Daniel Jeremiah's NFL Mock Draft 1.0

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I of course am a huge fan of Zierlein (Kadyn at #24) since he published this shortly after my post on the Kadyn Proctor thread this morning:

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DJā€™s top 50. Some interesting names.

Heā€™s much higher on Ioane than most, really high on Blake Miller too. Lower on Downs.

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Seems a little off to me

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Since itā€™s DJ, it will become the norm soon as everyone copies him. I have been high on Blake Miller, heā€™s a late 1st for me as well so I like that one, but I disagree with plenty of others.

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Iā€™m happy to see that he doesnā€™t have my draft crush Center Jake Slaughter in his top 50. Maybe because heā€™s oldish? He seems quick enough to compensate for not being a mauler and quick to move to his next target. Am I naive in thinking he could be a year one starter?

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really high on Mesidor too aswell

interesting list ngl

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Oh I think heā€™s one of the leaders of the Mesidor agenda. I think itā€™s telling that he didnā€™t even mention his age.

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100 percent

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Maybe a trade down target? I would love to trade down a few spots, notch a bonus pick and get him.

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Iā€™m not touching a guy who turns 25 on draft day anywhere close to the first or even the second round.

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I wonder how high Love will actually go. That is higher than I think he had Bijan (although probably a better draft) I also think Tyree Wilsonā€™s career so far has made a guy like Faulk drop some. Still pretty early in the process, but its funny how the pendulum swings.

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Heā€™ll go pretty high imo. I donā€™t know that he goes as high as Jeanty, but top 15 I bet. Personally I donā€™t have him in that tier of prospect, but a lot of other people do. And like you said this class will probably push him up.

I think Faulkā€™s biggest issue right now is his 2025 tape. He just didnā€™t look to have the same level of juice that we all expected. He can right that through the process, but imo he needs to.

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Styles is the same thing. Top 5 talent, but where does he land. I love him, but IMO he is an off ball LB. Jeremiah has him going 7 to Washington. Maybe that is the play but man this draft is strange to me. It just doesnā€™t have top end guys. We took Campbell at 18 and got a lot of blowback IIRC for taking him so high.

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Name Position DJ1.0 Grade
Fernando Mendoza QB 1 6.73
Jeremiyah Love RB 2 6.71
Arvell Reese Edge 3 7.12
David Bailey Edge 4 6.75
Sonny Styles LB 5 ?
Rueben Bain Jr. Edge 6 6.7
Makai Lemon WR 7 6.7
Mansoor Delane CB 8 6.8
Carnell Tate WR 9 6.75
Caleb Downs S 10 ?
Olaivavega Ioane IOL 11 6.4
Spencer Fano OT 12 6.44
Francis Mauigoa OT 13 6.48
Jermod McCoy CB 14 6.37
Jordyn Tyson WR 15 6.46
Colton Hood CB 16 6.42
Cashius Howell Edge 17 6.38
Akheem Mesidor Edge 18 6.41
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren S 19 6.33
Denzel Boston WR 20 6.4
Kenyon Sadiq TE 21 6.42
CJ Allen LB 22 6.29
Blake Miller OT 23 6.26
Monroe Freeling OT 24 6.31
Dillon Thieneman S 25 6.32
Lee Hunter DT 26 6.1
Keldric Faulk Edge 27 6.49
Kadyn Proctor OT 28 6.45
Caleb Lomu OT 29 6.36
Avieon Terrell CB 30 6.43
Brandon Cisse CB 31 ?
KC Concepcion WR 32 6.4
Kayden McDonald DT 33 ?
Peter Woods DT 34 6.39
R Mason Thomas Edge 35 6.25
Antonio Williams WR 36 6.21
Christen Miller DT 37 6.34
T.J. Parker Edge 38 6.24
Caleb Banks DT 39 6.34
Ty Simpson QB 40 6.35
Max Iheanachor OT 41 ?
Anthony Hill Jr. LB 42 ?
Jadarian Price RB 43 6.38
Chris Brazzell II WR 44 ?
Malachi Fields WR 45 6.26
Deion Burks WR 46 ?
Jake Golday LB 47 ?
Zachariah Branch WR 48 ?
Chase Bisontis IOL 49 ?
Chris Bell WR 50 6.2
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Itā€™s his first list. That is typically the flag planting list. Take this as he loves the player. The what sources are saying stuff will have more influence over time. He hasnā€™t even had the combine to pick brains of scouts and decision makers.

Btw. Is it me or does DJ just seem like the nicest man ever?

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He does seem like an extremely nice guy. In fact sometimes I think that kindness gets taken advantage of in what is not a very nice industry, but thatā€™s a trade-off Iā€™m willing to put up with. But I keep it in mind.

I have always heard with DJ that the mock = what heā€™s hearing, whereas his list = his takes, but I do think at this stage those are very close to the same. Like you said itā€™s early in the process, he hasnā€™t had the time to hear too much scoop. Honestly I think a lot of GMs and other high-level contacts are just starting to familiarize themselves with the prospects, so the rumors right now are probably pretty worthless anyway.

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There are some blue-chippers in this class, but yeah theyā€™re at low value positions. Styles - whoā€™s my 2nd ranked guy - Downs, Love, even Fano/Mauigoa are seen as guards by some teams.

But in this one I would rather be picking 10-20 than 1-10. Once you get past Mendoza everyone to me is in that same tier of like, 13-17 1st round talents. The key is to get one of those, and itā€™s better to pick at the end of a tier than the beginning. It also opens up the possibility for a trade-down, as other teams target the last of their 1st round guys.

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I still maintain that spending a mid first on Howell is cray-cray but whatever.

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It is, and DJ should know it. At least he mentions the length concerns in his blurb. He doesnā€™t even talk about Mesidorā€™s age, which is imo pretty disingenuous to his readers, though heā€™s such a nice guy I canā€™t imagine itā€™s anything other than an oversight. Hell knowing the way admins worked, they might have removed it ā€œfor space,ā€ just to get people fired up. Eh, thatā€™s probably a little niche, but itā€™s similar to the sort of shit they do.

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lol , I could burn you, but Iā€™ll be nice. however a prospect thatā€™s 25-say he getā€™s drafted, you get at LEAST five to ten seasonā€™s of that man playing for you-because NFL player rot is about 35 years old, which F%%## give me 35 again!! as a pedestrian , Iā€™m 53 now.