LAOJoe & RTTRUTH's 9th Annual "Official" Mock Draft

No worries, Will.


I don't consider myself an expert.

Unless I'm drunk. Then no one on the planet earth... wait... then no one in the entire galaxy knows more than I, lol.

I'm the same as everyone else here that loves this shit, yourself included. I just try and learn something new every chance I get and use it to improve.

 

Here's Ballage's full game against Oregon last year. If you hit play, watch it all. To me, he looks pretty average. And that's against an average college defense. What will NFL guys make him look like?

 

What does a guy need to do to get a draft evaluation? Even starting it doesn't give any reciprocation.

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lol

I don't necessarily disagree with you, he does have a less than solid score for contact balance, I just happened to remember that play.

It's his ability to blast through an opening for immediate yardage and his mitts that make him a high ceiling player. You put those two attributes together with his size and he's a mismatch waiting to happen. He needs to learn to consistently play within his frame, but he shows the ability to push the pile and fall forward so if he can land in an offense that gives him the opportunity to make one cut and scream into the gap he should be immediately effective.

We were discussing one of his weaker points earlier in this thread - patience. He needs to learn it and he can really raise his ceiling. If he could simply slow down a notch when approaching the line then cut and dash, he could be on top of the defense before they had a chance to see him slip through the line.

Hey, at least we agreed on one player somewhere in this mock. Now if I could just remember who that player was...

 

Offense gets a lot better, but I feel like DT and LB should of been addressed. Still, all good additions. (Williams is my favorite pick)

 

I love the angle of the first three. The team is "kind of" rebuilding. They'll probably say they aren't, but we all know they are. You got a potential blindside stud, for a potential starting QB (Most of us happen to like), and gave him a solid WR to throw to. I like the Jackson pick later on too. I think he can be a productive change of pace guy. Might surprise for more. Carrington is a late pick, so not bad. I didn't know where to slot him personally, but I'm sure he's draftable. Flowers I don't know as much about, so I'll defer.

Love the first three though, and the whole plan to it. I don't, however, like how you made it easier for your brother to move up and down in the draft as he wishes. For shame.....

 

Bluejackets back from down 2 again....

 

Haha. There are 3 or 4 every year. Edmonds is definitely one this year. You hit the nail on the head with him. He could be the 2nd most productive NFL back 2 years from now from this class (Barkley).

I might "reach" and say we agree on Rudolph. He's not my #1, but I definitely like his ability. He could be the best value find of the class of QB's while teams reach in the top 10 for a couple/few others.

Also, I mentioned my love for Tim Settle. I believe you graded him pretty well also.

 

I think it was Settle that we were discussing previously.

I think Rudolph's stock is still trending up right now. I mentioned a couple months ago that I could see him drifting into the middle of the first if the 4 more hyped prospects are off the board by #12, and right now I do believe that will be the case. My favorite landing spots for him right now are the Giants, Steelers and Patriots.

I'm really interested to see how the NFL views Edmonds in this draft.

You have any other guys on your board that you believe are being too underrated by the main stream?

 

I got pissed off that there was nobody to trade with before Joe was trying to trade at 32. So many autos. I was starting at Philly, the Browns and probably the Colts who would all want Williams and a couple other guys were trying to trade with Joe as well. Plus 2 tackles went with autos. I needed to overpay a bit. I did panic a bit on the Ridley trade up. If I wasn't at Costco I might have noticed that Joe preferred Sutton anyways if he went WR. That worked out for me though. I was going to take Lauletta in the 3rd. I got him in the 4th. I swapped my 3rd for a 4th that trade. I traded down again last night because I didn't want to think lol.

Memphis, as for DT/LB it was just hard to address them all when I had some other needs and the value didn't match in the middle/late rounds compared to the other guys I took. Oh and I just noticed I do have 1 pick left... so there is that.

 

Getting Carrington in the top of the 7th is damn near grand larceny.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see more WRs drafted in rounds 2, 3 and 4 then what the average has been (13) over the past 5 years(18 was the high mark in 2017).

 

Tim and I usually end up agreeing on many players that will be studs and RT and I on who we think will be busts.

lol

 

Oh, I understand 100%. BPA always is a factor, by all means.

 

I’m here.

 

Jacksonville Jaguars select:

CB - Quenton Meeks - Stanford

 

Gone in the 4th

 

Ok. One minute.

 

Jacksonville Jaguars select

LB - Ro’Derrick Hoskins - Florida State

 

Too under-rated?
Well I’m unsure about the mainstream, but this group is undervaluing Greg Stroman. His man coverage is pretty tight, reads QB well, has a baller mentality, and added PR value.

Mo Hurst people aren’t talking about much after the scare. I think he’s got a chance to be a Donald-lite at 3-tech.

Dorian O-Daniel whom you took in this mock. He’s got good C.O.D. and is a tempo setter.

At OL, more and more I’m wondering if K.Miller is the guy being overlooked early. He has the upside some others don’t. Not a finished product, but ability is there. I can see him in the 1st.

I could name another 6-8 probably.
TE Conklin. Maybe Uchenna Nwosu.
Ejiofor, Goedert, Allen Lazard (really like him).

Maybe my biggest one, has had no mentions, my 2(4) pick > Kerryon Johnson. Good receiver, elusive, and powerful. Offense ran through him in the SEC. I think he can be a workhorse guy, who is really balanced. He has that “something”. The only guy I maybe rate between Barkley and Edmonds overall.