NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal - Mock Draft: What Teams SHOULD Do in Round 1
Episode Date: April 16, 2026Gregg Rosenthal and Jourdan Rodrigue give NFL Daily's "Should Do Mock Draft". A complete first round mock draft of what teams SHOULD do not WILL do. NFL Daily YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nfl...podcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Welcome to NFL Daily where we would never meet an impasse.
I'm Greg Rosenthal.
I'm here in the Chris Wesleying podcast studio with Jordan Roderick.
Hello.
Yeah, Ian Rappaport, our guy, even though he technically works for ESPN now,
reported Dexter Lawrence and the Giants reached an impasse in their contract negotiations last night.
And I was surprised to see the lack of education on social,
where most of the responses were like, what's the definition of impasse?
Good word.
I hope they receive some creditable responses.
There you go.
Another good one.
We're going mock draft heavy here as we get closer to the draft.
As you are listening to this, we are one week away from the 26 NFL draft.
So we wanted to start talking about what we think could happen on draft night.
But more in this show, what we think should happen, Jordan.
And we're bringing back a dueling mock draft where we go back and forth.
There's going to be some testing of our brainwaves here because we have to think on our feet,
back and forth with picks in the first round, not what we think will happen, what we think should happen,
what we want these teams to do.
Yes.
It will be a test of our organizational skills.
I sent myself into a little bit of...
You're the odd numbers.
Yes.
I do know that.
But I sent myself into a little bit of a tailspin yesterday, Greg, when I was prepping for this,
because I tried to put myself in your size fours and think about, like, what you would do in these so that I could game theory around what I thought you would pick.
And it really did send me into a dark place.
So a little just trying to get organized here, you know.
You know, I'm a size 10 kind of over indexed and shoe size compared to height.
So not a good indicator there for you, Jordan.
You got the choice to have the number one overall pick or not.
And you did decide to take the Raiders choice.
I thought maybe she's taking the easy way out or maybe you're going to surprise us.
What should the Raiders do?
Just kidding.
They're going to pick Fernando Mendoza.
They should pick Fernando Mendoza quarterback out of Indiana, of course.
This is a no-brainer to me because they've been in the quarterback desert for so long.
And even though there have been more exciting quarterback prospects to emerge than he,
there have also been far less exciting top quarterback prospects to emerge,
then he's really solid, in my opinion.
He gives you such a good base around which to build,
and he is not afraid to try to take the shots to make the big plays.
He's kind of Darnoldy in that regard,
but this version of Sam Darnold, not the previous.
And I like the fit with what the Raiders are building around him.
They've all but broadcast that this is what they're going to do.
I do expect they'll get some calls, but they should stick and pick here.
Yeah, John Spitex said this week, he has gotten some calls,
but there's no expectation that they'll be interested in moving.
And yeah, I'm just curious who you're shading,
who were less exciting quarterback prospect of the top of the draft.
We've had some years.
Josh Rosen was a top prospect.
He was pretty exciting, though.
Mitch Trubitsky was a top quarterback prospect.
That was a wild one.
People forget.
Daniel Jones was the top quarterback prospect.
Blake Bordels.
I think Mendoza has great size,
great timing on those opposite field hash throws.
We're going to talk about him at length,
actually on our next show, we're finally diving into the quarterbacks a little bit and running
back's tight ends with Ollie. So we won't go on and along. But that makes total sense. It'll be
interesting to see how he fits with Clint Kubiak. He hasn't thrown to the middle of the field
a ton, hasn't played under center. But guess what? No college said, you know, quarterbacks play
under center. Really. All right, I'll go number two. It's kind of where the draft feels like
it's truly starting. And I feel like consensus right now is not, this is not what the Jets will do.
but I do think they should take Arvel Reese
linebacker slash Ed from Ohio State.
I just think if you think about the premium positions especially,
he is the player that the most obvious fan scout, whatever, looks at.
To me, when I watch all the players and just like,
oh yeah, that's like a number one player in the draft.
Like I could see him being a Miles Garrett,
like a defensive player getting taken one in a draft where there were no quarterbacks.
he has that sort of special ability and the fact that he might be just an absolutely transcendent
linebacker prospect, but also you might be using him as an edge rusher or in the Zach Bond type
of role where he is rushing. I'm not even thinking about him for the Jets. To me, if you're taking this
high, you should just take someone that you could at least imagine putting on like a green jacket
someday. And I think he stands out with a couple other prospects we'll talk about, but they're at
lesser positions as the guy most likely to be that guy. So I'm going to take a swing for the fences.
And I think the floor is plenty high with Reese at linebacker especially. I like that pick because I
like that he he does multiple things well. And so you can build different looks with him in the front.
You could build different things around him. I like that he, there are some really exciting high upside
prospects that we're going to talk about here through the course of this first round. But I just,
he's just all around just such a good football player that I like the Jets saying this is best player
available and this is what we're doing.
And since we're going should, I'll just, you know, cop to it.
I'm basically going off like my evaluations on some level.
Like I think he's going to be, he's the most exciting defensive prospect to me.
So I'm going to take him for the Jets.
And it makes sense to me because I think they're loading up with the three first round picks
next year to possibly take a quarterback then that they just take the best player.
All right, you're up with the Cardinals.
Now, almost the rest of the top seven or eight, I mean, are,
are fascinating, but especially the Cardinals.
And again, we're not predicting what they will do,
what they should do, Jordan.
This is where I get a little freaky, right?
Because I think that the Cardinals should draft a player who sets a cornerstone
and sets an identity for a new generation of what this coaching staff,
what this era with Monti Austin Fort hiring,
kind of helping hire like the guy he wanted with him pairing with Michael Flores.
So you'd think they'd go offense.
You'd think they might go need and BPA meeting each other.
I went best player available in my mind, and that is Sunny Stiles.
I think that the Cardinals of Yore have always had a key cornerstone franchise defensive player
around whom the fan base rallies.
It was Patrick Peterson.
It was Cleas Campbell.
Dan Buchanan was really someone that they love, Buda Baker, obviously.
But that era is either has ended completely or is.
ending soon. And I think that with Nick Rallis out from under Jonathan Gannon at this point,
remember Michael Floor retained him of he gets a lot of heat from the fan base. And I think rightfully
so based on the lack of production. But I do think that of the defensive coordinators who would have
a plan and a multiple enough scheme for a player of his caliber. And this is a franchise that desperately
needs some pop. They love Ohio State players as well, by the way. And this is a franchise that
desperately needs to get someone who gets the fan base excited,
gets them feeling like, okay, maybe, maybe this is the start of something new.
That's why I think they should pick Sunny Stiles.
And I throw a wrench in the rest of it because I think popularly,
and I could totally see the Cardinals doing this,
is going with Maui Noah or someone who immediately adds juice to their offense.
But they don't have a quarterback, Greg.
And they won't have a quarterback.
Even if they pick one this year,
I don't believe they'll even have that guy starting until next year if they do.
And so they can wait a little bit on that side of the ball for that to continue to unfold.
All these guys, I think at this high level, you can't worry about the guys that are there that much.
You have to take the guys that you think are going to become the guys in your organization for a long time.
And one thing, you know, I know Montaiazantin for isn't thinking it this way.
But I think about Andrew Berry last year.
It's like they took non-premium positions and they had some of the best defensive rookies in the league.
And that helped save his job.
Like if Sonny Stiles comes out and he might be as quote unquote pro rome,
And by the way, they have a massive need at linebacker.
It's not like he's not fitting a huge need.
Those are the types of guys that do win defensive rookie of the year.
That's not a bad thing for the Cardinals.
I love that pick.
I was debating for the Titans who are next on the board at number four between Stiles,
Jeremiah Love, the running back, and Cardinal Tate.
One note on Tate and the Titans.
I feel like no one's mocking that.
It's like, oh, well, they still have Calvin Ridley.
and, you know, they just gave Wondale a lot of money.
And they drafted those two guys last year.
You're like, I-O-Manor.
None of those guys should prevent you from taking a foundational wide receiver
who would be better than all those guys.
But I'm not taking it.
I'm just saying.
You can't be.
No, sorry.
I'm getting my notes.
My point is I think that would be like a good pick, too.
It's not the reason I'm not taking him.
I'm taking Jeremiah Love because of the same reason why I took Arvel Reese at two.
We had this discussion a little bit on 40s and free agents and reasonable minds can disagree.
I think if you see a potential future Hall of Famer there, you're not worried about the Tony Pollard at the end of a heavy contract.
You're certainly not not worried about my guy from Tulay and being the backup to Jeremiah Love.
He is such a special prospect.
And I guess it's just you're just making that evaluation.
But to me, his balance, size, speed, strength, everything.
is special in a way that I think can only be compared to a Bajon Robinson as a prospect.
Maybe Sequin and CMC are maybe in that category,
but I think Love might be even a little tick above them coming out.
A head of Genti.
If he's that good, I just think about, okay, we need offense,
we need juice with Cam Ward, the two of them together would be a lot of fun.
That's what I would do.
I love that.
I think Titans fans would love that.
It's starting to become a little more consensus.
At first it was controversial, but now people are kind of warming them.
No, I think I know our friend Justin Graver, he has a sign in his background of the podcast that he does.
Music City Miracle.
I think it says Jeremiah Love no matter what.
So I think I know where the fan base might be applauding you for that one there, Greg.
This is tough because the Giants, I could absolutely have seen.
If Jeremiah Love falls to them, I could see them totally picking him as Saquan redemption, right?
It's just the shame.
You could just see Joe Shane doing it, just the narrative, right?
But this is not Joe Shane's team anymore.
No.
This is John Harbaugh's team.
And John Harbaugh wants to bring in cost-controlled, like his guys, guys, that set a foundation
for the type of heavy personnel and heavy football that he wants to play.
They have greater needs on defense, in my opinion, than they do on offense.
But I think, so I could see, like, them, I don't think Kavon Tibado is going to be there
next year.
So I could see them picking up like a heavier, stronger pass rusher to compliment Abdul
Carter and Brian Burns. I looked at David Bailey here for that, for that reason, but I'm actually
going to pick, I'm going to start the offensive lineman here, because I think it would be
absolutely absurd if offensive linemen kept falling in this draft. Francis Maui Noah, I know that
he fits the type of just profile that's very like, okay, even if he's a little extraneous, you know,
that line still needs help. It was, it was creditable. That line could still use an infusion of young
talent, even if it's a little bit more of a luxury pick in a team with a team that really has a lot
of needs. If Jeremiah Love is gone, I can absolutely see them picking up a road grading offensive
lineman who could have a little position flex for them as well and who also can really help set
a new tone for what John Harbaugh wants to be all about. It is so important to hit your first
pick. I think you're trying to set like a groundwork of who you're going to be.
And by the way, just to, sorry to cut you off with their, Greg,
but I was talking with a colleague about a pattern that the Giants kind of have been in over the last several years.
They really love players who are once on Bruce Feldman's freaks list.
They really, I seriously, they really do.
So like, I mean, who wouldn't, right, right?
But like, this is, he's so traitsy.
He's so, he's just somebody who, even if, even if they feel okay about who they have along the offensive line,
this is a new era.
And so a head coach is going to want to bring in a person who he thinks sets a,
tone that he wants to be about.
And I think John Harbaugh wants to set a tone.
We want to play physical ass kicking football.
And he is certainly somebody.
Well, they have to move him to guard.
Yes.
If he plays.
And that's where for what it's worth,
we talked about on our show,
Ali Connolly believes he's best at.
A lot of people believe he would be best as a guard, period,
that he has a little lacking.
And so they have Germain Illuminaur on the right side.
They just gave money to.
They have Andrew Thomas on the left side.
That makes sense.
Let's talk to Dexter Lawrence.
news just quickly that Ian reported there was an impasse, the New York Daily News, followed that up
on Wednesday morning and went a little further and even just said, you know, that's putting it lightly.
Like talks have completely broken off.
There's talk of just that they're nowhere near each other in terms of contract per year value.
Dexter Lawrence has two years remaining on his contract.
Joe Shane, I was going to put some sound in, but it was fairly noncommittal.
my takeaway from these reports and from what Joe Shane said at his press conference,
just support my general feeling that a trade is more likely than not.
That's my take.
I think he's a risky evaluation for other teams out there because you have to give a lot of money.
And he's coming off a season.
I went back and watched a little.
I think I'm just sick of watching the college tape.
I got to admit I just like watching the NFL tape.
I mean, compared to the NFL.
He was like a bad run defender.
He was not the same player returning off a major surgery.
as he was before.
But there's still that pass rest juice.
He's still pretty young.
You could make the argument.
He was unhappy with the Giants and maybe it wasn't like the best effort in the world.
Like you're going to get a better Dexter Lawrence.
It's a little tricky to give him a raise to the very top when he's coming off a season that wasn't as good.
But I do think there'll be a market for him.
Yeah, for sure.
I mean, it's been reported widely that the Giants received calls ahead of last season's trade deadline about him and weren't willing to part ways.
And he made it clear he wanted out.
Yeah.
less. Yeah. And so I definitely think he'll have a market. What's always kind of a tough reality check for a player is maybe your market isn't what you thought it was going to be before the draft. Now, let's see how the draft shakes out or even draft day leading up to the draft if the Giants feel that they can recoup some capital that they'll want to use in the draft itself. But a team is much more likely to, in my opinion, want to see just strategically thinking. Unless there's a real market that's competitive, teams will probably want to see how the boards fall.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, before doing anything.
To me, Giants fans are going to be disappointed because of the contract that he'll require.
I mean, he's certainly not going to get traded for a first round pick.
I don't think it's not a Quinn and Williams situation.
The conversations start during day two, but it wouldn't surprise me if the Giants are ready to just say goodbye.
And I don't think it's crazy if it's like a high third round pick, something like that.
All right, let's go to the Browns.
Okay.
This is kind of how I figured the board would fall on some level.
And so I'm choosing between two,
Ohio State guys, Carnell Tate.
And I don't think it's that crazy to think about Caleb Downs here.
If you were, if you were looking at a long shot.
You hate these linemen, don't you?
No.
I think they'll go higher.
Like, the run will go higher.
They could take one, certainly.
They're expected to take an offensive lineman or a receiver.
But I do think Cardinal Tite makes them too.
So let's not get too cute.
It's the best receiver in the draft by a decent amount.
It's the best receiver on the Browns by a decent amount.
You just have to take offensive players, I think.
early in this draft if you're the Browns.
I think the way that this NFL draft falls,
the fact that their second first round picked at 24,
I think you feel okay about who will be there at tackle.
There's probably eight or nine offensive linemen
who might go in the first round,
maybe even have to trade back up,
which I know that they wouldn't love to do for the tackle that they love.
But Carnell Tate just makes all the sense in the world to me
to step in as a foundation,
potential top 20 wide receiver in the league.
Okay, Carnell Tate, off the board.
commanders going again
what I think they should do
they absolutely are in dire
straits with their pass rush have been
for a little bit. Dan Quinn
potentially coaching for his job this year.
I'm going David Bailey, the edge
to the Washington commanders
and I think he gets immediately
immediately as a factor for them
and help set the rest of the puzzle
along their offensive front
where they just need help.
Defensively, I'm going a lot of defense
for commanders in this draft in general.
This I think is a dream
scenario for them that they at least get one tackle taken ahead of them and that the Titans
and Browns go often because then they get one of the real deal highest ceiling defensive players
in this draft, David Bailey, or maybe one of the Ohio State guys.
It's obviously goes differently.
But I tend to agree with you.
I think they would love any situation where any three of those guys fall to them.
And in terms of first step quickness and just potential to fix that defense in terms of just
juice off the edge, he would be the top of the list.
So I agree with you.
I'll go Saints next.
So Tate's off the board.
Our friends at the Saints Block Party podcast did like a word cloud of the players that they wanted.
And unfortunately, I'm going to take someone that's not really near the top of that.
I'm going to take, hmm, now once I'm on the clock, it's tricky.
It's tricky.
because I just think Ruben Bain is such a saint,
but I guess now that I get to the end of this,
I'm doing what they should do.
What I want them to do, I am going to go Caleb down.
Yes.
Okay.
Well, no, I wanted him to be a saint.
Okay.
I think with Brandon Staley's defense
and how that group came along last year,
I mean, people who watched those games,
including our friends at the Saints Block Party podcast,
I think would be thrilled to have a player of that
versatility, that caliber, that smart.
Like, I mean, I think that he's just a franchise player for them.
He remember, remember the days of Tyrant Matthew.
He is a friend, I think he's a franchise player for them if they pick him up.
I agree.
And I think there are teams out there that see him differently.
Dana Jeremiah mentioned some teams don't have him as their top safety.
I think you look at the lack of like crazy physical traits.
And, you know, you think it's a safety.
Is he enough of a playmaker?
I just think, again, this is a guy that talking about like we did with Reese,
that you have an image of him being a total franchise cornerstone.
I think Ruben Bain fits exactly the type of defensive ends that they normally want,
and it's absolutely a need for them and would make sense.
But if it's my team, I think Downs helped calm down the secondary,
improves all the players around him.
All right, you're up with the chief.
Well, and that leaves the Chiefs very happy because they're going to pick up Rubin Bain.
in my mock draft.
They need pass rush help.
They just do, flat out.
This was kind of a bummer for me, though,
because I really wanted to put, like,
a really top corner with them.
I think Caleb Downs would be really fun with them,
with Spaggs specifically.
You could take a top corner and just leave Rubin Bain on the board.
But I think that...
For me.
But they need...
They need pass rush help.
And they are a team that is historically more likely
to overlook any red flags,
a prospect may have coming in.
Good point.
And also, Steve Spagnolo needs to start resetting that entire defense front to back.
And starting up front is probably where they're going to go.
Because they lost so many players and they already had deficiencies that absolutely have to start,
like resetting the mathematical equation that he likes to play with.
And so obviously you're going to get some pass rush juice use.
I think the floor is high for him.
I think the ceiling's a little higher than people think.
We talked at length with Ali about him as a player earlier this week.
to check out that episode,
but also talked about the off-field stuff,
which I don't know if it's going to impact his draft status that much,
ultimately,
especially not with a team like the cheese.
I think this is a worst-case scenario for the Bengals.
I think they want more than one tackle to go ahead of them
because they don't need a tackle.
And I think they would love a scenario where downs fell to them.
I think Bain would fit well to them.
I think there's a drop-off now at Edge.
And so I am going with the guy who,
I saw Paul Dainer, your colleague at the athletic.
Choose for them. Very plugged in.
In a mock. I had them written down. You can even look at my little board as the third
guy on my board behind Downs in Bain, my Bengals board. And then Danaer had him too.
It's, it's Germant McCoy. Taking a little bit of a swing.
Coming off of a torn ACL, the cornerback from Tennessee who had the highest ceiling tape
in this draft, that cornerback. And I do think that the more I've heard, the more I've
talk to some people that the top two cornerbacks in this draft are probably viewed a little
like higher than we gave them credit for. Maybe in a normal draft like they're pushed down like
slightly but I think they're a representative creditable top two cornerbacks of a draft that
everyone would be excited about. And I and I know when positions kind of fall off and players get
pushed up a little. It's a huge need for the Bengals. They have a lot of huge, you know, needs on
defense. You could actually argue cornerback is like not at the very top. But I think they just have
to take best defensive player.
And to me, he's the highest ceiling.
Mansour Delane is obviously another option,
maybe a little bit of a safer pick
because you're not worried about the injuries.
The Bengals like to take swing.
So I'm going McCoy.
Yeah, I love how you're drafting, Greg.
Okay.
Because it gives me the players that I want to match to the teams that I want to match them to.
I want the dolphins to pick up Mansour Delane,
the cornerback out of LSU.
For all the reasons, actually, that you just said.
The dolphins are in a sprint rebuild.
So they need not only the best defensive player out of their totally decimated defense,
to help fix that area immediately,
but they also need dependability
because if you're going to sprint rebuild,
you have to stay healthy.
And that is exactly what they're trying to do.
So I think that this being their first pick,
I really thought about going tackle here.
I thought of, you know, from Utah.
I thought about even receiver here.
There's been some chatter locally about Jordan Tyson
and how, you know, a lot of the local market is sort of high on him.
But Mikey Lemon is not a crazy pick here.
Mackaylemon would be a great pick here.
But I also, to me, if I'm looking at just the formula of what these sprint rebuilds have looked like,
it is going draft heavy at the position group that you just decimated.
And basically, that is their defense.
And that dependability and his upside and talent, they could really use a badass corner back in the mix in Miami.
So I think he's a good fit for them.
And it feels like a John Eric Sullivan.
This is what I want to be about.
Okay.
You honkin so long made me able to check.
What I think is true, Brian Gutakun's first ever draft pick was Dyer Alexander,
which was a great one.
And so here would be the pupil, John Eric Sullivan, also taking a cornerback.
Magic.
Alexander was a little later, right?
They traded up.
They traded back and they traded up.
They traded two times, but they took them a little later in the top 20, around 18, I believe.
that's a fun one. All right, I'm going to go Cowboys.
Again, a lot of these teams, and I just think it was because I had the even numbers,
I think I got the teams that didn't necessarily need the offensive linemen, at least so far.
I don't think the Cowboys just doesn't make sense for them.
They take another guard that would just be a little crazy.
I think they'll have to think about the cornerbacks.
They'd have to think about Caleb Downs.
I think the board has not fallen well for them in general.
This is the first time where I'm officially scrambling while I'm on the clock.
despite all your advice to me before the show started.
Well, that's, but you...
Do you need a pause?
I said, I don't need a pause.
You just keep talking.
If it's my team,
I don't care that I gave Jake Ferguson money.
To me, he's, he's there.
I'm going to go Kenyon and Sadiq and take him much later.
So there's so many versions of this mock draft,
the tight end from Oregon goes to Dallas here at number 12.
There's so many versions of this mock draft where I think Sadiq could fall into the 20s.
But in this particular version, I'm adding juice to an offense that we're just going to try to outscore people.
Because I don't necessarily think that the value is there with the defensive players that are available on the board.
And I think it's a too tight end set world.
I don't know if George Pickens is there long term.
And that's what I went with.
Thank you, Greg.
I mean, I love that.
First of all, I would love to see Kenyon-Sadik in Brian Schott.
I thought that was a fun, fun offense to watch.
I want to see Kenyon Sadiq in, oh my God, now I just forgot his name.
Clayton.
Clayton Adams.
Yeah, I was about to say Clayton Tune.
Clayton, Kershaw.
A lot of great things out there.
But I would love to see what he does as a blocker, too, as how you can kind of activate
him along the run surface.
Well, that's why I think he compliments Ferguson fine.
To me, if Kenyon Sadiq has an upside comp or even a mid to upside,
like Vernon Davis, like not the most natural pass catcher exactly.
Like he's not like he's going to be more of the blocker.
But when he gets the ball in his hands, he's so big, strong and fast that he's also going
to be a big time weapon.
So I think he's better with another tight end.
I think Ferguson fits well with him.
I know they took Schoonmaker in the second round.
That was three years ago.
It didn't work.
You know, you keep trying.
I don't know if Cowboys fans are going to be happy with that one.
But frankly, I think the way this draft fell.
again, for a team that doesn't need tackles,
is about worst case scenario.
So I did the best I could.
Sorry, Cali said.
Well, I also think that if you,
we talked about this on the show earlier this week,
if you consider the tight end to be a premium position on your roster
because of what they can do as a skill player,
then yeah,
you have to keep replenishing and keep restocking.
And I see him more in the mold of what, you know,
we're talking about with some of these very volume,
heavy targets of tight end.
And certainly after the catch,
really special too. So we already know they can stretch the field.
You've got to be a little bit of both.
Having two tight ends, and especially in this draft, I just think sometimes the premium
positions, quote unquote, it's not matching up where the best talent is.
And so I think the tight end goes to the Cowboys.
All right, you're up with the Rams. Of course you had the Rams.
It wasn't on purpose.
It certainly wasn't on purpose.
Okay. I was thinking going between offensive linemen and receiver here.
And I just want to point out for the listeners and for the Rams fans that I know
listen to this podcast. Thank you guys.
Just be ready. Just be prepared because inevitably, as we've seen the pattern happen every
year, a couple days before the draft or the morning of the first round of the draft, some
insane scenario gets leaked where you can just literally see Sean McVeigh like holding a knife
to less need saying, see how much this will cost to trade up for this guy or see how much
it'll cause. And I want, you know, and he and Sean McVe typically has had a very significant influence on the first pick that the Rams pick, even though they mostly have not been in the first round. Only one of those players has ever been a defensive player, ironically, was their first round pick. I think that Sean McVeigh would want to go skill some position that touches the ball as often as possible. I would think that that's what Sean McVeigh would want to do. I think if they don't trade back,
Potentially cooler heads prevail.
Okay.
And I think in this case, if Spencer Fanow is available at this position,
understanding the massive gap they have at right tackle,
I know Warren McClendid did fine last year.
He is not, to me, their franchise right tackle.
Spencer Fanon coming in and immediately being a long-term cornerstone,
maximizing out the rest of Matthew Stafford's career,
helping boost their run game to the right side,
not just through Kevin Dotson,
and also really helping kind of continuing to replenish a position they never want to be without.
Again, I will just say, though, just get ready for some crazy stuff.
Just get ready for something.
It always happens every year.
Something will leak that's just like, wait, what?
Who would they be trading up for?
No, I'm saying it doesn't, at this pick probably.
I'm not saying trade up specifically would be the crazy thing that happens.
I'm saying in the past, because they've picked so low, or not even the first round at all,
It's always been, they want to trade up for this or that or the other.
Well, I'm just saying, I would imagine some crazy match to this team will come out in the days before the draft.
But we'll see what happens.
I think that this is the pick they should make.
Well, I got you here.
Rams expert.
Let's say Ty Simpson is sitting there on the board at pick 60, whatever they have in the second round.
Do you think they would take them there?
In the second?
Yeah, late second.
They didn't know trade up.
I mean, I could see it because Jimmy Garapolo is still undecided,
like future is still undecided there.
I'm curious, actually.
I know there's been some discussion on this pod about like,
oh, is he going to go elsewhere?
Like, I actually wonder if he's considering retirement.
I'm just not sure.
It seems like reading the tea leaves.
What else is there?
Yeah, it seems like that would be a feasible consideration for him.
So Stetson Bennett is not going to be the guy for them.
So they do have to have a solution here.
And they aren't really shy.
If they like a player, they'll take him.
Okay.
I was just curious here.
Why don't we put a pin in it?
Let's take a little break, and let's come back with a very special Baltimore Ravens pick after the break.
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Tees before the break, a very special number 14 overall selection.
That's where the Baltimore Ravens are picking.
What a letdown last season.
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I've tapped Patrick Claibon to come in and make this 14th pick.
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Wow, you guys have made some really great picks.
I really enjoyed Fernando Mendoza to the Raiders.
Anyway, with the 14th pick in the 2026 NFL Daily mock draft,
the Baltimore Ravens select Jordan Tyson,
wide receiver, Arizona State.
Wanted to feel a position of need here,
and I'm glad you guys allowed this prospect,
as talented as he is,
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I appreciate the opportunity to participate.
Let's resume the 2026 NFL Daily mock draft.
Wow.
You know what's crazy is he just had such individualized special analysis
that just was piggybacking off of everything that happened previously in the draft.
That was really great.
It's like he was here.
But he wasn't.
Specifically, he wasn't.
Yeah.
That was going to be my pick.
I wouldn't have made that pick.
I feel like he's a little risky, Jordan Tyson.
Your guy, Sun Devil.
You got any inside Sun Devil's coupon Tyson?
Good football player.
Compliments, you know, what they need.
They certainly need a wide receiver.
I just, I don't know.
I think I would have taken Venga Ione.
I think like a special, maybe the top offensive linemen in this class at guard.
They could certainly use it.
It would have given Patrick a chance to talk about Daniel Filet, who's never on the team,
replace him there.
So this is actually.
maybe just about the only spot where I was going to take alignment, but not there.
I love to pick Jordan Tyson, certainly a high ceiling player played through a lot of injuries
in college that affected him.
But the great plays are great and he definitely is a different sort of receiver to Zayflowers.
All right, you're up with the box.
Yeah, I wanted them to go edge here.
And I think that there is a player left on the board in this edge class who has a really high ceiling
and is traitsy and toolsy and has a lot of potential.
And we know Todd Bowles loves those types of players.
Jason Light has done well when drafting toward those types of players.
I'm going with Keldrick Falk out of Auburn.
The thing about him is that he's still really young.
He's only 20 years old.
And I just think that the Bucks like getting players in who they think they can mold and develop.
We saw this happen with some of their defensive linemen in the past.
We've certainly seen it happen along their offensive line.
It would not surprise me.
all to see the bucks go for what I think is a position of need, but also a player that they
specifically, I think, would like.
First, first reach, I think, of the draft so far.
Kelger put him now.
It's not a huge fan.
I do like Akeem Messador better, even catches how.
Like, we'll see, but he is the type of guy that you're right.
Not a lot of production necessarily.
Not a lot of juice.
I do have them both going in the first round still.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
No, that's good.
That left everything I want on the board.
And what I want is Casey Concepcion is going to go to the Jets.
Oh, wow.
I kind of forgot that this is supposed to be like what I want because it's what the team should do.
Because I don't want Casey Concepcion going to the Jets.
I would love, you know, Gino throwing to him.
I actually think it's a nice combination with him and Garrett Wilson.
Certainly he's going to be playing a little bit over the middle of the field where Gino excels.
Like I don't think it's a bad outcome for him, but obviously there's more stable organizations.
but if it's not clear by now, if you've been listening daily,
I think he has truly special traits.
He's my wide receiver too in this class.
I think he could wind up being number one,
a little riskier, I guess, than some others.
But to me, it's not that risky.
I think he's going to get open.
I think if I'm choosing between him and Mackay Lemon,
they're both really good picks.
I think the Jets would be really happy
if they had the board that they had get to them here.
But I'm going to go consistent.
Very, very interesting.
I like that pick.
I like that you're doing what you think the team should do.
I would be interested if they actually do do this with so many needs on defense and some really good players.
Oh, I think they're taking receiver.
Left on the board.
I do.
But yeah, they want to be creditable on offense.
They've missed being such a team.
And they have the quarterback who could get the ball to them.
They want, I think, a team that will be creditable for the quarterback bet.
takes over the theme next year ultimately.
Yes.
And so if you have, if you have Garrett Wilson signed long term, you have Concepcion or
Mackay Lemon or Omar Cooper.
Like they're all reasonable options here on a long term contract.
And then, then you know, you got, you got to start with, with Taylor at Tident.
All right, you're up with the line.
This was tricky for me because I definitely think, I definitely think they should go
offensive linemen here.
But I was, I was going between, I was like sort of like threading needles and and
parsing hair, splitting hairs about which guy I wanted them to take.
I've had this conversation with a few people too.
Like, who is the lion's guy?
So I even went so far as I'm like, I'm like reading about their personality profiles.
And if I'm reading about their personality profiles, this guy, Blake Miller out of Clemson, he's like, that's it.
He's like the gnarly guy, right?
Like he's, he's the, he's got the edge and the scouting reports all say that he's got that sort of like grimy, like,
ass going to really be a jerk on the field kind of guy, which they need.
And they love that in that room.
I really want to go an assit just calmly in the middle of the show.
I just feel like you have to be one if you're going to play offensive line at an elite level.
This does air on what we call the Fast Network, you know, NFL channel, free over-the-air television.
Now they're going to have a chance to edit that out for you or beep it, but you're giving them extra work.
Should I have said butthole like you the other day?
That's fine.
That's a human body part.
I'm just being molded in your image, Greg.
So I'm a great pick.
That would have been mine too.
I mean, should and would.
I wouldn't be surprised if he's my lines pick when I do my final sort of like here's
what I think will happen.
And listen, I think that there's some real talent here because I did look at Caden Proctor.
I did look at Monroe Freeling.
They do need a guy who's going to come in right away for them though.
They absolutely need the help.
They're trying to maximize out this window that they have, protect you.
Jared Goff. And again, he, just the reports on it, I don't know him personally, but the reports on
his personality, I'm like, okay, that is a Lions player. I think Freeling will go higher than we have
him getting taken. I think Blake Miller, though, will get taken higher than expected as well. So this
would be a spot where that happens. Okay, I'm up with the Vikings. And I'm going to go with my guy,
C.J. Allen, linebacker out of Georgia. I think they should just keep stocking up. I think these guys that
would fit Brian Flores' defense a little extra special is such a very very very.
value add that Flores has.
I think he'll be able to minimize
some of the risk-taking ability
that C.J. Allen has and really
tap into the high
ceiling, just
throw your body around,
heat-seeking missile,
tone-setter of a defense,
better, I think, in zone coverage than people give
them credit for, and a guy who has a
chance to be one
of the best linebackers in the league. I
keep banging this drum that. I think his ceiling's
just a little higher than people think. So I'm going to go
CJ Allen there at linebacker.
You've thrown out a green jacket so far.
No.
You're not a best linebacker in the league so far.
One of the best.
You're excited.
Why not?
You know what?
I love C.J. Allen.
I was interested in looking at where he falls on some of these big boards.
And it was, I think the position kind of hurts him a little bit in some of these cases.
I think the fact that he's in this class with Sunny Stiles and.
And he's in, he's 30 on Daniel Jeremiah's board.
And he's in the mid 40s on Dane Brugler's board of top 50 prospects.
So, of course, this looks like he's going much higher, but he's such a fit.
And that's the thing.
If you have a guy who's perfect for your total unicorn scheme that you run and he can come in right away as a rookie and potentially green dot, that defense, like, that to me is absolutely worth picking, even if it, quote unquote, seems like.
Got a little neg there on my about.
You're like, what, you think you're better than Dan Bruegler and Jeremiah?
Yeah, in this case.
I do think you think that in this case.
Yeah, no, I'm just kidding.
They sound like an hour of watching them.
They've spent a lot of time.
All right, go, Jordan.
Okay, so I'm really excited that this pick falls to me because I was definitely listening
into Dan Morgan's press conference.
I was listening into some of the press conferences previous to that that they did as an
organization.
I'm looking at what really worked for the Panthers last year and what really worked for the
Panthers last year was when Jalen Coker got back into this offense after being injured
for so long and became such a quarterback friendly target that also sprung loose what Teteroa
McMillan could do in all phases. I also think that they are a team, as Dan Morgan said,
doesn't see anything wrong with drafting receiver another year in a row. And I went for a receiver
who I think is not traits popular, I guess, but somebody who is extremely quarterback friendly
and who in the middle of the field for Bryce Young could unlock everything else that they
want to do on the perimeter.
I'm going Mackay Lemon.
Oh, ah, yeah.
Actually, that's the Cowboys draft room,
happy that you just left their guy for them.
They really.
But I really do think that he makes so much sense in here.
And yes, you know, Panther stands,
I know you have Dailen Coker and you guys love them.
You even have a nickname for the fan base of Jalen Coker,
the Cokeheads.
But I also think that he can't,
he's not reliable, unfortunately,
a sense that he hasn't been able to stay healthy.
He also would look better as a three than a two.
And so I love this.
I love that you don't necessarily have to keep trying to make this Xavier Leggett thing work.
You can actually build layers into your offense and try to maximize the quarterback in the year that you absolutely have to know if he's going to be your guy moving forward.
If Dylan Thineman was not on the board for the Cowboys at number 20, I would have been a little panicky.
It didn't love my other picks.
But I think the Oregon safety makes all the sense in the world for them at that point.
I almost thought you were going to go when I was putting on my Greg hat.
I thought you were going to go him for Minnesota.
Yeah.
Which I could see.
I could see either way.
And look,
Christian Parker.
He loves a great,
dynamic,
versatile white safety.
Look what he did with Cooper DeZine there in Philadelphia.
He's the new defensive coordinator with the Cowboys.
I don't think they have to go secondary back-to-back picks.
I think they could take an edge here,
for instance.
I think they could look at receiver.
I actually don't think that's a crazy idea.
But ultimately, Thineman, it's really his tape at Purdue, which I think rounds out his profile,
because he almost played a different position there than he did at Oregon when he was just kind of hanging back and not doing as much in this like three safety look.
But there was more about that scheme there.
And so I think he'd be a great addition for the Cowboys.
They try to solve their secondary in one draft, kind of like what the Eagles did a couple years ago with Funyon and Cooper, DeGine.
All right, you're up with the Steelers.
I'm going to break my own heart here with what I think the sealers should do because what I think the sealers should do is take Omar Cooper Jr., the receiver out of Indiana.
I really wanted to see him in whatever the Sean Mannion offense is going to look like in Philadelphia.
So I thought he would be a really nice compliment over there, depending on how that room shakes out after June 1st.
I also really wanted to see him in one of these modern throwback Kubiak schemes that's now repopularized in the league because he is just such a player who is like the yards after the catch and the way that he can create space and all of these things.
But I think he's a really, really good compliment to D.K. Metcalf. I know Michael Pittman Jr.'s there. He's an older receiver, obviously. And I just think they need another guy. They need another layer to this offense that is not.
Mount Washington.
And I think that he would be a good fit there.
And he's also, they're going to be missing their yards after the catch guy, right?
The running back.
Shoot.
Gainwell.
Kenny Gain.
Kenny G.
Team MVP.
Yes.
I always think Patrick's favorite player.
Whatever.
And they're going to be missing.
They're going to be missing that.
So I think that he's also gives them that element that they really will want.
Like on one hand, they just need more juice.
Yeah.
And on the other, he's just such a close.
classic stealer.
Like, you could make the argument.
He's a little duplicative with Michael Pittman, but having...
For now, maybe, but...
Too many receivers is not going to be a problem.
And yes, Pittman did get a contract extension.
We'll see.
This is the scenario I was a little worried about.
Wait, I have lost a little track of who's on the board.
Is Spencer Fano still on the board?
No, the Rams picked him.
That's right.
He was long gone.
So I tried to think about with the Chargers.
Like, it's a tackle heavy class,
but I think if they're taking an offensive lineman here,
It's a guy that they're going to convert to guard and is available to play a tackle where they have two guys coming off of an injury.
And I don't think any of them right now are necessarily worth it.
I'm going to...
Wait, hang on.
You know that Aoni is still on the board, right?
Oh, wait.
I totally did forget about that.
Okay.
Yeah, okay.
Okay.
I just wanted to make sure you...
See, I was so expecting to take him or get him get taken earlier that, yes, Vanga, Aoni,
with the Penn State.
This would actually be a dream draft.
I did not write them down on my long.
That would be ideal for the Chargers.
Yes, because otherwise, like,
I honestly was thinking of them essentially
reaching for Rutledge,
who might be like a second round candidate
or someone that they trade back and then take,
who just seems like a John Harbaugh player.
But Aoni is absolutely perfect.
The draft falling this way would be awesome.
Again, this is what we think they should do,
just the way that it's fallen,
maybe offensive linemen are a tad more available than they might be in the real mock.
But who knows?
This is about when the real run is going to start going.
I love it.
I've been picking linemen this whole time, Greg.
I don't know where you've been.
I was going to at Baltimore here.
I don't need to.
It's what they should do.
I think this class is getting pushed up a little because it's not a great class
after the top 10 or 12.
And so people are just like, let's just take the line.
I just hate when people say that.
If you're big and you can get in the way and stay in the way,
you're probably going to play good football down the,
the down the league. I think you could simplify it a little bit. People always like to say,
oh, it's like, it'll be a 10-year starter. It's a safe, it's like, go through the list.
People like to say, there are more bus set an offensive line in almost any people. People like to say, oh,
he'll be a 10-year starter just as much as they like to say, I don't know if this is as great
of a class as maybe it's being able to be. So, you know, maybe it's right in the middle
and we could just sit there. This one, everyone needs line there. This one in particular has,
has gotten a lot of downplay. All right, let's go. Let's go faster through the top 10, the final 10. Eagles are up.
Yes, I'm putting.
another lineman, Caden Proctor here.
This is Howie Roseman hearing that maybe the Browns,
we're going to try to sneak in and grab another one of these following offensive linemen here.
This is also the bears kind of being sneaky and having their eye on another offensive lineman
because of some of the injuries that they're facing an uncertainty along their front.
So this is Howie Roseman saying, okay, I think Caden Proctor, Monroe Freeling,
I think could have gone here, except I think they're going to need help quicker than they expect along that
offensive line.
And with a new offensive line coach,
there, you don't necessarily have the predictability of Stoughtland University developing a prospect
like Monroe Freeling. So Caden Proctor, to me, just seems like somebody who it would be a reliable
fit for them. However, it's the Eagles. They're going to do something that we don't expect. And then at
the end of the draft, we'll be like, damn, how'd they do that? How'd they get that guy?
Yeah, I could see Miller going here. I could see Freelina, as you mentioned. And I'll just keep
the tackle run going. I do think the Browns are in a pretty good spot.
at 24, especially if the board falls like this. They have their choice between Monroe Freeling or Max
I and Atcher, who I think is going to go in the first round ultimately. I will take Monroe Freeling.
Get excited. Like you're saying, I mean, it, like with the chargers, the board could not fall
more perfectly for them because I think there is a feeling with Freeling out of Georgia that he'll
be able to play right away. Obviously, it had a lot of big time snaps there in the
SEC. They have a massive need.
So it's kind of perfect.
Yeah. It's nice. So we're just giving everyone what they want.
And it's what they should do also.
All right. The bears are up next.
Okay. The bears, their tackles that they like, they're off the board in this
scenario, right? And they're looking at once again at their defense. I looked at the
possibilities between the safety out of Toledo, Emmanuel McNeil Warren. I looked at
the possibility of an Akeem Messador out of Miami. Ultimately, I just really,
I think joined Bears fans in being frustrated by how often they had to blitz it and send that type of pressure where they couldn't get enough pressure up front.
I think they need to add to their front.
Akeem Messador is the pick for the Bears at number 25.
Like that pick and a little bit of an older prospect.
I just think they have such a need there.
And I think the strength of this class, like because so many tackles might get taken earlier, that like, that's a good value.
Here, Akeem Messador, who has a lot of moves.
I like these guys that have, like, there's more than one, you know,
like he has a lot in his bag, which sometimes it takes those players a little longer to develop,
like a layout to Latu, but he's an older prospect.
And so maybe he'll hit the ground running.
That leaves the bills to take Cassius Howl.
And it's not perfect.
You're at number 26.
Is he going to play every down as a rookie?
Probably not.
I don't know if Eric behind the glass is excited about a situational pass rusher with your first round pick.
You will be when he gets like 10 sacks as a rookie.
He's a pretty special pass rushing talent.
We talked about him at length this week, so I won't repeat it.
But if you were just talking who's the best pass rusher in this class, like his pass rush moves everything, there are questions about like everything.
the run stopping, the consistency, like,
but if you're saying that there's a decent chance
that he's the best pure pass rusher in this class,
maybe a little Hassan Redick to him,
like later period, Hassan Redick,
I think that's a good pick for the bills in a position
that they absolutely need.
McNeil Warren would have been an interesting one now that I think about it.
Didn't think he'd be on the board,
so kind of forgot about him to be honest.
You know what?
This was the other place that I had CJ Allen going.
Yes.
Actually, because Jim Leonard, you just know.
he would be a total Jim Leonard guy.
But he's already gone in this draft.
See, I wrote him down as one of my most likely picks,
and I'm the one that took him away from me.
I should have known not to write him down
when I had him first with the Vikings.
You're your own worst enemy.
He was never getting past the Vikings.
You're up with the 49.
Okay, this was tough for me because I was looking, again,
I was probably overthinking this as one does.
But I was gaming out, like, all the different things that could happen.
And then they just, they could pick pretty much any,
almost any position, and I would think probably that would be the right thing because they're so top-heavy with the age of a lot of their guys on their roster right now.
And then they do have some clear needs as well, especially on defense.
So I looked at some of the edge guys.
I looked at, I looked at a guy like Chase Fassantis out of Texas A&M who has been mocked to them a few times and certainly could be somebody who could play for them quickly.
I even looked at, I already put Blake Miller somewhere else, but I looked some of the tackle guys.
Caleb Lomu, developmental guy who could play behind Trent Williams and then slot in pretty much
wherever they need him to. But I just kept thinking, history tells us something about these 49ers.
And Kyle Shanahan is usually going to get his way in the first round or the early rounds.
And so I also, and I'll get to it the pick in a second. I know we got to move.
I also looked at like a Denzel Boston for them to kind of replace that power slot.
guy that they're going to need
with Joanne Jennings being away
and all of that. Ultimately,
I did go Caleb Lomu because I think
that they're going to need Trent and Williams
insurance at some point. And
it's just the thing that I think they should do.
Do I think they will? No. No?
But I do think this is the pick
or the position or the type of pick
that they should make. Yeah, I think
they could look offensive line, certainly.
I think they could look in the secondary,
especially if Neil Warren is there.
That's not a crazy pick. But I wanted to give
my guy that they that I think
they would also pick. I wanted to give them to another team.
Denzel Boston makes it. Oh, now you're
going against your own teams.
They could go in the secondary.
I think we might have some players fallout
of the secondary because with the Texans,
I'm pretty excited that Max
Ionach are from
Arizona State is on the board.
He's another guy. I've been talking about this all week
that if you're looking at the over under of where he gets
taken, I think he's going to get taken higher than people expect.
I don't know if this is the floor for him because it
matters who goes ahead of him. But I think if he is on the board, he is a great choice to
continue to try to rebuild this offensive line. I don't think they're offensive line or bust at
all, which I feel like a lot of Texans fans feel that way. But I do think if the right player,
and this is it for me, Falls. I'm setting, I think, both of us up for success with this next
pick, or at least I hope I am. But I know I'm setting a player that I really like up for success
with Steve Spagnolo because at number 29, I think the chiefs with the pick that they got from the Rams with that trade for Trent McDuffie.
I pick Chris Johnson, the cornerback at a San Diego State.
Love it.
He is ranked number 40 on DJ's board and in the early 20s on Dane Brugler's board.
But I look at his scouting reports and his fit, good tackler, smart player, aggressive, going to compete early and really, I think has some potential as a blitzer as well, which hello, Steve Spagnolo.
So I just think he just fits what Steve Spagnola likes to do.
I love that pick.
I wouldn't be surprised if DJ moves him up in his final top 150 just because he seems like one of DJ's favorite players.
Mina talked about him a lot this week, too.
I really love that pick and the fit and the need.
And that is a great replacement for Trent McDuffie, who was taken in a similar slot.
That leaves the dolphins on the board.
And now I got to do it in conjunction with your first dolphins pick.
Who did you take?
you took Mansour Delane.
So I think then I do look to the offensive line
to see if there's the right value there.
And I go Caleb Lomo.
He's already gone.
Wait, he's gone too.
I knew I would lose it.
I was like, you just said,
you thought about him for one of your previous picks.
I said I'm picking him for the 49ers, ultimately.
Oh, oh, I messed up.
But I set you up for a pick that I think the dolphin should pick.
Hmm.
I don't know about that.
Who? Denzel Boston.
Oh, I'm not a fan.
I think I'll go, hmm, because I was thinking secondary in general.
We finally get you an offensive lineman and this is what happens.
DeSantis is there.
You could go, Kailen Rutledge, who I think is a guy.
A lot of people are ultimately going to be interested in.
Do they double up in the secondary because they think it's the best value?
What should they do?
I like Avionteau.
I thought Chris Johnson would be on the board,
but of the players that I like the best
that are still available,
yeah, I don't think any of the receivers
are worthy of being taken
or the offensive tackles
that aren't like my favorite one.
So yeah, I'm going to go with Avion Terrell
from Clemson. I know he's more of like
a solid than spectacular type of pick.
I think he's going to be a guy who starts a lot
in the NFL. There might be a little position
flexibility, but probably a guy who's going to be played on the outside.
But ultimately, that's a position, which I expect them to take multiple picks in their first
seven picks at cornerback because they have, you know, seven in the top of 100.
In this scenario, they just get them back to back.
Yeah, I don't mind doubling up on a position group that way.
You've seen it work in the past.
I really, the reason I liked Denzel Boston there was because they are facing the very quick
escalation of a world without Travis Kelman.
see and certainly that
the amount of volume in the middle
of the field is something that Andy Reid
will still want to have. I don't necessarily
trust other players on their roster
right now to be able to develop
into that sort of middle of the field
like power, sort of physical
like target for
Patrick Mahomes. That's why I like the fit
there if he was available. I think there are better players
who could fill a similar role
like that, but I really, I just really
liked the possibility that they go
defense offense, defense offense.
All right, you got the Patriots wrapping up here.
Yes.
Actually, I'm curious what you think about this because I was going to put Cassius Howl here, but he's gone.
It would be fun.
Yeah.
So I also, I still went Edge.
I went with T.J. Parker.
I just think that scouting reports say he's just kind of like all around can do a variety of things.
He can defend the run and rush the passer.
He's also still developing.
I just think that he helps level set a group that really needs help and certainly could have seen them going offensive line here.
but at the same time, I thought, okay.
And there's also not really a tight end that I could see them targeting here.
I think that's a big position of need for them as well.
But it's just not really this whole area right now.
It's kind of like I think you've got to almost go with need if you're sticking and picking here.
I mean, they need almost everything.
Yeah.
They need offensive line.
It wouldn't be surprised.
Keep an eye if there's a little shake up there during the draft potentially.
I'm glad you took them because I did want Malachi Lawrence as sort of a hipster pick to wrap up this draft.
for the Seahawks.
He just seems like such a Seahawk.
He feels like he would be a really good part of a pass rush plan that in four years time,
maybe five years since he'll have the fifth year option now as the first round pick,
the Central Florida kid who has a pretty high ceiling and can do a lot of stuff is very
rugged.
And you can just see him having 500 to 600 really quality snaps.
And maybe he's a little more exciting than some of the other edge prospects.
out there. When you see him out there, he's about the same size as David Bailey.
You could just see a really good player. And so I think that would be a perfect landing spot for
any defensive lineman. So I'm going to go Malachi Lawrence from ECF going 32. We did it.
We did it. And I'm sure we forgot somebody who's very good at football that we will hear about.
You didn't need to pause. I was the only one that lost track of who's available and started scrambling.
That Dolphins pick was tough. That's all right. I forgot Kenny Gainwell's name and Clayton Adams.
name.
But that's fair.
You're just,
you're getting older,
you know.
That's true.
I feel it every day.
Just wait.
Just wait till your 40s.
Okay.
Speaking of with one more 40s in free,
coming in the feed.
Oh, nice one.
Next week.
But before that,
all happens.
Yeah,
we're going big on NFL Daily this week.
We are hitting every single day of the week.
So we will be back on Friday.
Let's get out of here.
This time we're going to be talking quarterback.
We're going to be talking some of the running back.
We're going to be talking tight end.
Skill players.
I'm a simple man.
They're more fun to watch ultimately.
We've been saving this as a special treat.
We are almost there one week away from the draft.
We will see on Friday.
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