Memento's I'm Thankful for November Insanity 2025 Mock Draft.

[Memento]

Well, time for another mock draft! (As a note, I'm going to do entirely different players than my other draft, for the sake of variety. Also assuming that we re-sign/franchise tag A-Jax in free agency.):

TRADE:

Cooper Kupp and Jonah Jackson to the New England Cheatriots for #41 overall and #144 overall.

(Unrealistic? Maybe. But I think the Cheatriots, in a division ripe for the taking with the Jets and Dolphins in disarray, drive up the price for a veteran receiver and what would be a starting offensive lineman. In return, we get a high second pick to select someone that I have my eye on and a fifth round pick.)

Colby Parkinson to the Washington Comm - anders for 2025 seventh round pick (#244 overall).

(I'm sorry, I see nothing in Parkinson worth keeping. Washington has a need for a second tight end with Ben Sinnott struggling in his rookie year and nothing else behind him. In return, we get a pick. Not a massive pick, but a pick nonetheless.)

Derion Kendrick and 2028 seventh to the Miami Dolphins for 2028 sixth.

(We're accumulating these sixths, guys!)

#16 overall to the Buffalo Bills for #30 overall, #59 overall, #62 overall, and #118 overall.

(Trading down this much? Yeah, it's big. Buffalo goes for an edge rusher (Jalon Walker,? Or Deone Walker?), and we trade down for an absolute haul. Do I have my eye on someone? Yes. Yes, I do.)

DRAFT:

#30 overall (Bills) - Walter Nolan, NT/DT, Ole Miss.

(Far too good to pass up here. Could bump Kobie Turner to nose; perfect 5-tech.)

#41 overall (Cheatriots) - Tacario Davis, CB, Arizona.

(Tetairoa McMillan isn't the only freakish-sized skill-position player Arizona has; Davis measures at 6'4", 195 lbs.)

#59 overall (Bills via Vikings) - Harold Fannin Jr., TE, Bowling Green.

(Seriously underrated tight end getting a lot of buzz. Productive as hell, underrated blocker.)

#62 overall (Bills) - Jalen Royals, WR, Utah State.

(Speed kills, and Royals has it in spades. Much bigger than Atwell as well. Our new X-receiver.)

#81 overall (Rams) - Jayden Higgins, WR, Iowa State.

(6'4", 215 lbs. menace with the ball in his hands. Definitely on my radar.)

#100 overall (Raheem Morris comp) - Harold Perkins Jr., ILB, Louisiana State.

(Runs a 4.45. at 225 lbs., incredible coverage linebacker to match with Speights.)

#117 overall (Rams) - Zy Alexander, CB, Louisiana State.

(Jumped from FCS to FBS and looked like he belonged before a season-ending injury. Gamble, but worth it.)

#118 overall (Bills via Bears) - Hollin Pierce, OT, Rutgers.

(Massive mountain of a kid (6'8", 354 lbs. redshirt sophomore) who could possibly come out or stay in school. Either way, all eyes will be on him.)

#144 overall (Cheatriots) -David Walker, EDGE, Central Arkansas.

(FCS stud who has nine sacks and four forced fumbles this year alone with 28.5 sacks and six forced fumbles total. All my yes.)

#193 overall (Rams) - Luke Lachey, TE, Iowa.

(One of my favorites from last year returns. He hasn't been the same since the ankle injury that cut last year short, but Iowa is Tight End U for a reason.)

#197 overall (Texans) - Garrett Dellinger, OG, Louisiana State.

(Lot of people here like him. Yes, I know this is an LSU-heavy draft, but they have such a good team.)

#198 overall (Falcons) - Aydan White, CB, North Carolina State.

(Ballhawk and insurance in case Alexander struggles to recover from injury. Nine picks with an additional thirty passes defensed. )

#244 overall (Washington) - Theo Wease, WR, Missouri.

(Thought I'd snag another possession receiver here from my favorite school. Former five-star Sooner who jumped to Mizzou and proved he belonged.)

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ROSTER:

QB - Matthew Stafford, Stetson Bennett.

(Is the quarterback situation scary? Yeah, but there aren't any developmental quarterbacks worth taking, and if we bomb this year, it's no big loss; we just select the next big thing.)

RB - Kyren Williams, Blake Corum, Cody Schrader.

(Rivers is put on the practice squad, because I believe in the three running backs. Schrader is the kick returner.)

WR - Puka Nacua, Jalen Royals, Jayden Higgins, Jordan Whittington, Xavier Smith, Theo Wease.

(Nacua is the number one, but Royals and Higgins should see serious snaps. Whittington can fill in when Nacua needs a breather, Smith is the punt returner, and Wease is the gunner and all-around backup.)

TE - Harold Fannin Jr., Davis Allen, Luke Lachey.

(Fannin starts immediately. That's how much I believe in him. Allen gets his fair share of snaps, while Lachey heals off his injury.)

OL - Alaric Jackson, Steve Avila, Beaux Limmer, Kevin Dotson, Rob Havenstein, Warren McClendon, Justin Dedich, Dylan McMahon, KT Leveston, Hollin Pierce, Garrett Dellinger.

(The question is A-Jax. If he leaves, this mock is a bust. I have zero questions anywhere else; this is a young and talented group.)

DL - Kobie Turner, Braden Fiske, Walter Nolan, Desjuan Johnson, Tyler Davis, David Olajiga.

(Turner may have gotten bumped to nose, but I bet he'll see his fair share of sack opportunities. Fiske and Nolan are your third down rushers, Johnson and Davis spell others, and Olajiga gets his chance to shine - I'm on the hype train for him.)

LB - Jared Verse, Byron Young, Omar Speights, Harold Perkins Jr., Brennan Jackson, Nick Hampton, David Walker, Jake Hummel.

(Verse is Verse. Young is solid, but imagine how good B-Jax is going to be next year, along with Hampton. Hummel and Walker are your special teams player, while Walker develops, while Perkins starts with Speights.)

DB - Tacario Davis, Cobie Durant, Darious Williams, Quentin Lake, Kamren Kinchens, Kamren Curl, Jaylen McCollough, Josh Wallace, Charles Woods, Zy Alexander, Aydan White.

(Davis immediately steps in as the starter on the boundary. Durant is in a contract year, Williams will play at least another year with us, and then you have Lake and the Kams and McCollough (who likely steps in the linebacker role on passing downs at first). Wallace and Woods get the first crack at things, but expect Alexander and White to make their case. Lampkin and THT just miss out, but there's always the practice squad.)

ST - Joshua Karty, Ethan Evans, Alex Ward.

(I don't see this changing in the near future.)

I'll get into the prospects in other posts.

 

[JonRam99]

Sweeeeet, thanks @Memento ! love draft mocks.
I might go CB or WR at #30, especially with Kupp being traded, then get an actual NT in 3rd or 4th round.
Lots of names here to put on my radar!

 

[Memento]

Walter Nolan. Fucking incredible talent. Former five star All American, went to Texas A&M, transferred to Ole Miss, became dominant. I'm not even sure if he'll be at this spot, but Tankathon rated him at this exact spot, so we'll have to see. I think he could be a superstar in the way that Jeffrey Simmons is for the Titans. That's my comparison: a better Simmons.

 

[Memento]

I think Khyree Jackson (may he rest in peace, along with his two friends) would've been a stud for the Vikings this year. As is, he's my comparison to Davis. Davis is a 6'4" monster of a cornerback. Maybe not the fastest, but he wins with instincts, length, and disruption. He turns his head around a lot of the time, baits quarterbacks into bad throws, and will make them pay. Solid tackler, as is expected for a kid his size.

So, yeah, Khyree Jackson is my comparison to him, and he's my favorite second-round corner in this class (with Shavon Revel being my favorite cornerback period).

 

[Memento]

Fannin Jr. has everything you want except size. Elite speed, elite production, elite hands, elite YAC, and he Just. Does. Not. Go. Down. There's a reason why he's quickly rising on draft boards. I'm seeing some Gerald Everett and Jordan Reed, but better, so I guarantee that if we somehow get a second-round pick, it's going to be used on Fannin. Quite simply, he's a dynamic weapon who could revolutionize this offense.

 

[Memento]

Jalen Royals is speedy (reported 4.29 forty) yet quite stout for a 6'0" receiver. He's going to break tackles, going to rack up YAC, and he's a threat to house it any time he has the ball. I don't know if he was much of a blocker, since a lot of Utah State's offense goes through him, but he definitely fits the physical YAC that McVay loves. More I watch him, the more I think he's got to be a second-round pick.

 

[Memento]

Jayden Higgins is a different breed of receiver. He's not especially fast by NFL standards, but he's tall, has an enormous catch radius with the ability to snag anything he can get his hands on, and knows how to sell routes extremely well for such a tall receiver. I mean, 6'4", 215 lbs. with those mitts in the third round, of course I'm on it.

 

[Memento]

Perkins is a stud. I don't care that he's likely 6'0", 220 lbs.; he's worth taking at this juncture. His closing speed is rare, his tackling is sound, he excels in zone coverage, and is the obvious leader of the LSU defense.

 

[Memento]

Is Zy Alexander a little grabby for my liking? Yeah, but he at least turns his head around most of the time to locate the ball. He's got innate ball skills with a fair few pick-sixes in his career. He's tall, but very lean, and the injury isn't going to help him...but he'd be a second-round corner if not for the injury, and proving that on one of the biggest stages in football in the SEC means something.

 

[Memento]

Is the weight a potential issue? Yeah. Is he the most mobile potential swing tackle? No. But this is a kid (remember, he's only a redshirt sophomore) who is smart (All Big Ten Academic), dedicated (his coaches said that he put in the work all on his own, walked on at Rutgers, wasn't given anything for granted), powerful, and lengthy. Maybe he's not your A-Jax replacement, but he gets to learn from Rob Havenstein, which is huge, especially when we'll need a tackle to fill in if A-Jax gets hurt. Hollin Pierce is a massive human being who can play football. The only question is if he comes out this year.

 

[Memento]

David Walker is an absolute menace. He constantly gets double-teamed, and manages to split them and get pressure. FCS or not, what he's doing is impressive. He has smaller arms, isn't really the biggest (6'2", 260 lbs.), but his get-off is insane. You do not get 28.5 sacks (and counting) while being double-teamed, chipped, and game-planned against by accident.

 

[Memento]

Luke Lachey is someone I've fallen for in the draft process. He has NFL bloodlines (his father being a three-time Pro Bowler). He's a well-rounded tight end who can do a lot of everything. The only question is his recovery from a particularly nasty broken ankle. He hasn't really been targeted, but Iowa is just not a good team right now. But before the injury, he was very close to being another elite tight end from a school that - in recent years - all coined the term "Tight End U". In the sixth round? You take that chance a hundred percent of the time.

 

[Memento]

Nussmeier really struggled in this game, but Dellinger gave him plenty of time, helped the running backs get plenty of holes, even against a front that contained possibly two first round picks (including the one in this mock). Big kid, talented guard. I think that he could compete for snaps if the interior suffers similar injuries next year.

 

[Memento]

Aydan White is a ballhawk; you don't get nine career picks in addition to thirty career passes defensed - and counting - by accident. He's not the biggest or fastest, but he makes up for it with outstanding instincts and knowledge on how to bait quarterbacks. He's very much underweight, even for a corner, but he will throw his body around for tackles and do the physical work. Basically, he's competing with Zy Alexander for the future number two corner job, and he may even have a leg up.

 

[Memento]

Theo Wease is not Luther Burden III. Nobody is. But the former five-star receiver has carved himself an enormous role in Mizzou's offense, especially this year when Burden has been injured a fair bit of it. He's a solid possession receiver, can make the contested catch, get extra yards, find the sticks with silky smooth routes. He's not going to be a starting receiver unless things go horribly wrong, but he's got enough talent to play on Sundays for a very long time.

 

[OldSchool]

Your trades just used up $40 million of our estimated $53 million in cap space and we can't afford any free agents and especially our draft class with all those super realistic top 100 picks you have us adding

 

[Memento]

Your trades just used up $40 million of our estimated $53 million in cap space and we can't afford any free agents and especially our draft class with all those super realistic top 100 picks you have us adding

Hey, don't forget the franchise tag/re-signing of A-Jax! You definitely can't forget that! Otherwise, my mock might as well have screwed us over.

 

[OldSchool]

Hey, don't forget the franchise tag/re-signing of A-Jax! You definitely can't forget that! Otherwise, my mock might as well have screwed us over.

LOL add $21 million more so we're now over the cap. Who you cutting or trading to clear cap? And that $21 million is this years value it goes up next year I'm sure.

 

[Memento]

LOL add $21 million more so we're now over the cap. Who you cutting or trading to clear cap? And that $21 million is this years value it goes up next year I'm sure.

Higbee, obviously? Restructuring certain contracts on the offense? I mean, fuck, can't be that hard; the Saints seemingly do this shit every year, right?

 

[OldSchool]

Higbee, obviously? Restructuring certain contracts on the offense? I mean, fuck, can't be that hard; the Saints seemingly do this shit every year, right?

Higbee adds to the dead cap number. You really want to be like the Saints? They might not be able to pay 53 guys.