that they've made, they brought in Dorens Armstrong, Frankie Louvoo, Tyler Biotish, Nick Algar ready, obviously, to come in and just, you know, be an offensive guard for them. They did lose Antonio Gibson, Kendall Fuller, Cameron Curl, but they brought in someone like, you know, Austin Eckler is going to come in and probably be the starting running back. Have a little tandem with Brian Robinson Jr. Zach Earth was brought into this team as well. So you look at two additions that are already plugged in to be the starters on the offensive line, Biotish and Algar ready. And then you factor in Zach Earth, and Austin Eckler, this team already has one, two, three, four out of 11 new starters on the offensive side of the ball. Wow. And that's not even counting this pick who is pretty obvious in my personal opinion. Just, you know, everyone has their own flavor when it comes to quarterback. I'm ready to hear this. That's the beauty of this draft class. But you know, one thing, whenever you're talking about the quarterback position, right, like, it's such a hard position to scout with such a hard position to evaluate. We've seen guys look like the next coming of Jesus in college, they get to the NFL and they just don't, you know, pan out for whatever reason. And that wasn't a shot at Trevor Lawrence. You know, I was just a little bit of a coincidence there. I'm talking about, like, for example, there's a lot of positions out there that you know, multiple, I guess players at that position and play multiple sports, or you can pick that sport or that position up later in your career. For example, I mean, how historic is it that we see tight ends come from a basketball background, whether it's Tony Gonzalez and Tony O'Gates, Jimmy Graham. It's happened time and time again, you know, even somebody who's just a freak on the basketball court or just something like that can go play wide receiver can go play safety. Track stars like Tyreke Hill, you know, can come and be a wide receiver, but you never see somebody. And even, you know, like, we've seen quarterbacks move to a bigger position, like tied in or you've seen a tied in, like Lane Johnson moved to offensive tackle because they just have that frame that skill said they can go home. They could play at the next level. Exactly. So pretty much like quarterback is the only position that you don't see someone just pick it up later in life. You know, you don't just your sophomore year or quarter of high school just, no, I'm going to pick up the quarterback position. It seems like you have to be groomed. It's one of the few positions in sports that you have to be groomed from a young age to play this position. And that's why, you know, it's, it's such a, it's such a, such a tough position to nail. But whenever you have an opportunity here with the number two overall pick, it's a no brainer, in my personal opinion. Yes, some players might be appealing, like Marvin Harrison Jr. When you think about the prospects of pairing him up with Terry McClellan on that, you know, wide receiver unit, it would, you know, it would be phenomenal. But with this talented wide receiver class, it's just a no brainer to get a quarterback here. You still have to have somebody throw in the ball. And you're going to be able to get a very good wide receiver in the, you know, in the second round, you can trade it in the back end of the first round or something like that. But I think it's a layup here. You get the most pro ready quarterback. The one that's game is going to translate. Another way to look at it picture all these quarterbacks is like superheroes. You know, you take away Batman suit. What is he? You take away Drake May's best asset in his game, which, you know, you could say is maybe his prototypical frame. Yeah, he's definitely got that six four. He's got the build strong arm. That's the thing that's going for him is they say that he's the most pro ready. Yeah. You take away one of these other quarterbacks biggest asset, like they are super power. You take away Jaden Daniel's ability to run and just make plays on the ground. Do you think he's going to be able to humiliate NFL defensive backs and NFL defenders the same way he's doing in college? Because that's the thing. Like, whatever you think of Jaden Daniels and your evaluation of him going to the next level, you have to, I guess, put an asterisk by it that there's a chance that that super power that he has isn't going to be as electrifying as we've seen it. And we've seen it time and time again, look at RG three, you know, the commanders have been down this road before. And I just think it makes sense to take and I don't care about quarterbacks coming from North Carolina before him. Like, because that's thing is people say, well, Sam, how old is this? And Mitchell Trabisky, whatever. Yeah, eventually. Yeah, tell us again. You like you can't penalize this dude because guys in front of him, you know, didn't pan out. So I feel like it's a pretty layup draft pick here taking Drake May, love his skill set, love the way that he's going to translate to the next level. He's got a lot of good things going for him. Most definitely. Is there some inconsistencies? Yes. Is he the perfect prospect? No, like this is not someone that I think is going to be just, you know, can't miss slam dunk. But I do think out of all these players, like Drake May is a terrific prospect. And I think, you know, if I were the commander's decision maker, whoever it is that's making the choices right now, it wouldn't take long for me to run this card up to the commissioner and take Drake May quarterback out of North Carolina. Yeah, I think you're completely right, man. This is definitely a quarterback heavy class with clear obvious one and two, and one being Caleb Williams to being Drake May. And I think you hit it on the head with his prototypical size and his pocket presence just oozes elite starting quarterback franchise quarterback. So the Washington commanders would be stupid enough to pass on him. I think they would ultimately regret that down the long run. I'm up next with my New England Patriots pick here at number three. Seen it all week, really, we had a side note, we had a long road trip to Arizona this past weekend. So really just nailing in on Patriots talk and where we're going, how we're thinking about the directions that we're going with this pick. I've seen it all with trading down with the Vikings or somebody who really needs somebody who's who think that they're going to get taken before them. So, you know, I like that aspect of it. I've seen where we've picked Marvin Harrison Jr. Excuse me, I've all, you know, that goes that goes without being said, if we, I mean, I would love to have just a dynamic wide receiver one like him, but we have a glaring need in a rebuilding system. I love what you you said about taking away Daniel's legs. I don't know why I'm spacing on his first name, but yeah, dating the name of his legs. But I think during the end of his career at LSU, especially, you know, his Heisman run, he really elevated his passing aspect in his game, really finding the deep ball in retrospect to his medium game. I think his elite, his short game, obviously screen game is in his wheelhouse. It's, I think it's just getting those little things, you know, throwing mechanics and timing down, holding the ball with two hands, you know, just a little things I would love for us to pick him here at number three. And that's the direction where I'm going with our mock draft here. I would love just a new start. We've got a brand new head coach, brand new, you know, just a whole new system going here. And I think it'd be just a beautiful start with a new quarterback here in the reigning Heisman winner. We've made moves to open up the door for a young man to come in and take the reins of this organization. And I'm here for it. I'm secretly going to be paying attention to the Bears a lot this season, because I'm thinking they're going to take the Houston takes an aspect in this, in this draft and trying to pick the offensive rookie year and the defensive rookie of the year. But I'm secretly going to watch them, but all eyes on the Patriots this season. I'm looking forward to the come up with the new coach, drawed Mayo, obviously entering a new era. It just makes sense to get a new signal caller. Definitely. You're not going to pick here at the top of the draft every single year. Obviously you know that the Patriots rarely ever pick up here. So getting somebody like Jayden Daniels, that's going to, you know, inject some juice into the fan base. It gives you potential. It gives us that watch factor. Like, you know, last year we didn't have, shit, we were the worst scoring offense in the, in the whole NFL. And so just with him, his aspect, his running, his spark, like he's going to give us must watch TV. And, you know, there may be games where we get blown out, which is going to be completely fine. But you're going to see plays from this kid where he's using his legs, where he finds, you know, open receivers down the field more than, you know, what we've been having for the past three years in McDonald's and Bailey Zappi. I think the electric play is going to be there all over every game. And as long as we keep this kid healthy and, you know, keep advancing his game, I think, you know, we're going to be in those contingents and, in the playoffs, talking and all that pretty soon. Cross over to new possibilities with the first ever Buick and Vista. Now a short line Buick refined, versatile, intuitive, tech friendly, cargo-loving, and best of all, in Vista is fun to drive. The flowing exterior of the in Vista is easy on the eyes. 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Now with Shortline Buick, refined, versatile, intuitive, tech-friendly, cargo-loving, and best of all, in Vista is fun to drive. The flowing exterior of the in Vista is easy on the eyes. And inside, you will experience a quiet ride, thanks to quiet tuning with active noise cancellation, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and wireless charging will keep you connected. Visit Shortline Buick today and experience all Buick has to offer in its new lineup of vehicles. At Shortline, you do the drive-in. We'll do the rest. Okay, so up here, number four overall with the Arizona Cardinals, this is officially trade territory. Like, this is officially where the Minnesota Vikings could come up. They could even jump up to three. You know, we really don't know what's going to happen. That's probably going to be on draft night. Yeah, I've seen, I've seen, you know, a lot of mock drafts where they've shot up to number three. Shit, number two. So, we're not predicting trades here in this mock. So, obviously, some of these picks, especially here in the mock draft 1.0, they're not going to be spot-on. But I'm going to do what I think would happen if the Cardinals stay put here at number four, and that's take the best player in this draft, Marvin Harrison Jr., the wide receiver out of Ohio State. He's got the prototype vibe to him. You know, he reminds me a lot of A.J. Green, and we've kind of talked about it just not only just the number that he wears, his frame, his play style, obviously, people forget how good A.J. Green was, but Marvin Harrison Jr. has a chance to be one of the best wide receivers to enter the NFL in a very long time. And just looking at what the Cardinals have done, it really has a mental whole lot. They brought in Jonah Williams, Chris Moore as a wide receiver. It does look like they're trying to kind of bolster this. When you have Greg Dortch and Michael Wilson as your two big-time wide receivers on your team, like they're your two big-time pass-catchers, you have to bring in a big-time wide receiver in this talented draft. And arguably, none are better than Marvin Harrison Jr. Yeah. I completely agree. Marvin Harrison is a transcending receiver, and I think he's going to turn around. Colin Murray's game just added another aspect to that, to that offense. And I think he's going to fit in in the glove, like a glove. Day one, obviously starter, and going to hit the ground running. I'm up next with pick number four here, and that's the Los Angeles Chargers. And the way... Five. Oh, yeah. Five, sorry. I don't know how to count. That's that Wheeler Mustang education there. But, Chargers are up here, and we've all seen the news of their emptying out their wide receiver room. And it's looking pretty rough over there. I think Joshua Palmer is the only retaining receiver from last year. I think... I'm not too sure. But they're making moves, and not for all the right reasons, with new head coach. And, you know, you've got your franchise quarterback there. You need somebody to throw to. And I'm going to go give them the freak athlete from LSU Malik Neighbors. I just think that he is a perfect fit for Justin Herbert right here. I'm just a freak. Hugh Mungus player. Him and Kayshaun Booty were on the same team, and he outperformed him so much. I just think he's, you know, he's quick athletic. He's just a dime piece that'll fit right into this. It's just a match made in heaven. It fell how the Chargers want it. He's no consolation prize. Definitely not. That's one thing I want to make sure to point out. Like, Malik Neighbors is getting a lot of hype, and rightfully so, because this is a very talented wide receiver. He just so happens to be in the same class as somebody like Marvin Harrison Jr. Like, the wide receiver class and the quarterback class are really similar. Whenever you look at the top three of each, you know, and you got the big time prototypical guy, Marvin Harrison. You got Caleb Williams. They kind of compare a little bit. And then Drake May and Malik Neighbors are the two guys that really got that hype. Yeah. Jayden Daniels and Roma Dunezay. Well, I mean, two and three, that's the thing. Even the wide receivers, people kind of flip, you know, go back and forth. Same thing with the quarterbacks here. But me picking for the New York Giants at number six, this is a little bit tough, because they have made comments at the combine that they're quote unquote done with Daniel Jones, right? So it seems like that could be a direction that you want to go. Now, this is prime time trade territory. This is where I see the Vikings really trading. I think that the Vikings might want to jump or the Broncos. You know, yeah, the Denver Broncos as well. It's a very good point. So just looking at what, you know, what the Giants did, they lost Sequan Barkley. They bring in Devin Singletary to replace him, John Runyon, Aaron Stini on the offensive line. Brian Burns was a big time trade that they made to get some help over there. Jaylin Mills was the safety that was brought in. But for the most part, this team is going to look relatively similar unless they make a change at quarterback. Now, I know Sequan Barkley, big, you know, big loss, but he missed time over the years. Right. We've seen what the Giants offense looks like without Sequan Barkley. It just looks, you know, relatively boring to watch. No offense with no playmakers. Obviously, we've seen this Giants offense look phenomenal. Yeah. With Odell Beckham, junior, Victor Cruz, exactly. Pusco Burris, his wide receivers over the years that have really taken the tops off of defenses. And similar to, you know, the ways that teams kind of get back to their ways a little bit, like the Giants are starting to do that with their phenomenal defensive line. And I think they're going to take another page out of their old playbook here and get a phenomenal wide receiver. And I know the quarterback position, it's tempting bringing in JJ McCarthy. But then I just think that you're setting your team up for failure, because you don't want Daniel Jones, but he's on, you know, he's on this big time contract. JJ McCarthy ready to come in and succeed right away. I just think that New York really wouldn't be the best landing spot. Oh, I definitely would. For JJ right now. So I'm going to go ahead and take Roma Dunes, a wide receiver out of Washington. I'm a really big fan of this guy's game. Me too. I just think that with all the hype that's going to the, you know, the number one wide receiver, these two neighbors in a Dunes A, they're going to be the ones that really overperform, because there's going to be such a big spotlight on Marvin Harrison. I hope, you know, him and Tyler Murray obviously can have that connection together. But something about these other two, I just think that if they get to a good situation, like obviously neighbors going to play with Justin Herbert, that right there sets him up for a phenomenal start to his career. And then Roma Dunes A just being pretty much the go-to guy, like just by default, kind of like Garrett Wilson, his rookie year, whenever he was just kind of going off, because he was the only thing the Jets had on offense. Right. I could see O'Dunes A if he lands in New York kind of having that same thing just really blowing up in New York. Yeah, definitely being the number one option. I think that's, I mean, it's a shitty landing spot for him, but best case scenario for his career going forward is being that number one here at New York. I'm up at number seven here with the Tennessee Titans, and they've been making them a lot of moves this offseason, bringing in Calvin Ridley, Tony Pollard on the offensive side. I think those two additions will, you know, make a positive impact with the departure of the King Henry over here. I think with his loss is definitely going to be inevitable that they're going to be missing a piece, missing a whole aspect of their game. They're going to be going into the next season thinking they're going to run the ball, just how they were with their Henry in figuring out that that's just not the case anymore. And other things like, you know, they're still trying to fill in that hole that they lost, you know, with Taylor Wan being cut or released, whatever happened there. I think they'll try to replace him this year with the Mr. Joe Alt. I know they made an offensive line pick last year with their first one, and I think they're, you know, they're going in that direction of making the offensive line, bolstering up the big uglies up front, you know, before, you know, anything happens. I think, you know, they're one of the most injury-riddled team in the whole NFL. So, you know, most of these, most of those injuries were on the, on the offensive line. So, you know, more the better. So I think they're going to take the best offensive lineman in the game right now, or in this draft, and Joe, Joe Alt, and, you know, bolster and replace Taylor Wan. Yeah. See, now, if one of the big three wild receivers falls, don't be surprised if they pounce on it, even though they sign Calvin Ridley to that big contract, just because their head coach Brian Callahan, he comes from that school Cincinnati, you know, of get the past catchers, rather than the offensive line. But if this is the scenario where the wider receivers go, then I completely agree with you. I think that it only makes sense that they take the best offensive lineman. Him right next to Peter Skronke would be a great setup for that offensive line. And, obviously, it's giving Malik Willis, or not Malik Willis, Will Levis. Yeah, Will Levis. I mean, they're both tight in the quarterbacks right now. And Mason Rudolph. But it gives Will Levis pretty much no excuse. Yeah. Whenever you build up the offensive line, in front of them, you already signed a number one by receiver. You're bringing back Hopkins, you have Trey Berg, Treeline Berg, even though he's a little bit of a performance. Yeah. And you also don't big money at Tony Pollard, too. So you're really is no their surrounding Will Levis with playmakers. And that's pretty much, you know, they're going to evaluate him. They're going to get a true evaluation of him because there is talent. There's not the excuse of oil. You don't really have he doesn't have wide receivers. Now he has an offensive minded head coach, who's going to try to get the most out of him. And I am up next to the Atlanta Falcons. Now it played out just how I thought it would for you guys. Yeah. Are you going to take them though? Are you going to take them? See, I would love to trade out here. Why? Just if just for the situation, you know how long you guys have long for this, this type of player. You know how long you guys wanted this guy and he fell in your lap right here. Well, I don't know. Go ahead and select his ass, man. Let's just take a chill pill because I don't because I don't really know, you know, where you're leaning as far as I think we could maybe agree on the position. Now, obviously, the Falcons signing Kirk Cousins, that eliminates the possibility of them taking quarterback. If they were to select JJ McCarthy here to sit behind, I would cry for you. Kirk Cousins, just RIP to the podcast. I'm going MIA after that. But some of the moves that the Falcons made make it seem like they're not even going to look at the wide receiver position because we signed Arnold Mooney, Rondo Moore, we bring in Ray Ray McCloud. That's three new additions to the wider receiver room, not even counting, bringing back Caderle Hodge, who was a free agent signing that we brought back on a one year deal. We returned Drake London. So now all of a sudden, the wider receiver room isn't looking paper thin. It could use another injection of, like I said, one of those big three wide receiver falls or wide receivers fall. I know that we have enough interest in them to maybe make that pick. But as the offensive line is looking, it looks pretty solid here. Clearly, the running back position is already set. So you turn on over to the defense aside. There we go. And that's where I'm looking. Obviously, you got your pick of the litter. No defensive players have been chosen here. You have the opportunity to take the long-awaited edge rusher. But I want to be honest, that's the thing is I think that if you were to take a trade back to say, hmm, 11 with the Vikings. Now, is that actually going to happen? Probably not. Now the Vikings could want to trade up just to make sure that nobody jumps in because everyone knows the Vikings are going to wait at 11 if they don't trade up and they're going to take a quarterback. So a team like Denver, or who knows, maybe New Orleans is just trying to get that next guy. They always do freaky stuff like that. So exactly. Someone could try to jump the Vikings. So yeah, that's why I think that if you were to pick up an extra third round pick to go back to 11 and take either Dallas Turner or Jared verse, you know, who has mocked to us last year eight overall and we have this exact same pick. But when I'm looking at Dallas Turner, I think the upside with him is there. Obviously, he was on a defense with Will Anderson, clearly a speed rusher whenever we do the edge rushing class, I'll be able to talk a little or the edge prospect discussion episode. I'll be able to talk a little bit more about him, but just right now, I can tell you right now that you're betting on the upside and you're betting on the traits when it comes to Dallas Turner. And I just think that he would be a great addition to the Atlanta Falcons defense of line, but also Jared verse, you know, like he's someone that I'm high on as well. Both of these guys really bring a lot to the table. They're kind of like a little bit of do you like strawberry ice cream? Do you like chocolate ice cream because they're both talented edge rushers? Yeah. But I'm going for the youth and I'm betting on the traits. I don't even mention Laochi Laochi. Oh, boy. I'm taking Dallas Turner here. You said don't mention it? Yeah. Don't mention Laochi Laochi. Not a fan of him. We'll get into him as well. I mean, neck injuries, rarely flashed against good tackles. I mean, he's already forced to medically retire from a neck injury. Yeah. You tell me the track record of players coming out of college that just absolutely got medically cleared. So so did Layton Vanderesh and all it took. He's still playing and all it took. He retired this year. Yeah, this year. But that's what I'm saying is all it takes is one hit though. Yeah. That ended up ending late in Vanderesh's career. Once you already have that injury, especially a position as physical as that drusher, I could see that, you know, being a little bit of a red flag, especially number eight overall, I'm trying to get someone that could maybe develop into a phenomenal edge rusher. I'm not going to spend a whole lot more time because clearly we're barely at pick eight. So I am going to roll with Dallas Turner and add him and you know, pick the first defensive player off the board. Yeah. You got to go simple here. You got to make it simplistic. Like you said earlier with with one of my picks, Dallas Turner is a dynamic pass record rusher man. And he reminds me so much of Brian Burns. This is a guy who you guys have needed for a long ass time and he fallen to you right here at number eight. I think this is just a homerun hit. You're getting every value with this pick. I think Dallas Turner is going to be a tremendous aspect to you all's defensive line so much from day one. He's going to make a difference. And I'm happy that he's fallen to you guys. I hope it ends up this way. I'm back up with the Chicago Bears second pick in the first round. He gave him Caleb Williams man. It's setting up perfect for them. Yeah. And like I said, I think they're going to take the Houston Texans aspect in this year's draft and pick a offensive first defensive second. I'm going with Jared verse with their second pick here. Is that who you thought I was going to take? That's who I thought you were going to select. See, I wouldn't be shocked if they did. But just, you know, connecting the, you know, following the T leaves, yeah, connecting the dots a little bit. Something tells me the falcon swing. Now when you want a player to give you that wild aspect to give you that man, he really just off one game that you can see he checks off every box. I know that's cliche, but that is Dallas Turner in a nutshell. He's got every pass rush move. He is a little stiff. He does doesn't utilize his hands as much as he should. As like my auto does. I think he's got the best hands at the edge rush. But if you want a guy who's really good at at one aspect of the game and defensive attack or off of the tackle really have to game plan on a, I'll just go ahead and say a bull rush. Jared versus versus bull rush is second to none in this draft. I think teams have really got to pay attention to that. And I think in NFL where you get the coaching, you get the time spent on just, you know, adding to your craft, I think people are going to pay attention to that bull rush. He's going to add like a spin move, a hook or, you know, a swim or anything like that. I think he's going to be huge, you know, when he gets his footing in the NFL. And I think, you know, he's going to be right there at the defensive rookie of the year at talking at the end of the season. Obviously Caleb Williams, I think it's going to be there as well. So I think the brown or the browns, the bears here are going to be the new Texans when we come at, we'll come look at them in 2024. Very, very good pick. You have Montez Sweatt and how you get the guy opposed on the other side of him. That's, that just sets it up very, you know, very well there. But I'm moving on to the New York Jets. And I'm looking at their defense, which is already set up. They're not going to spin this first round pick on their defense after what their offense looked like. Obviously, Zach Wilson probably going by by very soon. They do have Tyrod Taylor as the backup to Aaron Rodgers. They solidify the tackle position signing Tyrant Smith and Moses. What a funny, what a fun. They bring in Mike Williams and all this does is it gives you flexibility. Yeah, one of these big time wide receivers fall. I'm telling you, this is going to be the theme for like the top 12, 14, because that's about as far as, as far as they're going to fall. Yeah, yeah. But all of these teams will take a swing on it. You know, all these teams would love to get that type of playmaking ability. And the Jets still want to get more playmaking ability. They want to still surround Aaron Rodgers with as much talent as they possibly can. So I'm going, I mean, you can call it BPA if you want. I'm calling fucking best players. It's last year. I mean, I think it's a pretty easy pick here for the New York Jets. I'm taking Brock Bauer inside and out of the new University of Georgia. What he does, I've already said, he reminds me so much of Vernon Davis, just with the way that he is with the ball in his hands. When he does get open, I mean, he's a tough dude to bring down. Obviously, people have kind of linked him to Dallas Clark. I see the similarities there too. Aaron Rodgers would make this due to Pro Bowler in his first season. He's so damn talented. I don't really care that he didn't work out at the combine. He didn't work out at the pro day dealing with a little bit of a hamstring or whatever injury that's going on. I'll tell you right now, like that does not scare me whatsoever when it comes to Brock Bowers. Bring this dude into New York or, you know, surrounded with these weapons. Let it be the Brock Bowers and Garrett Wilson show there in New York, even after Aaron Rodgers has gone and they find their new quarterback, he's going to have two phenomenal players to play off of. And you know, that would just be a hell of a tandem. And you throw in the big X wide receiver. That is Mike Williams. You know, if he could stay healthy on that met life turf, because that's going to be a little bit of a question there. But I think that Brock Bowers is a number 10 overall is an absolute slam dunk. Yeah, they have an opportunity to get a, I don't know if you'll get offensive rookie of the year, because of the the mouths that that offense has to feed with Garrett Wilson, Breeze Hall. Obviously, Aaron Rodgers is going to spread the ball around, but Brock Bowers is tight. If he goes to New York and gets with a quarterback like Rodgers, I promise you, he's going to have a phenomenal start to his young career. Yeah, I think you're think you're going to see like a historic tight end season that we've never seen before. I mean, this kid is that special and paired him up with Aaron Rodgers, the best throw over the football. Man, I think it's going to be a, as a, as a Patriots fan, it's going to be hell to watch him just run up and down on the field. But I think it's going to be good for his career. And, you know, I love the kids. So, I mean, he was the best tight end coming out last year. So, I'm ready to see him in a NFL uniform. And, you know, if it's with Aaron Rodgers, shit, I'm ready to see the explosiveness. It's going to be awesome to see. Well, let's go ahead and get into the next pick, shall we? Minnesota Vikings? Yes, sir. This is a team that, no, I don't expect him to be here. I don't expect him to be making this pick. No, and, and the way our draft fell down or fell out, I think it's, you know, how they want their board to look because their guy is sitting here. I think they're going to come up one come draft day. I think they're going to make moves to get up and try to pick this guy. JJ McCarthy is sitting right there, and that's their quarterback of the future. I really do think that that, that fits just like a glove. I think he is, when you want to replace a quarterback that you've had for a long time, a stable quarterback such as Kirk Cousins, you want to find a new guy that you can come in, plug and play from day one and not miss a step and not skip a beat. You can kind of run the similar option or similar offense and then some. And I think JJ McCarthy does that. He does bring an aspect of using his legs. He's got the great decision-making. He's played in a lot of big games. He's still young. Only 20 years old. Yeah, he's so young. He's got a lot of tread left on that tire. And, you know, he's a gamer dog. He can fucking come in and demand respect off day one. I think he's just a homerun hit for the Vikings and you're going to see on draft days. They're going to want to come up and get this kid. I think it's just, you know, where he is or where the, you know, draft order ends up. And in ours, you know, they didn't have to make moves where they're going to come here to, you know, draft him. So, JJ McCarthy, go and put that purple on my butt. See, players get reached on all the time. Yeah. You know, on the board that we're using here, Bonix has ranked 30th. Oh, damn. And I feel like the Broncos would be forced to pick him here and he would be the fifth quarterback already off the board in the first 12 picks. So, that's why I'm kind of hesitant. I think the Broncos maybe could try to make another move. You know, they could try to come back up and get a quarterback later because Michael Pinnik's is still there. Yeah. I just can't, in my heart, take a quarterback here with this 12th overall pick. And I think that maybe they would wonder why, you know, why are we not making this pick? I just think that it makes sense that you can't pass up on the talent that's there. Obviously quarterback is a knee, but so is defensive tackle wide receiver edge, cornerback. And you look at the way that this board fell. There's a couple good ones and me just looking at the, you know, the way that the Saints played football, whenever they were phenomenal under Sean Payton, it was by drafting a guy like Marshall Adam Moore hitting on young talent. And I think that a quarterback like Terrion Arnold, who has that physical play style, you know, like Marshall Adam or come up, he can make tackles similar to somebody like Brian Branch and other Alabama defensive back that got drafted last year. I just think that this is more so like a best player available. The Broncos run a pretty big hole. They need to get talented players and looking at their defense, obviously, you know, you have pass or tame, but outside of that, you know, you have Damari Mathis starting over there on the other side. Jaquan McMillan, he's your nickel back, you got Caden Stearns as your strong safety, you obviously let go of Justin Simmons. So the secondary is an underrated need. And I think you have to just get talent whenever you have this, this high of a pick. You can't just reach on a quarterback because you need it, you know, look at what the 49ers did. And I know that's easier said than done with Mr. Irrelevant. But the point is that you can find a quarterback later. You don't have to reach on somebody like Bonix just because you need that position. Go get another good player, make your defense better, make it almost impossible, build another no fly zone, get another Alabama cornerback to join pass or tame and carry on Arnold. 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Visit short line Buick today and experience all Buick has to offer in its new lineup of vehicles. At short line you do the drive in will do the rest. It's Buck sex and along with play drive is talking about Dan capitalist law, but Dan's the son of a police officer and a guy who finished law school and aimed high to build a world class firm for the people where everyone regardless of background gets top notch treatment. Dan capitalist law lives that mission scoring record verdicts for folks from all walks of life and they don't care about your wallet, righteous cases are taken on a percentage fee basis. Need help? Visit Dan capless law.com. That's Dan C A P L I S law.com. I'm making that pick by the way. I like it. I really haven't really delved into the corners too much, but that is on the will to do. I'm up here with the 13 pick for the Raiders and just looking at their knees is quarterback running back off of his lineman, defensive lineman, interior lineman. So all, you know, it just looks like, you know, off his line is one of their major needs here. Big time player fell to him. Yeah, he really did. And, you know, I think with, you know, they're making moves with Chris Wilkins coming over. I think that was a huge signing on their defensive side. You know, I think last year they wanted Paris Johnson in the 2023 draft, but I think the Cardinals jumped up and sniped him from him. I think I think they're going to come up with the same aspect this year. They want that offensive lineman. So I'm going to give them JC Latham here from Alabama, just a, a power beast of a man. This guy will move guys. He's, he's an athletic tackle. I think he's played a little bit of guard, but they're going to want him at the office of tackle position. It's solidified that office of line. Get a good, um, give good time for Aiden O'Connell back there. And, and, you know, maybe continue of what you started, or ended on last year on the high note. And, you know, with this draft pick, I think it's nothing but up from here. So I'm up here with the New Orleans Saints. Number 14, they need that. They need offensive tackle help very badly. They need, you know, interior offensive line help as well. Defensive line kind of got gutted. Even their best player came. Jordan is on the wrong side of 30 and he probably isn't going to be around very much longer. In fact, no, he's still there, but he's no longer a starter because they did bring in Chase Young. As a, you know, a recent free agent signing, but he has a neck injury. They signed Willy Gay as well. Cedric Wilson on the offensive side, but outside of that, the Saints really haven't been making many moves because they don't have a lot of money, but they do have some holes. Like I just mentioned, obviously in the offensive line, and there's a very talented tackle here that I just think you can't let fall any further than 14. Olu Fashanu, who obviously, very phenomenal pass blocker, has a lot to be desired in the run game. That's something that the Saints are going to have to really kind of iron out. But when you look at the way that their offense is kind of shifting with a player like Chris Olave, obviously Rashid Shahid, getting somebody like Olu Fashanu can immediately compete for that left tackle spot, give somebody opposite side Ryan Ramchek. And that's why I wouldn't get somebody like Thuwanga because Thuwanga is a right tackle. And then they already have Ramchek there. And I know Ramchek, he's another player that's kind of getting a little bit older there. But I think to make the most out of this window right now, which is what the Saints are doing, they never want to accept a rebuild. That's why their salary cap is always such a shitty situation because they kick the can down the road year after year. And I think this is going to be another situation where they do take, you know, the best player available. And it ends up being Olu Fashanu tackle out of Penn State. Up here at 15, I've got the Colts pick. And I think it's their first one of the 2024 draft. And looking at their needs here, wide receiver, defensive back. And I'm going to go ahead and give them. I'm going to go ahead and give Anthony Richard a running mate there at wide receiver here. I'm going to go with A.D. Mitchell out of Texas. I think he's a perfect fit for the style that the Colts want to bring. A guy that, you know, can stretch the field, but also has every route in the in the route tree just down to Chris. And guy that could surprise you with his speed. I think he had the third fastest 40 in the draft this year, the calm mind this year. I thought it caught me on that, but I know he flew. I think it was like a four or three five or some shit like that. I know his partner over here at Texas, another Texas receiver flew and beat the record. But I think A.D. was more of the complete receiver. And I think he gives you a lot more. So yeah, I think Anthony Richard would love a guy like this in his locker room. So I'm going to give him A.D. Mitchell. Okay, so I'm up here now with that's a phenomenal pick. I do like A.D. Mitchell. This is a little high. I will say like this is this is very high for where I expect him to get picked. I think he's going to be first round, but later definitely down the road. Okay, so I am pulling up the Seattle Seahawks roster right now looking at some of the moves that they've made. Jerome Baker, Ray Sean Jenkins, Tyrell Dodson, Tremaine, Ankrum. But other than that, I mean, they really haven't done a whole lot here other than trading for Sam Howe. They got some quarterback insurance, I guess you can say to make sure that Gino Smith is playing to the best of his ability. And he's pretty much doing just that. But let me see here, as far as the Seattle Seahawks go, some of the needs that you can point your finger at. Obviously they have a phenomenal wide receiver room. The cornerback room on paper looks like, you know, it's pretty set up. I guess you can say good for the long haul, right? I mean, you got Devon Witherspoon, a first round pick just a couple years ago, if not last year. And then obviously Tariq Woolen back there, but they did cut both of their safeties. That seems like it could be a little bit of a problem for them, right? Oh, yeah, I think it's huge. Definitely a glaring home. Well, see, I'm kind of leaning towards that defensive back, you know, area just thinking about, you know, where they'll be. Obviously they have a new head coach, Mike McDonald. So he's kind of sort of unpredictable, if I'm being completely honest. So just looking at their needs, offensive guard, center, there is a very good center here. There's a decent offensive lineman as well that you can maybe move inside if you're talking about tackles. And that might be what I'm going to do, because I think that to least say Fuwanga has all pro potential if you move him inside. And I know they just drafted tackles just a couple years ago. They have a phenomenal offensive line that's pretty young already. If I'm not mistaken, let me just look at it here. Charles Cross is their left tackle Abraham Lucas is their right tackle. So it does seem like maybe a good interior offensive lineman that's versatile and a phenomenal run blocker and just a mauler in the run game. It could be what the Seahawks need, especially when you look at that, you know, look at what the Ravens were. That's where Mike McDonald's coming from. And he knows that he wants a hard nose football team and getting a player like Fuwanga as I think is going to obviously set the identity for that team. So give me to Lisa Fuwanga from Oregon State, right tackle, but can obviously move inside. And I think he has phenomenal potential as an interior offensive lineman, specifically on the guard position, but he could play right tackle if he needed him to. But I think on the inside is where you're going, where you're going to get the best five linemen on the field at the same time. Yeah, that's a tremendous pick. And the way that they're going about their draft, like last year, I think the Seahawks, you know, hit it out of the park and I expect no less this year. And when with that pick, I think they're going to be, you know, falling in that category again, I'm up next in my 17th pick here with the Jackson Jacksonville Jaguars. You know, when watching them, you could see there's a big, big holes in that offensive line. I'm just going to go ahead and say it that they're, they failed Trevor Lawrence. Again, this year, I think if you put a, put a whole bow on, on what was the glaring hole or what you saw every Sunday, is Trevor Lawrence running for his fucking life, almost 90% of the plays. So let's bolster up that offensive line. Let's get a lot more help. Let's get some young guys in there to compete. And, you know, looking at some of their, their needs on the offensive line is guard interior lineman pretty much all over the field. So I'm going to go ahead and give them one of the best guards, I think in my opinion, in Christian Hayes from Yukon, just a guy who can just really do it all, like pull for you, you know, run block is his thing, could really set an anchor in his passing, his is a little slow, a little small arms, but I think that'll, you know, he can, you know, really learn a thing or two in NFL. And I think he can really hit the ground running for this Jacksonville Jaguar team. So I'm moving on here to the Cincinnati Bengals. And man, looking at their teams, defensive, or some of their needs, defensive tackle, it says offensive tackle, but I'm not really going to count that as a need sign Trent Brown anymore. And they have Orlando Brown, who I'm a little bit not so high on. He fell bless you. He just really isn't my, my preference of offensive lineman. So I'm looking at who's on the board here that fit what the Bengals need. One player just absolutely jumps out to me. Johnny Newton, defensive tackle from Illinois. He was a consensus all American. I really like his game. He could immediately plug in and replace DJ reader who just signed with the Detroit Lions. And the Bengals did bring in a phenomenal defensive tackle if I'm not mistaken. In fact, they did Sheldon Rankins. They already have Hubbard and Hendrickson as the edge. You look at their linebackers, Jermaine Pratt and Logan Wilson. They're set there. Vaughn Bell and Gino Stone, they pretty much rebuilt their safety room there. Cam Taylor Britt, DJ Turner as their outside corners and then Mike Hilton as their nickel. So that leads me to wonder, do they take a swing on a corner here and upgrade there, just looking at, you know, kind of where they are in the division with the, you know, the Browns bringing in Jerry Judy already having Amari Cooper. And then obviously, you know, you already know what you're going to have to deal with in Baltimore with Lamar Jackson. Running game all over. You almost wonder if the smart pick would be Newton here. Yeah, that would be smart to get some secondary. Yeah, exactly. Well, no, Newton's defensive tackle. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. In my bad, my bad. So I think that it would just be easy. You see teams do this all the time. And I think that it would make sense for the Cincinnati Bengals to do the exact same thing and pluck Johnny Newton off the board, defensive tackle from Illinois. And, you know, I was deciding between him and Quinn on Mitchell taking another corner. He's a really big riser. He was a phenomenal corner at the senior bowl. He tested well at the combine. So somebody's going to be really glad when they get him. But I think that, you know, the, the Bengals, they're an AFC North team. It starts with running the football and that's what Arthur Smith's going to be doing in Pittsburgh. That's what Cleveland's obviously going to be doing whenever Nick Chubb is back. And obviously Baltimore, they are a running football team. So you need a phenomenal secondary once you get past your own division and you move on to that next level where you're playing the Buffalo's and the Kansas cities and the Miami's in the conference. But it starts with winning your division. And that's where I think Johnny Newton is really going to, you know, make a difference there. Yeah, I like that pick. I'll go ahead and go up next here at pick 19. I am. Who do I have? Oh, I have the Rams. Sorry, the Los Angeles Rams here at pick 19. And these guys are just trying to find ways to compensate of what happened with Aaron Donald retirement. And I guess, you know, trying to replace Von Miller a little bit, I guess, but mainly trying to replace the impact of Aaron Donald. And two players really come to mind. And I think either or this is a right fit for this team and in layout to law to defensive end from UCLA or Byron Murphy, the second from Texas, D for the lineman, I think, you know, he could give you some of the ways that you saw Aaron Donald impacted game. You know, he's going to come and demand doubles. And, you know, I think he's just a great player that you could put on your defensive line as a rotational player or even start him from day one. I think he's that good. You know, in fact, I'm going to go ahead and give him Byron Murphy here to try to make up the efforts of Aaron Donald not being on that team anymore. And speaking of that man, shout out to Aaron Donald, due to respect, first ballot, I think is just a phenomenal player to mold your game after obviously, you know, everybody could just look up to the man that he was. And, you know, if you just hear anything about Aaron Donald off the field, there's just nothing but positive. He's kept his name out of the media. He's just did everything right, man. And big shout outs to a Hall of Fame career to that man. Sorry, I need you to repeat who the Rams pick was. Byron Murphy. Okay, Byron Murphy out of Texas. You son of a guy. I had my eye on him for one of my later picks. Now I'm here with the Pittsburgh Steelers. I do need to pull up their depth chart because for some reason, my mock draft simulator, it keeps refreshing. Yeah, mine is too. So I'm having to reenter some of these draft picks here. I do think it's just my computer. It's just running. Mine's doing it too. So I do apologize. But if I'm talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers here, some of the needs that they have obviously, let's see, tackle. Offensive center. So an interior offensive lineman that could probably be versatile, right? Wide receiver clearly. Johnson is out the board or out the door in safety. So when I'm looking at, you know, what's on the board, they could easily go best player available and take a swing on layouts you ought to. They could also go for Quinn Young Mitchell, Troy Fontenot was also also on the board of Marius Mims, who's kind of been teased that they could get fit in perfect. And Pittsburgh already having Project Jones, Darnell Washington, you get another Georgia Bulldog. It seems like that's the direction that they could go. Hmm. This is very interesting here because I do think that there's a theory that fits the Dallas Cowboys. It kind of fits the same, you know, with the Pittsburgh Steelers. And I'll wait and talk about that a little bit later because I picked for the Cowboys. So right now I'll go off into tackle. It is their biggest need. And I will take the young very raw, only has a little over 800 pass blocking snaps or snaps in general. And obviously, you know, he's only got eight starts under his belt. So Marius Mims, the Pittsburgh Steelers, are going to take a swing on a very young offensive tackle with. I mean, look at this do getting off the bus. This is someone that if you can mold and develop and do an NFL tackle, then the Steelers are going to be set on both sides of the ball for a pretty long time. Yeah, he's just a huge, huge of a man. I'm up here with the Dolphins pick, pick 21, looking at some of their needs, tied in off his alignment and defensive line. And the way the board fell out, I want to take a look here at the tight ends that are left. I think only one has been selected. Yes, only one. Yeah. So, and it's still pretty high. Pick 21 for one of these guys that I'm looking at here. So, I'm definitely going to look more off of the line for this team. Last year, two, you know, two years ago, we were trying to figure out if two is going to even stay alive for the 2023, 2024 season. And, you know, they did a good job of that, but they still were some times where two was running, you know, with this, you know, with his head down, trying to figure out where to go because the rush was coming too quick, or he was being rushed, you know, enough to where he, you know, said, fuck the play. I'm just going to know, I know Tyreeks down there somewhere and he just threw it up. So, you know, with that being said, I think, you know, off of the line is a way they should go. So, they've got Troy Fontaineer here from Washington, and I think he's phenomenal for this team. I think he brings in the aspect of, you know, using them at other positions and, you know, that's just a value you could use all up and down the field. So, I'm going to select him, Troy from Washington here. I like it. It's a good pick, especially right here. It's a good value pick for the Miami Dolphins. It fills a need that they have as well. Looking at the Philadelphia Eagles, and some of the moves they made, they brought in Devontay Parker, Saquon Barkley, obviously, big time moved there in the offense. Devin White to be their new weak side or right inside backer to pair with the Kobe Dean, C.J. Johnson, or Johnson, came back from Detroit. So, the Eagles are probably going to be damn near just as good as they were last year. Now, corner, linebacker, safety, that some of the areas that they could obviously improve here, but they like to be a year too early rather than a year too late when it comes to filling some of these holes. And I'm just looking at their offense. Obviously, Cam Jurgen's going to plug right in there at center, Landon Dickerson there at the left guard who got a contract extension. There's not a lot of holes when your team as good as the Eagles, like literally on their entire offense, they do not have a hole maybe outside of Devontay Parker, who's their third wide receiver. Defense could be a little bit of a different story. I mean, obviously, Darius Slade, James Bradbury, you got Gardner Johnson as a nickel because Sidney Brown and Reed Blankenship are the two current safeties. So, I'm just thinking, who could use a phenomenal player on the back end of the defense? And I don't know if he's their type of player, but man, Cooper to Jean would be a phenomenal pickup here for the Philadelphia Eagles because they really don't need another outside cornerback right at this very second because of their current situation. But Cooper to Jean obviously plays a little bit of the same type of role as Tonsy Gardner Johnson, just the younger version. So, because they like to get a year early rather than a year late, I think that maybe you take a swing and I'm going to here, I'm going to plug Cooper to Jean off the board safety, but he can also play corner. He can use a versatile chess piece you can use in the defensive backfield. And I'm just a big fan of his game. And I think that if the Eagles did pick him, he immediately be a fan favorite there in the city of Philadelphia. Give me Cooper to Jean, defensive back into Iowa. That's exactly who I was going with my next pick for the Vikings here. I think cornerback is just a position that they need help with ASAP. And I'm going to give them the best player available at that corner position in Quignon Mitchell. I hope I said that right. You did. Quignon Mitchell from Toledo. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I think, you know, with his size and speed, he can match up well with a lot of people in a division as the Vikings are in. I think, you know, it's a solidified hit for them. I'm up here with another NFC East team, the Dallas Cowboys. And there's no question this team needs to make a move somewhere. They're not going to do it in free agency. Outside of Eric Hendricks, they really have not brought in anybody. I know it's frustrating to fans. Shout out to my boy Isaiah. Shout out to Ryan Gannaway, both Cowboys fans that I've been communicating with a lot here during this process about prospects and all that good stuff and where their team could go. I know that they're not necessarily happy with Jerry Jones approach. So we're going to try to help him out here. We're going to try to get him some talent. I'm going to take, you know, a step back and I'm going to take a big picture approach because right now they have Brock Hoffman currently starting at center TJ Bass at left guard, obviously moving Tyler Smith back to his original left tackle position. Terence Dale at the right tackle and obviously the household name Zach Martin there holding it down at the right guard. But I want Zach Martin to get some help because when you think about what the Dallas Cowboys did once upon a time 2013, I think was the year, they traded up if I'm not mistaken and they drafted a center from Wisconsin named Travis Frederick. And the move was not a popular move by the fan base. Well, some fans probably, you know, appreciated with, you know, what the Cowboys were trying to build. The very next year they draft Zach Martin. They already had a young tyrant Smith on the roster. But whenever you look at Zach Martin, who I don't know, he played like what seven years, he made Pro Bowls left and right. He had a very short career. He retired. But for the short period of time that he was there, the Cowboys offensive line was the best in the foot, you know, in the entire league and whenever you think about when they stopped being dominant is whenever Travis Frederick walked out the door, as great as Zach Martin is, as great as, you know, tyrant Smith was for them, phenomenal players. But that center position that heart and soul of the offensive line, the quarterback of the offensive line, Frederick was the one that took it over the top. That double team block between Frederick and Zach Martin is literally something that we haven't seen since like the 90s Dallas Cowboys even going back, you know, phenomenal offensive lines, like in the 70s, you know, you think about the Green Bay Packers, whenever they were running the football, winning Super Bowls, the Cowboys had something special there. And I think getting somebody like Jackson Powers Johnson, center from Oregon, has the potential to do that exact same thing. I am a fan of this guy. Obviously six, three, 328 pounds. He's 21 years old, strong, dense, well leveraged frame, great mass, quick accelerator, nimble lateral mover with great range in space. This is just one of the tackles or one of the offensive line prospects, I should say, that has the green light for me, specifically because what a tackle did coming from Oregon, I was kind of out on our Oregon offensive lineman, you know, for a long time, I'll be honest. And I saw what Penay Sewell did for the Detroit Lions and pretty much taking that offensive line that already had talent. Yeah, Frank Ragno, Glasgow, Taylor Decker, you look at the Cowboys offensive line that's got some talent already on it with Tyler Smith, Zach Martin, you get somebody like Jackson Powers, Johnson there in the middle to anchor that bad boy. It's great value here. And I think that it's a move. And you know, in retrospect, whenever you're looking back on this pick, you can think, all right, we made a great move there. You have a great quarterback in Dak Prescott that needs somebody like this in front of him. Yeah. You don't know what you're doing at running back yet. Obviously, you let you let go of Tony Pollers, Derek Henry was all but just a dream for Cowboys fame. We got a house there. So, you know, we'll see what they end up doing with Jackson Powers, Johnson Center out of Oregon is the pick I'm making here. Buick Enclave is designed to make together your favorite place to be with an abundance of thoughtful features like the hands-free power liftgate and with generous space for up to seven, your family will agree. Time spent together inside this SUV is time well spent. Enclave gives connectivity a starring role. Your family will stay connected to the world even when you were on the move. Experience Buick Enclave today at Shortline Buick 1301 South Havana Street. You do the drive-in. We'll do the rest. It's Buck Sexton along with Clay Drive is talking about Dan capitalist law. Buck Dan's the son of a police officer and a guy who finished law school and aimed high to build a world-class firm for the people where everyone regardless of background gets top-notch treatment. Dan capitalist law lives that mission scoring record verdicts for folks from all walks of life and they don't care about your wallet. Righteous cases are taken on a percentage fee basis. Need help? Visit dan capitalist law.com. That's dan C-A-P-L-I-S law.com. Get ahead of the postage rate increases this year with stamps.com. It's like your own personal post office. Sign up with promo code program for a four-week trial plus free postage and free digital scale. No long-term commitments or contracts. That's stamps.com code program. I'm up at the 25th pick here with the Green Bay Packers. With the release of David Buck tiari, I think this is just a no-brainer that they're going off as a line. They need to invest in the better blocking for Jordan Love. I think a long-term office of tackle is a parrot here. I'm going to give them Jordan Morgan from Arizona. I think he's just a phenomenal tackle here. He does lack the Jordan Morgan just not to interrupt you. Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead, guys. But Laochi Lachi, I wonder if he's gotten I wonder if Laochi Lachi's gotten his lunch back from Jordan Morgan. I ate up, huh? I wonder if he's gotten his lunch back from Fuanga. I Wonder if he's gotten his lunch back from the USC Left tackle. He's not even in this class. He's gonna be in the class next year who held his own He I don't know if he want to rep against him and I don't even think he's going to be a very coveted prospect Next year next year's class. So we'll kind of you know, that's just one thing when I when I look at Laochi I could be wrong on him, but I just feel like this is a guy that screams. Hey, man Stay though. That's so funny, man, because he's one of my favorites The draft, right? Yeah, I love his gameplay. I love the way he's his motor is non-stop He's just a guy that's gonna find the ball wherever it is his hand uses just perfect He's got like that basketball style Like a Hooper defense of in you know in him it is crazy, but going back to Morgan. Yeah coming back to Jordan here You know, he's he's one of those guys that really benefit from the senior bowl. He's a guy his stock really went up This guy, you know, like I said earlier. He's his play style is not like your mauler your your bruiser type He's the finesse guy. He will set that anger in the past game and not let nobody pass him And in the running game he'll get you your two three yards that you want, but it's not gonna be You know ugly or you know, he's not gonna be pancaking nobody. I know that aspects in there But it's just not his game. He's six five three hundred twenty five pound. That possesses the most athletic skills In a in a off of the tackle in this class. I love his game. I think this guy's game is phenomenal. He's going to Give that David Bock tiari ish feeling For the Packers here in Jordan law is gonna love this guy three-year starter I like giving this is a guy that I feel like has some of the best feet Yeah, the offense in life is very smooth in its past sets that boys move So I'm here now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 overall edges in need for them cornerback offensive guard sinner Obviously wide receivers in a big need to sign Mike Evans. I got God been ready You can just cancel that out being an elite the offensive line right tackle is a little suspect left guards a little bit suspect But I think you're in a good enough situation where you can get by at this point You're looking at you know the defensive back well they did bring back Jordan whitehead who had a great tenure with the Jets He was drafted by the Bucks in 2018. Mm-hmm. They bring him back. So it's a nice little story there They could use some cornerback help Jamel Dean in Zion McCollum or currently the two starting corners They do have Bryce Hall from the New York Jets But man, I think we're gonna have to give them a cornerback here like I really do and I wanted this is where I thought we were Finally gonna get your boy Laatu lock in the division But I think I gotta I got to go with Nate Wiggins in the corner back out of Clemson He does fit the height Six foot one one seventy three. He's really lean tall excellent efficiency of motion disruptive range He throttles up closing speed explosiveness all that good stuff. He's a really good in like long speed with the vertical routes Like you're not gonna absolutely burn this guy. It kind of reminded me of age a trail coming out of Clemson Outside of the national championship game I forget about that but Nate Wiggins a great defensive back one of the you know many good defensive backs that have come out of Clemson He's gonna find his home in Tampa Bay Arizona number 27 my my My bait my thing here just refreshing. I gotta put everybody here good. I can help you I can fill you in the Arizona Cardinals You know obviously wide receivers and is a hole they already have there you go. There you go. I'm back up number four overall They took Marvin Harrison here So what do they do in here at pick 27? We got the wide receiver need out of the way We're still looking for guards center diva the line in cornerback help with pick 27. You're looking at these guards You're trying to find value, especially at this pick. I know that they have actually Found their homerun hitter in Marvin Harrison Jr. in pick three So let's go to the defensive side a little bit and see if we can You know help out a little bit over there. I'm looking at their roster on the defensive side Not too many names that you could really you know hang your hat on last year's pick or 2021's pick saving Collins is really the only one that I couldn't really a booty Baker obviously or you know You're big name guys that I can really think of so I'm gonna go ahead and give them my boy Layout to law to here. I think you know aspect you we've talked about and this guy's got great feet great hands It's just the medical issues is all he's lacking You know I said earlier. He's been cleared to play, but you know neck injuries are You know, they're a killer in this league and they're the one of the most detrimental to a football's career a football players career, you know, everybody can get you come back from ACLs and Achilles neck injuries and you know your head injuries, you know, there's stuff those those stuffs will linger on for you for your rest Your life and you know, there's life after football. It's more bearings. I mean it's bigger than football But I think this kids got the health I think you know, he can come in and impact the team at day one and the Cardinals are gonna look forward to having this kid and I You know, I'm on I'm on this kid pause, but yeah This is just one of the guys that I really want to hang my flag on Well killer flag you talking about Rainbow color but anyways, I'm up here number 28 with the Buffalo Bills You know, they lost some players on the back end Obviously who just talking about some of the guys that left a player Jordan poor. You got the whole freakin secondary Yeah, Jordan poor your left you went to Miami on the division rival I'm not very good. She's an extra Davius white. That's gonna be a very big loss there But I'm kind of just looking at this team and I'm looking at what's on the board here Obviously, you can go Kool-Aid McKinstry if you want But I'm gonna lean a different direction. I'm gonna make sure that our most valuable asset is Taking care of and that's our quarterback. I'm gonna go replace Gabe Davis I know that maybe life isn't so sweet with some on digs right now If you look at some of his tweets, he may be out the door The last thing you want is to go into this season with no wide receivers for Josh Allen So I'm gonna plug Brian Thomas Jr. off the board lucky six foot two 109 pounds very long strider vaporizes or he vaporizes Tackling angles because of his speed and his acceleration Great routes. He really flashes with some of his releases has been vertical stem work This is someone that is a craftsman at the position You know when we've seen in the past Justin Jefferson was the wide receiver to and look what he's done in the NFL Just because Brian Thomas Jr. Was the quote-unquote number two to Malik neighbors Does not mean that this dude is any less of a prospect. You bring this dude into Buffalo I promise you him and Josh Allen are gonna be best friends and you factor in Dalton's concade Who's got another year to grow with the quarterback? It just seems like this could be a slam dunk pick and we could really get the most out of Brian Thomas if he lands in Buffalo Yeah, I think that's just a perfect fit for him and the way that that this board landed I think you know, they would love that pick if it actually happened I'm up next 29th pick here Detroit Lions looking at some of their knees guards center edge and corner back and just the way we know the The way that the Detroit Lions are, you know bringing themselves about, you know How they're making the the offensive line and the defensive defensive line their main steady focus And I think they're gonna keep it going in this draft, you know, looking in the Interior This guy Zach Frazier, I think he could be moved around You know his main position is that center position, but you know, they could find value in him in other positions But you know here at the center position, I think they could take him there and You know add depth to that line and you know, maybe You know come in for a player two and it really make a difference. So Zach Frazier to the Detroit Lions So I'm here with the Baltimore Ravens now and I'm looking at their defensive line Brent urban Michael Pearson just him out of Buke who just got a big tackle. They make up the interior defensive line and obviously O'Dawfay OA, David O'Jabo Trenton Simpson and Roquant Smith are the line backing core both inside backers and obviously the two Ed Drushers there with O'Dawfay and O'Jabo, so I mean the Ravens defense is pretty much already built like this is a unit that doesn't really need a lot of first round talent So I just kind of lead you to the offensive side of the ball and you look at some of the people who are still available I still think that the Ravens, you know in order to similar to the Buffalo Bills you want to maximize Your quarterbacks MVP window get him another big-time playmaker in there try to score points and I guess keep up with the Mahomes of the world and that's what you're gonna have to do So I'm looking at some of the wide receivers that are on the board Obviously Xavier worthy seems like he's there. He's their cup of tea, but they already have a flower So it almost feels like just going too heavy on the smaller wide receivers You want to build a basketball team. Mm-hmm And that's why I'm leaning towards Keon Coleman wide receiver from Florida State six foot three 213 pounds. I mean, he's a short-range athlete excellent size length frame density compact mass Effortless accelerator with hyperactive foot speed lateral twitch for his size This is someone that really has a you know He has a very high football IQ when you're talking about finding the weak spots and zones Like he's very polished in that, you know aspect of his game very fluid physical as a route runner Like I am just his size alone had me all over this guy pause I'm really looking forward To him going to a quarterback that's going to know how to use him like Lamar Jackson You get Keon Coleman added to this young wide receiver room. Mm-hmm that already has Mark Andrews They just got Derek Henry to pair up like this is my head. This is where you say we're going all in Yeah, obviously Kevin Zeitler and their offensive guard. He's signed with another team I can't remember who maybe the Detroit Lions to shit If he did but yeah, Keon Coleman Let's get the Ravens another weapon. That's the only way they're getting wide receivers This days is by drafting them or these days is by drafting themselves Yeah, I who knows with Odell Beckham is gonna do next year. So this is just a guy that you can plug in and kind of get the similar You know play style from him. I'm gonna next with the 49ers pick at 31 here And you know, we're talking about the 49ers here. They really don't need much, but they did lose a couple guys this year Chase Young being one of those guys Ferrell being one of those guys. You have your own Ken law being one of those guys So I think they're gonna want a versatile lineman on the defensive side So I'm gonna give them Chris Jenkins deep as a tackle from Michigan even though this kid really wasn't known for you know his past rushing numbers or You know making those big huge hard hit tackles or anything like is this consistent plays of being? You know available obviously and just doing the right plays at the right time making the right fits being at the right place and then you know making big-time plays at the Big-time When they call for him, you know, this guy was one of the the main reasons why that defensive was so impactful how they made it to the national championship. This is guy who was all over the field for that team and I think he's just gonna be good for The 49ers for all the talent that they lost I think they can come in and mold this guy to the 49ers way and with a veteran presence that the this team has This kid's gonna just love falling here at the 49ers here at number 31 Okay, so who did you just pick? I picked Chris Jenkins Right name, okay Chris Jenkins off the board so that leaves me with an interesting Kansas City interesting situation here with the Kansas City Chiefs Because I really don't know exactly, you know sign Hollywood Brown They did so they got the receiver position out of the way kind of yeah kind of I mean you you don't ever want to say We got it out of the way, but I think they're satisfied with it with where they are right now with her She writes obviously they've already brought you know brought in the sky moors of the world The continuous Tonys of the world and Justin Ross on the on the roster Justin Watson wide still on the team So I mean, I'd receive her could be a nice little pick for them here. I know that there'd be some Some Kansas City Chiefs fans that would be a speedster in there If they got a if they got a little weapon here and it does make sense for him to go at this point Still got a mccuckling out there There's quite I mean you got Xavier worthy on the board There are several different areas you can go here often to tackle was listed as a possible need and I agree because of Obviously, do you want Taylor? I think that's a low key little bit of a need there for them Mm-hmm. I'm just looking at who's on the board obviously picking this way you want to get value you got that Fifth year option so you don't want to throw this pick in the trash But you also want to make sure that you get the most out of it here So I'm looking at their defense George Carl Loftus Charles a minahue Derek Nondie Chris Jones on the defensive line drew Tranquil Nick Bolton They still have a gerias need but he could be someone who's traded and I'm kind of you know I kind of want to go under the assumption that he is going to be traded So I'm not necessarily the highest on this guy because of his he's not the smallest corner in the world Obviously, he's listed long at five eleven one ninety nine But I'm going to go ahead and take Kool-Aid Mckin Street off the board. Okay He's a he's not that you're going receiver. He's another accelerator. He is explosive as well he He has impressive eye discipline in zones We can also key on a wide receivers hips to know exactly when to break There's a lot of good things to like about Kool-Aid But I just feel like the Chiefs would like for the board to fall a little bit different like they would really like for Brian Thomas or Keon Coleman to maybe fall to them. I think they would jump all over it Yeah, not sure how much how they feel about Xavier worthy just because of they already pretty much just got Marquis Brown So it almost be like the same as the Raven situation Someone's going to be very happy to get worthy in the second round I can already tell you that as you'd be another run on wide receivers If this is the way the board fell, but yeah, give me Kool-Aid Mckin Street to fill out the first round best name in the draft Of this grade are you kidding me? I Would love that for them. Yeah. Well, let's go ahead and talk about it Run through these pics really quickly. Yes, sir number one overall Caleb Williams to the Bears number two Drake made of the commanders number Three Jayden Daniels Katie Patriots number four Marvin Harris to the car Marvin Harrison Jr. To the Cardinals. Yes, sir Number five Malik neighbors to the Los Angeles Chargers number six Roma Dunes a to the New York Giants seven Jill Alt to the Titans eight Dallas Turner to the Falcons nine Jared verse to the Chicago Bears 10 Brock Bowers to the Jets 11 JJ McCarthy to the Minnesota Vikings 12 overall Denver Broncos get Terry on ordinal JC Latham at 13 to the Raiders The Saints at 14 get Olu for Shawnu 15 the Colts get AD Mitchell 16 Seattle Seahawks to Lee safe Wonga 17 Jacksonville Jaguars get Christian Haynes 18 bangles get Johnny Newton Byron Murphy to the Rams at 19 a Marius Mims to the Steelers at 20 Troy Fontano to the Miami Dolphins at 21 Cooper to Jean to the Eagles at 22 Queen on Mitchell at 23 to the Minnesota Vikings Jackson powers Johnson to the Cowboys at 24 Jordan Morgan to the Packers at 25 Nate Wiggins Cornerback at a Clemson to the Buccaneers at 26 layout to law to Cardinals at 27 28 Brian John or Brian Thomas Jr. To the Buffalo Bills 29 Detroit Lions Zach Frazier 30 key on Coleman to the Ravens 31 Tyler Geiten or who did you take it 31? Chris Jenkins Chris Jenkins. Yes, sir for the San Francisco 49ers. I apologize 32 Kool-Aid McKinstry who we're back out of Alabama to the Kansas City Chiefs and that is the very first mock draft here the 2024 draft cycle the mock draft 1.0 post free agency a little bit of a longer episode That's just how it goes sometime. This is a juicy mock I expect some of these picks to change once we get more information The closer we get to the draft more signings will happen some more trades will be filled So just stay tuned. 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