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Well, we have our coaches, and I have ideas for this draft. As a note, none of the players I'll select in this draft were in my last mock; this is done for diversity purposes. Ready? Let's do this then:
Cut:
Kenny Young
Justin Lawler
Nick Scott
(I've decided to keep Okoronkwo for this draft's purpose, but the others aren't a surprise, and all of them save cap.)
Re-sign:
Jake McQuaide - two years, five million overall.
Darious Williams - RFA (first round tender).
Johnny Mundt - RFA (original round tender)
Coleman Shelton - ERFA
Travin Howard - ERFA
Raymond Calais - ERFA
JuJu Hughes - ERFA
(McQuaide signs for 2.5 million per year, which is probably not right, but we'll see. Williams is a great cornerback who deserves to be kept on this team, unless, of course, a team decides to give their first round pick to us and poach him - which, as you know me, will probably happen in a mock near you. The rest are RFAs and ERFAs.)
Release:
John Johnson III
Leonard Floyd
Troy Hill
Gerald Everett
Malcolm Brown
Derek Rivers
Josh Reynolds
Samson Ebukam
Austin Blythe
Morgan Fox
Kai Forbath
(I hate to let JJ3 and Floyd leave, but both of them could return a third round compensatory pick each - picks that can be used as ammunition to trade up. Hill has been a solid player, but I could see him going for a number 2 cornerback job. Brown should be replaced by Akers, Henderson, and a draft pick. Ebukam hasn't been effective this year and can be replaced by the combination of Hollins, Okoronkwo, Rivers, and two draft picks. Fox will go for a starting role. Blythe, Everett, and Reynolds can all fuck off. As for Forbath, I'd rather forget he was ever on the team.)
Free Agency:
Alex Smith (one year - eight million.)
(Yeah, I like the Smith idea that Jerry had. Sign me up.)
Trades (this is gonna be interesting):
A'Shawn Robinson to the Tennessee Titans for 2021 fourth round pick.
(Tennessee needs good players on the defensive line; both DaQuan Jones and Jack Crawford are unrestricted free agents. Robinson could easily fit in the middle of that defense, and we could get much needed salary relief and a pick, to boot. And that's not even mentioning the amount of depth we have on our defensive line; even without Robinson, we have Joseph-Day and Gaines in the middle, Donald and Brockers as other starters, and Michael Hoecht and Jonah Williams ready for large roles - hell, even Marquise Copeland and Eric Banks could find potential roles on the D-line. We can afford to lose Robinson and Fox.)
Rob Havenstein and 2022 seventh round pick to the Cincinnati Bengals for 2021 fourth round pick and 2021 sixth round pick.
(Cincinnati's offensive line is horrible. Jonah Williams is a good player at left tackle, but their right tackle signing has been an enormous bust. We give Zac Taylor a lineman he knows for a pick. In addition, the Bengals likely lost their chance at Sewell, so this trade is necessary for them.)
Tyler Higbee to the Carolina Panthers for 2021 fourth round pick.
(To me, Higbee is who he is: a decent receiver and a good blocker. His contract is a hold-up, but I think that a team like the Panthers, who desperately need weapons and help for their quarterback, could definitely be interested. And in case, you're worried about us having only Brycen Hopkins, Johnny Mundt and Kendall Blanton at tight end? I say, I have a plan to fix it.)
Cooper Kupp to the Philadelphia Eagles for 2021 second round pick and 2021 fifth round pick (Cowboys).
(This is the trade that'll have a lot of people scratching their heads about, but I think it'll make a whole hell of a lot of sense with the pick. The Eagles have a desperate need for a wide receiver, particularly a safety blanket for Wentz/Hurts. Ertz is getting older, and they have no weapons. It just makes a whole hell of a lot of sense.)
2021 third (Fowler compensatory), 2021 fourth (Bengals), and 2021 seventh to the Detroit Lions for 2021 third and 2021 seventh.
(We give our old friend, Brad Holmes, picks to play with while we move up for a specific player.)
2021 third (Holmes) to the Minnesota Vikngs for 2021 fourth (Chicago) and 2021 fourth (Buffalo).
(Minnesota moves up, we move down. Simple.)
2021 fourth (Cory Littleton comp pick), 2021 sixth (Bengals), and 2022 fourth to the Los Angeles Chargers for 2021 third (Rivers comp pick), 2021 seventh, and 2022 fifth.
(The Chargers get a bevy of picks for their projected comp third, while we move up for a cornerback.)
Draft:
2nd (Eagles) - Pat Freiermuth, TE, Penn State. (6'5", 250 lbs.)
(Freiermuth's called Baby Gronk for a reason, and it clearly shows. He's a physical do-it-all tight end who has the potential to dominate a game. In my mind, the only reason he's not a first round pick is because of his injury history, but he's flat-out the second best tight end in this class only to Pitts, and if he was healthy, in my opinion, he'd challenge him for that spot.)
2nd - Nico Collins, WR, Michigan. (6'4", 222 lbs.)
(Want size, speed, and a giant catch radius? Look no further than Collins. He sat out because of Covid, and that's the only reason he's here. His speed is for real, and he's got a my-ball mentality that some tall players don't have. Maybe we could even use those slants that we did with Watkins for Collins?)
3rd (Lions) - Pete Werner, ILB, Ohio State. (6'3", 241 lbs.)
(Given that I can't have Bolton in this mock, I'll take the guy who can also be an elite inside linebacker. Werner has it all: sideline-to-sideline speed and coverage that - while it won't look impressive - does the job, tackling, and great run-stuffing ability.)
3rd - Asante Samuel Jr., CB, Florida State. (5'10", 184 lbs.)
(Samuel Jr. is basically a more physical version of his father: insane ball skills, perfect in man coverage, but not the biggest player on the field and uses it as a chip on his shoulder. Sign me up.)
3rd (Chargers comp) - Trey Smith, OG, Tennessee. (6'6", 325 lbs.)
(Smith has a medical history that we'll need to vet before he plays (he's had issues with blood clots). But a healthy Smith is one of the best offensive linemen in this draft period, and he'd be a first round pick if not for the blood clots. He's ridiculously powerful, but he's also solid as a pass-protector. Still, it's the run-blocking that gets him drafted by us - so much so that I've been tempted to mock him to us two years ago when he was a red-shirt sophomore.)
4th (Panthers) - Rondale Moore, WR/PR, Purdue. (5'9", 175 lbs.)
(Moore is one of the most electrifying players in this year's draft, but he's also one of the biggest wildcards. Why? Because of his size and injury history. He missed a few games in his sophomore year and sat out his junior year due to Covid concerns. Still, with his blazing speed, his advanced route-running for a freshman, and his ability to return punts to the house, I'd love to have him.)
4th (Vikings, originally Bears) - Chris Rumph II, OLB/ILB, Duke. (6'3", 225 lbs.)
(Rumph is someone that @jrry32 mentioned, and after looking at his film...I can see why. He flies all over the field, has an astounding array of pass-rushing moves, a motor that doesn't quit, etc. He's literally the perfect edge rusher, but he'll fall because he's underweight. I'd take him with a fourth.)
4th (Vikings, originally Bills) - Walker Little, OT, Stanford. (6'7", 309 lbs.)
(Little could be an elite left tackle, but he has an injury history and sat out because of Covid concerns. He also has technique concerns. But he could be a solid left tackle for a number of years if developed properly.)
5th (Eagles, originally Cowboys) - Ar'Darius Washington, FS, Texas Christian. (5'8", 179 lbs.)
(Washington is small, but he plays like he's 6'2", 220 lbs., much like Lamarcus Joyner did. He's not the same caliber player as Joyner (he's only a red-shirt sophomore), but he's got insane ball skills, great coverage abilities, and will let you know when he hits you.)
6th - Jamar "Boogie" Watson, OLB, Kentucky. (6'3", 250 lbs.)
(Watson is an underrated player for Kentucky. He did struggle mightily against Mekhi Becton, but almost everyone in college football that year did, and he played great against the other competition. He needs to get more weight and strength, but for special teams and the like, he could be great right now and could develop into a starting caliber edge rusher.)
7th (Lions) - Rico Bussey Jr., WR, Hawaii. (6'2", 190 lbs.)
(Bussey reminds me a bit of the New England slot receivers they always seem to get (and maybe a rich man's Greg Salas, if we're doing Hawaii comparisons). He has excellent short area agility and the soft hands needed to make catches. He's quite elusive in the open field, knows how to sit on zone, and he has good route running skills. He's not a great athlete who's going to blow you away, but as a special teams player, he's definitely going to give it his all.)
7th (Chargers) - Jah-Maine Martin, RB, North Carolina A&T. (5'10", 214 lbs.)
(Martin is not a three-down back. Let's make that perfectly clear. He's a decent blocker...but he does not have the hands to be a threat in the passing game, unless we're talking screens and maybe checkdowns - and even those are iffy. But he's a big physical back who dominated at his level, has breakaway speed, and is quite scary with the ball in his hands.
Roster (starters = bold; rookies = italics):
QB - Jared Goff, Alex Smith, John Wolford.
RB - Cam Akers, Darrell Henderson, Jah-Maine Martin, Raymond Calais.
WR - Robert Woods, Van Jefferson, Nico Collins, Rondale Moore, Rico Bussey Jr.
TE - Pat Freiermuth, Brycen Hopkins, Johnny Mundt.
OL - Andrew Whitworth, David Edwards, Austin Corbett, Trey Smith, Joseph Noteboom, Bobby Evans, Chandler Brewer, Tremayne Anchrum, Walker Little.
DL - Aaron Donald, Michael Brockers, Sebastian Joseph-Day, Greg Gaines, Michael Hoecht, Jonah Williams.
LB - Terrell Lewis, Pete Werner, Troy Reeder, Justin Hollins, Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Chris Rumph II, Jamar Watson, Micah Kiser, Travin Howard, Christian Rozeboom.
DB - Jalen Ramsey, Darious Williams, Asante Samuel Jr., Jordan Fuller, Taylor Rapp, Terrell Burgess, Ar'Darius Washington, David Long, J.R. Reed, Donte Deayon.
ST - Matt Gay, Johnny Hekker, Jake McQuaide.
Feel free to tear my ass a new one.
Cut:
Kenny Young
Justin Lawler
Nick Scott
(I've decided to keep Okoronkwo for this draft's purpose, but the others aren't a surprise, and all of them save cap.)
Re-sign:
Jake McQuaide - two years, five million overall.
Darious Williams - RFA (first round tender).
Johnny Mundt - RFA (original round tender)
Coleman Shelton - ERFA
Travin Howard - ERFA
Raymond Calais - ERFA
JuJu Hughes - ERFA
(McQuaide signs for 2.5 million per year, which is probably not right, but we'll see. Williams is a great cornerback who deserves to be kept on this team, unless, of course, a team decides to give their first round pick to us and poach him - which, as you know me, will probably happen in a mock near you. The rest are RFAs and ERFAs.)
Release:
John Johnson III
Leonard Floyd
Troy Hill
Gerald Everett
Malcolm Brown
Derek Rivers
Josh Reynolds
Samson Ebukam
Austin Blythe
Morgan Fox
Kai Forbath
(I hate to let JJ3 and Floyd leave, but both of them could return a third round compensatory pick each - picks that can be used as ammunition to trade up. Hill has been a solid player, but I could see him going for a number 2 cornerback job. Brown should be replaced by Akers, Henderson, and a draft pick. Ebukam hasn't been effective this year and can be replaced by the combination of Hollins, Okoronkwo, Rivers, and two draft picks. Fox will go for a starting role. Blythe, Everett, and Reynolds can all fuck off. As for Forbath, I'd rather forget he was ever on the team.)
Free Agency:
Alex Smith (one year - eight million.)
(Yeah, I like the Smith idea that Jerry had. Sign me up.)
Trades (this is gonna be interesting):
A'Shawn Robinson to the Tennessee Titans for 2021 fourth round pick.
(Tennessee needs good players on the defensive line; both DaQuan Jones and Jack Crawford are unrestricted free agents. Robinson could easily fit in the middle of that defense, and we could get much needed salary relief and a pick, to boot. And that's not even mentioning the amount of depth we have on our defensive line; even without Robinson, we have Joseph-Day and Gaines in the middle, Donald and Brockers as other starters, and Michael Hoecht and Jonah Williams ready for large roles - hell, even Marquise Copeland and Eric Banks could find potential roles on the D-line. We can afford to lose Robinson and Fox.)
Rob Havenstein and 2022 seventh round pick to the Cincinnati Bengals for 2021 fourth round pick and 2021 sixth round pick.
(Cincinnati's offensive line is horrible. Jonah Williams is a good player at left tackle, but their right tackle signing has been an enormous bust. We give Zac Taylor a lineman he knows for a pick. In addition, the Bengals likely lost their chance at Sewell, so this trade is necessary for them.)
Tyler Higbee to the Carolina Panthers for 2021 fourth round pick.
(To me, Higbee is who he is: a decent receiver and a good blocker. His contract is a hold-up, but I think that a team like the Panthers, who desperately need weapons and help for their quarterback, could definitely be interested. And in case, you're worried about us having only Brycen Hopkins, Johnny Mundt and Kendall Blanton at tight end? I say, I have a plan to fix it.)
Cooper Kupp to the Philadelphia Eagles for 2021 second round pick and 2021 fifth round pick (Cowboys).
(This is the trade that'll have a lot of people scratching their heads about, but I think it'll make a whole hell of a lot of sense with the pick. The Eagles have a desperate need for a wide receiver, particularly a safety blanket for Wentz/Hurts. Ertz is getting older, and they have no weapons. It just makes a whole hell of a lot of sense.)
2021 third (Fowler compensatory), 2021 fourth (Bengals), and 2021 seventh to the Detroit Lions for 2021 third and 2021 seventh.
(We give our old friend, Brad Holmes, picks to play with while we move up for a specific player.)
2021 third (Holmes) to the Minnesota Vikngs for 2021 fourth (Chicago) and 2021 fourth (Buffalo).
(Minnesota moves up, we move down. Simple.)
2021 fourth (Cory Littleton comp pick), 2021 sixth (Bengals), and 2022 fourth to the Los Angeles Chargers for 2021 third (Rivers comp pick), 2021 seventh, and 2022 fifth.
(The Chargers get a bevy of picks for their projected comp third, while we move up for a cornerback.)
Draft:
2nd (Eagles) - Pat Freiermuth, TE, Penn State. (6'5", 250 lbs.)
(Freiermuth's called Baby Gronk for a reason, and it clearly shows. He's a physical do-it-all tight end who has the potential to dominate a game. In my mind, the only reason he's not a first round pick is because of his injury history, but he's flat-out the second best tight end in this class only to Pitts, and if he was healthy, in my opinion, he'd challenge him for that spot.)
2nd - Nico Collins, WR, Michigan. (6'4", 222 lbs.)
(Want size, speed, and a giant catch radius? Look no further than Collins. He sat out because of Covid, and that's the only reason he's here. His speed is for real, and he's got a my-ball mentality that some tall players don't have. Maybe we could even use those slants that we did with Watkins for Collins?)
3rd (Lions) - Pete Werner, ILB, Ohio State. (6'3", 241 lbs.)
(Given that I can't have Bolton in this mock, I'll take the guy who can also be an elite inside linebacker. Werner has it all: sideline-to-sideline speed and coverage that - while it won't look impressive - does the job, tackling, and great run-stuffing ability.)
3rd - Asante Samuel Jr., CB, Florida State. (5'10", 184 lbs.)
(Samuel Jr. is basically a more physical version of his father: insane ball skills, perfect in man coverage, but not the biggest player on the field and uses it as a chip on his shoulder. Sign me up.)
3rd (Chargers comp) - Trey Smith, OG, Tennessee. (6'6", 325 lbs.)
(Smith has a medical history that we'll need to vet before he plays (he's had issues with blood clots). But a healthy Smith is one of the best offensive linemen in this draft period, and he'd be a first round pick if not for the blood clots. He's ridiculously powerful, but he's also solid as a pass-protector. Still, it's the run-blocking that gets him drafted by us - so much so that I've been tempted to mock him to us two years ago when he was a red-shirt sophomore.)
4th (Panthers) - Rondale Moore, WR/PR, Purdue. (5'9", 175 lbs.)
(Moore is one of the most electrifying players in this year's draft, but he's also one of the biggest wildcards. Why? Because of his size and injury history. He missed a few games in his sophomore year and sat out his junior year due to Covid concerns. Still, with his blazing speed, his advanced route-running for a freshman, and his ability to return punts to the house, I'd love to have him.)
4th (Vikings, originally Bears) - Chris Rumph II, OLB/ILB, Duke. (6'3", 225 lbs.)
(Rumph is someone that @jrry32 mentioned, and after looking at his film...I can see why. He flies all over the field, has an astounding array of pass-rushing moves, a motor that doesn't quit, etc. He's literally the perfect edge rusher, but he'll fall because he's underweight. I'd take him with a fourth.)
4th (Vikings, originally Bills) - Walker Little, OT, Stanford. (6'7", 309 lbs.)
(Little could be an elite left tackle, but he has an injury history and sat out because of Covid concerns. He also has technique concerns. But he could be a solid left tackle for a number of years if developed properly.)
5th (Eagles, originally Cowboys) - Ar'Darius Washington, FS, Texas Christian. (5'8", 179 lbs.)
(Washington is small, but he plays like he's 6'2", 220 lbs., much like Lamarcus Joyner did. He's not the same caliber player as Joyner (he's only a red-shirt sophomore), but he's got insane ball skills, great coverage abilities, and will let you know when he hits you.)
6th - Jamar "Boogie" Watson, OLB, Kentucky. (6'3", 250 lbs.)
(Watson is an underrated player for Kentucky. He did struggle mightily against Mekhi Becton, but almost everyone in college football that year did, and he played great against the other competition. He needs to get more weight and strength, but for special teams and the like, he could be great right now and could develop into a starting caliber edge rusher.)
7th (Lions) - Rico Bussey Jr., WR, Hawaii. (6'2", 190 lbs.)
(Bussey reminds me a bit of the New England slot receivers they always seem to get (and maybe a rich man's Greg Salas, if we're doing Hawaii comparisons). He has excellent short area agility and the soft hands needed to make catches. He's quite elusive in the open field, knows how to sit on zone, and he has good route running skills. He's not a great athlete who's going to blow you away, but as a special teams player, he's definitely going to give it his all.)
7th (Chargers) - Jah-Maine Martin, RB, North Carolina A&T. (5'10", 214 lbs.)
(Martin is not a three-down back. Let's make that perfectly clear. He's a decent blocker...but he does not have the hands to be a threat in the passing game, unless we're talking screens and maybe checkdowns - and even those are iffy. But he's a big physical back who dominated at his level, has breakaway speed, and is quite scary with the ball in his hands.
Roster (starters = bold; rookies = italics):
QB - Jared Goff, Alex Smith, John Wolford.
RB - Cam Akers, Darrell Henderson, Jah-Maine Martin, Raymond Calais.
WR - Robert Woods, Van Jefferson, Nico Collins, Rondale Moore, Rico Bussey Jr.
TE - Pat Freiermuth, Brycen Hopkins, Johnny Mundt.
OL - Andrew Whitworth, David Edwards, Austin Corbett, Trey Smith, Joseph Noteboom, Bobby Evans, Chandler Brewer, Tremayne Anchrum, Walker Little.
DL - Aaron Donald, Michael Brockers, Sebastian Joseph-Day, Greg Gaines, Michael Hoecht, Jonah Williams.
LB - Terrell Lewis, Pete Werner, Troy Reeder, Justin Hollins, Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Chris Rumph II, Jamar Watson, Micah Kiser, Travin Howard, Christian Rozeboom.
DB - Jalen Ramsey, Darious Williams, Asante Samuel Jr., Jordan Fuller, Taylor Rapp, Terrell Burgess, Ar'Darius Washington, David Long, J.R. Reed, Donte Deayon.
ST - Matt Gay, Johnny Hekker, Jake McQuaide.
Feel free to tear my ass a new one.
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