Post Trade Deadline 2027 NFL Mock Draft with TRADES | Eagles SNAG Mestemaker?!

Today, we begin our three-round 2027 NFL Mock Draft post-trade deadline with trades. Just like the NFL Draft, this is split up into two days. Today is round one. Tomorrow is rounds two and three. Blow my face to my board. It is based on all 22. There's going to be a big update because I have now officially graded all 15 corners that I'm probably going to grade in the meantime before the offseason. So feel free to get excited for that. The graphics are in the works. Let's get into this. The folks over on Patreon are going to see the updated board as well as all the updated analysis before it ends up dropping on this show. I'm beyond excited to be able to show it because some guys are going to be visible on this list that are not yet, and that's what's super exciting about it. This is a very underrated corner class. Maybe I'll spoil some stuff this video. Number one overall Los Angeles Chargers go Jeremiah Smith, wide receiver out of Ohio State. Let's not waste our time here. All right, we got 31 other picks to deal with. Jeremiah Smith is the lock number one overall selection. The dominance is the first time he touched the field. The Chargers need an elite wide receiver. And if you're going to invest in Justin Herbert, this is probably the best way to do it. Not a bunch of picks, getting the best players, and especially one like Jeremiah Smith. Number two overall is where we get a little more exciting. We have the Titans sitting here, and in my opinion, there's no player here that's going to be the return on investment that the Titans are going to find as valuable as a trade down. And there are a lot of selections that could end up making sense here. I can see the Browns game ballsy, sending three first round picks to move up for Drew Mastomaker. Ultimately, this is going to be a Drew Mastomaker selection, but. Do you look at the New York Jets? I think it's the most logical for both teams, right? The Titans are still in the top four, so you're getting an elite player, but you're also going to get probably an extra first round selection or at least move up heavily in the first. Like, do you think about maybe a team like the Atlanta Falcons if they want to get ballsy? They could. I don't think they need to. They've been ballsy in the first round before. Like I think if Cleveland ends up getting to the point where let's just say the Rams stick about pick 18 and the Browns end up getting to about pick 12, I think that there's a strong likelihood that they're going to be at least calling to move up because they like younger players and they are kind of a QB away from being able to be truly elite competition. But regardless, they're not in striking range right now. We are going to trade with the New York Jets. The Philadelphia Eagles, I think, should be in on this. Multiple first round picks in this and next year. Like Drew Mestemaker, my opinion, definitely worth investing in in the long run. Now, that does kind of, you know what? Howie likes to be aggressive. He does some fun stuff here. Let's make the trade. It's going to piss a lot of people off, including my Eagles fans. But you know what? I've traded so many times. It's time for something refreshing. And I hope you guys do appreciate that aspect. I don't like being wishy-washy and doing rinse, wash, repeat every single mock draft. And again, when you look at the value here from 1,700 to 2,600, that's a 900-point gap. Right. Like that. That's a noticeable. Uh, differential there. Now I don't think it costs as I personally don't think it's going to cost that much comparatively. I think it will cost that second first round pick. And honestly, that's your spot where you could probably try to target an offensive lineman. So you could, you could like question how valuable that is, but we still are about 200 points behind. And if it's going to be me, I'm going to look at maybe sending a future second round pick as part of this. And in return... Because the Titans have a good amount of draft capital as well, I'm going to ask for pick 64 in return. Because remember, we needed 200 points, and then we ended up, or we needed under 200, and we essentially sent an additional four. Like that, that's a big difference right there. So maybe you can end up tossing in pick 105 to make it even. But I like this idea because the Titans end up getting essentially multiple super high end selections. And again, if you want to bump it up to pick 97, feel free to do so. But if I'm the Titans, I'm getting an extra first round pick. You're still going to get an elite player at number five that we're probably going to select anyways. And it just gives you. Proper draft capital to move around however you please, because it allows you to move up as well. But the Eagles get aggressive. They move up to number two overall, and they draft Drew Mostert, quarterback out of Oklahoma State. Jalen Hurts, some blood clot issues. We don't know necessarily the long-term vision for what he's going to bring. When are the Eagles going to be in striking range of the top five? That's the reason why I felt more justified in pulling the trigger on a QB trade for the Eagles. Then maybe a lot of other people feel comfortable doing Tennessee just put belt to one of the best teams in the country and they're barely favored to win versus Texas A&M. If you check it out over on call sheet, Tennessee only has a 56% chance to beat Texas A&M. I find that to be ludicrous. If you do use the code HMS or make the, make it easy, just click the link in the description. You'll end up after putting $25 on saying that Tennessee is going to win. That's it. You'll end up getting $42.56 back. On top of that, you'll end up getting $55 added to your account instantly when you make this trade. So if Texas A&M pulls off the impossible, you net 30 positive. And if you end up seeing the Tennessee Volunteers win, you'll end up getting $42.56 plus $55. Math is boring, but that is just under $100. $30 to $100 guaranteed. Feel free to go and use the code HMS when signing up. Again, Kalshi is going to be based off of a peer-to-peer market. So these numbers will change. Make sure you go and act fast. Code HMS, you get $55 when using 25. So I do feel like this is a good opportunity to do that. Maybe you would have wanted to end up, you know, using Jacksonville's 2029 second round pick as part of this rather than a 2028. Do it as you will. It's not going to be a massive groundbreaking change compared to what we ended up doing. Number three, the Dolphins are sitting here. And again, Drew Mestemaker off the board. So you don't have to worry about like, you know, oh, how do we get the Jets and screw over the Jets from getting their top end option? I don't think there's a trade down option available. So it is really best player available. And that's between Leonard Moore and Dylan Stewart. Colin Simmons as well. Definitely needs to be in that equation. If I'm the Dolphins, the thing I'm going to focus on is the most valuable position, which is going to be pass rush. I like valuing corner more, but Dylan Stewart, it looks like he got his head kind of screwed on correctly. It's good to see that. And in the biggest moments, he always shows up and that's an elite trait. That's something that you can't really find. There's consistency and then there's consistency in the big moments. And those are two separate things. Dylan Stewart, maybe not as consistent on a down to down basis, but sure as hell is consistent in the biggest moments. Number four for the Jets. They're sitting here. They're pissed. Well, we just got absolutely eviscerated in terms of being able to get an elite number one QB. But if I'm going to be sitting here rather than, you know, pouting my way around, I'm just taking the best player, in my opinion, in the draft. That's Leonard Moore. Yes, Leonard Moore will be bumped a quarter of a point higher than Jeremiah Smith. Leonard Moore looks more explosive this year. I think he's a fantastic talent that just doesn't have really any weaknesses. This is so. There's not really much that's wrong with Leonard Moore at this point. He really is just the definition of an elite corner one in the NFL. Just like Jeremiah Smith is an elite wide receiver one in the NFL. But yeah, the Jets, why pull the trigger on a QB if you don't necessarily need to? For the Titans sitting here at pick number five, you might say, oh man, I would have loved Leonard Moore. And honestly, I would have. Because I've studied this corner class, there are corners that are pretenders and there are corners in the first round conversation, and there are corners that are definitely studs that are just lurking in the depths that we don't really talk about enough. So I'm not really tripping too hard on that. Instead, I'd look at Colin Simmons here and just say, I'm getting really good value at a position that I have not solved for the long haul. Like, Colin Simmons is just a damn good every-down player, and the only player that I feel bad about missing out on is Leonard Moore. But if you can end up getting a young, consistent, high-tier stud of an edge rusher in Colin Simmons, I don't think you think twice about it. Number six, we're back with the New York Jets. Chris Cole is here. It's hard to kind of pass on QB, but when you do look at the teams that are lurking nearby, I do worry about if you pass on CJ Carr, you end up giving him to the Cardinals or the Falcons or the Cardinals or the Falcons try to make a move up. Which honestly, maybe like one of these days, you could try to do another trade down with the Titans. I don't like that option because of the fact you're losing out on an elite player. Now you're starting to get just value and the Titans have enough value at this moment. But. Regardless, for the Jets, I think I just want to pull the trigger, feel comfortable, get a damn good player. We're going CJ Carr, quarterback out of Notre Dame. He's right there with Darian Mensah for me. Both of them have their moments. I think CJ Carr, the way he operates a two-minute drill is phenomenal. I want to see the consistency. He ended up getting up early on Miami, but ended up not maintaining that lead. That's a little bit buggy to me, but you look at Derry Menza, he started out slow without his best weapon, of course, but ended up coming in really hot and damn near won the game. I'm going to say that those two definitely still compete in a very close matchup. The commander is sitting here at number seven. I think this is a quick and easy one. Charlie Becker, wide receiver out of Indiana. While I have Jackson Harris higher than him, I don't deny the fact that the actual board will fall differently than the way that I have my board structured. Charlie Becker is a very, very good wide receiver. There's no reason to try to shame Charlie because I love Jackson Harris more. He, Charlie Becker. Has great speed. He's improved his route running. His hands are phenomenal. And he's just damn consistent. I think that's worth selecting, especially for a team with Terry McLaurin on the out. It's important. And so we're going to take him here at seven. Number eight for the Buccaneers. Honestly, it just makes way too much sense. Chris Cole is the best player left on the board, minus Jackson Harris. And there's a strong chance that Chris Cole is even better than Jackson Harris. He is that good. He is a near-generational linebacker. He is a weaker version of Arvell Reese, which in my opinion is a combination and a halfway meeting between of Arvell Reese and Jihad Campbell. That is perfect to pair up with Josiah Trotter. You have an elite linebacker duo for the long haul and someone who can support as a pure edge rusher because that's how good Chris Cole is on the line of scrimmage. Number nine, the Arizona Cardinals. Now, granted, the Cardinals are notorious for making moves. We are not including Austin Simmons. We are not including Arch Manning. We are not including Dante Moore. So there are players in this that I will be having return. Included with that is going to be Trevor Goosby. Until he comes out, I am not saying he is coming out. That's just my thought process there. So keep that in mind. I mean, I think something I will need to try to push a little bit like sooner is going to be Wyatt Young. I don't know why he's ranked 160 for this mock draft simulator, but it is what it is. But the Cardinals need tackle and quarterback the most and right tackle. Definitely something you could consider here. But because the quarterback class got more constrained, it's not something you can play value with. And if you look at a LaFleur system, they value that pocket passer archetype. I don't know why people are starting to stray away from Darian Mensah. To me, that doesn't make any sense. I think his play this year has been really damn good. And most importantly, in the biggest game, the one that he lost this past week versus Notre Dame. The most important thing about him is even though he started slow, he ended off competitive and damn near winning the game. To me, I care more about how a player is able to rally themselves when behind than being able to get up early because teams come from behind very often, especially if you're a quarterback who can work with a chip on their shoulder and with something to prove and with something to go after. So Darian Mensah is going to be my selection there at number nine. I don't know why it's not a more popular selection. Like he's not the strongest arm guy in the world. He doesn't have the biggest frame. That's never been the thing with a LaFleur type of system. It's not, that's not a huge thing. And also Darian Mencia makes sniper throws. Like he has these big time throws, even without a big time arm. So Darian Mencia, the selection there at number nine for Arizona. Number 10 for the Atlanta Falcons. A quarterback, unfortunately, without Austin Simmons and Arch Manning on the board, falls to Trinidad Chambliss and Lenoris Sellers. If I'm going to be completely honest with y'all, neither of them deserve to be selected at number 10. Lenoris is awesome. He's a great player with elite athleticism and an elite arm. But that does not work in a Stefanski system. It hasn't worked for a while. Like you see, pocket passers work very well. And I don't want to limit Lenoris Sellers. I don't want to limit Trinidad Chambliss. And honestly, I don't think this is the class to pull the trigger on one. Why not go after another QB that's more of a free agent at that point? If you're going to try to fill that QB slot, if you can't get Darian Mencia, I don't think you should pull the trigger. If Dante Moore is in this class, I think it's a great late round one option. If you want to trade back here, maybe trade up into the late one territory as well. But that leaves us with the most important position, arguably, on the field, and that's offensive tackle. To me, Jordan Seaton is going to be the selection here. He can play left and right tackle based off of his just pure IQ. I don't really worry about it too much. He has good movement skills. He just dropped 20 pounds, and he looks like someone who is not ready to have lost 20 pounds. So I hope to get him back to 320-pound range. If you do, you're getting somebody who's an absolute superstar. Number 11, we've got the Houston Texans. Now, they could try to be a little bit aggressive here, a little aggressive there. I don't mind the idea of that, especially with the fact they don't have a second-round pick. Maybe they could even be conservative in the fact that they can move back. You look at the options available. Is there anybody that's really worth pulling the trigger on to move up for? I love my boy Jackson Harris. I don't think there's a big threat to him in the meantime, so I'm not really pulling the trigger on him. So you look at the top corners. I don't I mean, the Jets could try to make a small move up here, like maybe just to jump the Saints and have their selection at corner. But I don't think that's a big issue. The Ravens could get a little aggressive here, for example. Oh, that's that's not a bad idea. The Browns, the Browns need an offensive tackle and a corner, in my opinion. The quarterback spot, I don't really believe is in the right spot. It's a it's an intriguing option because the Texans are going to garner probably a third round pick out of this. And that's not a bad spot, especially for both teams. I do wonder with being able to get an elite corner at that spot, can the Browns end up getting somebody that is of value there that could really help out that team? Because you got Denzel, but it's really for the long haul. Another boundary corner could be really beneficial. Again, to be fair, the Browns could also be looking at tackle. They could also be looking at tight end. There are some spots that the Browns could be trying to target here to where maybe that move up would just be a little too expensive. But it's something to think about. Seattle Seahawks, wide receiver is not a bad spot to try to move up and jump like the Ravens, the Raiders, etc. But I don't think the Seahawks are going to be that aggressive for a wide receiver either. Uh, ultimately I don't think I'm going to come up with a dance partner at the moment. I do think that we're going to have to sit and pick here for the Texans. And, um, this is one that I've done myself. Uh, if you look at the physicality profile of what they just targeted in the last first round, Keelan Rutledge, they like some mobility, but most importantly, they like tenacity. Lance Hurd is 36 and a half inch arms. He is an absolute baller. If he doesn't get taken here, he will end up going in the late first. So it's going to be a weird. One of those in-betweens, so I'm curious to see which one it is, but it does fit the narrative, so to speak, of what the Texans are trying to build, which is a gritty, heavier, more powerful offensive line. Number 12 for the New Orleans Saints. Not a team that ever trades down, So we're sticking and picking. Looking at the choices available. Xavier Gilliam would be an intriguing choice here. The Saints like to have interior defensive linemen that are athletic. You look at Christian Miller, I thought that that was a really good pickup. But I don't mind the idea of trying to continuously upgrade the defensive interior here with a very unique player. I'm trying to take some different directions at this. I like the idea of an edge for this team. I obviously love tight end as well, like a true three-down tight end, especially for a Kellen Moore system. I could see Jamari Johnson here. The options are endless, and that's what's so fun about doing these mock drafts every single week. But I don't see a top tier edge that makes me like, you know, shaking my boots for a long term cheaper option at edge two. I don't I do see some really good corner options, and I do think this team should be focused on it. But there are some good options there in round two as well. Of course, I'm trying to solve like five issues with only a couple of picks. So you got to start prioritizing. But I know a lot of y'all were saying we really need to help out the interior defensive line. And so I'm not trying to just follow the New Orleans or the needs here. I'm following what you guys have told me in the comment section. Also, where the hell is Will Echols? Damn, he's down to 32. I don't like that at all. But Xavier Gilliam will go first. His freak athletic profile will garner extra intrigue. And then I think he's number six on Dane Brugler's board currently, even though he's about 40 for mine. Number 13, the New York Jets are sitting here. Their first two selections are Leonard Moore and C.J. Carr. Really love those two selections for them. There's not really a bad choice to select here. I do think Ashton Hampton is going to be running a lot poorer than I expected. I ended up rewatching him, and he just doesn't move as fast as I thought he would. Like Ellis Robinson is, spoiler alert, going to be my corner two. I think he's an extremely valuable asset to a team that, well, okay, I totally tripped up balls. We've already gone after corner. Can you imagine going two corners? I'm not going to do that. This is why you have to fact check yourself. I'm not used to being able to get as lucky as snagging Leonard Moore in a in a selection here. But so with corner with quarterback taken, we're ignoring the corner position. Interior offensive line becomes a very intriguing spot. Now the Ravens are sitting here. I think they'd be very much on the market for an interior offensive line. Also, one that has tackle hybrid definitely could see it like Greg Johnson's going to be the hot hand here. And this is about value, you'll want a territory, which is fairly enough where a lot of teams are going to value Greg Johnson. So we'll see if that ends up coming to fruition edge. I don't mind it, but I just don't think it's paramount. Honestly, this feels like the right spot. It's a lot of teams in here that will be looking at interior offensive line. You're not going to be feeling like you force it. Greg Johnson, interior offensive lineman out of Minnesota goes to the Jets at 13, 14 for the Baltimore Ravens. First selection here, you end up looking at this team. They need to get some Boundary Corner help. You know, Cheeto the Frito is not going to be your long-term answer at Boundary Corner. If I'm not mistaken, he's also up for a contract, and he is. So a lot of injuries, a lot of banged-up guys on the boundary. We're going to go and take another Georgia DB that just falls into your lap there, Ellis Robinson IV out of Georgia. Number 15, we have the Las Vegas Raiders, and this has been my favorite selection, my number three player in the entire draft. And once again, another bump to his rank here, which is super enjoyable to watch, just seeing Jackson Harris week after week get bumped up. But Jackson Harris, wide receiver out of LSU. To me, it's like an elevated version of Michael Wilson, which I ended up seeing that comp, and it just, it clicks. It really does work. And what's awesome about it is I kind of see. If they ended up putting this in here, he was formerly a Stanford wide receiver. So, you know, the shoe fits. All right. He's a great wide receiver. He is number 15 on Nate Tice's big board. If he goes in the top 10, which I think he should, I don't think a team would ever regret it. I think he's an absolute superstar. Number 16 for the Cleveland Browns. A lot of selections here. I do like the idea of going after a right tackle. And again, I don't have Trevor Guseby in this mock draft. So it does boost the value of a player like Zaraway Williams. And granted, what's funny is you guys just drafted a tackle and Spencer Fawn from this program. It's very clear that you like it. Also, the problem is he's an older player, but he has more tread on the tires. So it's a very weird position for y'all to be in because normally you like to target younger players, but this is also younger in the body, even though it's not really younger in terms of the age. So I'm curious what y'all think about that. If I'm going to target it, it would probably be at 18, though. So I'm going to stick here and look at some other spots. I do like the idea of Ashton Hampton. He is a very big, heavy boundary corner. And again, kind of Tyson Campbell-y in that aspect. It does feel like an AFC North type of corner, an enforcer to say the least. So I'm going to pull the trigger on him. Is it the biggest need? No, but you don't always target the biggest need when you end up selecting picks. You look at what's actually going to have the best return on investment, and Ashton Hampton might need a little bit of time to acclimate to the NFL, but having Denzel Ward as your mentor, that is the type of ---- that will make Ashton Hampton be an unstoppable corner too. Number 17 for the Seattle Seahawks. Ashton Hampton did just get sniped right in front of us. That sucks, but we're still in a pretty good spot. Actually, we're kind of cooked. I can't lie. I mean, like I did kind of just get eviscerated in terms of like the type of players I'd want, like Jackson Harris, Ashton Hampton, Ellis Robinson, probably all would have been the targets I would have went for for the Seahawks. So I do kind of want to spite the Browns a little bit. And that's enjoyable. It's always nice to like kind of stick it to the Browns. Panthers are looking for a left tackle for the long haul, but the Cowboys are as well. The Cowboys get aggressive here. Like, they do need to look at offensive tackle. But I'm trying to see, is there any team that's truly desperate for one? The Broncos, I don't think they're going to be desperate in that regard. The Niners could get aggressive. I mean, honestly, it's a pretty far move up. Granted, it's in the same division. If I'm the Seahawks, I'd pull that trigger. Because it's like, hey, let me get the value. I can't spite the damn Browns. I wanted to, like, I just got to see. Maybe we could do it with the Cowboys. The Cowboys, granted, they don't have a second round pick, so we don't see them as a high likelihood of a move up. The Chiefs need a lot of things. Tackle's not really one of them that, in my opinion, is on their mind. That sucks. I really wanted to screw over the Browns. Well, that looks like we're not going to be able to. Now, granted, are there teams that will be looking for a high value player that need to jump the Patriots or the Panthers? Again, I don't think we're in that situation. This is like the worst case scenario. You do have Jamari Johnson here. To be fair, with the way that the Browns are looking and the value that they put on age, I wouldn't write off that a team like the Panthers could try to just make a small jump for Jamari Johnson here. That wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Like, again, you can jump the Browns. It's a very small-range trade. Are there other teams that could do it? Again, the Chiefs. The Chiefs really could pull the trigger on Jamari because of the fact that, you know, you could see a team make a small move up for a tight end. Like, you look at the Broncos. The Broncos are such a good spot to just, like, kind of jump into this range for a high-tier tight end if Jamari Johnson were to fall. You know what the Broncos don't Broncos are going to start saying F them picks as well. We're going to have the Broncos trade with the Seahawks. Because Jamari Johnson is the dream. Like, you're, you were really losing out if you don't get on Jamari Johnson right now. Pause. But 310 points. Granted, I don't think it will cost a full second round pick to get this done. And if I'm Seattle, that's not the way I want to, I want to handle this either. Like, it's not, granted, I could end up doing it. Like, we do the second round pick. I think I would ask for a third in return. And the Broncos, I think, would send a future three. That way it balances out and the Broncos can still build some good depth right now. I think the most important thing is going to be getting quality value for the Broncos of getting starters. Like you look at all the other picks that you can go for. Apart from linebacker, which I don't like the value of any of those spots anyways, you're not really getting anybody who impacts your win or loss record. In my opinion, Jamari Johnson really could. He is that true Joker archetype of a great blocker who's a smooth route runner, who's good after the catch, just kind of a dream type of scenario. For the Browns, I would have loved Jamari Johnson blocking tight end to compliment Harold Fannin. Would have been a nice one-two punch there. But we are now sitting in a situation where I have to start thinking once again about the age thing. Andrew Berry, if I'm not mistaken, has not drafted a player above 21.8 years old, where Zerwey Williams will be 24. It's a little bit of a difference there, right? Just a smidge bit. Like Melvin Siani, he's a redshirt junior. I think he's in the 22 and a half range. Caden Green, he's a little bit like, I love Caden Green personally, but he does have some of those guard tendencies that some people think will end up working poorly in the NFL. Granted, some people will say pull the trigger on edge, but I also like the value of edge in later rounds. I don't think there's a big need for that necessarily. And again, the quarterback position with the players that we've taken off the board, It's Trinidad Chambliss and Lenora Sellers. Granted, do you want to pull the trigger on Lenora's or do you want to pull the trigger on a 25-year-old tackle? That's going to be the debate. And I think Andrew Berry is going to look at it and be like, I'm not going to pull the trigger on a 25-year-old tackle, even though it's a good fit because he's from the exact system that so far has worked on our team. We're still pulling the trigger on Lenora Sellers, our quarterback out of South Carolina. Works phenomenally well in a Monk system. You can end up trying to figure out whether Lenora is going to be your full-time starter early on or not. But ultimately, you are buying the rare traits of elite. Frame elite athleticism and elite arm strength with elite precision when things all go right. And just the goal is increase that consistency. It has nothing to do with like anything else. It's just increase the consistency. That's all you have to do with Lenore's. Number 19 for the Panthers. Interior offensive line, the dream selection. Greg Johnson's already been taken. Xeraway Williams is 6'8". I don't want that when I have a quarterback that's barely six foot. I hate to break it to y'all like that's not that's not the goal I have granted there's two options that I really like here Jaden Bodge is adding him because he is such a stud or This is a very intriguing option here. It's Caden Green out of Missouri. And the lovely thing about Caden is that, A, he works really well as a tackle. But B, he is a great guard as well. And he's also shorter. He's 6'5". You're not dealing, if he ends up playing tackle, with a 6'8" tackle, right? So I do like that idea. And it has a lot of versatility to it. Now, can we end up trying to get some value by trading down here? That's something that maybe we can quickly explore, but I couldn't get it really at number 17, which I did, though. I mean, I had a team getting a little bit desperate, getting a little excited and pulling the trigger on a really damn good player. But is there a team that could look for a Jaden Baugh? The New York Giants, they could be looking for a long term running back trying to make a strong push. The Cincinnati Bengals, if I'm not mistaken, I got to look at their running back contracts. Yeah, yeah, all the running backs are up for contract here. Granted, they're a cheap organization. I don't know how much they're going to want to trade up for a running back this high. So there's that factor as well. The Pittsburgh Steelers, they could be an underrated team to try to make a move up. But why don't people try to select a running back like Jaden Baugh with the Bengals? I personally don't understand that. I know the organization has bigger fish to fry, but it's really perplexing how we're not seeing more people at least pitch the idea. It seems like a very foreign concept for a team that's losing their top two backs, or at least having to re-sign one of their top two backs. Of course, I do like the idea of the Giants, with the way that they were basically trying so hard to get JT, putting offers in for Tony Pollard. I like the idea that they might end up wanting to do this trade. So for the Panthers, let's get exciting here. Let's let's try something new. And the Giants, it's a short range trade again, you know, about 100 points. And, you know, I'm not going to give up a third round pick to do it. In my opinion, I feel like this is it's pretty egregious. Granted, I could go 86 and get 119 in return. That's a pretty near identical return to what we're looking for. So we're going to move back with the Giants essentially to move up with them as well. And maybe we can end up tossing in an extra pick here, like a pick 226 to give a little bit of extra value to him. So the Giants move up. I think Jaden Baugh is a stud when he's healthy. I don't think he's been playing at 100%. There's a chance he goes back. Kwon Lacey's out for the rest of the year as well. So it pushes up the value of Jaden Baugh. But the Patriots, I would have pulled the trigger on Baugh instantly. This is going to be at least a nice little short range trade for us to toss in. Number 20, the New England Patriots are sitting here. I honestly don't like the options for them. Will Echols, granted, because of the situation with multiple defensive interiors being possible cap casualties, you have Milton Williams and Christian Barmore both being massive cap savings if you do get rid of them. I think Christian Barmore is the one who's on the out. You could see Will Echols because the value is just too good. Like, it would make way too much sense. Like, I can't blame a team for prioritizing that position properly. Like, I just, I can't get mad at them for it. So, I don't mind that. I do like the idea, especially with the future of the corner position up in the air, going after some players that I really love. Bakari Swain's one of them. I think Bakari Swain gets so underhated, or overhated. It's ridiculous. I think he's a first round talent like him. Jet Jefferson as well. Jet Jefferson's been phenomenal. Honestly, not a bad pickup for the Browns round two come to think of it. If I did not go Ashton Hampton there, definitely something maybe I should think of more in the future. But the Patriots like there's there's not many moves that I think are bad for them. You just have to make it calculated enough to make sense. And so I actually am going to go Will Echols here because the fact that it's best player available and with so much money tied up, that could be uncomfortably shed. With these contracts, it could end up being to where there's actually really good value for Will Echols there at 20. Number 21, the Dallas Cowboys are sitting here and tackle is sitting right here with Zereway Williams. His movement skills are phenomenal. I don't think you can pass it up at this point. Of course. Yeah. I mean, defense needs help, but in my opinion, I think Christian Parker is the issue more than the talent itself. We're going to go after Zereway Williams tackle out of Utah there. Granted, again, you're going to have to take a risk on moving him to right tackle, but the movement skills are phenomenal. The high level play is phenomenal. Like you are betting on a player who is a little bit older to be somebody who could end up matching the years that are on their birth certificate, but without necessarily the years on the stat sheet. It's going to be an interesting case study to see where Zereway Williams goes. Number 22, you got the Panthers here. And again, Zerway Williams was too tall for the Panthers. I didn't like that move. We got some extra draft capital and we go Caden Green tackle out of Missouri there for him. Number 23, the Bengals, multiple corners up for a contract. This is where we're going to see a corner go. I've gotten used to taking Kelly Jones in the first round. I've started seeing enough people put him outside of their top 32 to where I'm starting to feel very comfortable with the prospect of us not going after him. Andrew Marshall, cornerback out of Nebraska, is special. He's going to be ranked very highly for me. And I ended up watching his game because he was he was a dud of the week this past week. And he ended up allowing 81 yards and two touchdowns in the pass breakup. So I ended up watching that game. First off, the majority of the yards were on one blown coverage. Pretty sure he ended up just having his eyes in the backfield. It looked like an RPO. And then Collin Dixon just ran right by him. That's a simple mistake. Like, if I'm going to be honest, I've seen nothing else on that tape that showed that he consistently makes those type of slip ups. If it was a pattern, it's a major red flag, but it's not a pattern. And then you look at the two touchdowns. One was a goal line motion that ended up just being a flat route, and he actually ended up making the tackle and Colin Dixon just made a really, really good reach out for the touchdown, broke the plane. The second one, it was a motion and then it ended up being like a quick out. Like it was like almost like it was designed to make it look like the drag that ended up being what caused the last touchdown. So Andrew Marshall overcommitted and didn't realize that it was essentially a motion whip. Again, I never saw that happen again throughout the entire game and throughout any of the tape that I've seen of his. So it's not a pattern. It's just a human mistake. Everything I've seen with Andrew Marshall says this guy's going to be a star. I think he's as good as Ashton Hampton, but for different reasons. This is going to be a really damn good player. He's explosive. He's smart. He plays the run well. He's just a damn good player. Number 24 for the Kansas City Chiefs. I have some good wide receivers and some good tight ends to debate here. KJ Duff, unfortunately, at his height, having an ankle injury is a bit of a red flag for me. Not a huge fan of that. Nick Marsh, it depends on your long-term view of Rashi Rice. Granted, he's literally apparently has only $13,000 in his bank account, owes $3 million to people. As if his lawyers didn't set up a ---- ton of shell companies and stuff that ended up shielding a lot of his money. I hate to say it, this isn't these guys' first rodeos. They have life insurance policies they borrow against. There's so many monetary loopholes that make these players look poor when they're not. I think it's bullshit. It's a sympathy story trying to get the amount of money that he owes down. It's stupid. But that's the game the rich play, man. If you have a lot of money, you can pay people to make sure that you pay other people less. It's it's honestly mind boggling. But we don't need to get into socioeconomics here. Thank you, Kira. It can get a little bit ugly, I can't lie. But I do think this class has a lot of really good receiving talent. Cam Coleman's hard to pass on at this point. The deep threat capability he has, I hope he returns to school, but I did not know the NFL SC had him still at number six overall. I did not know Connor Rogers had him at number six overall. I was a huge Cam Coleman guy. He was my wide receiver one coming to the year. He added extra weight. I think he's a completely different player right now with what Texas wanted him to be than what he was at Auburn. I don't like the player he is now remotely close to the player he was when he was at Auburn. So. I'm going to say it's a lot closer to 43 than it is to six, but I do still think that he has the, he's shown if you use him, not like a big X receiver, that he can be an absolutely dominant, slim route running, tall, really good catch radius weapon. Number 25, the Tennessee Titans. First pick, Colin Simmons. And again, we have another first round pick sitting there at number 30. I feel very comfortable at this spot. Like there's just good talent all around to where I'm not really afraid of the situation that we're going to be put in. Like ultimately, you look at some of these spots here and, you know, KJ Bolden's lurking. Like he's a good player. Some people have him like... He's absurdly low. I don't understand that, but it is what it is. People can do what they want. In my opinion, based off of what I saw, and this player is going to have a higher grade than Ashton Hampton, it's going to piss people off because that is what it is. Bakari Swain out of South Carolina. He's unbelievable. He's first off, he was down in like the 180s range. He's up to 193 and he's pure muscle. He's fast as hell. He's smart as hell. He's a great punt returner, which y'all don't need. So it's like, you know, it kind of sucks to try to toss that into the equation. But I think that the physicality he brings, this dude's a hit stick machine, is perfect for a solid style defense. And again, people's feathers will be ruffled because I do this. Please watch him. I didn't watch him enough until now. And thanks to Microsoft Outlook being down at my work, I had the pleasure of being able to go and dig deeper into these players than I ever have before. And he's a special, special type of player, especially for what people think. Because he would have been my next pick here for the Pittsburgh Steelers at 26. You know, good players that are still in striking range again. I like the idea of getting a wide receiver because we haven't really done a good job with separation percentage. I don't know if I really feel like there's a good return on investment here. Wyatt Young, to be fair, is. I like the idea of pushing Wyatt Young round one. I like doing that because nobody does it. Everyone thinks he's going to go back to school, including myself, but that's also under the assumption that Drew Mestemaker goes back to school. If Drew comes out and Wyatt Young's getting first round hype, he's going to come out. And he doesn't need to be a slot. He's really good attacking from the boundary. And the best part about him, he's a separator. So we're going to go Wyatt Young here for the Pittsburgh Steelers in round number one. Number 27 for the Detroit Lions. Corner is a very important position to target. And again, you might say, oh, there's too many corners going here. That's fair. But there are some damn good corners in this class that no one talks about. One of them is Jet Jefferson. He's 6'1", 200. Actually, I'm going to hold off on Jed Jefferson. He's not that good of a man corner. He has a little bit of a limited top speed. But this dude, in terms of being able to process what the hell is going on around him, near cerebral. And really explosive, like there's a particular rep versus LSU, and it was actually a touchdown, I believe it was to Trey Wilson, but is in the red zone, and he's covering Trey Wilson in a flat field, I think it might have been Jackson Harris, get separation behind him, and see Sam Levitt about to throw to him, rolls back to cover him, and then comes down to cover Trey Wilson again. Trey Wilson catches it, and he ends up starting to tackle him, but doesn't get him down. Jed Jefferson's a damn good player, but a Davian Collins is a beast too. And yeah, the weight difference is a little bit different, but a Davian Collins is going to run the four twos. Like this is a top speed type of champion. This is, oh my God, James Foster's prediction to win the fastest guy at the combine. So this is a really good get because the talent is there, high IQ and highly athletic. Number 28 for the Minnesota Vikings traded for Kirko. We love to see it. Love to see it. Now, how do we end up attacking the rest of this? Granted, you know what? For the Lions, the question is, do they end up re-signing Sam Laporta? Oh, you know what? I just talked all that for Davian Collins. We'll draft him soon. I'm pulling it back on. Luke Reynolds is here. I can't say no to that. I can't say no to Luke Reynolds here. I totally forgot about the fact I pass on him for the Chiefs. Luke Reynolds is a star. I mean, elite blocker, great in short space. If you're going to lose LaPorta, that's the spot to go, which I think if I'm going to be honest, LaPorta, I believe, goes to the Vikings or to the Broncos. But. The Vikings would be a good spot for him to go to, but we're back. Just want to end up like just at least pumping the brakes there with multiple safeties up for a contract. I'm going to be going KJ Bolden defensive back out of Georgia here. The value fell into your laps. You take the player who is damn good and worth it. Number 29 for the Seahawks got some good value from Denver. I'm pulling the trigger on Bubacar Traore edge out of Notre Dame. Some people have him as high as edge three, which is where he's being selected here, but he has been red hot lately. He's been phenomenal, had a great goal line stop against Darian Menza. He's a big reason why his team ended up pulling off the W number 30 got the Tennessee Titans. And again, people are going to rip me apart for Bakari Swain. Please go and watch him. I beg you. I implore you to go and watch him. But so far, we have Colin Simmons and Bakari Swain. I think those are two. Huge, huge assets on the defensive side of the ball. Let's look to see how we can help out on the offense. If we do look at the tackle side, I think Melvin Siani is phenomenal. He's a really good tackle, and I'm taking him next or with the Bills. One of those two teams is going to select him, all right? So he is going to be one of these next selections. I, as a Steelers fan, know for a fact that Dan Moore is not the long-term answer. It's not. And if you have issues in terms of some health concerns of JC Latham, you can move Melvin Siani to right tackle where he started this year before Trevor Goosby, who were having return in this, ended up going back or ended up being hurt. So. Melvin Siani's experience at both. We're pulling the trigger on Melvin Siani at 30. So you solve a left tackle spot, a corner one spot, and an elite edge rusher spot. I find it hard to kind of justify pulling like just a high, like Dylan Stewart compared to those three. Like, well, granted, to be fair, you would have probably gotten, like, is it Colin Simmons and Bakari Swain, or you can insert the corner you want, Kelly Jones, or is it going to be worth it to be able to get Melvin Siani as well as, um, like, I just feel like you've got a good return. I'm really happy with that return. Number 31, San Francisco, sitting here at 31, making sure there's nobody who's like miscategorized. We're not having Samson Okunlola come out. This dude definitely is returning to school. He's been having a bad year. Just like he's shown the flashes, but not the consistency. I don't really think the edge class has garnered, especially with how deep it is, the demand for a pick 31 selection. So I prefer to look elsewhere. And you look at Nick Marsh, he's a quality separator. And because you just traded for a Keenan Allen, I think it's actually a really good fit for the long-term vision. So Nick Marsh will be the selection there at 31. A lot of people want him in the first round. I'll give it to you. Number 32 for the Bills. In my opinion, offensive line would be a great position with a player that could have upside to be a tackle. You look at the options available, and I love the idea because people have a lot of respect for Trevor Lauk, for him to be someone who fits in at guard immediately, who has a lot of experience, really good as a run blocker, but also has the upside of being a tackle. I don't think he has to be a guard, and that is a beautiful thing. Like, Trevor Lauk's very consistent. You end up looking at the offensive line here, Dawkins as well as Brown are both players that don't necessarily have a very long time left on the team, especially when you end up looking at the, um, the amount that you can save, right? These contracts are starting to get to the point where you're starting to debate return on investment. So Trevor Lauk, a good fit there. Man, I was ready to continue going on. I was enjoying how different I was making this mock draft. But let me know what you guys think. We did have some QBs slip out the first. Actually, not QBs because we're having three of these guys return to school. Trinidad slips out the first again. To be fair, after this past week, he deserves it, but an enjoyable mock so far. I hope you guys are enjoying it as well. The juices are flowing. I'm like, I want to continue on, but that's going to be all for right now. Love you. See you later. Peace.