2024 NFL Mock Draft 3.0: I Was Wrong to Start 2.0 Before Free Agency, I'm Sorry • Page 20

who are you taking instead tho

 

doesn't Dave have to pick first?

 

Oh okay you aren't taking ANYONE that was picked lol my b

@EntryLevelTank pick

 

Arizona selects MarShawn Lloyd, RB, USC

Betting on the athleticism here.

 

@CarpetElf - What next?

 

@Night Channels you for Packers, then @EntryLevelTank again for pick 92, then it’ll be @CarpetElf back on schedule for Bengals pick 97

 

Got it

 

The Green Bay Packers select:

Braelon Allen - RB - Wisconsin

 

u up

@EntryLevelTank

 

Buccaneers select Bucky Irving, RB, Oregon

 

@CarpetElf - Bengals up I believe, please confirm

 

@CarpetElf Bengals

then @JRShoenberger Steelers

then @Swoos Rams

then @JRShoenberger again for Washington and @Swoos again for Carolina

 

Let’s get to round 4 tonight baby

 

97 + 149 for 101 + 141

Bengals trade to Carolina

 

Carolina Panthers select Javon Baker, WR, UCF




Panthers receivers were some of the worst in creating separation. Diontae Johnson, Ladd McConkey, Javon Baker fix this problem.

 

@JRShoenberger Steelers

 

@JRShoenberger steel

 

I think when the Books close on this Mock, Swoos is gonna look reeeeeal good in a "did the most with the least" kinda way.

 

Steelers select Malik Washington, WR, Virginia

I can definitely see Pittsburgh doubling up at WR this draft. George Pickens is secure, but the rest of the room isn’t super exciting quite yet.

Back to @Swoos

 

Javon Baker was my back up WR if Washington was gone..

 

The Jaguars have traded picks 114 and 153 to the Los Angeles Rams for pick 99.

Jaguars select Kris Abrams-Draine, CB, Mizzou

I liked Ennis Rakestraw because he was a physical man-coverage corner who very rarely got targeted because of his skills. But the knock on Rakestraw is he’s not that athletic, doesn’t have size or length, and didn’t have ball production. These things make him not at all worth a first round pick and could even drop him outta the second, so the value isn’t there to try to draft him ahead of a team that LOVES him.

But there was another cornerback at Missouri, who by association got targeted a LOT at CB2… and he had the ball production (13 PBU and 14 PBU in back to back seasons). He has the same size concerns but better athleticism, and costs a lower draft pick cause he wasn’t CB1. I could see @CarpetElf thinking this guy is way better value for the same kinda CB and he’s not totally wrong.

Jags badly need to add cornerback talent to their roster, already lacking there last year and then cutting Darious Williams. But they do have the luxury of taking a guy who most likely projects to slot, because Ronald Darby could be an excellent stopgap at CB2 for at least a year or two. With that in mind, Abrams-Draine is far and away the highest quality CB left that can handle Nielsen’s demanding man to man scheme and we race to the podium to trade into the third round and secure him. We’ve seen 5’11” guys become absolute dogs before, it’s not totally impossible he develops into Darby’s replacement and prevents us from having to take corner high again in one of the next two drafts.

 

@JRShoenberger Washington

 

Washington Bonercats select James Williams, LB, Miami


He’s a bit of a tweener with his size, but honestly, Washington has enough holes that he’ll fit in somewhere.