2027 NFL Mock Draft with TRADES | MASSIVE QB changes?!

Today, we begin our three-round 2027 NFL Mock Draft with trades. Just like the NFL Draft, this is split up into two days. Day one today, round one. Day two tomorrow, rounds two and three. Let's jump right in. Below my face to my board. It is based on all 22. It is the order of the players that I love, not in a predictive order. If you want to see the full list and every single eval, go to the Patreon. Five bucks a month, and you get some extended positional rankings videos when those do come out, which I'm going to be doing my best to try to get those out over the next couple of weeks. So you guys get to end up having a mid-season and a post-season ranking. Number one overall, Tennessee Titans, huge caveat here. We're having Arch Manning and Drew Mestmaker return. I did it on my two-rounder with no trades this week. We're going to be doing it once again. It's very difficult. It puts a whole new stressor on me, but I think it's a very reasonable one because of the fact that there are rumors about Arch Manning and Drew Mestmaker both wanting to go back to school in the first place. So let's test out the theory. And if they end up proving us wrong, that makes the draft class even stronger. But if we continue taking the easy way out, it makes it not as realistic. Number one, overall, Jeremiah Smith's the selection here. Simply put, he is the one player that you just can't find on a draft to draft basis. We have seen really strong wide receivers. We've seen really strong corners that can rival Leonard Moore. I don't know if we've seen a wide receiver that can rival Jeremiah Smith in terms of the skill set and frame he brings he is a true unicorn and he is continuing to polish the Titans at the end of the day you're not in the position you want to be in but building the best roster doesn't always mean building the best roster with the picks you have for this coming year it's building the best roster for the long haul and i think Jeremiah Smith is an integral part of that now could you end up trading down and getting multiple firsts, and then you can end up getting Jordan Seaton, Trevor Goosby. I think that's a very realistic possibility, but if you have the opportunity to stick and pick Jeremiah Smith at one, you do it. I finally hit on an upset of the week. UNC toppled Pittsburgh, and I am back to continue my streak. This week, when we check it out over on Kalshi, the most egregious difference between what reality is and what this peer-to-peer market says it is is the percentage of chance that Ohio State beats Indiana this week. There's only a 61% chance that Ohio State beats Indiana. Indiana's been in close games versus Northwestern, Nebraska. They just have not been as good as what people think they are. And again, that's the beauty about Kalshi. It's peer-to-peer marketing. It's not going to be versus a house like a traditional sportsbook. So I think it's a great time to take advantage of this opportunity. If you do put $25 down on this trade and you use the code HMS or just make it easy click the link in the description you will get that 25 back added to your account instantly along with that my friends over at Kalshi will add an additional 30 so you're getting 55 added to your account instantly when you make a 25 trade and if Ohio state beats Indiana this week you'll get the 55 and you'll get 38 and 30 and 66 cents on top of that quick math because math is kind of boring that is going to be over 90 in your account now let's just say Indiana pulls off the miraculous they end up beating Ohio State you still end up netting 30 positive so take advantage of it while you can i'm not sure how long these Kalshi folks are going to be blessing us with this special promotion make sure also to take advantage of the markets because opinions change and so the numbers are going to change as well make it easy just click the link get the 55 when you trade 25 number two the Los Angeles Chargers this is a team that I don't think is going to be looking to abandon Justin Herbert I just don't see that as a reasonable thing to do and the positions I target for them are probably defensive interior edge rusher and corner those are the big ones at the top if you're talking about overall I think that interior offensive line definitely needs to be part of the equation 100% one of the next four picks needs to be an offensive lineman for the interior but we do need to focus on Khalil Mack probably not going to be there after this year might be a trade deadline target the cornerback room in my opinion could always use upgrades and you know Leonard Moore is the easy choice here if we are to stick and pick because the edge class is pretty damn deep if you do want to trade down however you do have the opportunity to end up snagging a Colin Simmons or a Dylan Stewart the question is who's wanting to pay to move up the Texans I would say would be one of the more ballsy teams but I just don't really think that they're in a position to be able to move up and they also don't need a corner at the same time so it's one of the teams where I'd be like oh I could get exciting with it but there's just right now based on the current draft order not a team that I think would have the reason to spend that much to move up therefore I am going Leonard Moore corner out of Notre Dame there at number two for a similar reason as Jeremiah Smith at number one it's a position that could still be upgraded, but it is one of those players that's very hard to find year over year. The Titans still had the ability to trade back and get someone who could help out their team and get good return on investment if they didn't go Jeremiah Smith. I didn't really see that value there for the Chargers. I think the Dolphins would have been a good option for the Titans to trade with. I could have seen even the Texans. They could have just went and said, screw it. Marvin Harrison Jr. They just have a crazy receiving core. I don't think they'd do it, But you end up looking at Tampa Bay. They could try to just say we want our marquee guy. So there's just opportunities that the Titans have that now because Jeremiah Smith is not on the board, the Chargers lack. But they sit stick and pick there with the second best player in the class. And I think it's a perfectly reasonable decision to do. Number three, we have the Miami Dolphins. And again, if you guys did not watch the first part of the video, I'm not having Arch Manning nor Drew Bestermaker as part of this draft class. So keep that in mind. Um, and that's, again, maybe we find out more information and they end up coming out, but it's much more enjoyable to add players to a class than subtract them, you know, and this is the week where I want to test out that theory, but the Dolphins sitting here, I would have loved obviously Jeremiah Smith. That's not the case anymore. I do think that we could start looking at offensive line and just looking for a long term option for a return on investment. Dylan Stewart needs to get his stuff together. someone ended up saying the amount of crimes that Dylan Stewart very well might commit in Miami would be on another level and I can't lie I can't disagree like he's a menace but it does look like maybe South Carolina has the chance to turn him around he ended up playing versus Florida and it wasn't really a big thing but he ends up coming out and playing extraordinarily well and I want to see him get to that point the Miami Dolphins I believe are on pace to only have 12 sacks on the year. That's unacceptable. So it'd be Colin Simmons, Dylan Stewart as the targets that I would end up going after here. I do think Trevor Goosby as well as Jordan Seton are very reasonable options for the Dolphins as well. But when you have someone who is extremely unique that you can't get year over year, you pull the trigger. And I didn't think that there was going to be enough reason for me to move back with Miami when you do have the ability with the right guidance of Dylan Stewart on a personal level to take someone who is truly game changing. So Dylan Stewart, the selection there at number three, number four for the Houston Texans offensive lines, the easy target for me. I'm going to see if there's a team that I would end up trying to pull the trigger on maybe an edge rusher. The Saints are ballsy. Here's the thought process. I'm going to make my life so much harder if I do this, but to be fair, I don't like what the New Orleans Saints are like in a position for at number seven apart from a boundary corner I do think it's a not it's not a horrible idea for the Saints to say I'm looking at the Buccaneers and they're going to be targeting Colin Simmons I could end up giving up maybe two third round picks and especially for the Texans that are you know kind of bleeding dry in terms of draft capital like it's not a horrible idea for the for the Saints to be like this is an opportunity to jump our own division rival not have to deal with Colin Simmons for the next five to ten years and on top of that fill our biggest need and they're a ballsy team that's just that's the way that they roll like that is a New Orleans Saints thing to do and i want a big trade they didn't do it in the past mock draft or the past draft and i was so excited for them to do it for um i'm trying to remember i think it was Arvell Reese was my vision like i was dreaming of it so the New Orleans Saints are coming in it's a 300 spot difference so honestly i do think that it's relatively fair. I think it should cost two thirds. I would toss in a future third here, but because I know this isn't going to accept it, I'm not going to do that. So I'm going to have it be two thirds this year and next year. But of course, this thing's only going to calculate it as one. But the Texans end up pulling off that trade. The Saints end up making the move up and they end up drafting Colin Simmons, edge rusher out of Texas. low cost to move up. Again, you end up cock blocking your own in division rival and you end up getting the player that i think would end up benefiting both you and your division rival the most number five the Tampa Bay Buccaneers they could just be trying to be spiteful and like try to call up on some teams to move up for the offensive lineman at this point it is again i make this way harder on myself than i need to but that's the NFL draft like the NFL draft there's going to be stuff that we never see coming and it will end up biting you in the ass like that's just the truth of the draft now for the Buccaneers i don't think there's anybody worth moving up for and again y'all you gotta you gotta think about things through this lens in order to have a team trade down you have to have a team that wants to trade up and if a team wants to trade up they have to obviously give up something and that giving up of value needs to be worth moving up for that player over who they get at that original spot so I do like Seton I do like Goosby they're going to be the next two picks and the question is do I have a team that would really want to go after it luckily for both Houston and Arizona the New York Jets have two really good bookend tackles now the Cleveland Browns could get ballsy tossing two ones and move up and go after a tackle I don't think that's a right decision I think that that's a little bit of an unnecessary one the Falcons too far out of range now so also in division I think that leaves Tampa Bay in a very uncomfortable situation however I'm going to remediate it by going after two possible players both on the Georgia Bulldogs that's going to be at Chris Cole and it's going to be Ellis Robinson and you're going to say what the hell would a linebacker do at number five even though it was that case last year like this past year number five was a linebacker I think Chris Cole might be better than Arvell Reese I think might be better than Sonny Styles Chris Cole has some extra room to add some weight but he very well might be four three speed and he is basically a pure top end edge rusher he's a number three edge rusher for pretty much everybody who looks him looks at him come off the edge he's the number three edge rusher in the class on top of that he's pretty damn good in coverage too this is one of the best profiles I've ever seen at linebacker position raw grade he is above Jordan Seton he's my number three raw graded player in the entire draft class. That's how good Chris Cole is. I think he's an absolute superstar. Now you could talk about Ellis Robinson here too. He's right there behind Trevor Goosby and Chris Cole Both of them are fantastic products. I think the Buccaneers could absolutely look at the corner core, but you guys have done a good job on day two of sniping some very good value in your secondary. So I'm going to go with my player, the player that I think would be the best possible option Dylan Stewart I don't even know will end up as good as Chris Cole but I do know Dylan Stewart's a little bit more unique than a hybrid well to be fair Chris Cole is on another level too but I think that you're talking about some freak players that you just cannot find uh and I love it again I have Chris Cole above Dylan Stewart so that's not for talent base I mean both of them are like a 10 out of 10 in terms of pure raw talent it's the screws being loose for Dylan Stewart that that's kind of a factor but the Arizona Cardinals sitting here at number six um quarterback and tackle those are the ways to go now i went qb in my last mock draft for him early i think cj Carr absolutely could be the truth for this team with two second round picks it's such an easy way to go late one draft your qb and end up getting like a second round pick out of it you can end up pretty much flopping for like a late first and a late second like it is the strategy right that's the strat uh and if you're if you were to do that let's plan out the qb's right we end up looking philadelphia technically could but i don't think they're going to it's more of a 2028 thing the browns they're going to so we got one uh we have the falcons they could i mean number 14 could be a qb but i think that they're a little bit more in a position to go after a tackle um then you end up looking at the steelers i'm not really sold on that i think that they're not going to be an organization looking for around one qb then you're continuing to push along and it's like well i mean who else right minnesota but you can jump minnesota with the two twos for the one and the two right so all that being said you're essentially going to be looking at QB three in this draft. And the question is, you have Menza Chambliss Carr. You're getting one of those three. I hate to say it. It's a better value to go after the tackle early. And I know my Cardinals fans hate going after QB after offensive line. But I don't know with trades if I'm going to have legit offensive tackles available in this range. I just can't fathom it at the level that I know I could have one of these QBs. So all that being said, I'm going back to offensive line and I'm going Trevor Goosby tackle out of Texas. And here's the reason why I have Goosby below. I have below where I have Jordan Seton, but Goosby, when you look at the profile, very similar to Paris Johnson, long arms, mobile experience on both sides of the offensive line. I think he's an absolute home run selection and he fits so well into that right tackle spot. You bring in a QB after the fact. He has a more completed offensive line and you're going to be cooking with some Crisco. Number seven, the Houston Texans. Quick and easy for me. You traded back. You're getting Jordan Seton tackle out of LSU. I think you can kick into guard if you really want him to. If you do feel like, hey, I want to have him short term on the inside. I like the flexibility he brings. The value is there. You get some extra third round picks out of it and you take the player that i would have taken at number four and number eight with the Washington Commanders they're in an interesting situation because you do have Cam Coleman, Charlie Becker at this point that might be the best return on investment but this corner class is cheeks it's not good like it really is not good people want to say it's good don't don't believe them like you have a good top of the class that could justify in some people's minds as a good corner class i care about a lot of depth because the cornerback position is very volatile so I care about the overall class now again you got three corners in my opinion that could be top 10 picks and by the way probably be the next two picks and will all be selected by pick number 10 so even if I skip out on a corner I'm still going to be probably taking them there at 9 and 10 that pisses off some Eagles fans but you know what feathers will be ruffled that's how the game works but the Commanders I do think because also the Eagles will be looking at Ellis Robinson or Ashton Hampton need to pull the trigger on one and i talked about it in my two rounder my logic for going Ellis Robinson is a i have him higher but b more importantly it's all about matchups i don't see anybody in the division that i would necessarily say as the number one would work against Ashton Hampton, would work better against um Ellis Robinson than Ashton Hampton, I should say Ashton Hampton's a worse matchup against or he's worse to match up there we go he's worse to match up against uh these more elusive wide receiver ones in your own division I prefer to have Ellis Robinson on them again I think he's a better player too he goes at number eight, number nine for the New York Jets could have packaged up and you know gone after somebody I I don't really know who would have been the option there except Jeremiah Smith but when you're sitting here at number nine a strong physical boundary corner will always be valuable. we're going to go Ashton Hampton, corner out of Clemson there. At number 10 for the Philadelphia Eagles, good options here. I think the primary position of need is on the interior of the offensive line. However, that's not what you need to take at number 10 overall. You can look at the edge class. I don't think the value is here either. You can look at the safety class. I have players where technically they value at this range. that's not a reflection of reality what I value versus what is actual reality are two different things now that doesn't mean you can't trade back and end up getting that value now if I ended up being a little cheap oh hello if I ended up being a little cheeky and ended up having let's just say a Jordan Seaton drop here first off I would draft him but secondly if the Eagles were really dead set on going on a safety for example I'd have the Falcons trade up to the spot to draft them so just letting you guys in in terms of like understanding where my mindset is so tight and as well Jamari Johnson all the screams trade back now with the Cleveland Browns sitting here at 13 I don't think offensive tackle is off the table for him Titus Howard got that three-year extension but behind him is really nothing I really felt uncomfortable watching DeJuan Jones play and it's a big reason in my opinion why he lost this past week to the Jets so I do think Atlanta could be a prime position to end up moving up for a star offensive tackle in Melvin Siani but it's it's very difficult to end up trading from 14 to 10 for a player that isn't really valued at the level that I think maybe he should be so who else is worth moving up for nothing on the interior again you could talk about Charlie Becker here and with the Jets you could try to see if they want to go after a receiver the problem that I'm running into right now is that the QB's I don't worry too much about teams taking them, but you could try to say if Atlanta wants to go for it, they need to go for it. The Jets are going to do what they want to do. There's just not a return on investment here for any team to move up, in my opinion. There just really isn't. You can't find one. So if Philly needs to stick and pick, the question is what would they want to get out of the equation? And I don't think Kelly Jones would be a good return on investment. The safety class is solid, but I do think at 41, I'd rather go after the interior offensive line pieces. I think there's going to be some good ones there. I'm going to go after a player that I think is on the tier of Caleb Downs. That's hot to say, but I think KJ Bolden is a superstar. We're going to draft him there at number 10. It's one where I wanted to trade out. I just couldn't find a dance partner. Number 11, the New York Jets are sitting there, and a quarterback is going to be the right move. I personally like Trinidad Chambliss the most out of the quarterbacks remaining and I have Menza and Chambliss like pretty much neck and next if you guys want to see you know sitting there at number 20 versus number 17 but I do think both have their own potential issues Trinidad sub six foot you know a little bit on the older side 25 years old in in his rookie year Menza on the thinner side as well so I do worry about the winners and then you look at CJ Carr and he's just super well balanced Austin Simmons as well I think you pull the trigger on CJ Carr quarterback out of Notre Dame there's a lot of love for him right now and I can't blame people who want CJ Carr to be the first QB off the board he's young he's balanced he hasn't really been tested this year but he also is going through multiple different styles of offense where it was a very running back focused offense last year this is gonna be a little bit more on him like it's good to see how he performs in a very tumultuous environment number 12 for the Jets interior offensive line is also still part of the equation here I would like to be open to a move down here and I think this is a perfect opportunity for the Atlanta Falcons to move up the Cleveland Browns could be looking at some offensive line support the Bengals can look at some offensive line support I feel like there's just too much going on in order for me to feel comfortable with the Falcons sitting there at 14 and possibly getting some sloppy seconds maybe thirds I mean the Cincinnati Bengals could get a little ballsy too but if I'm the Jets I'm not really losing out on anything by moving down here so I just think that's a smart move by the Falcons to make a very short range trade and personally I do think a pick 120 for this range or like pick 113 this equation is probably the best route like you can end up trying to toss in like a six round pick as well just to make it you know look sexier but I think it's perfectly reasonable if I'm the Jets I'm just getting a free pick at this point the Falcons have moved up and in my opinion you get a right tackle left tackle hybrid here it's the most important thing to address on your team it really is left tackle is not secure for the long haul Matthews I don't think he has very long and then you look at the right tackle spot we haven't locked it down for the long term yet so it's a huge risk at the moment we're gonna go after Melvin Siani there at number 12 got to see Melvin in person at the Red River Showdown Texas OU, and he looked nearly, if not as good, as Trevor Goosby. Both of them are phenomenal players, and Siani last year was playing left tackle for Wake Forest. It's very, very close, near and dear to him to be able to play at that level. Number 13 for the Cleveland Browns. This is just built for Trinidad Chambliss or Austin Simmons. I think with the fact that I can't tell which one's going to be the Rams. I believe it was the 13th picks the Rams and the 17th the Browns so if you're right on the verge of the playoffs you might try to roll one more year with um Deshaun Watson and that'll give me Austin Simmons as the selection there at 13. Now I gave it a meh honestly in my most recent mock draft but or mock the mock of PFFs and probably should have waited but I do think a team like the Steelers when you do end up having a quarterback like Austin Simmons there who's younger and can develop it is a little bit scary at the risk of losing him so maybe you would end up saying okay then you go Trinidad Chambliss but if you want to roll with Deshaun Watson then you're having Trinidad start at 26 years old so I do think that when I'm like sitting there and digesting a little bit more it makes a bit more sense especially in a QB constrained class to try to target them a little bit earlier the Jets sitting there at 14 went Ashton Hampton and CJ Carr we're going to target defensive interior here with Will Echols I think well to be fair I love Will Echols interior offensive line needs some help. I've got enough criticism from y'all for that. And honestly, Greg Johnson, super fluid player. I'll give you guys what you guys are wanting. We're going to go after some offense here. CJ Carr gets Greg Johnson interior offensive lineman out of Minnesota. He has center and guard flexibility, also has the mobility to play tackle, but happy to see him there at number 14. 15 for the Cincinnati Bengals. Corner with Kelly Jones makes sense here. You can also look at the defensive backs like Kingston Lopa, Tay Johnson, really big fan of those players. But I do worry about that left tackle spot. And it's just one where, especially if you're trying to invest in Joe Burrow in the long run, it's not one that you play around with. You do look at the options available. The Browns did just draft Austin Simmons. Their next pick is going to be an offensive tackle. So I just don't, it might not be an offensive tackle to be fair, but there are teams that are looking at offensive tackle on the very near horizon. And there's not many tackles that, in my opinion, mimic what the Bengals have as an identity on their offensive line. And that's power. Caden Green has power. If you want to replace Orlando Brown, you need somebody who mimics that build. And Caden Green, in my opinion, might not be the most athletic dude. Tons of experience, day one starter, really damn good player. Something that is boring, but damn effective. Number 16 for the Pittsburgh Steelers. You could look at corner here, honestly. Kelly Jones is not a bad choice. Again, the Bengals could have cock-blocked the Steelers here and gone after Kelly Jones. And honestly, the Browns could be looking at Kelly Jones if he's there as well. If I'm the Steelers, I'm pulling the trigger on one of the last serviceable corners in this draft. We're going to end up pulling the trigger on Kelly Jones, who's 6'4", 195, good zone instincts. Breaks my heart that we didn't pay Joey Porter Jr. I don't get it personally, but it is what it is. The Cleveland Browns are sitting here at pick number 17, and honestly, with Will Echols available, going BPA is always the right decision. Austin Simmons is going to be the long-term answer. Will Echols will provide some support on the interior. You guys have had some good interior pressure, but I'm just going BPA because that's what the Browns have been doing, and they've been doing a damn good job building a very strong roster with it. Number 18, we've got the Seattle Seahawks. I do like the idea of offensive line for this team. Edge is always a possibility. Samson Okunlola has just been playing so well at tackle that I feel disrespectful as hell to put him back at guard. I can't do that. I can't do that. That's disrespectful. I don't want to be throwing around disrespect here. I don't think the interior offensive line value is going to be if we don't have Greg Johnson for this team. It would be nice to potentially have gotten Kelly Jones here as well. Not going to happen. But if I'm looking and I'm sitting here on Seahawks and I have the ability to get a deep possession receiver like Charlie Becker, I'm pulling the trigger 10 out of 10 times. Cam Coleman, I love him to death. I think he's a great receiver. I was just watching Archie's tape from OU that I saw in person, but it's different when obviously you're looking at the coach's tape. And I think Cam Coleman and Charlie Becker should never be in the same question. And it's not because Becker is significantly better. I don't think he is. I think it's just because you're it just depends on what you want out of your receiver. Like, it's very similar. It's like, oh, do I want hot dogs or hamburgers? It's like that's that's close enough to where you can debate it. But it's like talking about, oh, I want a veggie bowl or do I want a steak? like they both have their own advantages but one is going to be for one type of mood another's going to be for another type of mood and the Seahawks in my opinion getting somebody who can end up essentially replacing a Cooper Kupp is going to be the vision for me so we're gonna go Charlie Becker there at number 18 number 19 for the Carolina Panthers boy do you have a fun decision on your hand Jaden Ball elite running back um you can end up helping out right away tackle you could go after Samson Okunlola end up having basically the one year out after this year with um well Akwunu already on the way out essentially then you look at Moten one year he has a out in his contract which kind of is the whole entire reason you drafted a tackle in the first round that has flexibility and then you look at um your current option at left tackle Rashid Walker and he doesn't have any contract after this year so it's a possibility and honestly i don't mind it but i could try to like scam it a little bit by going after the Utah left tackle who's a bit older down the line in the third round I might do that I might have to pull the trigger on that but I look at the options here running back it is pretty damn weak I can't lie I love Kawun Brown he's been hurt Wayne Knight's five foot six like Fluff Bothwell will probably go back because he's going to be with his Pookie Bear and Camario Taylor LJ Martin is hurt Nate Frazier is hurt Ahmad Hardy has a bullet hole in his leg it's just like what the hell's going on man i mean like we're getting to a very interesting territory where the running back class is kind of ass so i'm not going to let it get any worse Jaden Bosman banged up very clearly he's on a snap count so we're going to pull the trigger on the player that is harder to find than a really good tight end in this class vegas at number 20 um do we still have Will Echols on the board we don't oh **** the browns the steelers fan of me came out there uh cam coleman's gonna be the easy pick though he's a stud receiver he just added some extra weight and it's very similar to Marvin Harrison Jr where you're looking at a player who's trying to become a more versatile x receiver when in reality they should be still sticking to their pretty role specific type of X build and he just should just be himself like just like MHJ should go to Houston drop some weight pretty easy to do in Houston in my opinion like I'm not a huge fan of the city so no disrespect to the actual people who live in Houston I just ended up going there I was in the downtown it it's not necessarily the most lively place on earth so I'm not thinking about it like San Antonio the food is just elite you become fat as hell like me my fat ass ended up putting on an additional 20 pounds ever since I moved to Dallas like 30 but that's besides the point it's just like there's certain things where these guys need to get a little bit and they need to be in the right situation to be in the right shape and honestly Vegas is going to be kind of tough too can't lie but I really love the idea of getting Fernando Mendoza a true number one weapon there in Cam Coleman number 21 for the Dallas Cowboys honestly could have ended up trying to jump up and you know finesse a little bit but if the Cowboys are sitting here at number 21 you taking a gander at the options available and And honestly, I like the idea of right tackle for this team. You look at, I mean, to be fair, it's pretty difficult to go after an offensive tackle here. That's not a pure right. If it's Malik Scale, you pull the trigger. In my opinion, you pull the trigger right away. You don't worry about it at all. He slides into right tackle. Don't worry about it. Samson Okunlola is playing left this year. The real question is, do you want to bet on an athlete that is so damn good that he can end up translating to the right side? He also has guard experience, so he is someone who has a ton of tenure. It's just first year at tackle. You did kind of like Tyler Guyton in that aspect, but it's tough to try to pull the trigger on that position corner. There's no value. You look at, I mean, how the wide receiver position. I feel like I've taken the guys that you'd want to replace George Pickens with for the long haul. Now we can try to play the money game down there at number 46. so if I'm sitting here I'm pulling the trigger on offensive line Samson Okunlola is 330 pounds and moves like he's 200 like the dude is a freak athlete and he's worth investing in like he is so damn talented for being so young at the tackle position but he has a lot of experience because he's played guard before as well really good player someone easily worth betting on one of my favorite players in the entire class and again an organization that values the offensive line don't think that it's impossible for them to try to continue plugging and playing on the offensive line 22 for Denver sorry to make this boring as hell we all know if Jamari Johnson's here you pull the trigger on him he's the true joker tight end flexible he's fast he's really good at blocking he's just an elite tight end and someone who I think is going to go earlier when the draft order ends up being a bit more accurate the Chicago Bears sitting there at 23 I've been on this uh Devin Tompkins trained this whole time and I still am I think he's the best fit for the Chicago Bears the question is can I try to manufacture some extra value for him like the Patriots what are the Patriots going to go after they're going to probably look at a defensive back here and Tate Johnson or Kingston Lopa the Detroit Lions might say I don't want sloppy seconds or you can have the Buffalo Bills say I don't want the Patriots to have their choice either way I mean to be fair Jacksonville and New York I'd worry about their defensive interiors if I'm Detroit being able to move up and select a higher tier option like Tate Johnson versus a developmental piece in Kingston Lopa who I love but can't play the run as well that might be worth it because I know Tate Johnson's going at 24 if I let him get there he's going to be the selection if I'm Detroit the minute caught oh to be fair I totally forgot about the minute cost would be totally worth it But if I'm the Bears, to be fair, I don't want to reward my division. So catching myself right there, I was like, oh, I see a good deal on my hands. I think Devin Tompkins would end up being selected by the Giants or the Jags. I can't, I can't in good faith end up letting him fall past this point. So Devin Tompkins, defensive interior slash edge rusher out of Alabama goes at 23. He has the ability to both fit Dennis Allen's edge build at 6'5", 260 plus, and his defensive interior build at about 300 pounds. so just kind of like find the vision after you get the great player he's been dominating week after week like people don't have an answer for him i think he's a superstar all right new england patriots i ended up telegraphing it i think tay johnson's someone that you can't miss on he's a high floor player you just end up bolstering your secondary and making it even stronger tay johnson is the choice there detroit lions i would not mind some interior offensive line help for the long haul, but I can't lie, when you can end up getting Kingston Lopa defensive back out of Cal here, who's 6'5", 210, and a ball hawk, you can't say no. He is truly that special, and he is a top 10 player on my board. With the New York Giants here at number 26, the options are pretty mediocre. Like, if I had Devin Tompkins here, I'd pull the trigger. I really like Xavier Gilliam. He's a player I ended up going with in my most recent two-round mock draft, but there are quarterbacks here. Trinidad Chambliss falls to this range, similar to where Dart was selected, funnily enough team that ended up having Dart, and this is a pretty good opportunity for a team to move up and select their future quarterback, and the one that I think needs to make this ballsy move is the Arizona Cardinals. I think this is the right range. The Vikings are sitting there at 30, would want to probably add somebody to their system, And even if they don't, you still end up having the Dolphins who are lurking there at 34. You have the Titans who are lurking there at 35. So there's just too many teams that you have to jump. And if I'm the Giants, I don't see defensive interior being a fire sale. So I'm probably getting the same exact player for a significantly lower cost. So, okay, go off Chevron. So we have a move that's going to cost 170 points. I don't think so. who ended up this is some bullshit value here but we're going to first off okay yeah that is right i was like hold on where's two seconds we're gonna end up getting or do we end up doing a recomp right here look at that value right there two for two um i think this is a smart decision by both sides in my opinion uh i'm gonna end up doing a bolt like this is not actually something that will be reflective in the trade i just wanted to actually pass so i'm not tossing the actual fifth round pick we're going a first and a second for both of those high seconds for the cardinals we already got the offensive tackle i like the value of edge at pick 58 as well and you keep the same quantity of picks you end up solving your issues accordingly as well so the cardinals have moved up to pick number 26 to select their quarterback and their first pick was an offensive tackle there in Trevor Goosby we don't have Arch Manning we don't have Drew Mestemaker in this class that's what makes it fun what makes it enjoyable and you look at Menza you look at Chambliss, I think I end up going after the a little bit younger player who has a lot more experience in multiple systems, I'm gonna go Darian Menza, quarterback out of Miami, um apparently I gave him a little star, that's cute but Darian Menza, very polished quarterback, probably gonna win the, he probably should be in range to win the Heisman if Jeremiah Smith kind of slows down, but still Heisman contender, going to probably win the national championship, he is a phenomenal player and I really do like the value that you could have gotten for him here at 26 while just recomping the pick that you end up getting from Marvin Harrison, 27 for Jacksonville, another team that in my opinion probably could end up getting a lot of good value here, they traded down from number two I think this is another good spot to see maybe a quick run on the QB position if we look at the teams that have already drafted quarterback, we end up seeing that the Jets ended up drafting CJ Carr, and he was the first quarterback that was drafted. The Dolphins could go after their own quarterback. The Titans could also try to replace Cam Ward. And so you also look at the Vikings here. I'm just saying there are teams, the Chargers, if they wanted to get rid of Justin Herbert, which not going to be the thing that I do. You could also end up even tossing in Some of these teams that from farther range could end up trying to be ballsy. Atlanta, for example, I think it's too far for Atlanta, though. I do like the idea maybe of waiting, but Miami sitting there at 34. It's not a bad option to bring in Chambliss at this point. I will say, though, I'm not going to pull the trigger. I think the Jaguars are the type to say we're going to stick and pick. If you don't like it, you can kiss our ass. That's exactly what happened this past year. And so they're going to go after a freak athlete, Xavier Gilliam, defensive interior out of Tennessee. Just go and watch his highlights for yourself. He is a joy to watch. Freak athlete, 305 pounds. He is a mismatch. He will probably be a first round pick. This is a guy who's not being rated as a first round pick right now, who I feel very, very confident will end up being in that range. Number 28 for the Buffalo Bills. See who's still available. We still have some really good offensive linemen available. and honestly the guard spot for the Bills not a bad one to fill at this point we still obviously have Chambliss we have Dante Moore in the equation as well but Dante Moore versus Chambliss it's like you're talking about complete opposites so like it just depends on what your vision is um the Bills could end up going after Reed Harris as well like i don't mind it i like the linebackers support there's a lot of good options here so i ended up of course ******* up the the UI right there I think we have to go after BPA Caden Peepers interior offensive lineman out Iowa he's playing guard has the ability to play some center as well he is probably the best raw offensive lineman in the class like if you're taking out positional value could be the best in the class so we're going to end up taking him here at 28 which in my opinion pretty damn good deal on top of that the Baltimore Ravens I would have still taken Caden Peepers there as well they're investing a lot in their interior offensive line I think it's a smart thing to do so I end up disarming the Baltimore Ravens simultaneously. So Baltimore sitting here at number 29, I would be open to an offensive lineman that is going to be high potential. I just don't really see the one that I would take here. So defensive interior wise, you could try to pull the trigger on Amari Washington. I don't think that's a bad idea. And in fact, I think that's a position I will go Amari is just more of that freak talent that you're going to mold and develop. And in my opinion, when you look at Jesse Minter, you can end up seeing a little bit of a Kenneth Grant aspect to Amari Washington so would like to end up seeing kind of that Michigan archetype of athletic big interior to end up working out Vikings sitting here at number 30 the question is do you go a QB and if you do get to this point at number 30 overall I do think it's very realistic for you to say I'm not going to go and target that spot but maybe the reason you don't get to the Super Bowl is because of your QB play like I can't I can't lie granted Sam Darnold ended up having a similar conversation and then he ended up not being the selection there so there is conversations that will need to be had about the future because Kyler's been wheeling and dealing but if Kyler's wheeling and dealing what if you just bring in Chambliss for a significantly cheaper contract he's 25 years old he's able to step in day one and you get to save that money to build the rest of the roster that's the mindset I'm going to use Trinidad Chambliss goes at number 30 overall number 31 for the Kansas City Chiefs uh it's honestly Donte Moore still available too um I mean again he's had a pretty bad year I do think that weaponry is important and if we can end up seeing Ryan Coleman Williams get healthy you will end up seeing him here at number 31 the difference with him on versus off the field is unbelievably noticeable and it's something that you just can't discount now I might be able to trade out of this spot and still get him but at the same time we got to find a team that is wanting to trade up for a particular player as well Yancey Pierce is a stud edge rusher I'm just thinking about what would San Fran be looking at and honestly a wide receiver probably be in there in the cards because Mike Evans might not be around forever can end up having Reed Harris be his like understudy for a year elite by the way I love him but I mean offensive tackle don't think the value is there Khalil Benson been doing a great job too like corner don't think the value is there like a linebacker like there's just not really that position except for edge maybe that you'll end up seeing somebody and be like damn I need to trade up for that like a lot of people love trade as Green I think he's one dimensional so I have an issue there it really is Dante Moore and then probably like Beyonce Pierre and I just don't think anybody is that well to be fair now the I mean the Tennessee Titans need an edge rusher they went after a uh they went after Jeremiah Smith in the first and I see the Chargers lurking right there and the Niners and the Buccaneers by the way I mean it's it's not a bad idea for the Titans or the Buccaneers to get a little bit aggressive here what the Buccaneers do in the first I totally I literally forgot about what I did I did Chris Cole yeah I'm not gonna trade up with the Buccaneers them but i do think the Titans trying to jump the chargers is a pretty noble thing to do the the Chiefs end up getting the same player they're going to get anyways so we're going to have the titans get aggressive they end up getting the best player in the class and they're still going to solve a pretty important need uh 50 spot i'm going to give a fourth round pick and i feel happy about it i'll end up tossing in a fifth just to make sure that the equation ends up like working out in our favor but i personally don't understand why you can't force trades but it is what it is The Titans end up making their move up to number 31 after drafting Jeremiah Smith, number one, to draft Yancey Pierre, edge rusher out of Alabama. I think Yancey is a true first round type of player. He's a little on the smaller side, but he's looked even more explosive and he's actually upgraded his pass rush ability, in my opinion, this year. I'm glad to see him get the love that he deserves there at 31. The Niners sitting there at number 32. I don't think we could end up ignoring the offensive tackle position. Lance Hurst's a baller. The thing is, I want someone who can kick into guard short term and end up having the ability to be the long term tackle. I'd prefer to do this a little bit later. So maybe we do have one more team that's just like, screw it, I'll trade up to the end of the first. Like, is there a team that might want a Dante more like Philly could end up trying to get that fifth year contract. But I mean, like Indy could get ball like they get a little ballsy and try to get their QB. Granted, I honestly don't think that's a bad idea. If I'm the if I'm the Niners, I can end up having Lance Hurst and, you know, you do have the picks that end up moving back up as well. Like I don't see a team really desperate for a Lance Hurd. Like I look at him as more of an interior offensive lineman. I actually love that. You know what? Indianapolis, they don't have a first round pick. They end up having one of the worst trades of all time. And, you know, for me personally, if I'm going to move from 32 to 42, it'll probably be the value of a first round pick or assuming not first round excuse me oh my goodness a um like a high second or excuse me the total value will be a late first i'm tripping balls but the value of the second pick would be a high third is what i meant to say so i'm going to end up trying to poach maybe you could talk about 2028 third in this equation but to keep things balanced i'll end up doing a 2028 fourth just because i don't trust the colts and if i'm the niners i'm still getting the same player you end up getting some extra draft capital for that as well to keep your roster under value and then the Colts you move up here and you go Dante Moore quarterback out of Oregon to take a shot on what he once was not what he is what he once was and we'll see you if that ends up coming to the fruition but you can think about him in the same role as Daniel Jones and it makes a lot of sense I think Dante Moore can play very much like Daniel Jones and it's a really good fit five years with a player that already was kind of crowned as a number two overall pick that has just not lived up to the hype this year let me know what you think again tomorrow rounds two and three will be dropped love you see you later peace