In this mock, I rejected all trade down offers in the 1st round, and didn't get any more offers so only wound up with 4 players since I only do 4 round mock drafts. It's the only draft so far where Alt was sitting there at #10. ยท10. Joe Alt, OT Notre Dame 72. Devontez Walker, WR North Carolina 111. Jared Wiley, TE TCU 113. Malik Mustapha, S Wake Forest
18. Taliese Fuaga, OT Oregon State 49. Jackson Powers-Johnson, OC Oregon 72. Devontez Walker, WR North Carolina 111. Roman Wilson, WR Michigan 113. Jaden Hicks S Washington State
I traded down with NE in this draft. The trade down took me out of the 1st round, but I was curious to see how much talent I could add and what positions I could address. I don't know if this would pan out to be a very good draft, but I like it. I focused on offense, and only added Wilson with pick #114 because he was a great value there. I got to add 3 OL. I haven't seen any of these guys play, but really like what I've read about Suamataia and Amegadjie at OT, and it seems that Van Pran would be a plug and play starter at C if the Jets moved Tillman to OG, or perhaps Van Pran could play OG. Wilson and Wiley have great size (6'6" and 6'7") and excellent speed for their size. Wilson is supposedly a very good to great coverage LB and was a bit of a steal as PFN had him rated at #85. 34. Kingsley Suamataia, OT BYU 68. Sedrick Van Pran, OC Georgia 72. Kiran Amegadjie, OT Yale 103. Johnny Wilson, WR Florida State 111. Jared Wiley, TE TCU 114. Payton Wilson, LB NC State 2025 NE 2nd 2025 NE 3rd
19. Taliese Fuaga OT Oregon State 52. Xavier Legette WR South Carolina 72. Kiran Amegadjie OT Yale 112. Devontez Walker WR North Carolina 113. Jared Wiley TE TCU
19. Taliese Fuaga OT Oregon State 52. Cooper Beebe OG Kansas State 72. Devontez Walker WR North Carolina 83. Kiran Amegadjie OT Yale 111. Jared Wiley TE TCU 113. Jamari Thrash WR Louisville 2025 MIN 3rd
We will have to replace him at this rate. He ain't staying with this sorry team. And I don't blame him either.
Another day, Another pick. 10. Olumuyiwa Fashanu OT Penn State 72. Sedrick Van Pran OC Georgia 111. Christian Mahogany OG Boston College 113. Maason Smith DT LSU 186. Luke McCaffrey WR Rice 252. Austin Reed QB Western Kentucky 253. Gabriel Murphy EDGE UCLA 256. Jaylen Key S Alabama This ain't happening, by the way.
Not when your QB is either running for his life 1 second after the snap - or worse, on the ground every time he attempts pass.
Just to see how it would work out, I accepted a Washington trade down proposal. 36. Kingsley Suamataia OT BYU 40. Michael Penix Jr. QB Washington 67. Kris Jenkins DT Michigan 72. Xavier Legette WR South Carolina 112. Cade Stover TE Ohio State 114. Christian Mahogany OG Boston College 2025 WAS 2nd I didn't like that Suamataia was the best OT prospect left. I started to take Graham Barton OG instead of Penix, but getting Penix there was just too good a value and would give the Jets their potential heir to Rodgers. If Jenkins is anywhere near as good as his old man, that would fix our DT hole beside Q.
PFF simulator played Santa Claus with me in round 1. My emphasis in the rest of this draft was to pack the roster with young offensive linemen so that we could avoid relying too heavily on past their prime linemen who are ready to break down physically. 10. O. Fashanu (OT) 72. P. Paul (OT) 112. C. Beebe (OG) 114. J. Baker (WR) 144. L. McCaffrey (WR) 187. Z. Logue (DT) 226. D. McMahon (C) 253. D. Kent (CB) 254. E. Anderson (DT) 257. S. Hartman (QB)
Trade down galore! 33. Jordan Morgan OT Arizona 59. Christian Haynes OG UConn 65. McKinnley Jackson DT Texas A&M 67. Sedrick Van Pran OC Georgia 93. Calen Bullock S USC 112.Roger Rosengarten OT Washington 131.Theo Johnson TE Penn State 134.Luke McCaffrey WR Rice 164.Sam Hartman QB Notre Dame 2025 HOU 2nd 2025 PHI 4th 2025 WAS 4th
Trade down on steroid: 37. Jordan Morgan OT Arizona 52. Zach Frazier OC West Virginia 68. Patrick Paul OT Houston 69. Kris Jenkins DT Michigan 82. Jalen McMillan WR Washington 85. Ben Sinnott TE Kansas State 118. Brandon Coleman OG TCU 125. Tanor Bortolini OC Wisconsin 142. Maason Smith DT LSU 146. Matt Goncalves OT Pittsburgh 151. Zak Zinter OG Michigan 157. Luke McCaffrey WR Rice 186. Josh Proctor S Ohio State 193. Joe Milton QB Tennessee 194. Drake Nugent OC Michigan 200. A.J. Barner TE Michigan 233. Nathan Thomas OT Louisiana
On this draft. I traded down to #22 hoping that Fuaga would still be there, but he was gone, so I traded down a few more spots to #26 and added additional picks. Aside from not getting one of the top OTs, I think I would really like this draft, and it's one of my favorites because I addressed both the OL and receiving options significantly. With these additions to the OL, assuming that JD signed a couple of veteran OTs in FA, this OL could be very good. It's a bit of overkill for the IOL, but Tomlinson needs to go, and AVT may not be ready to play until the 2nd month of the season, if then. At the least, Suamataia could be the swing OT this season, and maybe even be able to start at RT this season. If Van Pran can switch to OG, great, if not, I put him at C, move Tippman to RG, and put Beebe at LG (when AVT came back, he would move to LG and stay there). At WR I added speed and excellent route running in Wilson, 6'7" height and great speed/athleticism in Johnny Wilson, and added a good blocking, and good receiving 6'6" TE in Wiley. That should give Rodgers plenty of protection and receiving options. 26. Kingsley Suamataia OT BYU 50. Sedrick Van Pran OC Georgia 53. Cooper Beebe OG Kansas State 57. Roman Wilson WR Michigan 72. Johnny Wilson WR Florida State 114. Jared Wiley TE TCU
I am thinking, there are three legitimate LT prospect in this draft (Joe Alt, the other dude from Penn State and Jordan Morgan.) Since first two are most likely out of reach, I chose to trade out of the first round, with the goal of picking up as many picks as I can in the 40~50's. Then - I decided to hoard more picks, and the result is above. True, I am missing out of the first round, but I am getting 2 2's, and 4 3's out of it. And good LT prospect AND good RT prospect while picking up a 2nd-round C plus a guard. Yes. I am very well aware that this is a stupid simulation, but I don't think it's such a bad idea to trade out of 1st round and target Jordan Morgan while picking up as many day 2 picks as possible.
Kingsley Suamataia is also a LT. While he likely will be drafted in the 1st or 2nd round, based on what I've read so far, I don't think Morgan is that good of a prospect. I could change my mind once I start watching video of prospects and read further scouting reports. The problem with your draft (aside from being unrealistic) is that a number of your picks aren't good scheme fits based on what I've read so far on them.(Frazier, Paul, Bortolini, Coleman and Zinter), and there may be more, as I haven't researched anyone likely to go after the 4th round.
Took a flyer from you. Another try. P.S. I have gone overboard with 2 OG picks. With Tippmann expected to slide out to OG, maybe 1 is sufficient. P.S. 2. I still have to figure out which C pick would be good fit for this team. 36. Kingsley Suamataia OT BYU 48. Christian Haynes OG UConn 63. Sedrick Van Pran OC Georgia 67. Michael Hall Jr. DT Ohio State 97. Blake Fisher OT Notre Dame 114. Dominick Puni OG Kansas 187. Jay Stanley S Southern Miss 253. Gabriel Murphy EDGE UCLA 254. Jamree Kromah DT James Madison 2025 JAX 2nd
