2025 Mock Draft Thread

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I actually like Tulafono quite a bit, but man did he have the snapping yips this year. Cost them a game with one I believe, and had quite a few others. You can play him at guard if it keeps up, but heā€™s so smart you hate to move him out of the middle. And yet you canā€™t keep him there either if he doesnā€™t get the snapping woes sorted.

Trying some different things(went with the idea of if we traded Hooker to say Jets or something and then selecting Ewers in the draft)

Other than Grant and Lachey, I know little about these guys, pretty much a needs based draft. Few positions I didnā€™t pick that I wanted too but focused on the front seven on defense and OL

28 Kenneth Grant DT UM
60 Maxwell Hairston DB KY
101 Jaeden Roberts OG AL
132 Luke Lachey TE IA
198 Seth McLaughlin OC OSU
231 Tyler Betty DE BYU
246.Jack Kiser LB ND

Pretty sure Roberts went back to school (I know heā€™s still in most of the sims). Heā€™s not on any of the early entry lists.

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If we were taking a late(ish) round QB (and we wonā€™t because we have Hendon), Dillon Gabriel is BY FAR the best fit in our system.

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For once i have no clue who any of these college guys are. I stopped watching the draft classes and doing mocks like it was our super bowlā€¦ last year. I trust dan and brad

FWIW, the PFN sim has been updated to include the AG comp pick.

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I donā€™t know, bro. We have to start preparing for the reality that Decker is not going to play forever.
Not criticism. I love and appreciate the man and I hope he can go another 5 years, but, you canā€™t plan it out that way or make believe age isnā€™t catching up.
Realistically, I hope for 3 more solid years.

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Not an NFL arm IMO. Not a starter level arm at least. Reminds me of Kellen Moore though Dillonā€™s got a little bit more zip than that.

Seth Henigan would be my favorite late round QB. Though I think Riley Leonard is an interesting Taylor Heineke kamikaze QB type of backup QB prospect.

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Well yeah. Thatā€™s why heā€™s got a 4th round grade and not a 1st round grade.

And, I mean, if you bring him in the game as a backup, are you really going to expect your backup to go throw 40+ yard bombs?

Iā€™d rather my backup be able to process and run an offense like Gabriel. Plus, the defense would have to account for his legs.

If this happens I would be estatic

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Ian Book went in the fourth so I guess it could happen. To me itā€™s a waste of draft capital but I guess if a team wants to play Moneyball at backup QB it could be worth it. I mean heā€™s probably ready to do the administrative backup QB kind of stuff right away. I just donā€™t happen to think he has true NFL QB traits.

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What about the Natty MVP ?

I donā€™t think Will Howard can do the processing necessary to play for us.

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I doubt we take a QB this year :man_shrugging:

But also, I think mid day three in this draft is solid. Just Oregon alone you have Cornelius, Muhammad and Caldwell are all kind of in that range. Personally Iā€™d much rather have any of those than Dillon Gabriel.

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Playmakers we donā€™t need no stinkin playmakers

Made a couple small trades(101 and 246 for 116 and 152) (230 and a 26 5th for 219 and 240)

BIG on defense in this one(6 of 8) and BIG on more speed on defense