NFL Stock Exchange: An NFL Draft Podcast - 274. Early 2025 Draft Needs For All 32 NFL Teams

Episode Date: September 26, 2024

0:00 - Intro 4:05 - AFC East 14:30 - AFC North 27:25 - AFC South 39:30 - AFC West 47:30 - NFC East 58:30 - NFC North 1:07:00 - NFC South 1:16:25 - NFC West 1:25:15 - Outro

Welcome to the NFL Stock Exchange podcast. In this episode, we're taking a look at all 32 teams in the NFL and giving you some early team need projections for the 2025 NFL Draft. We'll take these team needs and install them into the Mock Draft Simulator once the episode is complete. So make sure you listen to it and make sure you're using the Mock Draft Simulator as well so it can be up to date for you as you are doing your Mock Drafts. I'm Trevor Sycamore. With me, as as always is Connor Rogers. Let's ring the bell.

Welcome to the opening bell of the NFL Stock Exchange Podcast. I'm Trevor Sycamore. That is Connor Rogers on a very exciting second episode of the week. And we're switching up a little bit. We want the second episode to be about the NFL. You know, sometimes we give you guys a little bit of an update on the draft order. You know, we pick a couple of players, maybe rookies in the NFL. But today we have a very special episode. We are updating the team needs for you guys early on in the season. Hands up. It's early. It's early. Don't hold it against us. But we think it'd be a very fun conversation

because, of course, this is a draft podcast. We're always looking to the future. Connor, how you doing today, my friend? I'm good, man. This is a good exercise because it's going to help a lot when we do mock drafts monthly. This, you know,

obviously throughout the entire year and then draft season where sometimes it's more than monthly. If you've been listening long enough, you guys have been around for mock draft Mondays and guest mocks so this helps set a foundation and like you said trevor a lot can change unfortunately it's a league where serious injuries alter needs uh of course you know pending free agents that the good news is could sign extensions in the middle of the year and then you also just have

guys step up at positions that you didn't have huge expectations for that you might feel good about going into next year but this is a really good baseline to just kind of look at a couple different groups for each team yeah it's it's the criteria is a little bit different and i tried to take a good amount of things into account here um you know pending free agents like you mentioned how guys are playing in the early parts of the season, who the team drafted the previous season, because that can sometimes affect it where it's like, hey, we already sort of drafted this guy,

even if maybe we haven't seen him play yet. So we take all that stuff into account. And the way that we're going to do this is I have three team needs for every single team that we're going to go through. Connor's got two. The reason why I have three is it's hard to kind of come up with a third need because of how early it is for a lot of teams.

That's happened to me a lot. I did this because I wanted to take these team needs and put them into the PFF Mock Draft Simulator. So this is my message to the addicts here as you are watching this podcast. This is your call to arms if you will we talk about on this show that we want it to be a community that you guys what you say in the comments and everything can have an impact on what we talk about well now you can have an impact on the mock draft simulator that you guys know and love so much over at pff because

the comments that you guys give for your team of, hey, what you think their biggest team needs are going to be come 2025, we will read them. I will consider them. And that could make their way into what we see the team needs be established with in the mock draft simulator, how the mock draft simulator runs. So this is just for you guys as well. You know, you guys are involved in this process of what could be the mock draft simulator

because we can watch as much football as we possibly try to do but you guys sometimes know your teams better than we do so let us know after you listen to this podcast after you listen to what we have to say about your team tell us what you think the biggest team needs are going to be for your team in the 2020 25 NFL draft so we'll start we'll go by division because I think that's a pretty easy way to do it Connor we'll start with softball for. So we'll start, we'll go by division because I think that's a pretty easy way to do it. Connor, we'll start with softball for you here. We'll start with the AFC East and we'll start with the team

very near and dear to your heart. So when you look at the New York Jets, we'll start with the New York Jets. Give me the team needs here for you. What do you got? So for me, this one could be labeled as, you know, two broad groups on offense, pass catcher. We know they were looking at Brock Bowers

and the receivers in the draft last year and they've been able to make this work because they got Mike Williams on a one year deal uh Lazard's had a good bounce back but realistically they're going to be looking for and I know they took Malachi Corley last year Corley who hasn't really been on the field is still in that gadget guy phase I'm talking about a legitimate, if Mike Williams walked, or even tight end, Tyler Conklin's a pending free agent. So just another pass catcher that can bring some balance to this offense outside of Garrett Wilson and Brees Hall.

And then on defense, it's defensive back, which is a funny thing to write, but it's true. DJ Reed's a pending free agent. I know they like both Brandon Echols, who's also a free agent, but also Quantez Stiggers, who they think they could develop at corner. But I put DB because Chuck Clark is on a one-year deal. Tony Adams has been very up and down. Safety is definitely a team need. So pass catcher and defensive back, two broad needs for the New York Jets. Yeah, I agree with you. My three team needs that I have for 2025 for the New York Jets. Yeah, I agree with you. My three team needs that I have for 2025 for

the New York Jets, of course, early team needs. Wide receiver and tight end are the first two that I wrote down. And then cornerback is the third. So those are my three. You mentioned it. Mike Williams, pending free agent. Tyler Conklin, pending free agent. I also looked up Alan Lazard's contract. Not that they have to move on from him, but all of the guaranteed money is off of his deal after this year. so you get a little bit more flexible with what you could potentially do with alan lazard if he is not living up to how much that you are paying him i think that it's going to be a big year for them to go into this offseason and say hey we're not going to settle because we think we got rogers for at least one

more year but it's one more year so they kind of got to go all in and then cornerback you mentioned with dj reed being a pending free agent, if you can't bring him back, sure, maybe you like some guys that you have in the depth, but this is one of the best CB2s in the NFL. And so not having that player, it's hard to just be like, oh yeah, a young guy is going to take his place. So I think you got to take a serious look at that one. So wide receiver, tight end cornerback there for the New York Jets.

What about the New England Patriots here let's do the Patriots next uh what are your uh what are your big team needs when you look at the Patriots for next year offensive line and wide receiver one of the easiest ones to do this has been a patchwork offensive line and they need a franchise tackle in my opinion and then I like Jalen Polk I think he's going to end up being a nice player for this team but it feels like they need a real alpha wide receiver that they can funnel the offense through. So New England, to me, it's all about setting up Drake May for success. Their two needs coincide with that.

I was very torn on this one for the Patriots. Offensive line, we totally agree with. I think offensive guard and offensive tackle, those are the first two needs that I have there. The reason why I think we have not seen Drake May as much already is because the team knows there's no point in putting him out there behind this offensive line. And it's wholesale issues with the offensive line. Even Mike Unwainu has been up and down. Caden Wallace, rookie, he's already played.den Robinson. He's already starting. So you're already starting some young guys in there. David Andrews, they're, you know, they're longtime veteran center. Like even he has not had a great year. So just really wholesale

offensive line. Those are the two big needs for me. So I put guard and tackle, but you could throw center in there as well, depending on how long you think David Andrews is going to play for you. And then the part where I was torn. And since you put wide receiver, we'll go wide receiver. I'll go wide receiver as that third need that we'll put in the mock draft simulator. I went that or corner, right? Because you got a stud in Christian Gonzalez, but Jonathan Jones is a pending free agent. Are you going to bring him back? Maybe you do, maybe you don't. If they bring him back, obviously then they're okay at corner. Wide receiver, you got Jalen Polk, you got Pop Douglas, you got Javon Baker. I think those guys are going to get better as time goes on, but

you are right. They're missing that guy. Ideally, you would love for Polk to be your wide receiver two. You'd want Douglas or Baker to be your wide receiver three, right? So we can go with wide receiver there for the third need for the Patriots just because I thought it was a little bit of a up-in-the-air decision. What about the Buffalo Bills? What about the Bills here?

What do we got for the Bills as their potential team needs for next year? Bills are a little trickier because there's a couple things one they're so well coached on defense that they often mask their deficiencies and then they have superman at quarterback that he often masks their offensive deficiencies right so they're very fascinating when you know i would understand if we say one thing someone else is like actually i think this thing that that happens with teams that are get elevated by odd variables and the Bills happen to be one of those teams on both sides of the ball

for me and I know he's had a bounce back year but as Von Miller gets older I think they need another true pass rusher they have good players up front don't get me wrong it's just that the Bills are a team that expects to be competing for a Super Bowl every year which means you're winning a lot of games which means you're in're in a pass rush script very often as a defense or shootout script and you need to get after the Patrick Mahomes of the world. So you need a lot of pass rushers to have success. So finding a guy for the future, a future true pass rush specialist came up for me. And then another wide receiver they're doing the committee wide receiver thing right now Khalil Shakur I know he's your guy Trevor like he's

stepped up big time this year right Keon Coleman has been up and down as expected it's okay but I I feel like they need another wide receiver whether that's a true number one or another guy for this committee where if they trotted out a receiver taken in the first two rounds, Keon Coleman and Khalil Shakir as their three, you'd feel good about that. So that's how I landed on those two needs. Yeah. So for,

for my three needs that I had for this team, wide receivers, one of them, definitely. I thought about the defensive line. I landed on defensive interior as the bigger need that they might address this off season. Obviously you have Von Miller. You don't know much,

how much longer he's going to play. Greg Russo is, has been great for them. Yes, he has. He's excuse me. He's a pending free agent in 2026, but I don't think they're going to, I think they're going to get an extension done with him.

He's one of their homegrown guys. He's going to stick around, but then Gaquan Jones and A.J. Epinesa, both of those guys pending free agents, not this offseason, but the next one as well. I think, if anything, they're probably going to try to get ahead of the curve there, maybe get another really good interior player. I could be wrong. We'd love to hear from Bill's fans. When you think about this defensive line, where does your mind go first with additions? I landed on defensive interior sort of because of that, um, wide receiver I have on here as well. And it's sort of hard to even have wide receiver on here. Like you mentioned, just because of how well they have been playing, how well Josh Allen is playing. It's clearly working for them but i think long term they might still

be looking at a wide receiver need and then corner actually was my third need there for them christian ben christian benford's playing really well 81.6 overall grade this season but rasul douglas is going to be 30 years old he's a pending free agent such a good find for them by the way no 100 and it's like he's getting up there in age corner is one of the positions where the older you get sometimes the steeper and quicker the drop-off can be yep and with him being a free agent are you comfortable just being like yeah we'll re-sign him for a you know another two-year deal and we're cool with it we'll run it back because you know they got carrier elam they have a couple of other guys as well for outside CB but I just feel outside corner could be a potential 2025 need for them uh as well um last team Miami

Dolphins in the AFC East what do you got for the Dolphins I put offensive line down as a larger group I just not to be harsh but I hated this offensive line going into the season. It's for all the good this team does roster building wise. And I like Mike McDaniel more than most. I never thought I never understood how they thought this would work. This group. Yeah. And then I put quarterback with a question mark because we just don't know. We don't know.

Like if Tua resumes playing, here's the weird thing. Say Tua does resume playing. Is quarterback still not a need? I'm not saying draft one in the first round, but do you take a developmental guy in the third round or the second round? I think this is an excellent class for the Dolphins quarterback situation specifically. Right? Right. Right? Right.

Right? And I also have a quarterback on here. You know who fits well in that offense? Go ahead. That I still think is a second to third round, like a day two player, and I know everybody will kill you if you say this, Shadur Sanders. Oh. I think he fits the offense

in terms of what he's good at compared to where they should draft one. I don't think, but he could go in the first round, so who knows? This is just an interesting September talking point. Certainly it's behind an offensive line

if they don't make a lot of changes to the offensive line. Yes. He knows how to operate that part. Yeah, that part is not good. Either way, not to take this a totally different direction. That's what I wrote down, Trevor. Offensive line across the board, and then quarterback with a question mark

because, you know, there's a lot going on there. No, those are my three as well. I have quarterback as one of them. I have offensive guard, and then I have offensive tackle. I think because even beyond Tua know until i even if to like like you said even if tool comes back how much faith do you have in this situation exactly so you know i think quarterbacks gotta be on the board for them same lean i can lean mike and berg struggled throughout his career now he's at guard he's he is better his first two games were better but he's

still struggling and then offensive tackle toronto armstead's hurt again austin Austin Jackson's struggling outside of that first game where he played well. The last two games he has not played well. So I think offensive tackle and offensive guards are big ones there. So moving on to the AFC North, let's start with the Pittsburgh Steelers. 3-0 Pittsburgh Steelers, I should say. Got to give them their respect here. What do you think for the Pittsburgh Steelers here what do you see the needs as the Steelers for me it's weird because they've invested a lot in it and I'm not ready to say this is the number one need right now but you can discuss corner if Broderick Jones doesn't improve now wait corner sorry tackle okay my brain my brain is reading one thing and i'm talking about offensive line whoa talk about we switched it we switched sides of the ball and he's right

there you see broderick jones broderick island nobody wants to come across that nobody wants to come across that oh you got a one-way trip to Broderick Island you don't want to find yourself on Broderick Island no this defense is stupid good and ironically I guess maybe you could say that you know corner could be a need for them down the road but I think this offensive line I love the two players they drafted but it feels like and I'm not giving up on Broderick let me make that clear yeah but you could argue maybe they'll need another offensive lineman in the offseason but to me the most interesting talking point with them is quarterback because Fields has been fine for them they have him in this game manager with rushing upside roll which is very interesting like you like really

they don't ask him to do a ton but he's commanding the offense in a way that we haven't seen him do throughout his career. He deserves credit for that. Yeah. So you're at a crossroads. Does Fields just do this all year? And you're like, you know what? We'll pay Justin Fields if we kind of meet in the middle.

We're not going to pay him the next number one quarterback contract. And then we're going to roll forward because we think we can win this way. But if they hit a, if they plateau at some point this year this way offensively or even if they don't if they give field some kind of deal and they take one in day two the Steelers were a weird team and then I guess the the most pressing one because those were ones I felt lightly about so I wrote two yeah light and then like one real one this team needs another wide receiver I mean yeah they need another wide receiver that was the one I wrote in ink where I was like, this is the one I care the most about.

Yeah, the three that I have on here is offensive tackle. You mentioned Broderick Jones. You know, you draft Troy Faltano, but Dan Moore Jr. is also in the last year of his contract. Exactly. So we weren't sure if you... I think the plan that they wanted was Broderick Jones and Troy Faltano playing this year and then being like,

okay, well, we don't have to bring Dan Moore Jr. back. And now that Faltano is going to miss most of the year with that dislocated kneecap injury, who knows, especially with Broderick not playing very well at all. So I think that's on there. Wide receiver I also have on here. Sort of depends on what Roman Wilson is like when he comes back, right, when he gets into the lineup, because he's been banged up too. But right now it's just the George Pickens show, all due respect to Calvin Austin, who has had a couple of really nice plays but i don't think that having calvin austin is going to prohibit you from really looking to upgrade wide receiver as well so it sort of depends on roman wilson the other one for me was honestly the third need it was off ball linebacker just because

patrick queen's not playing super well uh that you draft peyton wilson but i i think that they could be looking at off ball linebacker as another addition. We will see. I know they signed Patrick Queen to the deal, so maybe not. But when I looked at quarterback, I went, if Fields keeps playing, it's early, I understand. But if Fields keeps playing the way that he has played through the first three games, they're not going to draft a quarterback. They're going to re-sign Justin Fields to a decently sized three-year contract. Because I'll tell you this, if Fields keeps playing this way, the defense is too good. They're going to win enough games to where they're not going to have like a top pick at a quarterback. And at that point, they're probably going to bring that guy back anyways. The Steelers- Right, maybe they just like Fields.

Right, right. So I don't have quarterback on my- Yeah, that's why I wrote a question mark next to it. I was like, give me a month and this might just be completely off the board baltimore ravens what do you think about the ravens with uh with their team needs i wrote down offensive line and wide receiver now i know they're they're trying to figure this offensive line out as the years went on i think filele's really struggled i think they still have needs on the offensive line you kind of me personally say i know he got hurt but he's still really good i it's kind of weird that they just gave morgan moses away i didn't really fully understand that yeah um you know it's not it's not like the jets traded for morgan moses and they need to give him a new deal or anything they just

got him essentially almost for free and you just get yourself a damn good right tackle that makes Morgan Moses makes 5.5 million dollars this year so I still think offensive line is a need for them I'm looking on the right side of that offensive line and then I wrote down wide receiver again but this is like smashing your head against the wall at this point like people do at Eagles and linebacker we say it all the time and I guess they took Bateman in the first round. They took Zay Flowers in the first round. But it just feels like this team always needs another wide receiver. So yeah, the right side of the offensive line and wide receiver for me. My top two needs for this team are offensive tackle and offensive guard.

So I definitely agree with you there. You look at Ronnie Stanley, he'll be 31 next offseason and he will be a free agent. He's already suffered big injuries as well. So who knows if they're going to want to give him a lot of money to come back being over at the age of 30. You draft Roger Rosengarten. So, OK, in theory, he's in the wings. But Patrick McCurry, kind of to your point, a right tackle.

He's yielded the most pressures on the team with nine and the highest pressure percentage on the team with him playing at right tackle. So it's not going well there. Guard play has been subpar between Andrew Voorhees and Daniel Falele. You got a little bit of time, but just the offensive line as a whole outside of Tyler Linderbaum and then Stanley has been good, but are you going to pay a lot of money to bring him back? I don't know. So offensive line looks like major needs for this team. And then the third need that I had, I thought about wide receiver, edge rusher, kind of a sneaky need for me. I asked Gordon McGinnis about this, who is our director of content. He's a Ravens guy. I was like, Hey,

do you have any like real feelings about some team needs? And he's like, he actually brought up a good point. He's like, edge rusher is kind of a sneaky need for this team because you look at it on paper and they're fine for now, but Odafeo is going into the fifth year of his rookie contract. David Ojabo still, after those injuries, has not really solidified himself. It's like, okay, we're good with Ojabo here. And then Kyle Van Nooy is going to be 33 years old. So edge rusher could be a sneaky need here.

That's a good call out. For this team. What about the Cincinnati Bengals? I just wrote down front seven for the Bengals. I wrote down front seven. I think they got to get more stout in the front seven. Isn't Trey Hendrickson on the last year of his deal? He wanted a new deal.

I know he did. And he was right to want a new deal because he's underpaid. So he has one more year left on his deal. He's not playing on that deal next year yeah his cap number goes down to 18.6 million and if they cut him they only owe 2.6 of dead money so he like he is so severely under and he's 30 he's gonna be 31 next year so he's gonna want the new deal he's gonna hold out yeah and so he's gonna hold out even if they solve that that doesn't mean they don't need more help up front so i i think the bengals i just wrote down front seven i don't really dislike their linebackers that much but at least they're front four to me they need a front four player i think the linebackers they're

all right you're right i like logan wilson a lot logan wilson's great uh i think jermaine pratt's a really uh really good physical player akim davis gaither is a free agent coming up so at least you think about that um but yeah to me i wrote down defensive interior and edge rusher as well because certainly this team this team cannot defend the run right now with dj reader no longer on the team uh they have chris Chris Jenkins, but he's only played 23 snaps this season. So Chris Jenkins, I think, is going to be part of the defensive line plans moving forward. But it feels like you need more than him at this point. Plus, I think BJ Hill is a free agent

this upcoming free agency period. And so you're already looking for upgrades there. Sam Hubbard's not having a great start to the year. Joseph Osai is an upcoming free agent, and he is not grading well either. So just defensive line overall, I think this team has to get, they have to really seriously look at helping Trey Hendrickson out as well as paying him to, even with him being 31 years old. The other one for me, the third need that I have is wide receiver, right? Jamar Chase, still looking for an extension. Tee Higgins is up after this year.

And Jermaine Burton does not see the field. I like Andre Yoshevis. And I think that he's been a really good player for them. But you're just saying he won't replace Tee Higgins. That's fair. If Tee Higgins and Jamar chase, one of those guys is not on this team next year. We saw what it was like earlier in the year when it's just one of those guys,

this offense needs two studs to operate like this. It's what this passing attack is built around it. Maybe they have changes in the coaching staff. If things continue to not go well anyways, but I think wide receiver is the third need for this team because they've got a they've definitely got to keep an eye on it great call out by you and i agree especially if they don't if they feel like burton doesn't mature the way he needs to this offseason because we know we know how talented he is and we said all this during the draft folks and it's all it all happened this summer you saw

amazing plays you also read stories of some weird things going on you know of just overall lack of focus at times yep uh Jacksonville Jaguars did we do the Browns oh we didn't do the Browns I'm sorry yeah Cleveland Browns we got one more team sorry gotta do the Browns uh boy they will need a quarterback because I was going to say it. Say it. Say it. He stinks. So there you go. Quarterback with, you know, absolute bullet and ink. That's an easy one.

You know what really snuck up on me with this team? Because I had the Browns as a playoff team this year in my head. I don't. Me too. You know, this offensive line got, you know, old and banged up real quick. Really quick. You kind of blinked in your eye. I just always, always was like, oh, the Browns offensive line.

Like, this group's awesome year after year. But the reality is, like, they're going to need some new pieces on this group as well. Specifically at right tackle, probably. But, yeah, the Browns for me it was quarterback and an offensive line for sure i think this defense is really good they have talent at skill groups but they you you can't win a lot of football games when you have questions on the offensive line and under center and the browns have questions at both right now no there's there's no question the giants by the way my number one need for this team is quarterback and i i don't care what deshaun watts's contract is like he's bad he's uncompetitive is what he is that's a really good word to describe it he is

22nd in pff passing grade amongst 32 starters and he has the 32nd overall epa per pass numbers and he's not a threat as a runner like he used to be no and he's not a threat deep down And he has the 32nd overall EPA per pass numbers. And he's not a threat as a runner like he used to be. No, and he's not a threat deep down the field either. It feels like his arm is shot, man. Yeah, I mean, he looks like a guy that all these injuries we read about him all the time, shoulders and stuff like that never had a big frame to begin with. It's caught up to him.

And if you watch the Giants game, they couldn't block and he holds the ball forever and he doesn't have the athleticism that he once had to just make something out of nothing all the time and yep it's caught up to the this franchise and it's uh it's ugly let's call it what it is it's offensive tackle also a major need for this team jack conklin's dealing with injuries right now jedrick will has made his uh return from rehab in his knee this past week, but did not look great. He also really struggled last year as well. DeJuan Jones at right tackle this past week. I mean, Brian Burns just cooked it.

What happened to DeJuan Jones? He just can't move, man. He's just big. And once NFL defensive linemen figured out, all I have to do is attack the outside shoulder from the wide alignment, he cannot get there. He cannot kick slide there it was funny his his rookie season that summer and early on everybody was like how did they let this guy fall in the draft and now this year it's like they

don't want to play DeJuan Jones it's just funny how the you know the narratives really so I think offensive tackle is a big need for them and then my last need for this team is running back right I don't think they have any juice at running back right now uh they're waiting for nick chubb to hopefully come back but he's coming back from that horrific knee injury that he suffered in week two last year we tore a bunch of different ligaments so it's going to be a long road back anyways plus nick chubb is a pending free agent this offseason as well so it's not like you got like multiple years for him to kind of stash it and see how it goes so running back i, I think, is a unit for this team, too. Now we'll go to Jacksonville, the AFC South.

What do you have for the Jaguars to kick this division off? They need a new quarterback. No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm trying to feed our family with the views we're going to get for saying that. I think Trevor Lawrence is going to be OK, but it's obviously it's been tough, but they have a lot, a lot of problems. I wrote defender like non edge defenders is how I wrote this down.

I looked at Jacksonville's defense and said, you can go kind of down the line and argue for position groups that aren't pass rushers pretty easily. Right? I mean, Trayvon Walker his the trajectory's gone up with him they obviously have josh allen who's a beast you look at the middle of the field you look at their non um tyson campbell corners you look at yeah like safety strong safety defensive tackle i can make an argument for any of these and i would go best player available in that spot. But the problem is they they have needs on the offensive line, right? They have like, what did you land on specifically? Because I look at this roster and I was like, ah, they could be honest.

They need a lot right now. So I understand what you're saying with defense. I think that there's a lack of depth with this team, like guys that you really get excited about because Trevor Walker, I still think he's talented. Yeah, unfortunately, you you know it's just it's taking him a while to figure it out josh allen's awesome josh allen or joshua heinz allen i should say is awesome i like devin lloyd devin lloyd's gonna be fine i think the young linebackers are okay in the middle tyson campbell is a stud but you mentioned cornerback is one of the needs that i have for this team because i opposite tyson campbell i think you need somebody there

and you got to be able to upgrade that other side of the ball. Safety is I think you're okay, but Andre Sisco is a free agent. So it's just something that you got to keep in mind. For me though, the three positions I have is cornerback was the one I went to on the defense side of the ball. And then you mentioned offensive line, man, for way too long, I feel like we have gone into a season and we've looked at the Jags offensive line and opinions are so split between them. Yeah, they're going to be fine. Oh my gosh, they're going to be terrible. And it's just, there's never been this consensus

that even that they've been good, even amongst the changes that they've had. So to me, it's offensive tackle and it's offensive guard because left tackle Cam Robinson is a free agent coming up this off season. He is tied in the NFL right now for most pressures allowed through three games and is at 13. Brandon Sheriff, their veteran offensive guard, also a free agent coming up. But like Anton Harrison as well, who I know we're still giving him time and everything,

but he has struggled too. Offensive line is the number one priority for this team, in my opinion. You've got to be able to pick a starter somewhere, preferably at offensive tackle. So you don't have to deal with Cam Robinson anymore. Cause I don't think they're going to bring him back. Uh, I was kind of shocked that when they brought him back, if I remember correctly in my shoes, but offensive line to me, offensive guard, offensive tackle, and then quarterback for this Jags team. To me, that number one priority is making the offensive line better uh Houston Texans who we got for the Texans for the Texans I had defensive tackle and offensive guard I think that as well yeah there we go I think that Kenyon Green hasn't really

played the way they hoped in my opinion and he's a free agent coming up. Wow, that went fast. Yeah. It goes so quick. It's crazy. So, you know, and what's Shaq Mason's contract, actually? I think he has two more years left on the deal, but he's 32, 31. So he does have two more years left on the deal and a ton of void money. Interesting.

Okay. Either way. Yeah. left on the deal and a ton of void money interesting okay either way yeah i felt very strongly about guard and defensive tackle because they they've really sprinkled in talent throughout this roster especially at corner wide receiver they got a great quarterback they paid joe mixon but those are the two holes i thought were pretty obvious uh i was mistaken by the way kenny green has uh two years left because of the fifth year option he has this year and then he has the next year as well and then it could be the fifth year option okay i don't think they picked that up yeah i don't think they did either texans fans i

would love to know if like they completely disagree with me but as i've kept up with kenny and green over the years he has not lived up to the status of a first round guard. Right. I know he's also been hurt a lot, which stinks. Right. And so, but that's also why like Shaq Mason's sort of age and then Kenyon Green and

both of those guys being a little bit disappointing to start this season. I put offensive guard on here as well. Interior defensive line. I definitely agree with you. The top grade interior defensive lineman on the team right now is Tim Settle, who has a 64.3 overall grade foley futukasi is also a free agent coming up this upcoming year so continuing to invest in the defensive line and make that really stout um

after getting some really good edge rushers and daniel hunter and obviously will anderson jr as well they're gonna they're gonna want to keep that unit of strength of the team so look for them to to look at the interior defensive line class in 2025 maybe a little mason graham that'd be terrifying if they're able to do something like that but um kind of would love to see it as a sicko running back is the other one that i mentioned is the third need on this team it's a really good team they got they got a lot of stuff coming together and so a third need was actually pretty hard when you look at this stuff on paper i understand that joe mixon did just sign a three-year deal with him, but Joe's got a lot of mileage on his career and

they're utilizing him however they can. And they don't really have anybody next. I love Damian Pierce, but it just doesn't feel like they are super passionate about him as they're like RB2 on this team. And the point I'm trying to make is this is a really damn good running back class so this is the opportunity for them to get one in the building be in a rotation with mixing next year and then whether or not you're keeping mixing for that third year or you're going to whoever the young guy is i think it's a really good transition i can i completely agree it's a good call out on running back indianapolis colts so for Colts, I landed on corner and center. Oh, which is interesting because Ryan Kelly has been a mainstay of this team for a really,

really long time. But he's 31 years old now, and he's on the last year of a contract extension. He signed in 2020. Can you believe that? Wow. Locked him up him up now this is one listen you're listening to a needs show in september maybe he comes back maybe you know who knows but as it sat here one need i was projecting was center that'll kind of surprise you um i i

don't hate that the the third need for this team was a little bit tricky because they are young, and there's a lot of areas where I think that there's promise for this team. Corner is the one that I also agreed with. Juju Brents, they wanted him to be a starting outside corner. He's missing the whole year with a knee injury. I think Jalen Jones is solid, even with the tweet that I got roasted for. Because I said he wears number 40 because i said he was where's number 40 and then he got two interceptions but i do think he's solid but i don't think like

having jalen jones is keeping you from they need a guy trevor that's what you're like they need a guy at corner yes that's that's basically what i'm saying here um and you'd like for jones to be a depth piece for you to be able to rotate in in a three-man outside cornerback rotation if you get another really good one tight end I also have as a need for this team Mo Ali Cox Kyle and Granson both of those guys are pending free agents you have Jelani Woods as well but I wonder if they dip into this pretty dang good tight end class or at least it looks like it for 2025 could be in the cards for them. Center's interesting with Kelly. Certainly what happens with him and his outlook could mean a lot as a starting spot along the offensive line.

But I also, I went, I went off ball linebacker as the third need Zaire Franklin's signed the three-year extension for them, but EJ speeds a free agent. So obviously don't have check Leonard anymore. So I think that off ball linebacker maybe could be a sneaky depth need for this team and for the Colts.

Last team in this division is the Tennessee Titans. What do you got for the Titans? For the Titans, I had edge pass rusher. They could use another one. I know they have Harold Landry coming off injury, but he's back. I really like the duo inside of Jeffrey Simmons and Devondre Sweat. So another edge pass rusher there. And then Will Levis has to play better or quarterback's going to be a need. That's the only way I could say it. He just he has to show improvement. He has to show he could

take care of the football. And if he does, then this won't be a need. But as I'm sitting here today, if I was on the clock for the Titans, I would be considering looking at an improvement at quarterback. Yeah, unfortunately, I have quarterback on here as well. You know, in my article that I'm writing about this, I say that I'm still very much intrigued by Will Levis, and I'm also not a fan of benching Will Levis. I was watching the game with some people last week, and they're like, oh, you got to bench him.

I'm like, for what? That's the last thing you should do. For what? So you get a look at Mason Rudolph? All due respect? Like, what? You know, I just, I think people are like, oh man, you got to bench him for what he's doing.

Why? You're already not a good football team. You might as well see what you have in Levis. Let him fail. And if you get second half of the season, if he catches fire, boom, all of a sudden, now you don't have to invest in a quarterback. I don't know,

man. I think it'd be crazy to bench him. I agree. That's like quarterback is obviously it has to be on the need just because Levis is, if he does not improve the turnover where the play style he's playing with right now, then you have to move on from.

So that's why he's on the list. I have offensive tackle on the list for this team. Okay. Guy across from Latham. Yeah. Cause Nicholas Petit Ferrer has not played well over the last three years no low grades this year it's okay it's a little bit better than it was last year but it's not what you want along the offensive line certainly for a uh bill callahan staple unit and and so we'll see if petite petite ferrer uh

can improve as the season goes on but as of of right now, I would have offensive tackle as a need. And then another sneaky one for this team is wide receiver. Calvin Ridley signed the long-term deal last offseason, but DeAndre Hopkins is a free agent after this season. Tyler Boyd's a free agent after this season. And clearly they made moves because they didn't believe that Traylon Burks was that guy. So all of a sudden you could be, I mean, all of a sudden Calvin Ridley could be the Will Smith meme where he's just

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What do you got? Defensive tackle and wide receiver. I like the improvement I've seen from Quentin Johnson this year. Ladd McConkie can obviously play. Josh Palmer has been a solid player for them for a while, but it feels like they could really use one more guy that could maybe dominate targets on the outside. But defensive tackle was the number one thing that I thought they needed. Trevor, you see it the same way i did that's my that's the number one need that i wrote down for here for this team puna ford is playing well for the charge for a jim harbaugh dna team they're going to be deeper than that they're going to be they're going to want to be deeper than having one impactful

interior defender so i think that that's in there edge rusher i also have in here you bring back both khalil mac and julie bosa but bosa is hurt again with a hip injury not getting any younger khalil mac he came back this past offseason but he is still a pending free agent this upcoming free agency so edge rusher could be an area of need for this team um i just think that overall defensive line is something that uh that they've really got in a monitor here um they have uh tweet below too as well on the edge who i know that they could like but still if you're replacing bosa and mac or even one of them it's it's gonna need an investment there and then i understand wide receiver could definitely be wide

receiver that's definitely in the conversation, but I have tight end. I think tight end is the bigger need for this team because again, a Jim Harbaugh led football team. I think they're going to want more emphasis from the tight end, either blocking or receiving or both. So they're going to want to upgrade from Hayden Hearst, who they have right now. Will Disley as well.

He's the next tight end in there. I think they're going to be looking for that true tight end one on this team. Tyler Warren's a charger. Oh man. Tyler Warren is such a charger that's perfect that's really by the way puna for is just going to be stopping the run on one-year deals are short he's still only on a one year deal yeah he's on a one-year deal with the bills last year he's on a one-year deal with the chargers i didn't he makes like 1.6 million dollars and just they're bringing him back parks his big fire hydrant build in front of the it you know in front of the offensive line

and says okay you're not gonna run this way you know he's 5 11 who would afford he's such a king he's such a short king can't even host the pot it's but he can stop the hell out of the run but he can stop the hell out of the run there's no doubt about it denver broncos the next team i want to hit what do you got for the denvercos? Wide receiver and offensive tackle. I mean, they cut Tim Patrick. They said, okay, Bo Nix, you're going to throw to, you know, Cortland Sutton as a rookie this year and some other guys, they need another wide receiver for Bo Nix. And I also thought offensive tackle because Mike McGlinchey's out for the year, and it's probably time to find your right tackle of tackle the future I wouldn't even hate the idea of them looking at a left guard and

center but that was kind of how I broke it down I think you just got to build it all around but it's the same argument to me as the Patriots the Broncos the same exact thing yeah you know I don't have offensive tackle on here but I could have very well because you mentioned the struggles that McGlinchey has had Garrett Bowles is also a free agent in 2024. Ooh, sneaky. They got to get that one done. That could definitely be on there. I came up with wide receiver and tight end as well.

Like Greg Dulcich, I know he's coming back from injury, but he's low on the target share. Receiving grades are very low this year. Have they really seen enough with him, even with Sean Payton not being the one to draft him, you know, so I think wide receiver and tight end are on this list. And then defensive interior as well. I think that Zach Allen's playing really well, having a nice start to the season, 18 pressures as one of their odd front defensive interior players, 17.4 pass rush win percentage,

but could use another impactful interior defender there so i had them on the list but i think i'd probably switch that with offensive tackle if i'm being honest because i like what you brought up there what about the kansas city chiefs back to back what are they doing 2025 chiefs i also had offensive tackle and corner they fall into the bills bracket of you know know, my homes elevates everything. I think they're really well coached on defense. So you can kind of overlook some of their needs. I don't,

I just don't think they're good at offensive tackle. I, and I've felt this way for a while and they just keep doing it over and over again, because I guess they can, but I would prioritize getting a franchise guy in front of Patrick. My homes was, was that your one either? You have to know also said corner oh corner corner's the other one um I think they're okay

corner they're okay offensive tackle though I definitely agree with you like even with drafting Kingsley Suomata I think that they're always going to say like hey if we can upgrade it offensive tackle clearly this is becoming a little bit of a theme for them over the last couple of I think that they're always going to say like, hey, if we can upgrade it off into tackle, clearly this is becoming a little bit of a theme for them over the last couple of years of struggling at that spot. And nobody wants to struggle at that spot for long. They take the same developmental guy every year. Yeah. Every year.

They never like stick their foot in the ground and say we're going to move up and get a franchise kind of guy. They just take the same developmental guy every single year in the same – I mean, they win Super Bowls. and you're right you're they're a super winning team so me even saying corner i know they have enough corners but it's it's tough to find with the chiefs maybe interior d-line so that's that was my so offensive tackle i have tight end on here because i get the travis kelsey signed a two-year deal but maybe he doesn't play the two years. Maybe he only plays this year,

because he doesn't look like the same player that he has the last couple of years. No gray disrespect. Okay. Is somebody who is that competitive as Travis Kelsey, is he just going to stick around just because? I don't know. If he can't play at the level that he's used to, I feel like there's a chance that maybe he hangs it up.

Well, he's got so many opportunities after football of course jerry they drafted jerry wiley they've got no gray but i don't think either of those are travis kelsey replacements so i think that's there oh defensive line yeah that was the third one that i brought up and i think this is a sneaky one because i think people just think of chris jones and they go oh yeah they got chris jones they're all good to go. Treshawn Warden, Mike Pennell, and Derek Nottie, all of them free agents coming up. Those are heavy rotational interior defensive line players for this team. And so I think that some combination of those guys will be back, but all of them, maybe not. So I do think that depth along defensive interior is going to be something that the Chiefs are looking at in 2025. Last team here in this division, Las Vegas Raiders. So for the Raiders, quarterback, very easy. And also corner. I think that those are my two top needs.

OK, yeah. I mean, what do we need to say about quarterback? They wanted a guy this year. They didn't get one. They lost the game. Musical chairs. Yep. You know, you have Jack jones out there a corner it's which i like jack jones but damn man the comments

of of antonio pierce and the and the film of him just not participating and that's what i'm saying i think he's talking about jack jones when he should be there are players making business decisions so terrible jack jones makes big plays. He also misses routine plays. So yeah, corners and need for the Raiders. Last need that I had outside of those two was interior offensive line. Because outside of Colton Miller and Dylan Parham, this offensive line is just having a forgetful start to the season. So whether it's an interior guy at like center or guard,

like Parham can kind of play both. So I just have overall interior offensive line additions because it's got to be a lot better in that area. Offensive tackle maybe as well. Depends on Thayer Munford, I guess. But Colton Miller's good. Dylan Parham's playing good. Outside of that, not really sure.

Let's go to the NFC East to start the NFC Conference. Dallas Cowboys. Defensive tackle and wide receiver stood out to me. I was personally not the biggest fan of the Mozzie Smith pick. Whatever you think of his second year in the NFL, I think this team needs some beef in the middle. This front seven gets abused week in and week out at this point. And I know Cowboys fans are rightfully really pissed about it.

I mean, obviously you could say running back, but I just think wide receiver and D tackle are much more important. And to go to show you like a lot of Cowboys fans wanted Braylon Allen on day three last year and they were right. So I think you can go find a running back on day three but the other things are more premium needs to me yeah interior defensive line is just first and foremost you might as well just start penciling shit in now for them like mason graham like just dion walker like somebody like You pick someone interior defensively.

It's ridiculous. Write down any defensive tackle's name and you win. That's essentially what the draft is going to come down to for the Dallas Cowboys. Their defensive interior has a 25.7 run defense grade as a team. You know how hard that is to do? Extremely difficult. You have to be so bad.

Yes. I know I'm really harsh about this but when it's the worst in the nfl you get you're allowed to be harsh on it it's the worst in the nfl mozzie smith gets destroyed the baltimore tape was crazy not good um so interior defensive line obviously i think off-ball linebacker as well um that's another need that i had on here eric kendrick's 32 years old he's playing fine but he's on a one year deal demarvian overshown playing well as well but like he's he's sort of that hybrid chess piece player you you would need a more traditional off-ball linebacker in order for overshown to be a lot to do a lot of different things for you so i think off-ball linebackers

a big one for them and i think tight end as well just needing an upgrade at at uh at the tight end position finding a guy who can really be a consistent playmaker for you in the passing game but running back actually it probably could have been on there over tight end if we're being honest i just didn't think of it because i was looking at uh past catchers but running back has to has to be very high on this team's needs list. New York Giants, what do you got for the Giants? Quarterback, wide receiver, and corner. They need a starting quarterback. They need a number two wide receiver to play with Malik neighbors. They need a number two corner to play across from Deontay Banks. And it's the most

obvious thing ever if you just watch three snaps of giants football this year yeah quarterback obviously the big one you have an opportunity to cut daniel jones after this year you've got an out or you could extend them sure yeah i mean or you could extend them yeah actually it's up to you didn't think of that you don't have to move on didn't didn't think of that the first time even no you don't you don't have to move on, as we've seen before. I think they've invested enough picks at wide receiver where I don't think they're going to emphasize it. Yeah, they're a weird one, right? Because we know Malik Neighbors is going to be a top five receiver

in this league very soon. It's insane. And then you have Darius Slayton's been hanging around a while. Wondell Robinson finally looks okay this year. Yeah, he looks fine. They can't get Jalen Hyatt going though. Like they just,

and maybe some of that is the, the offense and the quarterback, the offensive line has been a lot better this year. I, I don't know. I worry about if they just kind of ignore this group, that neighbor starts to get that bracket treatment. And it's like,

Oh man, we, I don't, I don't love this. I really don't like this room after after him and i'm sure some people will argue back with that i think it's very uninspiring room after neighbors and to set up his success i'd go get a bigger threat to play with him yeah giants fans would love to hear what you have to think of what the biggest needs on this team are after quarterback because i also wrote down offensive tackle i know you have germane and luminor for another year after this, but Evan, you signed Jermaine and Luminor as sort of like insurance. Like, okay, if Evan Neal doesn't get better during the summer or in the early parts of like the late parts of training camp, then we'll start Luminor. Luminor started every single game at right tackle. So clearly Evan Neal did not earn that job. So are you cool with just riding with the Luminor?

Are you going to look for an offensive line upgrade? I think running back as well is a position to look at. Love Tyrone, Tracy, but are they going to continue? Like, if the Giants have the year that I think they're going to have, I think everybody's probably gone anyways so how much of the running back room is gonna still be around with whatever new coaching staff might come in yeah singletary's a devil guy true and through right right that's kind of what i'm thinking washington commanders what about the commanders o-line and corner true very cut and dry mando forbes busts um you know obviously they they get

we talk about this in the fantasy show all the time because it's fantasy and betting if you just bet the props on the other team's number one wide receiver against the commanders every week you would just be swimming in cash it's gonna hit you and i'm not talking like the over under of the receiving yards you could do two touchdowns you could do the alt lines you just swim in cash and then they need a better offensive line in front of jane daniels but i want to give them a little credit they've been better than i expected this year this offensive line yeah i also i i have i have long-term offensive tackle options as one of my needs here.

Corner, major option for this team. It's crazy, though, that they're so bad at corner that you didn't even mention edge rusher, right? Like, going into the season, it's Dorrance Armstrong, it's Cleland Farrell, it's Dante Fowler, and it's not as, like, catastrophically bad as I thought it was going to be. I think they're, let me make sure I have this right. They're 26th in the NFL in pass rush grade, just the edge rushers.

And they're 21st in the NFL in like total pressures from just their edge rushers. Dan Quinn effect helping them. At least they're not 32nd and 32nd. But you're spot on. They need edge help. But yeah, edge help is a big need for this team as well. Really edge rusher. You can get by on offensive tackle, I think.

The two biggest needs on this team are edge rusher and cornerback. You have to get better before the 2025 season at those spots. If you're going to compete the way that Jaden Daniels is showing you, that he can allow you to compete as a young stud quarterback in this league. Which last team? Oh, Philadelphia Eagles. Eagles in this division. I'm very curious your thoughts on this one because I struggled here.

I put edge pass rusher, which is probably frustrating to the Eagles. Cause they just paid Bryce Huff a lot of money, right? They still have Josh sweat and they drafted Nolan Smith in the first round and they cannot get after the quarterback right now. So that's probably a frustrating one. Let's see how it plays out.

Hopefully those guys can get going over a longer stretch of time. And then I put safety. I almost put safety, but Reblankenship just made that game-winning interception, and then in week one, didn't he have that interception as well? It's not about him. Isn't C.J. Gardner-Johnson... Is he on one year? I think he has one year...

Yeah. He has one year after this that maybe, maybe you don't. I looked into safety and I didn't end up writing down safety. Yeah, it's tricky. Because Dajin can play safety for them as well. So that's why I struggled with this. Because if Dajin's the answer at safety, then they need a corner, in my opinion. Oh, okay.

I mean, we're just going to roll out Darius Slate again next year. I love Quinion Mitchell. This has nothing to do with Quinion Mitchell. But if Dajin is not playing corner, then they need a corner. If Dajin is not playing safety, then I think they need a safety for the long term. They're a really good roster. So it's hard to find the answers. I will say Lane Johnson's hurt again.

At what point do you try to get ahead on his replacement? Yeah. So they have Fred Johnson. Lane is 34 years old. Did they play Steve at tackle? I thought they liked him at guard. They do like him at guard, but did they play him at tackle? I can't remember. They also have him at kiteback.

He's been their right guard. Right, right. He's not playing tackle again. The two guys that I have, or the two positions I have, Edge Rusher, you mentioned not only can they not get after the passer with Edge Rusher, Josh Swett and Milton Williams are both pending free agents, and then Brandon Graham said this is last year, so he's retired.

Okay, wow. So Bryce Huff better get going or else there's an even bigger need. Hey, you trade for Hasan Reddick. There you go. Hey. And then off-ball linebacker is the other position I had. I understand. I'm not mad online.

Do not put in the newspaper that I got mad about Hasan Reddick not playing football this year. As I'm shriveling into a corncob on a podcast. I'm not owned. I'm not owned. I'm not owned. Off all linebacker because Devin White's been a healthy scratch. Zach Bonds played really well for them, but he's also a free agent.

He has. What a find. So like, are they going to pay a linebacker if they don't want to draft linebackers? Seems unlikely. So I have edge rusher and off ball linebacker for this team, but I think the secondary conversation is a good one that you brought up. I will be, I will be at my,

on my deathbed saying goodbye to my children and grandchildren. And I will still be saying the Eagles need a linebacker. They'll be like any last, like what's your last piece of advice? And I'm like, if you're doing a mock draft, do not mock a linebacker to the Eagles, despite they probably need one, because their fans are saying Howie will never do it.

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But that's only because Stephon Gilmore is old and kind of a mercenary at this point. It's not because I think they're bad and they're scheming up pressure so well that they do so much to help their corners, but corner and D tackle stood out to me. I have, I mean, it's good.

It's a good roster. That's playing really well. So this is a tough exercise at this point in time, but cornerback I have for this team because Byron Murphy, Jr. Stephon Gilmore and Shaq Griffin, all four, all three of them, pending free agents.

And Byron Murphy and Shaq Griffin are exactly playing super well to start the year. Murphy's got a 48.4 overall grade. Griffin's got a 60.2 overall grade. Stephon Gilmore has a better PFF grade, but he's a little bit older. Are you going to re-sign him at this point in time? I don't know. So, corner I think is definitely a need for this team,

even with Kai Blackman there, and he's going to come back after injury aaron jones been a really good signing for this team but he's 30 years old he's going to be a free agent he only signed a one-year deal you don't really have anybody waiting in the wings it's a really good offense or a running back class so i think that uh that's definitely a need for them as well interior offensive line or interior defensive line i went with interior lines. Maybe the better need you get a guy in there to be able to push at Ingram, Blake Brindell, maybe get a different guy in one of those starting spots if you can upgrade. But even then,

I mean, it's, it's a unit that is playing really well. So it's hard to sort of nitpick on those needs. Minnesota Vikings. There's just a really good football team. Green Bay Packers. What do you got for the Packers?

Packers for me, offensive line and off-ball linebacker. Now they've addressed off-ball linebacker many times over the years. I still don't think it's been very good. So that was one that stood out to me. And then they're in this weird place on the offensive line where. I know they took Jordan Morgan, but they don't want to play him at tackle. And now it feels like they kind of need help at tackle.

I mean, you tell me what you think with this team. So first of all, you think they draft another off ball with Edrin Cooper? Or did you forget? Forget Edrin Cooper? No, I didn't forget. I just think they have another need there because I don't think their linebackers have played well at all. No, that's fine. That's fair.

That's fair. I like Edrin Cooper a lot. I don't think he's the long-term issue you know even though i might not agree with your opinion i'll you know fight to the death you're right to say it um i think quay walker they like quay walker though well they shouldn't i almost like that's that's sort of like that i maybe that's in my head if i just go they're not gonna replace qu Quay Walker. Yeah. Yeah.

All right. Is he playing better this year? I feel like he is. I just, I would think it's very easy to upgrade from him. That's fair. That's my take. I'll leave it at that. That's fair.

That's fair. Offensive tackle. I would love to know Packers fans thoughts, by the way. Like this is always a tough team i and i see a lot of it online of them complaining about this their linebacker this might have been the toughest team to do it always team needs because not only are do we you know bring back the joke of like who do we mock for them because they have sort of their tendencies but also because this is a really well constructed roster that also has a lot of really good young players. So when you try to project needs for next year,

you could almost like fill a young guy into these spots that you would imagine. So offensive tackle a little bit because Zach Tom and Rasheed Walker, they're two starting offensive tacklers right now. They're not free agents this upcoming offseason, but they are the next. So if you think Jordan Morgan's maybe an offensive tackle, okay. I guess you don't touch on that. I don't think so either. So maybe you get another offensive tackle waiting in the wings at that point.

Defense interior as well. Trinidad Slayton is a, uh, free agent coming up. So maybe they want a younger presence instead of, you know, signing him to a veteran contract. Corner is another need for me. Eric Stokes, a free agent coming up next off season.

They've got young corners. I guess that could maybe stand up for this team, but those are my offensive tackle, defensive Tyrion cornerback were the three that came to mind. But Packers fans, please let us know. You always do such a great job of letting us know exactly what you think that your team is thinking because you follow the team very closely. Who else do we have?

Detroit Lions. What do you got for the Lions? Edge pass rusher and interior offensive line. They still think they need a long-term guy to play across from Hutchinson. And interior offensive line is pretty old. Honestly, Frank Ragnell, one of my all-time favorites, you know, since I started doing the draft, but they got Zeitler at right guard. Graham Glass knows their left card. I think they need a young body in this group for the future.

Yeah. And Frank, I actually looked this up, you know, Frank, because we're first-name basis. Yeah. He's only 28. Yeah, I don't think he, although his body feels like it's 35. That's the thing. I have center and offensive guard as two needs on this team because you mentioned the age of the guards and then Ragnow. He sort of mysteriously talked about maybe retiring after the season,

but he came out and he was like no he's just really frustrated and i was beat up and i was mad and so i'm not considering retiring his injury history is utterly insane that's the thing is he's been injured every single year since 2020 and now he's dealing with a partially torn pec so even if he wasn't contemplating retiring going into this season dude's getting beat to hell, man. So center and interior offensive line, I think, are big ones for, or interior offensive guard are big ones for this team. Kevin Zeiler, 34 years old.

He's a free agent this upcoming season. And then another edge rusher opposite Aiden Hutchinson. They're very clearly doing all right with the defensive line game plan that they have for Hutchinson, but it'd be nice to get a more consistent pass rusher opposite Hutchinson. That is for sure. Last team in this division is the Chicago bears. Who do you got?

Offensive line and edge pass rush out. I mean, I like Montez sweat a lot. I think they need another guy across from him. I look at their offensive line. I don't think it's been any good this year. It's just, they just can't get consistency.

It feels like out of Tevin Jenkins. I agree. I don't like this unit as a whole honestly i could sit here and make an argument to upgrade both interior and tackle not both tackle spots you get what i mean like they can upgrade one of the tackle spots and upgrade one of the interior spots it's got to get better and that they got to invest in it i think that this unit was one where going into the year you could either look at a glass half full or glass half empty yeah and there were a lot of people who were on either side of you know that argument and now that we're three games into the season there's a lot of things that still have to work out it's very early in

the year you've got plenty of time but tevin jenkins not does not look consistent there when nate davis has been healthy there they now have this plan to sort of like rotate between him and matt prior so no one's really you know taking that starting guard spot by the reins and so that's sort of concerning in and of itself and a coach can be like oh we're happy with both guys we feel like we got two starting guards that are rotating and it's like okay that's not true um that's just not often how it works out in the league. And then Braxton Jones not having as good of a year as he's had in the past. Dorno Wright still struggling a little bit. I don't think they're going to replace him.

But just offensive line. I think you really got to look at whatever the best upgrade is to the offensive line this offseason. So guard and tackle for the Bears. And then I have defensive interior. You mentioned some sort of pass rush help. I think that's what they really need. They need a pass rusher from their interior defensive line because they got a lot of guys that are just kind of bodies in there. And I'll give Andrew Billings his respect. He's got an 81.1 pass rushing grade this year. He's got seven pressures already in a 14.5 pass rush win percentage. So I don't want

that to just like go under the rug. He's playing but in the long term can you expect that sort of production from him long term not so sure i think that they would be wise to get another pass rusher on the interior there for this yeah and i'll say i would upgrade from coleman shelton that center specifically too that's so there you go that's an easy spot to upgrade the entire interior offensive line there for the chicago bears nfc south let's start with the carolina panthers for the nfc south what do you got quarterback and edge pass rusher i mean obviously everything that's going on with bryce they're going to look for a guy for the future i think and then you look at edge clowny is a mercenary wouldn't shock me if he's moved to

the deadline they let brian burn they traded brian burns last offseason they need they need pass rushers and i had you know there's more needs for this team but that those are the two that really jump out uh i don't see bryce young on this team in 2025 so quarterback number one on this list no question about it i'm sorry panthers fans that you're here again but you are edge rushers the other one you mentioned it uh dire need of edge rushers. They're their edge rush group. They're 30th and pass rush graded at 56.0 and they're 28th and total pressures at 18. There's just,

there's, there's nobody on that defensive line outside of Derek Brown, even in the middle that really terrifies you at all. So they need a major edge rusher after moving on from Brian Burns. And the third need that I have is just wide receiver, right? Deontay Johnson. He's playing well, but he's on the last year of his deal.

So is he going to have a career year and then command a huge bag that they might not be willing to pay? I think that goes into it. Off-ball linebacker could potentially be a need for this team. He let Frankie Lou Vu go last offseason. Shaq Thompson's on the last year of his deal, and he's 30 years old. So off-ball linebacker, I think, could be in the conversation for this team. But I agree with you. Quarterback and edge rusher without question the number two

and the number one and number two needs uh that we have projected for them going into 2025 uh team of a buccaneers what do you got for the bucks you get to start with the bucks all right okay i'll start with actually let me let me tell you the only i only had one need for them that said i wanted to know if you agree it was edge pass rusher yes number one need for this team no question about it is edge pass rusher it is a group that's sort of led by yaya diaby who is still sort of you know ascending into what he could be in this league but i think he is their number one pass rusher and then it's sort of just a bunch of guys after him joe try and show yinka um anthony miller both of them are free agents that are upcoming i don't think trying to make is going to be back uh sorry not anthony not anthony miller

anthony nelson um i don't know if anthony nelson's going to be back he's just been sort of like a depth rotational guy jason light does like to bring those guys back though if they do you know what the coaches want they're really good depth pieces so maybe he's back but he's not a high impact pass rusher so they need somebody else that could really get after the passer this is somebody who we mocked laity latu and jared verse to the bucks in mock drafts last year so edge rusher number one no question about it cornerback maybe uh jamil dean is i am a column playing well to early to start the season but there's not a lot of depth behind them at the outside corner spots. So

like outside corner could potentially be a need for them, especially with the injuries that they have gone through to start the season, like Bryce Hall, probably being out for the year. And then tight end, Kate Odden's fine, but I think you'd like to do better if you could at the tight end spot. And again, it's a really nice tight end class. I could see Jason Light dipping his toe in the water with this tight end class. So those are my three needs there. Edge rusher corner and tight end for the bucks. All right. You love to hear it. Um, all right. So we have saints and Falcons left for this division. Yeah. Let's do the saints. What do you got for the saints? Saints. It's, it's the same kind of argument that I've had for a couple of teams where I can

outside of left tackle right now, I could probably make an argument on multiple spots of this offensive line. Fawanga is going to be awesome for a long time. I think that Kubiak did a great job the first two weeks, keeping them out of true dropback situations to aid the offensive line. But when you look at their true dropback pass pro situations, this is a unit that's still struggling. Eric McCoy is hurt. Yeah, that one hurts.

That really hurts. i like ruiz i know people have been saying well you know in comparison to where they have needs i know people have said like oh maybe trevor penning's figure it out this year i'm very skeptical this team it's fair i'm i am very skeptical i think this team needs another interior player and an and a right tackle still yeah um offensive guards a big one for me um caesar ruiz he struggled throughout his entire career he has continues to struggle they pay him yeah they gave him a contract extension which is what makes this really tricky because i think they need to upgrade that position that's what i thought he signed a four-year, $44 million deal last year. I know, I know.

And he got beat like a drum by Jalen Carter. And just, man, I don't know. He got paid, so good for him. But I think that they could upgrade at that spot. Lucas Patrick's played well to start the season. We'll see if it continues throughout the year. I'm sorry. What just happened?

I don't even know if I should do it on the show i guess i guess i was i was looking sometimes i search things as you say them and i searched trevor penning because i was like i don't i'm not really as high on trevor penning uh as you know his turnaround this year as it seems to be and one of the first tweets that comes up is trevor penning you effing idiot you just lost us the game jeez and number one that's the worst part of twitter is that kind of stuff but it's just jeez i'm just like uh oh all right well validated i suppose at least from that Twitter user. It was rough. So I think offensive guard, you could upgrade there. Defensive interior, I think you could definitely upgrade. You need a guy to really stand on the defensive interior.

I know they drafted Brian Brzee, but he still has yet to be that guy for them. We'll see if he is at the end of the year. And then edge rusher, right? I mean, Chase Young hasn't popped off for him yet. Cam Jordan, not getting any younger. Carl Granderson's great, but i think that they certainly need somebody other than carl granderson to make it happen along this defensive line so just defensive line in general and then and then i think offensive guard with potentially a cesar ruiz replacement and then atlanta falcons last

team that we have in this in this division the falcons i had edge pass rusher because judan didn't sign an extension when he got traded there. So that's still a big need for me. Right. And a great job by the Falcons to address a lot of their needs with, you know, mercenary kind of players like Judon, like Simmons. They saw where they had some needs and said, OK, let's let's plug these with short term answers right now. And then wide receiver. I like Drake London. We're still waiting on the breakout.

This really doesn't have to do with him. And Darnell Mooney is an ideal number three to me, playing the role of a number two. And then Ray-Ray McLeod has gotten a lot of opportunity for them this year. When Penix takes over, and even with Cousins out there, this argument still stands, this team should be living in a lot of 11 personnel looks that they can attack the way Penix did in Ryan Grubbs offense at Washington. And if they're going to do that,

they need another threat at wide receiver, especially if Kyle Pitts doesn't ever take the jump from average to great. Like we all thought he would be. It just feels like he hasn't had that consistency as a pass catcher yet. Edge rusher in the interior defensive line, still. I get it. They drafted Braylon Trice. They drafted Brandon Dorlis.

They drafted Ruka Rororo. But David Onyemata, Grady Jarrett, the starters along the interior, they're both 31 years old. They have expiring contracts after this season. Matthew Judon, you mentioned, did not sign an extension when they brought him in either. And so not only do you need more from this group, you're potentially losing the guys who are starting for you. You're potentially losing the three veterans that are starting for you. So if you got full faith that those three rookies that I just mentioned will step into all those spots, okay, it's maybe not as dire need as you

thought, but I think that they could still use a premium defensive lineman in the first round of the upcoming draft. So off-ball linebacker, I think, is also more of one, but I think depth at wide receiver is, like you mentioned, a need for this team that could definitely make a lot of sense as well. Before we get to the last division, when you are hiring for your small business,

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roster i love the coaches they've hired i like to run both their offense and defense they just have a lot of holes on the offensive line at the moment to me right now and gino's been awesome this year they have talent at wide receiver they got two talented running backs they fly around on defense but to me trevor when they signed you know connor williams is a really late add to their offensive line just kind of showed how thin they are on the interior so if i had to go specifically i'd look for replacements for both lake and tomlinson at left guard and connor williams at center for me yeah yeah and and anthony bradford's not playing as well as he could at the other guard

spot as well so i think that just solidifies your interior offensive line potential long-term addition there like abraham lucas is hurt again right um is he yeah he's um he's got a bad knee it sounds like ah damn so that's not good right oh yeah i want to make sure that i have the latest on that but i'm i'm when i was looking at you know the rosters too and i know he's been a guy that's been on and off hurt so as much as you like the young tackles at some point lucas has to play or else that becomes a need too yeah yeah so i got offensive guard right now because if again thompson's expiring deal and brad bradford not playing as well center could be potentially

there right tackle could potentially be there i think tight end right uh there's now no offense contract so if you want to do you think that you can upgrade and get more from the tight end position maybe that could be a need for this team. Off-ball linebacker, though, as well. You know, Daryl Dodson, Jerome Baker, both of those guys are pending free agents this upcoming free agency in the 2025 offseason. And, you know, Mike McDonald, who's the head coach there now, defensive guy, he knows the value

of a stud middle linebacker. Like what he had with Roquan Smith back in Baltimore last year. So I think that they could be on the hunt for a stud middle linebacker in the centerpiece of that defense. So I think off-ball linebacker also is a big need or a potential big need for the Seattle Seahawks team. What about the San Francisco 49ers? What do you got for the Niners? The Niners are a little tricky because they're so beat up right now and they are one of the best rosters in football. So you try to project what's a long-term problem versus short-term problem. I think this offensive line, while it's extremely well coached, there could be an upgrade

there, but I didn't end up writing that down as a top need i wrote down both corner and edge for them because i love charberis ward uh you know isaac yadam is somebody that they got as a stop gap across from him and then when you look at edge they did the same thing by bringing in leonard floyd across from nick bosa but they just do the old you know falcon style like mercenary deals just to get them through rather than have a long-term answer because you only fill so many needs. So for me, it was edge and corner. But they're looking for number twos in those departments, not number ones. So I have corner as my number one need because you mentioned,

I like Ward as well, but Ward and Diamandou or Lenore, both free agents this upcoming offseason. That makes it even more pressing. Right. So, you know, they draft Renardo Green, so you do have him in the farm system, if you will. But I think he'll try to bring back Ward. But again, like just projecting some needs.

Corner could be a need for this team because of that reason. Edge rusher could certainly be on the table. I actually went with offensive tackle and offensive guard for this team because outside of Trent Williams, I know this Niners offensive line is not playing that great. I'm excited about Poonie. Yes, right.

And I mentioned that in my article, how it's like, okay, it's cool that the rookie Dominic Poonie, you know, earned one of those starting guard spots, but Aaron Banks has been a little up and down, a little inconsistent, and he is an upcoming free agent as well. Cole McKivitts is tied with Cam Robinson for the most pressures allowed through three games at right tackle. So again, you're in this winning window. If there's an upgrade to be had, are you going to be afraid

to make it? And I think that the Niners just have to look at their entire offensive line and be honest about where they are at if they still believe that they are peddled to the metal in a winning window. Because right now, I feel like the offensive line just has not been good enough for them. So to me, I see some future potential needs along the offensive line at a couple of different spots there for San Francisco. Arizona Cardinals. Let's do the offensive line at a couple of different spots there for san francisco um arizona cardinals let's do the cardinals next cardinals i wrote down uh any position on defense that isn't safety is that fair um i think i like their corners more than you do no there's some

talent there but if they took a corner i wouldn't be like you can't do this no that's that is the point that is very fair that's the point like they could easily add to their corner room they could easily add i mean i have defensive interior and off-ball linebacker yeah front seven is is noteworthy dennis dennis gardick's been playing well as an edge he's even collins is playing better now that he's a full-time edge but roy lopez can't do it all himself roy lopez as much as he can do it all himself you know he doesn't want to because it's a team game right now spread the love he's got to get these others involved but yeah no interior defensive line and off ball linebacker

for me are uh are two big ones for sure. The other one that I have is offensive tackle. They need a right tackle. Paris Johnson Jr. is, I think, going to be good for them as the left tackle. Sure. But you sign Jonah Williams to a two-year deal. He's already hurt. What was his injury? I think it was...

I'll tell you right now. Oh, man. What was his... Well, he might not return this season. It's another knee injury. Hasn't he had? Yeah, now Kelvin Beachum's starting, and Beachum's like 35 years old. Right. So right tackle.

Right tackle's a need. And then defensive interior and off-ball linebacker for me. Because with Zayvon Collins no longer at the off-ball linebacker position i don't i feel like my actually now that i'm saying that i feel like mac wilson's flashed a little bit this year but i still think that you could potentially use another off-ball linebacker so those are my three those are my three for arizona okay yeah last theme rams right yeah los angeles Rams. Linebacker and corner. I didn't think this one was very hard, personally.

Yeah, both are on my list. Yeah, they really, really need a corner or two. It hasn't looked great from what I've seen of Trey White this year, which is a shame. It feels like a makeshift cornerback room right now. They're just trying to figure it out. Yeah, they're just trying to fill the spots for 2024. That's what it feels like. I think they got some juice up front.

I do too. I like Byron Young. I like Jared Verse a lot. I like Braden Fisk. I like your boy. Kobe Turner. Kobe Turner. They got some juice up front, but they've invested a lot of resources.

So eventually you run out of resources. They need an off-ball linebacker and they need help at at corner yeah yeah off-ball linebacker for sure uh letting earnest jones get out of the building well very odd interesting nobody's figured nobody's figured that out as far as i know so for let's get to the bottom of this uh next podcast just two hours of just in in earnest jones investigation on what happened there it's very strange look you let him out of the building and I suppose they're happy with off-ball linebackers more than I would be but as of right now when I look at this depth chart I think off-ball linebackers in need and then offensive tackle sneaky neat for this team

well maybe not so sneaky I don't know their offensive line's been decimated by injuries right i think there's just been steve avila and jonah jackson and just there's been a bunch of impactful injuries along the offensive line some of the tackles as well but rob havenstein is 32 years old he's got two years left on his deal joe no boom's a free agent coming up alaric jackson has not been reliable as an offensive tackle so offensive tackles when they get healthy i think the interior is fine with avilaic jackson has not been reliable as an offensive tackle so offensive tackle when they get healthy i think the interior is fine with avila and jackson and dodson but i think offensive tackle is something that they really could be looking at pretty hard this upcoming

season so yeah oh buddy we did it there we go 32 up 32 down as we said at the very top of the podcast, let us know what you think of what we think. And tell us what you believe. All right, hold on. No need anger. We don't need anger here. You idiots. My team doesn't need a tackle. We need a kicker.

Connor Rogers just lost the game for us. This effing idiot. Oh man. I always feel bad for reading it, but it was was it was just remarkable where i was i was like okay no anyways pure cinema no notes is right uh look let us know what you think the top needs could be for your team going into the 2025 season hit us up in the comments that's the best way to do it youtube.com backslash at NFL stock exchange. If you're not on,

if you're not viewing this on video or on YouTube, if you're audio only, you can hit us up on X and Twitter at Tampa Bay trade at Connor J. Rogers. I saw some people in the comments of the last show talking about discord. Once again, we I've said that we would look into it. The season's incredibly busy for us.

I would love to set something up like that, but I just, I don't really understand discord. I'm hoping to learn something up like that, but I don't really understand Discord. I'm hoping to learn a lot more about it. I know I've said that before. But, but, but, if we set up a Discord, you guys got to keep commenting on the YouTube section

because you got to help the show out. Good point. I don't know if we can trust the people. Can we trust you? Can we trust you? Can we trust the addicts to help the show in every way possible? Because if you agree to that, if you electronically agree to that, then it's something that is worth exploring. And you screw us over.

We'll pull the plug on the whole thing. We will cancel the show. We will nuke our own show. The first week that more Discord chats are made than YouTube comments, that's it. It's over. It's like taking away a toy from a kid. No, honestly, we're going to look into it. We do one for Badlands, and it's unbelievable.

So I think that it could be a lot of fun. But it has to be done right. Shout out to our guy, Andy. We have somebody basically run the Discord to make sure, you know, you have different channels for different topics. And everybody's acting like a respectful adult. And it's, you know, you want it done the right way. You want to create a very healthy environment. So we would love to do it. But like we do with everything related to this show, we want it to be done the right way. Yes. So, um, again, let, let me know what you guys

think of your team needs, because like I said, at the very top of the show, you, what you say in response to us and the conversations that you have and the evidence that you give could very well sway me into changing some of the team needs in the mock draft simulator, which changes, you know, obviously it allows you guys to be part of what I hope is a community product that we all love that we're all building together in the mock draft simulator to make it the best draft simulator out there. If you don't have it fully unlocked, you can do so by going over to pff.com, getting a PFF plus subscription. That would also help out the show, which we'd really appreciate. And you can follow along with us and do multi-round mock drafts and trades and all that good stuff.

So make sure you go out and do that. Connor, got anything else before we get out of here? No, man. Another good week in the books as we kind of lay the groundwork for the draft here. We're just adding as many players into this class as we can on the draft radar. Now we got the team needs. It's brick by brick over here, which I really enjoy the process. It is true.

It is very true. The mailbag edition of Stock Up, Stock Down will be coming to you guys at some point next week. I'm very, very excited for that. I'm Trevor Sekima. That is Conor Rogers. Thank you guys so much for watching and listening to the NFL Stock Exchange Podcast. We'll see you next week.