Congratulations to @grayruby, who won the first Mock Draft Monday with a well considered 49ers mock. @Public_N_M_E actually had the highest scoring mock, but it was disqualified for illegal trades.
This week, I still want to let you choose any team, but this time there are no restrictions on trades and I'm only considering mocks from ProFootballNetwork. Try to put some method in your madness and let us know why you're making the kinds of trades you're making, as well as the other choices.
Once again, I'll let zaprank decide the winner (subject to the rules). I'll also announce the winner on episode 23 for The Stacker Sports Podcast.
1,000 sats bounty
The Geno Smith trade has radically changed the Raiders priorities. No longer a QB desperate team, high-end talent across positions is now the priority.
I'm coming to understand that there are only three elite prospects in this draft: Carter, Hunter, and Jeanty. Both Hunter and Jeanty were available at pick 6, so I would have traded back one spot, but the Jets weren't interested, so I took Hunter.
Hunter is a perfect fit for our current team needs, as well as the franchise's historic style. I see him playing both sides of the ball for the Raiders, as a starting CB1 and rotational big play WR3. I imagine him playing something like 70% of snaps on defense and 40% of snaps on offense. Also, CB and WR are not the strength of this draft, so I can get other needs later.
I traded back one spot, 37 to 38, with the Patriots in order to move up from 144 to 105. There were two great DT's on the board, so this is a perfectly safe move. The Patriots took neither DT, so I had to choose between Tyleik Williams and Kenneth Grant. I'm taking Grant, because he's grading as the higher upside player of the two and we already have great defensive line talent to surround him.
After a lot of deliberation, I rejected a trade back, from 68 to 85, because there were a couple of good RB's still on the board and that is something the team really needs. With 68, I took Kaleb Johnson.
Anthony Belton is one of the relatively few OT's in this draft who actually profiles as a tackle.
Then I traded back from 107 to 118, which also swapped a 2026 7th for pick 154. The top players on the board were from positions I already drafted.
Corey Kiner is an interesting RB prospect, because he's actually known for being a great blocker. No problem grabbing a 3rd down back late on day 3.
Luke Lachey profiles as a TE2, which is all we need, since we're shopping our current TE2.
Truss is a versatile offensive linemen and the Raiders need depth all over.
Good draft. Awesome to get Hunter at 6. I like Grant, Belton and Moore.
Yeah, Kaleb Johnson wasn't the most exciting RB option, but he sounds like a very competent player.
I actually like the 49ers taking in an enormous rookie class. There are some many high end starters on this roster that it's a great environment for young guys to develop behind them and you need guys on cheap deals.
Yes and their depth and pipeline has eroded over the years as the roster became top heavy. Why not use this year's draft when you have the best draft capital since 2020 to fix that?
Nice value trading back to 12 and still getting Tet.
Hopefully, Fields can make use of those new weapons.
I liked being able to pair him with GW, added a much needed TE to the roster and a project QB
Where is your mock?
Just finished it. It takes a lot longer, when you have to think about the trades.
Trading does take longer. I was going to try to get one in before we recorded the pod but I think I should give it the time it deserves and do it later today.
How many rounds?
All 7