2024 First Round Mock Final
A likely not-so-award-winning rendition... enjoy.
01. Chicago Bears - QB Caleb Williams, USC 02. Washington Commanders - QB Jayden Daniels, LSU 03. New England Patriots - QB Drake Maye, North Carolina 04. Arizona Cardinals - WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State 05. Minnesota Vikings (t/LAC) - QB J.J. McCarthy, Michigan 06. New York Giants - WR Malik Nabers, LSU 07. Tennessee Titans - OT Joe Alt, Notre Dame 08. Atlanta Falcons - ER Dallas Turner, Alabama 09. Jacksonville Jaguars (t/CHI) - WR Rome Odunze, Washington 10. New York Jets - OT Troy Fautanu, Washington 11. Los Angeles Chargers (t/MIN) - OT J.C. Latham, Alabama 12. Denver Broncos - QB Bo Nix, Oregon 13. Las Vegas Raiders - CB Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo 14. New Orleans Saints - OT Olu Fashanu, Penn State 15. Indianapolis Colts - TE Brock Bowers, Georgia 16. Kansas City Chiefs (t/SEA) - WR Brian Thomas Jr., LSU 17. Chicago Bears (t/JAX) - DE Jared Verse, Florida State 18. Cincinnati Bengals - OT Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State 19. Buffalo Bills (t/LAR) - WR Adonai Mitchell, Texas 20. Pittsburgh Steelers - OC Graham Barton, Duke 21. Miami Dolphins - DT Byron Muprhy II, Texas 22. Philadelphia Eagles - CB Terrion Arnold, Alabama 23. Los Angeles Chargers (t/MIN) - DE Darius Robinson, Missouri 24. Dallas Cowboys - WR Xavier Worthy, Texas 25. Green Bay Packers - DB Cooper DeJean, Iowa 26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - DE Laiatu Latu, UCLA 27. Arizona Cardinals - CB Nate Wiggins, Clemson 28. Los Angeles Rams (t/BUF) - DT JerZhan Newton, Illinois 29. Detroit Lions - CB Kool Aid McKinstry, Alabama 30. Baltimore Ravens - OT Amarius Mims, Georgia 31. Las Vegas Raiders (t/SF) - QB Michael Penix Jr., Washington 32. Seattle Seahawks (t/KC) - OC/G Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon |
Sign me up right now lol...
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I’d cry happy tears
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I get so damn excited for every member mock when one gets posted. I don't think you are going to get a lot of push back on this one.
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Just the simple fact that we jumped over the Bills again to get the better player ROFL
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I don't think next year's 2nd will get us up that high and that's about as much as I'd be willing to deal on a trade-up scenario.
I am absolutely not giving up a 2 this year with the depth of this draft and I'd be reluctant to give up a 3. This year's 1st, next years 2nd and this year's 3rd looks like it should probably get us to about 18 in a vacuum but Cincy and Jax ain't gonna deal with us. So, how do we get that over the top to get to Seattle at 16? Man, I just don't see a path forward that doesn't include this year's 2. That's gonna be 32, 64 and next years 2 for 16 and maybe 118? We might have to include 173 to get that done. That's just too much. That turns this into a 1 player draft and I don't think Brian Thomas Jr is that kind of prospect. |
I would do this, if we could get Bowers, but not for Thomas.
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How many of the league's best TEs are first rounders? Early first rounders at that? Any of them? Of the, I dunno, 25 best TEs in the league I can see ONE that came in the top 20 picks. 2 if you want to count Pitts. Pitts and Hockenson - that's the list. Kelce, LaPorta, Kittle, Andrews, Goedert, Schultz, McBride - these guys were almost all 2nd and 3rd round picks. Moreover, the financial benefit of a premier one is minimal. And it's an open question whether or not Reid even NEEDS a premier guy to get premier production - he's always had great TE play. It's just the nature of his offenses. I would HATE that deal. Absolutely hate it. |
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I think the Bowers or Bust crowd are throwback fans. I can't wrap my head around wanting Bowers over Thomas at all. But I'm not sure he'd be at the top of my board if he fell all the way to 32. I'm just loudly anti TE in the first round. I don't think we need to drop those kind of assets on the position to get excellent production from it. That's a competitive advantage we have that I don't want to surrender. |
Not to mention Bowers is on the small side when compared to the greats or even the goods. He is good but I think the way Georgia plays and being the icing on a weak tight end class has pushed him up a lot of boards. A lot of early round tight ends just end up being regular tight ends. Most of the best are developed after getting to the league.
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I'm also willing to admit his measurables and the picture of him with Gronk soured me a little. I was a huge Bowers fan. |
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I can't imagine trading up that far for BTJ. Only one truly impressive season, playing with Nabers and Daniels. I'd take him at 32, of course.
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A top WR is apparently worth 30m per year on the free market. Travis Kelce's latest contract was 14m per.
The 16 overall pick is going to get paid about 3m per year I think. The extra cap excess value from from taking a WR (27m vs 11m) means you definitely shouldn't be trading up for Bowers. I think Bowers could fall surprisingly far. |
If the draft actually fell like this, I would probably be happier with a small trade up for Mims or Newton
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I'd counter with I saw a stat that 64% of 1st round WRs bust. Spending what it might take to go all the way up to the mid teens for BTJ could be a big miss that CPers would be barking about for years lololol Would be interesting to compare bust stats for other positions too, especially LT. Anyways, I personally want to move up for BTJ so I say roll the dice Veach!!! |
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