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*** 2022 Mock Draft Megathread ***
Got a mock? Pop it in this thread. Include a picture if you want. Explain your reasoning if you want. Talk about your crushes... if you want.
See a good "pro" mock? Link it up in here and I'll add it to the OP. Duncan's latest mock Site The Draft Network This mock seems to be the most accurate site right now, so I go with this one. I don't pay for it, so no trades here. The plan is for this to be my last mock. I'm going to do it differently, though. I'm running 3 scenarios, and eschewing the 7th round picks, which I would use on a big swings on athleticism and potential. Lotto tickets. James Houston IV is one of them. Note: I used PFF to simulate the trade action, then manually backed up in the 2 "trade" drafts to make selections. Laborious, but gives you best of both worlds, IMO. I think PFF's trade tool is the best, but its board is whack. Draft slot: 29 Scenario 1: The Chiefs sit pat with their picks and don't make any moves at all. Seems the least likely, but hey... 1.29 | George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue. 1.30 | Boye Mafe, DE, Minnesota. 2.50 | George Pickens, WR, Georgia. 2.62 | Travis Jones, DT, UConn. 3.94 | Zyon McCollum, CB, Sam Houston State. 3.103(Comp for Poles) | Troy Andersen, LB, Montana State. 4.121 | Coby Bryant, CB, Cincinnati. 4.135 | Velus Jones, Jr., Tennessee Scenario 1 Debrief: So, sitting and waiting to see what comes to me was pretty successful here. The Chiefs FLOOD the defensive line with reinforcements, including at least 1 ready-made starter and two guys who should - at minimum - be in 50/50 rotations at their spots by year end. The Chiefs still get a big outside WR with tantalizing potential. They add some crazy athletic small-school guys, and a mid-round corner who just fits in the system, and a dynamo return man who might be more at WR. This looks pretty good. Though I have a hard time believing Karlaftis just falls to 29... Scenario 2: The Chiefs get aggressive and trade up. But for what? In this case, let's go wide receiver. In this run, Kansas City trades picks 29, 62, and a 2023 3rd to Houston for pick 13 and a 2023 4th, because they ARE as obsessed with a WR as people expect and are aggressive to go get him when the board falls right. They then trade BACK from 30 to 35 with the Jets, also including pick 94 in order to get 69 back. Then, last but not least, KC gets aggressive one more time and moves 103 and 121 for 85 from New England, leaving the Chiefs with 6 picks in the first four rounds. 1.13 | Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama. 2.35 | Cam Thomas, DE, San Diego State. 2.50 | Jalen Pitre, S, Baylor. 3.69 | Zachary Carter, DT, Florida. 3.85 | Sam Williams, DE, Ole Miss. 4.135 | Jaylen Watson, CB, Washington State Scenario 2 Debrief: I'm not saying KC should do this or even that I think they will (more on that in a few minutes). I'm just saying, man, what will it look like if the Chiefs get aggressive a few times AND are doing the big move for a WR? In this scenario, KC obviously believes Williams is a game-changer at the NFL level and is taking a small 2022 hit to make 2023+ better. The defensive line still gets reinforced, but the reinforcements are all a shade worse than the sit-pat draft option. If you like Kingsley Enagbare or Josh PAscal more than Thomas, I get it and wouldn't quibble at one of those guys instead. Logan Hall, too. Pitre is such a screaming perfect fit for KC's D. Carter is a great physical talent you can dream about coaching up. Williams' utility is known and gives them a true RE option to pair against their higher-drafted bigger guy. Watson is a developmental corner. I don't love it. I think Pitre makes the secondary a lot better and makes it easier to move on from Thornhill after 22. They have improved the defensive rotation, though one of the DEs would need to outperform expectations in Year 1 to get it to the same level as Scenario 1. In all, giving up the 2 extra selections in the top 4 rounds hurts the depth you can build, but I think it's more like what KC will do. Scenario 3: Same movements as #2 1.13 | Jermaine Johnson II, DE, Florida State. 2.35 | Christian Watson, WR, North Dakota State. 2.50 | Sam Williams, DE, Ole Miss. 3.69 | Bryan Cook, S, Cincinnati. 3.85 | Martin Emerson, CB, Miss. State. 4.135 | Braxton Jones, T, Southern Utah Scenario 3 Debrief: This is the type of situation where I see KC paying the price to move up... if Johnson falls this far, I'd be shocked if KC isn't aggressively moving up. With this run, I take a risky but high upside WR in Watson (but you could sub in Pickens or Jahan Dotson or Tolbert or Metchie or Skyy Moore or really any of those tier 2 guys here if you prefer). The secondary reinforcements aren't flashy but are good fits. In this one, I think the plan has to become adding either another safety or corner in free agency before the season. Ideally, it's someone who can handle the slot and let Sneed thriver on the outside. The DL gets a major boost and some potential star power in Johnson and Williams, and the OL gets another T option and potential long-term starter to develop. Having completed the exercise and looking at the scenariors, I like the first one the most. But it really does come down to how the board breaks. Older mocks
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03-28-2022, 03:08 PM | #526 |
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Let’s eat
29. Jermaine Johnson EDGE Florida State KC 30. Kaiir Elam CB Florida KC 50. Boye Mafe EDGE Minnesota KC 62. Chad Muma LB Wyoming KC 94. Skyy Moore WR Western Michigan KC 103. Calvin Austin III WR Memphis KC 121. Rachaad White RB Arizona State KC 135. Troy Andersen LB Montana State KC 233. Olakunle Fatukasi LB Rutgers KC 243. Derion Kendrick CB Georgia KC 251. Spencer Burford OT UTSA KC 259. D'Marco Jackson LB Appalachian State |
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03-28-2022, 03:09 PM | #527 |
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03-28-2022, 03:21 PM | #528 |
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29. Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State
30. David Ojabo, EDGE, Michigan 50. Travis Jones, IDL, UConn 62. Alontae Taylor, CB, Tennessee 94. Sam Williams, EDGE, Ole Miss 103. Troy Andersen, LB, Montana State 121. Isaiah Thomas, EDGE, Oklahoma 135. Sterling Weatherford, S, Miami (OH) Having Thomas and Williams allows you to bring Ojabo along slowly. Plus it gives you amazing depth in 2023. |
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03-28-2022, 08:16 PM | #529 |
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KCSN did a mock draft on their YouTube page.
29. Treylon Burks, WR 29. David Ojabo, DE 50. Travis Jones, DT 62. Josh Paschal, DE 94. Nick Cross, S 103. Zyon McCollum, CB 121. Max Mitchell, OT 135. Justyn Ross, WR 7th - Jermaine Waller, CB 7th - Chase Allen, TE 7th - Matt Ariza, P Really the only pick that I would change is Paschal because Sam Williams was on the board but I can see why they did it. Ross is trash though. I don’t know who was on the board. Last edited by The Franchise; 03-28-2022 at 08:21 PM.. |
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03-28-2022, 09:45 PM | #530 |
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This may be my favorite one yet.
29. Kaiir Elam CB Florida KC 30. David Ojabo EDGE Michigan KC 50. Boye Mafe EDGE Minnesota KC 62. John Metchie III WR Alabama KC 94. Skyy Moore WR Western Michigan KC 103. Jalyn Armour-Davis CB Alabama KC 121. Zyon McCollum CB Sam Houston State KC 135. Smoke Monday S Auburn KC 233. Kana'i Mauga LB USC KC 243. Scott Nelson S Wisconsin KC 251. Noah Elliss DT Idaho KC 259. Dylan Parham OG Memphis Yup. What do you guys think of this one? Last edited by BossChief; 03-28-2022 at 09:50 PM.. |
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03-28-2022, 11:00 PM | #531 |
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29. Treylon Burks WR Arkansas KC 30. David Ojabo EDGE Michigan KC 50. Travis Jones DT Connecticut KC 62. Cameron Thomas EDGE San Diego State KC 94. Nick Cross S Maryland KC 103. Zyon McCollum CB Sam Houston State KC 121. Erik Ezukanma WR Texas Tech KC 135. Rasheed Walker OT Penn State Umm yes please |
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03-29-2022, 12:40 AM | #532 |
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The kind of draft we could end up with if we go mostly defense.
30. Lewis Cine S Georgia KC 36. David Ojabo EDGE Michigan trade icon KC 50. Chad Muma LB Wyoming KC 62. Sam Williams EDGE Mississippi KC 67. Travis Jones DT Connecticut trade icon KC 81. Jalen Tolbert WR South Alabama trade icon KC 103. Jalyn Armour-Davis CB Alabama KC 121. Wan'Dale Robinson WR Kentucky KC 233. D.J. Davidson DT Arizona State KC 243. Kalon Barnes CB Baylor KC 251. Christopher Allen EDGE Alabama KC 259. Tycen Anderson S Toledo |
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03-29-2022, 03:18 AM | #533 |
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The PFN mock simulator seems insanely generous.
29. Drake Lonson - WR 30. David Ojabo -DE 62. Jalen Pitre - S/CB 64.Phidarian Mathis - DT 75. Nik Bonitto - DE 94. Romeo Doubs -WR 103.Daniel Faalele - OT - don't really rate him but at this point he seemed worth the shot 142. Alontae Taylor -CB 175.Zamir White - RB 211.Jalen Wydermyr -TE 212. Marcus Jones - CB 218. D'Marco Jackson - LB 233.Tycen Anderson - S 243. Noah Ellis - DT 251. Josh Johnson - WR This was after a trade down that we know Veach wouldn't do, and it's probably a little light across the DL for most people's liking. |
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03-29-2022, 06:34 AM | #534 |
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Here's my problem with PFN - Drake London falls to 29 about half the time.
There's no way he makes it to 29. On most boards, he's the top WR available. He's going to go top 15. |
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03-29-2022, 07:39 AM | #535 |
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I traded down in this draft a couple of times when it wasn't too far down from the original draft spot. Ngl, I would be insanely excited if we could pull this off. Austin Allen is going to be a baller. I "reached" for Ty Chandler but he's prob my fav non 1st rd grade player for some reason.
30. Treylon Burks WR Arkansas 32. David Ojabo EDGE Michigan trade icon 55. Devonte Wyatt DT Georgia trade icon 62. Arnold Ebiketie EDGE Penn State 66. Daniel Faalele OT Minnesota trade icon 94. Skyy Moore WR Western Michigan 102. Alontae Taylor CB Tennessee trade icon 125. Erik Ezukanma WR Texas Tech trade icon 135. Ty Chandler RB North Carolina 233. Austin Allen TE Nebraska 243. Tycen Anderson S Toledo 251. Clarence Hicks LB UTSA |
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03-29-2022, 07:54 AM | #536 |
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03-29-2022, 07:56 AM | #537 |
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03-29-2022, 08:26 AM | #538 |
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This is a three-round mock. I used the two first-round picks and traded up to the 12th spot and this is how the draft played out:
KC 12. Jordan Davis DT Georgia trade icon KC 50. Boye Mafe EDGE Minnesota KC 62. Christian Watson WR North Dakota State KC 94. Brian Asamoah II LB Oklahoma KC 103. Greg Dulcich TE UCLA |
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03-29-2022, 08:49 AM | #539 |
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Ugh.
Trying to listen to the KCSN Podcast/mock and gave up after five minutes. "Well if Ridder is gone the Seahawks wouldn't really need to stay in the top 10 so the Chiefs could be looking to trade up to 10 and select Jermaine Johnson...." Then more yammering about their inevitable trade up of 29 and 30 to get into the low teens. Maybe they got less stupid but GOD I hope they don't package those 1sts. That will just be such a bad sign. |
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03-29-2022, 09:00 AM | #540 | |
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KCSN did a mock draft on their YouTube page. 29. Treylon Burks, WR 30. David Ojabo, DE 50. Travis Jones, DT 62. Josh Paschal, DE 94. Nick Cross, S 103. Zyon McCollum, CB 121. Max Mitchell, OT 135. Justyn Ross, WR 7th - Jermaine Waller, CB 7th - Chase Allen, TE 7th - Matt Ariza, P Last edited by The Franchise; 03-29-2022 at 10:25 AM.. |
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