Klatt’s Final 2024 NFL Mock Draft

NFL Draft week is finally here and Fox Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reveals his final Mock Draft ahead of Thursday’s First Round. In this Mock Draft, Klatt predicts two trades in the Top 10 as he believes teams will be moving up to find a franchise QB and an elite Wide Receiver. He discusses the decision that Washington will have to make at #2 as they decide between Drake Maye and Jayden Daniels. Klatt also details which team is the best landing spot for one of the top QB’s to have success early in their career. He lays out how the Chicago Bears could end up with a perfect First Round with their two selections. His Mock predicts 6 Quarterbacks going off the board early as J.J. McCarthy, Michael Penix Jr and Bo Nix find landing spots inside the Top 20 selections.

Chapters 📚
0:00-1:29 Intro
1:30-2:32 Caleb Williams
2:33-3:35 Jayden Daniels
3:36-4:49 Drake Maye
4:50-5:39 Marvin Harrison Jr.
5:40-8:14 J.J. McCarthy
8:15-8:56 Malik Nabers
8:57-10:10 Rome Odunze
10:11-10:28 Dallas Turner
10:29-11:37 Joe Alt
11:38-12:06 Olu Fashanu
12:07-13:55 Brock Bowers
13:56-15:42 Bo Nix
15:43-17:12 Michael Penix Jr.
17:13-17:37 Taliese Fuaga
17:38-18:09 Quinyon Mitchell
18:10-19:04 Byron Murphy
19:05-19:50 Terrion Arnold
19:51-20:41 Brian Thomas
20:42-21:15 Jared Verse
21:16-21:52 Amarius Mims
21:53-23:14 Jackson Powers-Johnson
23:15-23:31 Nate Wiggins
23:32-25:31 JC Latham
25:32-26:20 Troy Fauntanu
26:21-26:49 Graham Barton
26:50-28:03 Chop Robinson
28:04-29:16 Laiatu Latu
29:17-29:51 Jer’Zhan Newton
29:52-30:56 Cooper Dejean
30:57- 31:13 Darius Robinson
31:14-31:34 Kool-Aid McKinstry
31:35-32:35 Adonai Mitchell
32:36-33:15 Outro

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Klatt’s Final 2024 NFL Mock Draft

it is finally here it is draft week and
we have the Joel clad show mock draft
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uh mock draft 3.0 this is my final one
this is my
final answer if you will mock draft 3.0
let’s start with the Bears at number one
we all know where they’re going put it
in there Caleb Williams and Caleb
Williams is going to a place now where
they are so much better suited to have
success with Caleb Williams than they
were when they drafted Justin Fields so
I think that Caleb Williams can have a
lot of success there in Chicago and I
hope that he does that’s not quite the
case with all of these places that are
going to be drafting quarterbacks I am
not envious of these guys now listen
would you love to be a top pick in the
draft obviously yes but remember fit and
location have a lot to do with your
success than than your own ability I
think that we could see that in Spades
last year with Bryce young Carolina was
in no position to succeed around Bryce
young and look what happened and by the
way look to the foreseeable future there
I don’t exactly know what their answers
are around Bryce young so we get into
these areas where there are questions
around the quarterback position bears I
think they’re set up pretty well for
Caleb Williams to succeed then you go to
Washington what is it going to be I’ve
been hearing a lot of things about
Washington and and I personally would
draft Jake May uh he’s got the higher
upside I just hear way too much in the
NFL circles about Jaden Daniels and how
much these guys love Jaden Daniels and
part of that is that he’s a bit of a
safer pick he might not have the the
overall ceiling that Drake May does but
he is a safer pick and you know I know
that Cliff Kings be Barry loves Jaden
Daniels and I think that Washington goes
with Jaden Daniels he’s obviously got
the ability to run and that’s going to
be a huge feather in his cap because
defenses and defensive coordinators hate
seeing that it’s the one thing that they
cannot stand he obviously throws the
ball well and that’s the thing he’s not
just a runner he throws the ball
beautifully from the pocket outside of
the pocket he reads defenses he’s very
smart he’s mature he’s got arm strength
he’s got it all love Jaden Daniels and I
think Washington takes Jaden Daniels at
number two at number three with New
England now this is what’s interesting
is is I think New
England depending on how how much they
love JJ
McCarthy they could be willing to deal
with deal this pick and I think that
that’s an interesting little you know
insight there now if they stay
Pat see what I did there I think it’s
Drake May Drake for me again he’s got a
a ridiculously high ceiling now of all
the places to draft
quarterbacks New England I would say has
the least around the Young quarterback
to succeed early in his career I don’t
know what they’re doing on the offensive
line they don’t seem to have a ton of
weapons so this might not be the most
advantageous place to go for one of
these guys but still you would want to
get drafted as high as you possibly can
and I think it’s Drake May again Drake
May High high ceiling when you watch his
tape I understand some of the criticism
and does he does he play Loosely at
times yes I believe that’s because he’s
hyper competitive he had a team around
him that wasn’t the best and he was
trying to do everything in his power to
win this guy has has he has all the
tools that you would possibly need to
suce succeed at the next level and I
hope that he does that leaves Arizona
and now we start thinking about okay
when are the trades coming because at
this point the three quarterbacks are
gone which creates urgency for JJ
McCarthy now Arizona doesn’t have to
move because the player that they need
and want is there and that’s Marvin
Harrison Jr I think that they they sit
in that spot at number four and they
take Marvin Harrison Jr he to me in so
many ways is is outside of Caleb
Williams the best player available on
the draft he’s so good in particular on
third Downs his body control his ability
to get open he’s a hard worker um I
think that he he is the type of guy that
can be a number one wide receiver for a
long time in the National Football
League and he’s a guy that I would be
shocked if he’s not an allpro at some
point I just I just really would and now
the draft gets really interesting
because a lot of people are going to
have this this top four you know maybe
Jaden Daniels and Drake May in the
opposite order I know I’ve Had Drake May
at two and so on and so forth but when
the Chargers come on the clock at number
five that’s when it’s interesting let me
just paint the scenario really quickly
Minnesota is calling maybe heck maybe
Vegas is calling JJ McCarthy is on the
board Minnesota has the ammunition
they’ve got their both of their first
round picks sitting there they can trade
with the Chargers which means which
means think about it Jim
Harbaugh holds the keys to where his
college quarterback is going to play
I would be shocked if if they aren’t in
communication I think that Jim Harbaugh
in a lot of ways wishes he could take JJ
McCarthy now they won’t do that they’re
not going to trade Justin Herbert I
don’t think it’s because they don’t
let’s just say I think that they’ve
kicked the tires on that the pro the
problem is is that the money doesn’t
work okay you would owe Herbert too much
and he would count against your cap too
much in the next couple of years in
order to trade him and move on and go
with a younger quarterback but I don’t
think that that they have totally
abandoned that type of thinking because
J Jim Harbaugh loves JJ McCarthy for
obvious reasons and now he holds the
keys to JJ’s future who does he trade
with it’s Minnesota it’s Minnesota
because if you’re any of these
quarterbacks
Minnesota is the best place to go for
any of the young quarterbacks even Caleb
Williams Jaden Daniels Drake May JJ
McCarthy anyam Bo Knicks Michael penck
you ask them what would be the best
place to go well they’re going to say
like well Chicago because it’s number
one but really the best place to succeed
the best place to have a CJ stades
rookie season is Minnesota Minnesota
does the deal with Jim Harbaugh the
Chargers they select JJ
McCarthy and because Jim loves him he
does that trade and he sets him up in a
position to succeed a spot with
Jefferson Jordan Addison um play caller
that is is offensive minded and Kevin
oconnell is going to put his his
quarterback in position to succeed and
so that’s where JJ McCarthy goes and
that’s where the draft to me is so
interesting is that five spot now at six
with the Giants they need H help on the
outside they need a lot of help on the
outside it’s either going to be romad
dun or Malik neighbors I’m hearing a lot
of Buzz about Malik neighbors what he
does after the catch with the ball in
his hand is special his speed is special
his explosiveness special all of these
things are are going to pay huge
dividends for whatever organization you
watch him eat up the cushion of the
defensive backs and then turn into an an
absolute threat with the ball in his
hands it doesn’t matter if he’s running
a deep route and taking the top off the
defense or you’re throwing him the ball
at the line of scrimmage he is a threat
to go the distance at any moment Malik
neighbors number six to New York now the
Titans would be up and here’s what’s
interesting is that you could easily if
you’re the Tennessee Titans take one of
the offensive linemen or or the top
offensive linemen in the draft you could
take Joe Al right there you absolutely
could do
that
or you could realize what’s going on
neighbors is now off the board which
leaves I think that there are three wide
receivers that are like premium premium
top six seven players in the draft which
leaves romad dun there as as the one
remaining Great topend Wide Receiver so
now there’s going to be some push for
like hey if we really love Rome we
better go get him and there’s a team
that’s just a couple of picks later that
might be thinking to themselves you know
what we might need to go up there and
and grab this pick just a few spots and
so the New York Jets tra trade with the
Titans and they go up to number seven to
select ROM OD dun the Titans can can I
think they can hold the auction right
there for the third wide receiver that
would be a really good spot to be in if
neighbors is picked at number six and
the Jets can go all in for Aaron Rogers
so now they would have Garrett Wilson
they would have Romo dun and that’s a
pairing that I really like and I’m sure
Aaron Rogers would really like as well
now at number eight Atlanta I think this
is the first time that you start
thinking about a defensive player that
defensive player this is an easy one
they need help on the edge getting to
the quarterback Dallas Turner this one I
would be really surprised if this is not
the pick the Falcons taking Dallas
Turner now Chicago is up at number nine
what a draft this would be if if
Chicago could sit there and get Caleb
Williams at the top of the draft and
then watch as the Titans leverage the
seventh
pick in order to make the Jets move up
for the third wide receiver and now all
of the sudden the Bears in this scenario
are sitting there and guess what guess
who hasn’t been taken top offensive
lineman in the draft Joe Al so you’re
telling me the Bears could sit there and
in the top 10 get Caleb Williams and Joe
Al that would be a massive first round
for the Bears uh they took right tackle
Darnell Wright in the first round last
year that would be great bookins for the
foreseeable future young players staple
players foundational players and this is
why I keep talking about Caleb being in
a better position to succeed early in
his career than Justin Fields was
because there’s just better pieces
around Caleb Williams in Chicago and uh
I think that would be a widely acclaimed
draft a really good one for the Bears
the Titans now they would only do that
pick if they were confident that they
could still get the help on the
offensive line that they needed and I
believe that there is that player in Olu
fashanu they can move back still get a
left tackle a guy with a lot of upside
smart tough he’s going to get better and
better in the Run game he’s already
athletic enough to really Dominate and
pass protection so I like Olu fashu to
the Titans there who moov back from
seven with they trade with the Jets to
number 10 now 11 pops up and guess who’s
sitting there now it’s Jim harot 11 and
why can he move back because the player
that he covets the player that he likes
and the position group that he covets is
still available and he picked up an
extra pick here in the 20s in the first
round so he can not only go Brock Bowers
right here as a tight end but now he can
sit here and still take an offensive
lineman because that position is very
deep during the course of this first
round and so he’s going to get Brock
Bowers and some offensive lineman later
but Bowers is prototypical for a Jim
Harbaugh offense everyone’s talking
about well they need a wide receiver
they need a wide receiver it’s a perfect
position for a wide receiver Jim
Harbaugh has never
never
prioritized wide receiver that doesn’t
mean he hasn’t had good ones but he
hasn’t prioritized that he inherited a
couple in San Francisco but what has he
prioritized tight ends why does he
prioritize prioritize tight ends because
he wants to run offense out of 12
Personnel one back two tight ends he
wants to because that puts pressure on
the defense you can be in a spread set
and throw the ball or you can get big
and run those extra Gap run schemes that
he loves to run counter Gap pin and pull
all these things that he likes to do and
I think Bowers is by the way an
underrated run blocker even though I
don’t think you’re just going to sit him
in there just to be a run blocker but he
can own the middle of the field you know
how I feel about players in the passing
game that can own the middle of the
field you don’t generally win a Super
Bowl unless you have that style of
player uh I.E in the last eight years
grank Cooper cup Travis Kelce Bowers is
that type of a guy and I think Harbaugh
loves Brock Bowers so I’ve got him at 11
which leaves Denver at 12 Denver has to
get a
quarterback I believe that they value
bone Knicks
now I think Denver is going to
desperately try to trade down in this
position because I think in their mind
they can get bow Knicks later the
problem is there’s not really a player
when you’re mocking this out that you
would sit there and say someone has to
move to 12 to get there’s just not that
guy you got the be best Edge rusher off
the table you got the best wide
receivers now the best tied end you’re
not going up there for a running back
obviously I don’t think the corners are
of that value so so it’s like who senses
the urgency that they’ve got to jump to
12 to to make that pick I don’t think
that there is that team which means that
Denver is going to take that the guy
that they target now is this maybe an an
overdraft of B Knicks yeah it might be
but this is the right fit for B Knicks
and and there’s got to be there’s got to
be more attention paid to fit for the
quarterbacks than just best player
available I think Shawn Payton’s offense
is perfect for B Knicks perfect for him
he wants a point guard out there a guy
that wants five free releases can
protect himself with his mind is
accurate can get the ball out quickly he
doesn’t want a Russell Wilson style who
wants to create and hold the ball and
throw it way downfield I think B Knicks
in a lot of ways is is a version of Drew
Brees he might not be as polished a
passer coming out of college that that
breeze was out of Purdue but Nick is is
a similar style in terms of their
cerebral nature and their point guard
nature and their ability to distribute
the football that’s a good fit Bon knck
to Denver at 12 which leaves the Raiders
on the clock at 13 and similarly I think
that the Raiders are sitting there and
they’ve got to answer questions at the
quarterback spot they just do they could
go in a lot of different ways here but
Michael penck at 13 to Vegas makes a lot
of sense to me he is one of the most
polarizing players in the draft I don’t
know why though this guy was asked to do
at Washington exactly what he’s going to
do in the National Football League you
don’t have to project we got to see him
15 20 25 times a game drop back and have
to control the field from the pocket
make full field reads make those reads
that are combination routes that are
adjustments down the field based on
secondary look and he made those
beautifully and I always make this point
when I talk about Michael penck because
it’s my favorite
one he’s the best deep ball thrower in
this draft but it’s it’s not just that I
think that that that sells him short he
passes the football down the field when
you watch The Leverage and ball
placement that he uses down the field it
is better than anybody in this draft and
better than a lot of people that I’ve
evaluated in the last few years he’s
constantly putting his wide receivers
and pass catchers in in better odds
giving them better ratios than 50/50 in
a 50-50 situation right it it’s tight
coverage down the field and he’s always
putting the ball on the offensive player
side throwing them away from the
defender and and that’s that’s a trait
that I really love love with Michael
pennick all right Saints are up
now uh tesi fuaga fits here for me I I
think that they could go in a lot of
different directions he played right
tackle their right uh tackle R Ryan
ramek not recovering well from that knee
surgery there are concerns about his
ability to play this year so so to me
this this makes some sense faga at 14 to
the Saints then you move to 15 and
here’s the Colts I think the Colts need
help in the secondary my best secondary
player is quinon Mitchell the corner
from Toledo I think there’s some
discussion whether it’s going to be tyan
Arnold or quinan Mitchell Mitchell ran a
faster 40 he’s stronger I love his
length I’m not scared off by the fact
that he played at Toledo because I’m
watching SAS G Gardner blossom into the
best corner in the league and he played
at a lower level so to me the Toledo
thing is is not an excuse and I’ve got
quinan Mitchell right there to the Colts
16 uh the
Seahawks Mike McDonald new head coach of
the Seahawks what is he going to want to
do he’s going to want to implement his
strategy his defensive philosophy what
does he need a run wall it starts with a
run wall it starts with defensive
tackles Byron Murphy is right there the
Texas defensive tackle and Byron Murphy
to me is a great fit in Seattle for Mike
McDonald it fits what he wants to do
from a philosophy standpoint he can
really lean in to what that defense is
which is build a run wall create hybrid
players and hard edges on the outside
hybrid second level and middle of the
field players guys like Mike srill and
Junior Coulson from Michigan those are
the type of people that that they want
and Byron Murphy starts that there’s an
old adage that you build a defense front
to back and inside out well if you’re
starting to build a defense Byron Murphy
is a great piece right there a
foundational piece in the
interior Jaguars are up at 17 um I think
corner is a good spot so let’s say Colts
went ter and Arnold they could take
quinan Mitchell but if tyion Arnold’s on
the board that’s a terrific spot for
tyion Arnold he can solidify that
secondary I really love his story he was
recruited by a lot of people as a safety
Nick Sabin knew he was going to play him
as a corner red shirted then was a
freshman All-American his red shirt
freshman year then was an All-American
last year and a real Ball Hawk and he’s
he doesn’t have a ton of experience
which to me means that he’s got
tremendous upside I wish he would have
run faster at the at the combine but I
love his game he’s aggressive you know
he’s coached well terryon Arnold to the
Jaguars right there at 17 now the
Bengals are up I I think that this is an
interesting spot for the Bengals
because it’s a deep draft draft at wide
receiver and they need some in insurance
as it relates to T Higgins right
so I like Brian Thomas from LSU we’re
just running back the whole LSU thing
we’re just
gonna from from Tigers to Bengals you
know we got we got all these guys and
and another LSU Tiger up there with Jill
Bur
I like this pick a lot Brian Thomas is a
heck of a
player in any other draft he would be
pushing the top 10 but those three at
the top are just elite players so this
is a good spot for Brian Thomas with
Cincinnati Rams they’re going to be
sitting there and they’re going to look
at this draft and they’re going to think
to themselves like man we can get the
our second best Edge player in the draft
how about Jared verse there to the Rams
to me that makes a lot of sense I love
his production okay Jared verse he’s a
really good player he has produced at a
high level and to me that says
everything you got to have that
production I love his quickness his
strength and the fact that he plays hard
on every down you see him go hard
against the run you see him go hard uh
when he’s trying to get to the passer at
number
20 Steelers this one was a little bit
harder for me because I’m like you know
what what are the Steelers really going
to do with Russell Wilson and Justin
Fields what does this look like and to
me I’m thinking to myself like okay
you’ve got brri Jones who now you can
move to left tackle and now you can take
a former teammate of his at Georgia and
go amarius Mims at right tackle so so
Mims makes some sense for me at at pit
Pittsburgh and it lets them lean into
this line of scrimmage toughness mold
that they’ve always been you know so to
me an offensive lineman there for
Pittsburgh makes a lot of sense then we
get to 21 Miami fans I hear you you’re
all over me Michael pck I thought
Michael pennick in Miami would have been
fantastic and until Tua actually got a
contract I mean I was open to the idea
you were having none of it though oh
yeah the Tua folks they were having none
of it none of it Tua was fantastic last
year he really was now pinnick is a
better deep ball thrower than Tua I
don’t really care what you say that’s
absolutely the truth you can just watch
the film uh having said that though Tu
is going to be their quarterback moving
forward and and they’ve made that
abundantly clear and good for them if
they feel like they found that guy then
go protect him how do you protect him
you protect him in particular at his
stature by keeping people out of his lap
you do that by drafting in the interior
of the offensive line so this is this is
a about this is a about Tua draft
Jackson Powers Johnson from Oregon I
love him in the interior and I think
that would be a good pick to help TOA
not only stay healthy but keep people
out of his face so he can build on a
year in which he was one of the better
quarterbacks in all of the National
Football League he certainly put up the
numbers to suggest that he is one of
those guys now I don’t think he’s going
to get a burrow contract I don’t think
any of us believe that he’s going to get
a burrow contract but having said that
if he is going to get a contract you
better protect him and I think Jackson P
Johnson is a good pick right
there eagles you know you could go
interior offensive line and I think that
that’s pretty obvious you could also go
corner here Nate Wiggins is it I think a
good selection here Nate Wiggins from
Clemson I’ve got going to Philadelphia
uh at 22 and that leaves the Chargers on
the clock with now their second pick so
they trade down they get 11 and I told
you they’re going tight end Brock Bowers
so they can get what I think Jim
Harbaugh will value as as maybe his best
tied end and he can get Brock Bowers at
11 now he can pick here at 23 and
there’s a number of quality offensive
linemen that he can add to that front so
that he can do what create more Gap gaps
run a football team in His image if we
think Jim Harbaugh is going to all the
sudden transition and and win a
different way he has won the exact same
way everywhere he’s been University of
San Diego Stanford the San Francisco
49ers and Michigan it’s not changing it
is not changing he told me a story about
his philosophy and and Gus and I were
sitting there and we were talking about
his philosophy and Gus just said like
well where where does this come from
where does this come from and he says
well if you ask my dad he would say when
you finally Bury Bury Me I want a
diagram of the power play on my
Tombstone That’s How Deeply they care
about the physical nature of how to run
the football they will do that with the
Chargers make no mistake about it and I
think Herbert will will flourish with
that system almost every quarterback
he’s had has been able to flourish
because of that commitment to being
tough UPF front adding extra gaps to the
Run game so this is offensive line for
me you get Bowers at tight end and now
you’ve got JC leam from Alabama after
that trade with the the the Vikings and
so Bowers and leam I love that I love
that now if you’re thinking to yourself
like why not just take Mike Sr still and
Zack zenter I think he might want to do
that as well I think Jim Jim’s hardest
point about this D draft is going to be
not taking Michigan players that I’m
undoubtedly he’s going to over value as
it relates to the rest of the draft but
that’ll be interesting more so on day
three number 20 what are we at 24 here
Dallas Cowboys here we go Cowboys
Cowboys could do a lot of things but I
think that they need flexibility up
front they got to protect Dak Prescott
there’s a lot of these offensive lineman
Troy Fu from Washington I like him a lot
uh when you talk to people up around
that organization that that program I
should say in Washington they’ll talk
about Romo dun they’ll talk about Troy
fonu and and what those these two guys
have meant to the program in fact I I
know I was talking with um Brock and
Brock Huard talks about Troy glowingly
said he’s one of the his favorite
Washington huskys that he’s ever seen
wear that uniform and for a former husky
who has seen a lot of the huskys that’s
really high praise and so to me that
would be a solid pick for the Dallas
Cowboys
Packers they could go interior offensive
line here again we’re getting this run
on offensive lineman you got B them to
the Chargers uh font new to the Cowboys
and then how about Graham Barton from
duke interior offensive line he could go
to the Packers right there help continue
to solidify the interior of their
offensive line I like Graham a lot I
think Graham who’s got some Center in
his his background and can go back there
and play but he can play all three
interior positions either guard and
Center so from that standpoint I I like
this pick bucks now can go edge cuz I’ve
only taken two Edge rushers so far in
this Mock and and now all of a sudden
chop Robinson is still available now
they could go Leu latu from UCLA there’s
going to be some questions about his
neck injury history so if they had their
pick I think they would go chop Robinson
from Penn State here I’ve got chop
Robinson um going to Tampa Bay this
guy’s First Step his quickness it’s
elite it is Elite everyone talks about
the Michigan game that they played and
like wow Michigan ran the ball 32
straight times oh wow the reason they
did that was chop Robinson no other
reason they were not going to be able to
block him in particular at home and gets
loud and this guy times up the snap
Cadence and he is fast and he is
explosive and he creates problems in the
back field Manny Diaz’s defense for Penn
State I know Diaz has has moved on but
Manny’s defense um really has its
Origins back in the Mickey Andrews
Florida State defenses of the you know
90s and even prior to that aggressive
athletic up the field Gap penetration
and chop does that really well so that
would be the type of player that the
Buccaneers were getting there 27
Cardinals Marvin Harrison up at the top
of the draft and now if chop is gone
they could also go edge and a guy that I
think in in this spot only because of
that neck injury that I was mentioning
this is a steal Leu latu from
UCLA again there’s going to be questions
if you if you don’t know he had a neck
injury in practice at Washington early
in his career and medically retired from
the sport and thought he was never going
to play again was a student assistant
coach the next year then got a second
opinion from the same surgeon that fixed
pton Manning’s neck and got a second
lease on his football life his position
coach at Washington had moved to UCLA so
he found a new home with the Bruins and
then he was a monster you talk about
production this guy was fantastic for
the Bruins and a big reason why they
were so much better over the last couple
of years with Chip Kelly they were good
at the offensive line they were good on
the defensive line and a lot of that was
Leu latu quick he’s athletic he’s long
and he’s got great instincts and just
for his story I I hope that this is the
case that he continues to stay in the
first round even with that neck injury
history at 28 the bills could easily go
wide receiver here but there’s a a guy
that I really love who’s disruptive on
the inside of the interior defensive
line how about Jon Newton from Illinois
I think he’s the second best interior
defensive lineman a lot of production
from the interior defensive line he is
mean and nasty and can get up field and
I really like his game like really like
his game they just tried to sign uh Eric
Armstead when he was released by the
49ers but they missed out so this is a
good chance to solidify the interior of
that defensive line at 29 the Lions Man
by the way can we just stop and pause
how crazy it is it is it to see the
Lions pick this late in the draft right
look for years they were a Mainstay in
the top six and here they are at 29 and
now I I looked at their draft last year
Big 10 heavy Midwest heavy guys that
just produce right and I’m like who’s in
that mold Cooper dejon that’s who’s in
that mold dein however you want to
pronounce
it the Iowa Corner Cooper dein is a
perfect Detroit Lion this guy has great
instincts I mean great instincts he is
always around the football in a lot of
ways would have been and was Iowa’s best
offensive player he was their best
chance to score their best chance to
score last year was him picking up a
pass off and taking it back for six they
were going to start putting him on
offense when he hurt himself so he is
coming off of of injury but to me this
one just makes a a lot of sense then we
get into these last three picks in the
first round all right 30 the Ravens how
about Darius Robinson from missou they
get some continued help on the outside
this is a team that always drafts the
best possible player best available
player that was probably Darius Robinson
at that point at 30 at 31 the 49ers you
look at what they need to do they need
to line up with Kansas City and stop
Patrick Mahomes how do you do that you
continue to get hybrid nickel safety
type defensive back and Koolaid
mckinstry could be that type now he’s a
great corner you can play him outside
certainly but early in his career I
don’t think putting him in the slot is
out of the question and then the last
pick of the first round and after
everything that’s happened this off
season the Chiefs knew that they wanted
to solidify the wide receiver position
right they needed to do that I couldn’t
believe that they won the Super Bowl
with the wide receiver group that they
had Hollywood Brown in the off season
he’s a take the top off the defense type
of guy but I still think that they need
more a number one rasid rice is is not
going to be available or or probably not
going to be available with everything
that’s going on with him in the
offseason so they need a number one how
about adni Mitchell from Texas I like
his game a lot I think he can be a
number one uh good story he played a lot
of different places in high school and
then and transferred you know obviously
from Georgia to Texas people don’t
realize he transferred to Texas just to
be around his daughter uh won a couple
of championships at at Georgia
transferred to be closer to his daughter
who’s in Houston so that’s why he was at
the University of Texas really love his
game and I think he can blossom into a
real true number one and there it is
Mack
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