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Well, I decided to do something different. I won't be doing trades, and I don't have Griffin, Mata'afa or J.C. Jackson in this mock, so it'll be something new entirely.
Also, I just got word of the Ogletree trade, so I'll be adding in the picks from that. Ready?
Cut:
Tavon Austin.
Mark Barron.
(I love Tavon as a player and a person, but the fact of the matter is that he simply costs too much. Barron is another cap casualty, as he doesn't particularly fit a Wade Phillips scheme.)
Re-sign:
Aaron Donald - six years, twenty million per year.
Lamarcus Joyner - franchise tag, re-signed (five years, nine million per year.)
Nickell Robey-Coleman - five years, five million per year.
Jake McQuaide - two years - two million per year.
John Sullivan - one year, two million.
Cornelius Lucas - one year, veteran minimum.
Troy Hill - ERFA
Malcolm Brown - ERFA
Matt Longacre - RFA
(This assumes that we can sign Joyner, NRC, and Donald, but let Tru and Watkins go. McQuaide is obvious, Sullivan is kept as a vet presence, Lucas provides cheap depth, and the rest are under team control.)
Free Agent Signings:
Allen Robinson - five years, eleven million per year.
Avery Williamson - five years, seven million per year.
Beau Allen - four years, six million per year.
Johnathan Joseph - one year, seven million.
Jude Adjei-Barimah - one year, one million.
(Main piece is Robinson of the Jaguars. When healthy, he's one of the best deep threats in the game. He's also a 6'3" monster in the red zone. Williamson is an inside linebacker from the Titans who is good in all facets of the game. Allen of the Eagles is a solid nose tackle who will help our run defense tremendously. Joseph of the Texans takes a lesser contract because of his age, but he's still got something left in the tank. Adjei-Barimah of the Buccaneers is a young cornerback who is coming off an ACL tear and a PED suspension. He has a ton of potential, but he's a gamble. In any case, he increases the cornerback depth.)
Draft:
#23 overall - Leighton Vander Esch, ILB, Boise State. (6'4", 256 lbs.)
(Remember back in the 2017 draft where one of our targets - if Donald never fell - was C.J. Mosley? Here's our own C.J. Mosley, except better. Vander Esch has insane athleticism for his size and covers like a safety. He's just as good at stuffing the run, rushing the passer, doing whatever needs doing.)
#87 overall - Lorenzo Carter, OLB, Georgia. (6'6", 250 lbs.)
(Could Carter go higher than this? Yeah, but he needed to prove that he could put all of his considerable tools together, and that didn't happen until his last year in college. He also needs to put bulk on his frame because his build right now is surprisingly skinny. What we're getting from this third round pick is an athletic pass-rusher. Not to the standard of a Harold Landry, but still pretty damn good.)
#111 overall - Isaac Yiadom, CB, Boston College. (6'1", 190 lbs.)
(Yiadom's comparison on NFL.com is actually Bashaud Breeland. That immediately caused me to look into him more, and I'm quite glad that I did. Like Breeland, Yiadom is a press corner at heart, and he's a willing tackler. For now, he fits on special teams, where he's been great at.)
#135 overall - Kemoko Turay, OLB, Rutgers. (6'5", 252 lbs.)
(Injuries are the only reason why Turay - who dominated the East/West Shrine game - falls here. He's an explosive pass-rusher who needs work, but can eventually be groomed as a starter.)
#160 overall - Folorunso Fatukasi, DE, Connecticut. (6'4", 315 lbs.)
(Fatukasi is a mountain of a man who should fit between nose tackle and five technique behind Brockers and Allen. He's an excellent run stuffer who has shown the ability to collapse the pocket.)
#176 overall - Dane Cruikshank, FS, Arizona. (6'1", 206 lbs.)
(Cruikshank fits at free safety behind Joyner, taking the role that Cody Davis filled. He needs work in coverage, but he has incredible ball skills.)
#183 overall - Ito Smith, RB, Southern Mississippi. (5'9", 195 lbs.)
(Small, but elusive and a hell of a pass-catcher, Smith dominated his competition, and looks to fit the Dunbar role.)
#194 overall - Alex Cappa, OT/OG, Humboldt State. (6'7", 305 lbs.)
(Cappa is our Whitworth successor. He's from a small school, so he'll need time to mature, but I think that he could - with time in the weight room - eventually take over for big Whit.)
#195 overall - Jamil Demby, OG, Maine. (6'5", 335 lbs.)
(Demby is another small school lineman who needs time to mature. Thankfully, we have the offensive line able to do that. I could see him taking over for Brown or Saffold.)
#196 overall - Timon Parris, OG/OT, Stony Brook. (6'5", 320 lbs.)
(Parris is yet another small school lineman who needs to mature behind our offensive line.)
Roster:
QB - Jared Goff, Sean Mannion.
RB - Todd Gurley, Malcolm Brown, Ito Smith, Sam Rogers.
TE - Gerald Everett, Tyler Higbee, Temarrick Hemingway.
WR - Allen Robinson, Robert Woods, Cooper Kupp, Josh Reynolds, Pharoh Cooper, Mike Thomas.
OL - Andrew Whitworth, Rodger Saffold, John Sullivan, Jamon Brown, Rob Havenstein, Austin Blythe, Alex Cappa, Jamil Demby, Timon Parris, Jake Eldrenkamp.
DL - Aaron Donald, Beau Allen, Michael Brockers, Tanzel Smart, Ethan Westbrooks, Morgan Fox, Folorunso Fatukasi.
LB - Samson Ebukam, Avery Williamson, Leighton Vander Esch, Lorenzo Carter, Kemoko Turay, Matt Longacre, Cory Littleton, Bryce Hager/UDFA.
DB - Marcus Peters, Johnathan Joseph, Lamarcus Joyner, John Johnson III, Nickell Robey-Coleman, Isaac Yiadom, Dane Cruikshank, Kevin Peterson, Jude Adjei-Barimah/Troy HIll, Marqui Christian/Blake Countess.
K - Greg Zuerlein.
P - Johnny Hekker.
LS - Jake McQuaide.
Thoughts, comments, critiques, all are welcome!
Also, I just got word of the Ogletree trade, so I'll be adding in the picks from that. Ready?
Cut:
Tavon Austin.
Mark Barron.
(I love Tavon as a player and a person, but the fact of the matter is that he simply costs too much. Barron is another cap casualty, as he doesn't particularly fit a Wade Phillips scheme.)
Re-sign:
Aaron Donald - six years, twenty million per year.
Lamarcus Joyner - franchise tag, re-signed (five years, nine million per year.)
Nickell Robey-Coleman - five years, five million per year.
Jake McQuaide - two years - two million per year.
John Sullivan - one year, two million.
Cornelius Lucas - one year, veteran minimum.
Troy Hill - ERFA
Malcolm Brown - ERFA
Matt Longacre - RFA
(This assumes that we can sign Joyner, NRC, and Donald, but let Tru and Watkins go. McQuaide is obvious, Sullivan is kept as a vet presence, Lucas provides cheap depth, and the rest are under team control.)
Free Agent Signings:
Allen Robinson - five years, eleven million per year.
Avery Williamson - five years, seven million per year.
Beau Allen - four years, six million per year.
Johnathan Joseph - one year, seven million.
Jude Adjei-Barimah - one year, one million.
(Main piece is Robinson of the Jaguars. When healthy, he's one of the best deep threats in the game. He's also a 6'3" monster in the red zone. Williamson is an inside linebacker from the Titans who is good in all facets of the game. Allen of the Eagles is a solid nose tackle who will help our run defense tremendously. Joseph of the Texans takes a lesser contract because of his age, but he's still got something left in the tank. Adjei-Barimah of the Buccaneers is a young cornerback who is coming off an ACL tear and a PED suspension. He has a ton of potential, but he's a gamble. In any case, he increases the cornerback depth.)
Draft:
#23 overall - Leighton Vander Esch, ILB, Boise State. (6'4", 256 lbs.)
(Remember back in the 2017 draft where one of our targets - if Donald never fell - was C.J. Mosley? Here's our own C.J. Mosley, except better. Vander Esch has insane athleticism for his size and covers like a safety. He's just as good at stuffing the run, rushing the passer, doing whatever needs doing.)
#87 overall - Lorenzo Carter, OLB, Georgia. (6'6", 250 lbs.)
(Could Carter go higher than this? Yeah, but he needed to prove that he could put all of his considerable tools together, and that didn't happen until his last year in college. He also needs to put bulk on his frame because his build right now is surprisingly skinny. What we're getting from this third round pick is an athletic pass-rusher. Not to the standard of a Harold Landry, but still pretty damn good.)
#111 overall - Isaac Yiadom, CB, Boston College. (6'1", 190 lbs.)
(Yiadom's comparison on NFL.com is actually Bashaud Breeland. That immediately caused me to look into him more, and I'm quite glad that I did. Like Breeland, Yiadom is a press corner at heart, and he's a willing tackler. For now, he fits on special teams, where he's been great at.)
#135 overall - Kemoko Turay, OLB, Rutgers. (6'5", 252 lbs.)
(Injuries are the only reason why Turay - who dominated the East/West Shrine game - falls here. He's an explosive pass-rusher who needs work, but can eventually be groomed as a starter.)
#160 overall - Folorunso Fatukasi, DE, Connecticut. (6'4", 315 lbs.)
(Fatukasi is a mountain of a man who should fit between nose tackle and five technique behind Brockers and Allen. He's an excellent run stuffer who has shown the ability to collapse the pocket.)
#176 overall - Dane Cruikshank, FS, Arizona. (6'1", 206 lbs.)
(Cruikshank fits at free safety behind Joyner, taking the role that Cody Davis filled. He needs work in coverage, but he has incredible ball skills.)
#183 overall - Ito Smith, RB, Southern Mississippi. (5'9", 195 lbs.)
(Small, but elusive and a hell of a pass-catcher, Smith dominated his competition, and looks to fit the Dunbar role.)
#194 overall - Alex Cappa, OT/OG, Humboldt State. (6'7", 305 lbs.)
(Cappa is our Whitworth successor. He's from a small school, so he'll need time to mature, but I think that he could - with time in the weight room - eventually take over for big Whit.)
#195 overall - Jamil Demby, OG, Maine. (6'5", 335 lbs.)
(Demby is another small school lineman who needs time to mature. Thankfully, we have the offensive line able to do that. I could see him taking over for Brown or Saffold.)
#196 overall - Timon Parris, OG/OT, Stony Brook. (6'5", 320 lbs.)
(Parris is yet another small school lineman who needs to mature behind our offensive line.)
Roster:
QB - Jared Goff, Sean Mannion.
RB - Todd Gurley, Malcolm Brown, Ito Smith, Sam Rogers.
TE - Gerald Everett, Tyler Higbee, Temarrick Hemingway.
WR - Allen Robinson, Robert Woods, Cooper Kupp, Josh Reynolds, Pharoh Cooper, Mike Thomas.
OL - Andrew Whitworth, Rodger Saffold, John Sullivan, Jamon Brown, Rob Havenstein, Austin Blythe, Alex Cappa, Jamil Demby, Timon Parris, Jake Eldrenkamp.
DL - Aaron Donald, Beau Allen, Michael Brockers, Tanzel Smart, Ethan Westbrooks, Morgan Fox, Folorunso Fatukasi.
LB - Samson Ebukam, Avery Williamson, Leighton Vander Esch, Lorenzo Carter, Kemoko Turay, Matt Longacre, Cory Littleton, Bryce Hager/UDFA.
DB - Marcus Peters, Johnathan Joseph, Lamarcus Joyner, John Johnson III, Nickell Robey-Coleman, Isaac Yiadom, Dane Cruikshank, Kevin Peterson, Jude Adjei-Barimah/Troy HIll, Marqui Christian/Blake Countess.
K - Greg Zuerlein.
P - Johnny Hekker.
LS - Jake McQuaide.
Thoughts, comments, critiques, all are welcome!
