It’s Mock Draft Monday and the 2024 NFL Draft is 101 days away. Let’s get to mocking!
1st: Chicago Bears – Marvin Harrison Jr, WR, Ohio State
To keep Justin Fields or take a quarterback? Harrison Jr is the best player in this draft and pairing him with D.J. Moore would set Fields up for one last chance to prove he’s the long-term answer.
2nd: Washington Commanders: Caleb Williams, QB, USC
Terry McLaurin will be dancing in the streets with this selection. Will the Commanders take Drake Maye or Caleb Williams. Let’s roll with Williams in this mock.
3rd: New England Patriots: Drake Maye, QB, UNC
New England needs a complete teardown on the offensive side of the ball. The remodel begins with the selection of Maye.
4th: Arizona Cardinals: Malik Nabers, WR, LSU
The LSU wide receiver is the complete package. He’s a YAC threat. He tracks the ball like a centerfielder. Kyler Murray gets a dynamic weapon.
5th: Los Angeles Chargers: Olu Fashanu, OT, Penn State
Protect Justin Herbert at all costs. Fashanu is a plug-and-play starter at the second most important position in football.
6th: New York Giants: Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame
Daniel Jones, Jayden Daniels, Kerry Collins. It doesn’t matter who is under center for the Giants if they can’t keep the quarterback upright. After giving up a league-leading 85 sacks, New York needs to revamp the offensive line.
7th: Tennessee Titans: Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia
The Titans selected Malik Willis in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft and followed that up by selecting Will Levis in the second round last year. Do they give Willis a full year to show he could be the franchise quarterback or do the Titans select Jayden Daniels? Let’s give Levis a weapon.
8th: Atlanta Falcons: Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU
With Bijan Robinson, Drake London and Kyle Pitts the Falcons have plenty of talent on the offensive side of the ball. Now they need somebody to stir the drink. Enter Daniels.
9th: Bears: Dallas Turner, Edge, Alabama
Let’s get Montez Sweat a long-term running mate. Dallas Turner finished the season with 10 sacks and 55 pressures.
10th: New York Jets: JC Latham, OT, Alabama
It would be tempting to give Aaron Rodgers another weapon. Priority number one for the Jets should be to keep Rodgers healthy.
11th: Minnesota Vikings: Jared Verse, Edge, Florida State
My guess is Kirk Cousins will be back on a one-year deal for the Vikings. With Captain Kirk back, the Vikings take the best defensive player on the board.
12th: Denver Broncos: Jer’Zhan Newton, DL, Illinois
It’s been eight years since the Broncos made the playoffs. They are coming off the embarrassment of the Russell Wilson deal, which could wind up looking like this era’s version of the Herschel Walker deal, with how lopsided it feels. They need a safe pick and Newton would upgrade the team’s front seven.
13th: Las Vegas Raiders: Rome Odunze, WR, Washington
Will Davante Adams request a trade this offseason? Even if he’s back in the Sin City, the Raiders need another playmaker on the offensive side of the ball.
14th: New Orleans Saints: Laiatu Latu, Edge, UCLA
Latu led the nation with 64 pressures. To go along with all those pressures, he recorded 13 sacks. Pressure the quarterback and prosper.
15th: Indianapolis Colts: Terrion Arnold, CB, Alabama
The Colts all of a sudden find themselves in the same division with an explosive young offense. Let’s give them a cornerback.
16th: Seattle Seahawks: Chop Robinson, Edge, Penn State
The Seahawks need to invest in the front seven this offseason. Chop Robinson has all the tools in the shed to develop into a gamewrecker.
17th: Jacksonville Jaguars: Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama
As you’re reading this the Jaguars just gave up another explosive play through the air. They finished the season as the 26th-ranked team against the pass and McKinstry has the ability to take half the field away.
18th: Cincinnati Bengals: Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State
Let’s replace Tee Higgins with a Tee Higgins clone. Coleman is built like Higgins and is cut from the same cloth.
19th: Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Brian Thomas Jr, WR, LSU
Will Mike Evans wear another uniform next season? Even if the Bus re-sign the veteran wide receiver, they may need to start thinking about life after Evans. Thomas would give Baker Mayfield or whoever is throwing passes for Tampa Bay next season a dynamic weapon.
20th: Los Angeles Rams: Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
It seems like every offseason there is talk that the Rams need to address the offensive line. Or maybe that’s just a dialogue that I’ve created in my head. Mims would be an upgrade at right tackle or left tackle for the Rams.
21st: Pittsburgh Steelers: Taliese Fuaga, OL, Oregon State
The Steelers want to get back to Pittsburgh ground and pound. Fuaga is a mauler and plays with a mean streak.
22nd: Miami Dolphins: Tyler Guyton, OT, Oklahoma
Guyton moves like a tight end. The Sooner offensive tackle could step in and replace pending free agent Austin Jackson.
23rd: Houston Texans: Bralen Trice, Edge, Washington
The pressure king. Trice finished the season with 62 pressures, which ranked third overall in college football. Pairing him with the explosive Will Anderson would give the Texans a pair of edge rushers to build around.
24th: Dallas Cowboys: Byron Murphy II, DL, Texas
The Cowboys just got gashed by Aaron Jones and they need a game-changer in the interior to help alleviate some pressure off Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence.
25th: Green Bay Packers: Cooper DeJean, DB, Iowa
Play him on the boundary, in the slot or move him to safety. It doesn’t matter, the Packers need a playmaker like DeJean in their secondary.
26th: Arizona Cardinals: Chris Braswell, Edge, Alabama
After getting a weapon for Murray with Nabers, the Cardinals get a much-needed pass rusher.
27th: Philadelphia Eagles: Nate Wiggins, CB, Clemson
Another instance where the Eagles just sit back and take the best player on the board. Wiggins is in the argument to be the first cornerback off the board and the Eagles get a steal with the 27th overall pick.
28th: Kansas City Chiefs: Troy Fautanu, OL, Washington
Left tackle or guard, it doesn’t matter, the Kansas City Chiefs will skip to the podium to take the Washington offensive lineman with all the top receivers off the board.
29th: Buffalo Bills: Kamren Kinchens, S, Miami
Call him Verizon because he covers a lot of ground. Micah Hyde is a free agent and Jordan Poyer isn’t getting any younger.
30th: Detroit Lions: Quinyon Mitchell, CB, Toledo
The Lions finished 29th against the pass this season and Mitchell would give them an athletic cornerback that could develop into a lockdown cornerback that they desperately need.
31st: San Francisco 49ers: Graham Barton, OL, Duke
Will the 49ers view Barton as a tackle, guard or center? My guess is they’d plug him in at center.
32nd: Baltimore Ravens: Kalen King, CB, Penn State
The Baltimore Ravens have something like 13 cornerbacks that are set to be free agents. Okay, it’s only five. With a need at cornerback, the Ravens take the Penn State product.
Second Round
33rd: Panthers: Adonai Mitchell, WR, Texas
34th: Patriots: Kingsley Suamataia, OT, BYU
35th: Cardinals: Jordan Morgan, OL, Arizona
36th: Commanders: Patrick Paul, OT, Houston
37th: Chargers: Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas
38th: Titans: Tyler Nubin, S, Minnesota
39th: Giants: Ja’Lynn Polk, WR, Washington
40th: Commanders: Javon Bullard, DB, Georgia
41st: Packers: Trey Benson, RB, FSU
42nd: Vikings: J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan
43rd: Falcons: Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia
44th: Raiders: Michael Penix Jr, QB, Washington
45th: Saints: Malachi Corley, WR, Western Kentucky
46th: Colts: Calen Bullock, S, USC
47th: Giants: Ruke Orhorhoro, DL, Clemson
48th: Jaguars: Jackson Powers-Johnson, C, Oregon
49th: Bengals: Kamari Lassiter, CB, Georgia
50th: Eagles: Edgerrin Cooper, LB, Texas A&M
51st: Buccaneers: Bo Nix, QB, Oregon
52nd: Steelers: T’Vondre Sweat, DL, Texas
53rd: Rams: Adisa Isaac, Edge, Penn State
54th: Browns: Jalen McMillan, WR, Washington
55th: Dolphins: Kris Jenkins, DL, Michigan
56th: Cowboys: Mike Sainristil, CB, Michigan
57th: Packers: Ennis Rakestraw Jr, CB, Missouri
58th: Texans: Ennis Rakestraw Jr, CB, Missouri
59th: Chiefs: Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon
60th: Eagles: Roman Wilson, WR, Michigan
61st: Bills: Brandon Dorlus, DL, Oregon
62nd: Lions: Cooper Beebe, OL, Kansas State
63rd: 49ers: T.J. Tampa, CB, Iowa State
64th: Ravens: Zach Frazier, IOL, West Virginia