LAOJoe & RTTRUTH's 10th Annual "Official" Mock Draft

The Chiefs select: WR - Jakobi Meyers, NC State

 

Last call before I make the pick myself....

 

Rams (RT) next
Redskins (also RT) after that
@xinik heads up... Giants after RT picks twice

then

Falcons (me again - pick is also up for grabs - PM now if you want it)
Redskins (RT again)
Cardinals (Tim again)
@showstopper heads up... Steelers might be up sooner than you think

 

Xinik left me a list. So many long-snappers on it. It's weird...

 

Falcons select
Jordan Brailford, EDGE, Oklahoma State

(next pick after RTx2 and Giants is still being offered - PM if you want it)

 

Pitt willing to trade for 2020 pick

 

Rams select Blace Brown / CB / Troy

 

Taken him in both drafts now. Tried to talk myself out of it here because we took Julian Love with our first pick. But when cap issues become a problem, Marcus Peters or more likely Aqib Talib will be obvious cut candidates...so an infusion of youth seems like a good play. INT leader, and fits Wade Phillips style I believe. Worth a shot here.

 

Redskins select Penny Hart / WR / Georgia State

 

via PM, Giants select Tommy Sweeney, TE - Boston College

 

Very interesting that you're taking him specifically with Wade Philips in mind. That means Brown will be a dime back, which is a good situation for a developmental guy who is a natural ball hawk.

 

Well I wouldn't say Wade Phillips specifically. But he's a developmental guy whose style of play matches the type of guys Phillips uses more closely than one or two other guys I may have had my eye on. He would start in dime most likely due to the depth on the roster. But as long as he isn't asked to do too much right away, I like his potential for the future. I have two picks left with LAR and might consider consolidating those into one pick to move up for someone specific later on

 

@Torgo and Falcons OTC.

Kind of expecting a trade coming up here...

 

Well, the trick to Phillips is that he goes from base single gap 3-4 straight to dime with a 4-man front. So if you bring in a developmental DB or linebacker for his team, you have to base it on the idea that the team will use a heck of a lot of dime.

That makes Brown a better system fit for you than it would for most other teams.

 

Falcons select
Ryan Finley, QB, NC State

(because Matt Schaub turns 38 in June)

 

That's who I was targeting. Nice pick.

 

Redskins select Otaro Alaka / LB / Texas A&M

 

@Tim

Cardinals are OTC

Officially 6th round people. Woohoo!!

 

Falcons just plucked both the top 2 off my short list for Carolina...well done.

 

The real life Falcons scratched off one of my draft needs yesterday. I was planning to take a second DT, but yesterday they signed Tyeler Davison. That freed me up to trade the picks or address other positions. I ended up going with a second developmental pass rusher and a backup QB.