Memento's Internet is Down, so This Might Be Either Short and Sweet or a While Mock Draft.

[Memento]

Yeah, I'm doing this at my folks' house, so it might take either a short time or a long time. Here we go with some trades first (doubt the Rams will do it, but I'm not the Rams):

#13 overall to the Carolina Panthers for #19 overall and #51 overall.

(Carolina moves up for Kenyon Sadiq. We move back.)

#19 overall (Panthers) to the Chicago Bears for #57 overall, #60 overall, and a 2027 first.

(The Bears move up for Akeem Mesidor to bolster their pass rush, while we trade down to accumulate more picks, including a first-round pick in 2027, which will be a much stronger draft than this one.)

#61 overall and #93 overall to the Miami Dolphins for #75 overall and #87 overall (Eagles).

(Swap a second and a late third for two thirds. Miami gets an opportunity at Chris Brazzell II.)

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#51 overall (Panthers) - D'Angelo Ponds, CB, Indiana.

#57 overall (Bears) - Gennings Dunker, OC, Iowa.

#60 overall (Rams) - Chris Bell, WR, Louisville.

#75 overall (Dolphins) - Elijah Sarratt, WR, Indiana.

#87 overall (Eagles) - Nadame Tucker, EDGE, Western Michigan.

#207 overall (Texans) - Hezekiah Masses, CB, California.

#232 overall (Ravens) - Red Murdock, ILB, Buffalo.

#251 overall (Comp) - Fa'alili Fa'amoe, OT/OG, Wake Forest.

#252 overall (Comp) - Keyshawn James-Newby, EDGE, New Mexico.

(Ponds is my favorite player in this class. No surprise I take him. Dunker and Sarratt are other favorites (I think Dunker can play center, and Sarratt reminds me so much of Kupp), and Bell is a worthy gamble at #60; if he was healthy, he'd have been a first-round pick. Tucker might be a reach, but I think he could be an underrated edge rusher. Masses is skinny, but he's got an amazing sense of where the ball is in the air. Murdock has the NCAA record for forced fumbles, Fa'amoe is a big and athletic tackle/guard hybrid. Keyshawn James-Newby is an outstanding pass-rusher who needs work on his run defense.)

Won't do the roster; don't have the time. Feel free to shred me.

 

[Fire Ants]

Ewe!!! (see what I did there?) Haha.
Id rather stick with 13 or even your original trade to 19.

 

[Memento]

Ewe!!! (see what I did there?) Haha.
Id rather stick with 13 or even your original trade to 19.

I just like a lot of the Day 2 players much more than the Day 1 players, and I like 2027 even more than 2026. If we stuck with the Panthers’ pick, I’d go receiver, whether that’s Cooper, Boston, or Concepcion.

 

[Ram Ts]

Great effort. I like it a lot. Well done

My own twist - I’d go with a big DT or one of the top iLBs instead of Ponds.

 

[RamFan503]

I don't like going through all the machinations largely in order to secure Ponds and 2 first rounders in '27 that will likely both be in the 30s and leave us still outside the QB sweepstakes. I haven't done enough looking at college players to have an opinion on many of your other choices. The receivers seem solid though.

 

[JonRam99]

I think this would be a great overall draft, assuming one of the blue-chippers we need (Styles, Love) don't fall to us at #13. There should be some great picks available in the 2nd. Have either Bell or Sarratt done any KR/PR in college?
Also, if J.Rodriguez is still available at #51 I think he'd be a bigger priority over Ponds, though we do still need to build up the CB room as I'm not 100% sold on Forbes & we need some tougher CB's to match up with the WR's and TE's here in the NFCW.