2022 NFL Mock Draft 2.0: I'M STARTING TO THINK BLIMP ISN'T COMING BACK • Page 28

Carolina Panthers select Verone McKinley III, S, Oregon




Underrated safety. He's a sound tackler in the run game but always lays the wood when a receiver comes across the middle. Finds himself in position to make big plays fairly often. I think he can thrive in STs immediately and has potential to make an impact rotating in on passing downs. Carolina has a strong DB room and just hired Steve Wilks as DB coach. It would be a great situation for McKinley.

 

@JRShoenberger steelers up

 

Pittsburgh takes Haskell Garrett, DT, Ohio

 

@Randall Mentzos Ravens up

 

@Randall Mentzos lets finish this round up

 

Ravens select Markquese Bell, SS, Florida A&M.

big thumper who can also play special teams. Perhaps the Ravens don’t resign Chuck Clark, who is now the weak link in their secondary since I drafted McDuffie. Ravens are a team who plans ahead with their late round picks for sure.

 

@Night Channels Green Bay

 

Let me peep the board and then I’ll make the pick

 

Green Bay selects:

Eric Johnson - Defensive Lineman - Missouri State

 

@Randall Mentzos

Ravens up again

 

Cool

Ravens select Cordell Volson, T, North Dakota State

FCS school guy but, NDSU guys in particular get drafted early day 3 all the time and sometimes late day 2. They are a dominant team at that level, and Volson is easily the best tackle outta there since I started scouting (I like him way more than Joe Haeg and Dillon Radunz). He had a lot to do with Trey Lance’s success.

He has allowed 0 sacks and only 15 pressures in 974 pass blocking snaps, and by PFF’s account he only lost two practice reps out of 49 at the Senior Bowl. My criteria for a Division II or FCS draft prospect is usually 1) did they absolutely obliterate their competition, to the point it wasn’t close and it’s believable they could make the leap, 2) did they get invited to an all star game (Senior Bowl & East West Shrine) and show up as one of the standouts. Volson checks both boxes.

Ronnie Stanley has gotten hurt a lot, and while Morgan Moses was a very solid FA pickup he’s already 31. Time to start planning ahead here too. Worst case scenario, Volson is about the best backup tackle they were gonna find with a comp pick in the event of another Stanley injury.

 

@PeacefulOrca Rams

then @Swoos Titans

 

Nice, I get our Mr Irrelevant pick

 

Nah I’m picking for the Jags top of round 5 lol

Still got a guy or two in mind

 

I’m prepared to have my drafts graded:
Traded for Curtis Samuel
Trevor Penning
Kyler Gordon
Darrian Beavers
Romeo Doubs

Bucs
Zion Johnson
Perrin Winfrey
Cam Taylor-Britt
Ty Chandler

Raiders
Ed Ingram
Travis Booker

 

I don’t remembered who all I picked but tell me I’m good tell me I’m good

 

Great draft for Pats. BB will clean up Penning’s game. Beavers is perfect for the Patriots. Him and Duggar gives that defense a lot of versatility.

 

Cowboys:
Jermaine Johnson III
Jaquan Brisker
Isaiah Likely
Zamir White

Colts:
David Bell
Arnold Ebiketie
Carson Strong

Browns:
Skyy Moore
DeMarvin Leal
Kingsley Enagbare
Cole Strange
Matt Waletzko

 

Pats draft feels like a very Pats draft. I personally don’t love any of those guys but they all feel like good Billy B fits

I especially like the idea of Johnson and Taylor-Britt to TB

it’s probably impossible to get the Raiders above a C or so

 

Yeah they spent on Adams and that’s fine haha

 

Jacksonville Jaguars
1 (1) Evan Neal, RT, Alabama

*(Pick 33 traded to New Orleans)*

2 (49) Chad Muma, MLB, Wyoming
*(via NO)*

3 (65) Logan Hall, 3-4DE, Houston
3 (70) Jamaree Salyer, G, Georgia
(via CAR)
3 (98) Greg Dulcich, TE, UCLA
*(via NO)*
3 (101) Matthew Butler, 3-4DE, Tennessee
*(via NO)*

4 (106) Nick Cross, SS, Maryland

pick 144 traded to CAR

5 (157) Dohnovan West, C, Arizona State


New Orleans Saints
1 (18) Charles Cross, LT, Mississippi State

2 (33) Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina
*(via JAX)*

*pick 49 traded to JAX*
pick 80 traded to HOU
*pick 98 traded to JAX* (COMP)
*pick 101 traded to JAX* (COMP)

4 (120) Neil Farrell, 4-3NT, LSU


Baltimore Ravens
1 (14) Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington

2 (45) Leo Chenal, MLB, Wisconsin

3 (76) Cam Thomas, EDGE, SDSU
3 (100) John Ridgeway, 3-4DE, Arkansas (COMP)

4 (110) Myjai Sanders, EDGE, Cincinnati
(via NYG)
4 (119) Matt Araiza, P, SDSU
4 (128) Luke Fortner, C, Kentucky
(via ARI)
4 (139) Markquese Bell, SS, Texas A&M (COMP)
4 (141) Cordell Volson, T, NDSU (COMP)

 

I added my fifth round target to Jax lol. Pencil in Bo Melton, WR, Rutgers if I was gonna miss West

 

New York Jets

Travon Walker - DE - Georgia
Sauce Gardner - CB - Cincinnati
Jahan Dotson - WR - Penn State
Daxton Hill - DB - Michigan
Breece Hall - RB - Iowa State
Jojo Domann - LB - Nebraska
Cade Otton - TE - Washington

Green Bay Packers

Chris Olave - WR - Ohio State
George Pickens - WR - Georgia
Tyler Smith - OL - Tulsa
Quay Walker - LB - Georgia
Zyon McCollum - CB - Sam Houston State
Jeremy Ruckert - TE - Ohio State
Eric Johnson - DL - Missouri State

 

Jags updated roster is actually decent even if not “good” yet. I made sure the team had drastically upgraded trenches / physicality, and turned parts of the roster that are currently too thin into positions of decent depth. I know the WR room is ugly, but we would honestly be a running team that throws to their TEs a lot too - which is exactly what Doug Pederson’s Eagles were lol.

Gotta start small when you’ve had the worst record twice in a row. Considering how hard the new regime has committed to a full rebuild (minus QB), honestly I think I accomplished a lot. Goal #1 was protect Trevor Lawrence & rebuild the offensive line, goal #2 was to fill out our defense enough to stop giving up 30 point games. Adding a rotational pass-rushing IDL and a starting TE with NOLA’s comp picks was a nice boost on top of my primary goals.

These things should stabilize games enough to start seeing (for real) what we have in Trevor, and to build confidence beating other subpar teams:

Next year’s priorities, to upgrade from okay roster to good roster, would absolutely be:
-upgrade weapons
-upgrade pass rushers
-start replacing any underperforming young players or bust FAs
-backup quarterback

the value at WR & EDGE this mock was just not ideal… so I stuck to drafting more “glue” pieces / meat and potatoes players in the trenches. I’d be okay with this scenario; solidifying our foundation first and seeing what we already have in our skill positions so we know who to plan to keep and how much more talent to add. I’m curious how much we can improve our current ones with Doug Pederson & Mike Caldwell coaching.