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.

 

[Memento]

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.

Lots of linebackers to like. Rodriguez, Trotter, Golday, Perkins, etc. Not a lot of snot bubbler defensive tackles I like aside from Corleone, who has his own health issues (not on the field health, either; blood clots in his lungs). Chris McClellan (Missouri) might be one to look at, but he's more of a three technique with immense size than a true nose tackle.

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.

Fair enough, and the Rams probably won't do it either; it feels like they're putting their chips in for this season. I was tempted to put Agent Zero as a trade option (and I still think he could be with the contract looming and his age - another reason why I drafted two edge rushers that I really like in Tucker and James-Newby). Obviously, he wouldn't get what Parsons got, but I think that another mid-late first from an AFC contender (Ravens, maybe? Bills?) in the 2027 draft is doable. It gives us flexibility, and there's going to be a hell of a lot of potentially great QBs in the 2027 draft.

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.

I'm doing this draft assuming Tate and Lemon go before our pick. Love isn't even an option to me; he's not slipping past Washington, and I don't want to pay the price to get him. Bell and Sarratt haven't done KR/PR, but I'm not looking for a KR/PR. Maybe I'd take the kid from Navy with #251 instead of the O-lineman, but honestly, I think that there's a lot of questions on the wide receiver side, especially since Davante is a free agent after this year and we didn't have a true #3 last year. Bell and Sarratt solve those problems.

Rodriguez isn't going to be available, even with the Ponds pick. Tankathon had him going well ahead of #51, as he should. I'm still a Forbes fan, but I think Ponds could be that missing key piece that you play inside or outside and let McDuffie eat. I think he's that good, and if he were even two inches taller with his playing style, production and measureables, he would be a top fifteen pick.

I am just praying to holy fate that the Hags don't take him with #32. It would bum me the fuck out.

 

[Flatlyner]

Thats a lot of trades, however, I do not hate the results. Ponds is one of my guys and he is a stud. Bell could be one of the draft steals due to injury. Surratt seems like a great reliable weapon. Like getting OL depth. Would not hate it.

 

[methomas50]

Two things: Number one....the 2027 draft is widely considered a better draft than this one. I would love a second number one pick there. Lets hope the Bears take a step back.

Number two....your best pick is Bell who only fell because of injury. Would love to get him there. He is baller.