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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

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