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I'm trying a new mock draft simulator. I'm trying a simulator by Pro Football Network. In this draft, the Saints offered their 28th (1st round), 60th (2nd round), 105th (3rd round), and a 2022 2nd round pick for my pick at 10. Naturally, I pounced on that deal! There will be videos (if available and/or any music in the video is SFW), measurements (hopefully I get them all right this time), and my usual analysis of each player. Initially had analysis from PFN as well for all picks, but removed them during editing due to the length of this mock draft.
1st round (28th overall) Trevon Moehrig S TCU
Trevon Moehrig 6'2" and 202 lbs.
Explanation: Moehrig is one of the best safeties in the draft. He would immediately improve our S position which is an area of need. What he lacks in deep speed and play balance, he makes up for, imo, in his instincts, toughness, and the way he keeps the action in front of him. Excellent skills for what we need at S imo. Also, he drives through tackles and readily takes on bigger players. Would give us a hard hitting safety, yet someone who can handle the ball well when he intercepts.
2nd round (44th overall) Baron Browning LB Ohio State
Baron Browning 6'3" and 240 lbs
Explanation: One of the top LBers in the draft imo, and he also fills a significant need for us. I'm aware that he can be inconsistent at times, but, what he lacks in consistency (which I think can be coached and I think Quinn can coach this about him), he more than makes up for in his explosive play, athleticism, and sheer run stopping ability which we have been in significant need of. Our run defence was dreadful last year and not much better the year before. Browning would give us a significant at LB.
2nd round (60th overall) Daviyon Nixon DT Iowa
Daviyon Nixon DT 6'3" and 304 lbs.
Explanation: Daviyon Nixon is a powerful DT. I like his speed and hands when I watch him. If you notice on the INT, he's quite fast which, for someone at his size, is impressive imo. Football smart, and he is a player who will bat the ball away at the line if the ball is in the area (though no slouch at intercepting the ball either). I think this is a DT we need.
3rd round (75th overall) Jevon Holland S Oregon
Jevon Holland S 6'1" and 201 lbs.
(no PFN Analysis available yet)
Explanation: Double dip at S, but for a different style of safety. Holland would compliment the Moehrig pick earlier because he is more of a traditional FS allowing Moehrig to play a bit more at SS. Holland is quick from what I can see. In fact, as you'll notice in the video, he makes quite the punt returner as well. Adding him to the PR rotation with Cedric Wilson and Lamb would give us a powerful 3 man punch there. Also, with his speed, I think Holland would also make a nice upgrade at KR as well. Thus, we'd have a starter FS while also upgrading KR and PR. This is massive for us! Not only would we get a player that is great at intercepting, but, when we force teams to punt, he becomes a field position weapon that can take a punt to the house if the punting team doesn't stay in their lanes.
3rd round (99th overall) Tyler Shelvin DT LSU
Tyler Shelvin 6'3" and 346 lbs.
Explanation: Tyler Shelvin is an absolutely mountain of a man who makes one massively powerful 1T DT. Absolutely lethal at stopping the run. With his size, he does have a tendency of wearing down quickly, as the analysis above shows, but drafting Nixon earlier more than helps this. Additionally, as the analysis states, he's impossible to move off the point. He's quick with his hands, and he can swallow up double teams impressively well. Even with 2 blockers on him, he is a handful to try to block and is more than capable of still taking down the RB in the backfield with the way he destroys the pocket. This also helps with pass rush because the QB can't step up in the pocket. With us playing the likes of Brady and Mahomes this season, this is critical! Brady, for one, famously struggles with pass rush. Taking away the ability for him to step up in the pocket keeps him trapped from stepping up in the pocket. Even if Shelvin doesn't get to him, his abilities would allow DLaw and the other DEs to converge on Brady and swallow him up. Meanwhile, Mahomes would not be able to take off up the middle because Shelvin would prevent this from happening. Thus, Mahomes would have to move to the outside where DLaw and Gregory would likely be waiting for him.
3rd round (105th overall) Paulson Adebo CB Stanford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrAPMcte4o
Paulson Adebo 6'1" and 192 lbs.
Explanation: Did not play in 2020 which is why the video is from the 2019 season. With that said, he's an absolute sleeper in the draft. With Awuzie leaving for Cincinnati, we need CB help. Adebo makes quite the upgrade over Awuzie! Adebo is tall, and he's got great hands. If his highlight video is any indication, I think we can expect great things from him. I think we can expect interceptions from him and he's quite physical. He's physical as well, which is also important for us. I think drafting him and putting him on the other side of Diggs would give us 2 dangerous CBs. While Diggs and Adebo have different things that they're good at, I think the combination of the two on opposite sides of the field will complement each other's strengths. He could also play slot CB with what I see from him. This is important because of who I drafted next.
4th round (115th overall) Ambry Thomas CB Michigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0ivRbAwPUo
Ambry Thomas, 6'0" and 189 lbs.
Explanation: Decided to go 2 back to back CBs here. Thomas is a nice CB as well. He's not a great tackler, but he's got excellent hands! He and Adebo would give us 2 excellent rookie CBs who would create problems for the opposing offenses while also giving Quinn quite the headache in terms of who to put where along with Diggs. Of course, a good problem to have in terms of potentially having 3 excellent CBs with who I drafted here. Drafting Adebo and Thomas, along with having Diggs, would turn our CBs into a position of strength while potentially taking WRs away from the opposing QB. If this is a passing league, then having 3 excellent CBs would be important to have, and I think that's what we'd have with these 3 along with the 2 safeties I selected earlier.
4th round (138th overall) Aaron Banks OG Notre Dame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9YWBnwmSRM
Explanation: Firstly, I want to say, finding highlight videos for oline is quite difficult. However, the video for this player is from the Senior Bowl. Around the 2 minute mark is when you can expect to watch him. Notice how quick he is with his hands and the way he protects in that spot. He's got a great punch and is excellent in run blocking. This will be vitally important in helping Zeke. Also, fun side note, adding Banks would give us 2 Notre Dame guards. Back on track talking about Banks, Zeke struggled last year because we couldn't protect the run lanes for him. Banks fixes that as run blocking is natural for him. He's not light on his feet, but his run blocking skills are excellent, and he plays to his size. T Smith, Banks, Biadaz/Looney, Martin, and Collins? You can bank on that being quite the opening day lineup at oline!
5th round (178th overall) Damar Hamlin S Pittsburgh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ3_AFJBF3A
His measurables are below. Would be redundant to post them here.
By Ian Cummings
Damar Hamlin NFL Draft Profile & Senior Bowl Measurements
Position: Safety
Hamlin reprised his role as a safety for Pittsburgh in 2019, and again, thrived in that role alongside Paris Ford. In 12 games, Hamlin registered a career-high 84 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one interception, and ten pass deflections, another career-high. The Pittsburgh safety did miss one game due to injury. However, his injuries did not keep him off the field for extended periods of time, as they’d done in the past.
Through uncertainty, the 2020 college football season managed to materialize. Hamlin, now an elder statesman and a team captain for the Panthers, started all ten games. Over that stretch, he put up another productive season. He accumulated 66 total tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, and seven pass deflections.
Analyzing Damar Hamlin’s NFL Draft profile
At 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, Hamlin has decent size as a safety. He doesn’t have overwhelming length or density. Nevertheless, his size does help him compete in several phases. Hamlin also couples a few promising athletic traits with his size.
He’s fairly fluid with his hip transitions, and he also has flashes of excellent explosiveness and twitch. I want to see those flashes more often, but he has shown the capacity for urgent, sudden movement on occasion.
Where Hamlin has more utility is with his playmaking potential. In run defense, Hamlin does a good job of sniffing out running lanes. Although he doesn’t have the mass or elite range to get into the backfield consistently, he does have the ability to reach the holes and drop backs for short gains.
Additionally, in pass coverage, Hamlin has good ball skills, as evidenced by his six career interceptions and 21 career deflections. He brings a nice closing burst when at the catch point. He’s also active in using his length to disrupt passes. Furthermore, Hamlin brings a generally fast playstyle. As a tackler, he’s willing to throw his frame around to make solid contact. The Pittsburgh safety also has the aggressiveness to make plays coming downhill.
Explanation: Triple dipping on safety. This is a player you've seen explanations from me about before including in last night's draft, so I shan't go into further detail about this player.
6th round (191st overall) Shemar Jean-Charles CB Appalachian State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcYz6Lg2z7k
Shemar Jean-Charles CB Appalachian State, 5'11" and 190 lbs.
Explanation: Tripling down at CB as well. He'd battle with Anthony Brown at CB. I think he'd make nice depth for us, and I think he's capable of playing slot as well. He's a physical corner. He'd give us 2 rookie CBs who are physical. He's excellent with his hands at fighting with WRs, and Jean-Charles is excellent at ripping the ball away from the WR at the right moment. The above analysis shows that he is also good against the run which, for a CB is important. This is where I think he in the slot fits better. His length, physicality, and ability to attack the run is what I think we'd want in a slot WR. Not only that, I could see us using him in disguised corner blitz packages.
6th round (225th overall) Darren Hall CB San Diego State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYkGh9HBqbE
Darren Hall: 6'0" and 190 lbs.
Explanation: I know, I know, that's 4 CBs now that I've taken. And yes, I am trying to completely retool our CBs with these picks aside from Diggs. Hall would give us good competition at CB as well, and I think he's a player who could crack a roster spot for us as well. He's got excellent ball skills, and he's also excellent against the run like the above CB. Essentially, the two of them would make a nice slot CB rotation. The more competition at CB later in the draft, the better.
7th round (236th overall) Khyiris Tonga DT BYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHEvUka8hSY&t=57s
Khyiris Tonga: 6'4" and 321 lbs.
(No PFN analysis available)
Explanation: Rounding off the mock draft is Khyiris Tonga. Another big 1T DT, though not as big as Shelvin of course. With that said, tripling down on DT in this draft with Tonga makes sense because he fits a position of need and, even with his draft status, would have a decent chance of making the roster just with the fact that I think he'd beat out the likes of Hamilton, Palmore, and Ron'Dell Carter in camp with the skills that Tonga shows in the video.
Thoughts?
1st round (28th overall) Trevon Moehrig S TCU
Trevon Moehrig 6'2" and 202 lbs.
Explanation: Moehrig is one of the best safeties in the draft. He would immediately improve our S position which is an area of need. What he lacks in deep speed and play balance, he makes up for, imo, in his instincts, toughness, and the way he keeps the action in front of him. Excellent skills for what we need at S imo. Also, he drives through tackles and readily takes on bigger players. Would give us a hard hitting safety, yet someone who can handle the ball well when he intercepts.
2nd round (44th overall) Baron Browning LB Ohio State
Baron Browning 6'3" and 240 lbs
Explanation: One of the top LBers in the draft imo, and he also fills a significant need for us. I'm aware that he can be inconsistent at times, but, what he lacks in consistency (which I think can be coached and I think Quinn can coach this about him), he more than makes up for in his explosive play, athleticism, and sheer run stopping ability which we have been in significant need of. Our run defence was dreadful last year and not much better the year before. Browning would give us a significant at LB.
2nd round (60th overall) Daviyon Nixon DT Iowa
Daviyon Nixon DT 6'3" and 304 lbs.
Explanation: Daviyon Nixon is a powerful DT. I like his speed and hands when I watch him. If you notice on the INT, he's quite fast which, for someone at his size, is impressive imo. Football smart, and he is a player who will bat the ball away at the line if the ball is in the area (though no slouch at intercepting the ball either). I think this is a DT we need.
3rd round (75th overall) Jevon Holland S Oregon
Jevon Holland S 6'1" and 201 lbs.
(no PFN Analysis available yet)
Explanation: Double dip at S, but for a different style of safety. Holland would compliment the Moehrig pick earlier because he is more of a traditional FS allowing Moehrig to play a bit more at SS. Holland is quick from what I can see. In fact, as you'll notice in the video, he makes quite the punt returner as well. Adding him to the PR rotation with Cedric Wilson and Lamb would give us a powerful 3 man punch there. Also, with his speed, I think Holland would also make a nice upgrade at KR as well. Thus, we'd have a starter FS while also upgrading KR and PR. This is massive for us! Not only would we get a player that is great at intercepting, but, when we force teams to punt, he becomes a field position weapon that can take a punt to the house if the punting team doesn't stay in their lanes.
3rd round (99th overall) Tyler Shelvin DT LSU
Tyler Shelvin 6'3" and 346 lbs.
Explanation: Tyler Shelvin is an absolutely mountain of a man who makes one massively powerful 1T DT. Absolutely lethal at stopping the run. With his size, he does have a tendency of wearing down quickly, as the analysis above shows, but drafting Nixon earlier more than helps this. Additionally, as the analysis states, he's impossible to move off the point. He's quick with his hands, and he can swallow up double teams impressively well. Even with 2 blockers on him, he is a handful to try to block and is more than capable of still taking down the RB in the backfield with the way he destroys the pocket. This also helps with pass rush because the QB can't step up in the pocket. With us playing the likes of Brady and Mahomes this season, this is critical! Brady, for one, famously struggles with pass rush. Taking away the ability for him to step up in the pocket keeps him trapped from stepping up in the pocket. Even if Shelvin doesn't get to him, his abilities would allow DLaw and the other DEs to converge on Brady and swallow him up. Meanwhile, Mahomes would not be able to take off up the middle because Shelvin would prevent this from happening. Thus, Mahomes would have to move to the outside where DLaw and Gregory would likely be waiting for him.
3rd round (105th overall) Paulson Adebo CB Stanford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrAPMcte4o
Paulson Adebo 6'1" and 192 lbs.
Explanation: Did not play in 2020 which is why the video is from the 2019 season. With that said, he's an absolute sleeper in the draft. With Awuzie leaving for Cincinnati, we need CB help. Adebo makes quite the upgrade over Awuzie! Adebo is tall, and he's got great hands. If his highlight video is any indication, I think we can expect great things from him. I think we can expect interceptions from him and he's quite physical. He's physical as well, which is also important for us. I think drafting him and putting him on the other side of Diggs would give us 2 dangerous CBs. While Diggs and Adebo have different things that they're good at, I think the combination of the two on opposite sides of the field will complement each other's strengths. He could also play slot CB with what I see from him. This is important because of who I drafted next.
4th round (115th overall) Ambry Thomas CB Michigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0ivRbAwPUo
Ambry Thomas, 6'0" and 189 lbs.
Explanation: Decided to go 2 back to back CBs here. Thomas is a nice CB as well. He's not a great tackler, but he's got excellent hands! He and Adebo would give us 2 excellent rookie CBs who would create problems for the opposing offenses while also giving Quinn quite the headache in terms of who to put where along with Diggs. Of course, a good problem to have in terms of potentially having 3 excellent CBs with who I drafted here. Drafting Adebo and Thomas, along with having Diggs, would turn our CBs into a position of strength while potentially taking WRs away from the opposing QB. If this is a passing league, then having 3 excellent CBs would be important to have, and I think that's what we'd have with these 3 along with the 2 safeties I selected earlier.
4th round (138th overall) Aaron Banks OG Notre Dame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9YWBnwmSRM
Explanation: Firstly, I want to say, finding highlight videos for oline is quite difficult. However, the video for this player is from the Senior Bowl. Around the 2 minute mark is when you can expect to watch him. Notice how quick he is with his hands and the way he protects in that spot. He's got a great punch and is excellent in run blocking. This will be vitally important in helping Zeke. Also, fun side note, adding Banks would give us 2 Notre Dame guards. Back on track talking about Banks, Zeke struggled last year because we couldn't protect the run lanes for him. Banks fixes that as run blocking is natural for him. He's not light on his feet, but his run blocking skills are excellent, and he plays to his size. T Smith, Banks, Biadaz/Looney, Martin, and Collins? You can bank on that being quite the opening day lineup at oline!
5th round (178th overall) Damar Hamlin S Pittsburgh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ3_AFJBF3A
His measurables are below. Would be redundant to post them here.
By Ian Cummings
Damar Hamlin NFL Draft Profile & Senior Bowl Measurements
Position: Safety
- Height: 6’0 5/8″
- Weight: 201 pounds
Hamlin reprised his role as a safety for Pittsburgh in 2019, and again, thrived in that role alongside Paris Ford. In 12 games, Hamlin registered a career-high 84 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one interception, and ten pass deflections, another career-high. The Pittsburgh safety did miss one game due to injury. However, his injuries did not keep him off the field for extended periods of time, as they’d done in the past.
Through uncertainty, the 2020 college football season managed to materialize. Hamlin, now an elder statesman and a team captain for the Panthers, started all ten games. Over that stretch, he put up another productive season. He accumulated 66 total tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, and seven pass deflections.
Analyzing Damar Hamlin’s NFL Draft profile
At 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, Hamlin has decent size as a safety. He doesn’t have overwhelming length or density. Nevertheless, his size does help him compete in several phases. Hamlin also couples a few promising athletic traits with his size.
He’s fairly fluid with his hip transitions, and he also has flashes of excellent explosiveness and twitch. I want to see those flashes more often, but he has shown the capacity for urgent, sudden movement on occasion.
Where Hamlin has more utility is with his playmaking potential. In run defense, Hamlin does a good job of sniffing out running lanes. Although he doesn’t have the mass or elite range to get into the backfield consistently, he does have the ability to reach the holes and drop backs for short gains.
Additionally, in pass coverage, Hamlin has good ball skills, as evidenced by his six career interceptions and 21 career deflections. He brings a nice closing burst when at the catch point. He’s also active in using his length to disrupt passes. Furthermore, Hamlin brings a generally fast playstyle. As a tackler, he’s willing to throw his frame around to make solid contact. The Pittsburgh safety also has the aggressiveness to make plays coming downhill.
Explanation: Triple dipping on safety. This is a player you've seen explanations from me about before including in last night's draft, so I shan't go into further detail about this player.
6th round (191st overall) Shemar Jean-Charles CB Appalachian State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcYz6Lg2z7k
Shemar Jean-Charles CB Appalachian State, 5'11" and 190 lbs.
Explanation: Tripling down at CB as well. He'd battle with Anthony Brown at CB. I think he'd make nice depth for us, and I think he's capable of playing slot as well. He's a physical corner. He'd give us 2 rookie CBs who are physical. He's excellent with his hands at fighting with WRs, and Jean-Charles is excellent at ripping the ball away from the WR at the right moment. The above analysis shows that he is also good against the run which, for a CB is important. This is where I think he in the slot fits better. His length, physicality, and ability to attack the run is what I think we'd want in a slot WR. Not only that, I could see us using him in disguised corner blitz packages.
6th round (225th overall) Darren Hall CB San Diego State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYkGh9HBqbE
Darren Hall: 6'0" and 190 lbs.
Explanation: I know, I know, that's 4 CBs now that I've taken. And yes, I am trying to completely retool our CBs with these picks aside from Diggs. Hall would give us good competition at CB as well, and I think he's a player who could crack a roster spot for us as well. He's got excellent ball skills, and he's also excellent against the run like the above CB. Essentially, the two of them would make a nice slot CB rotation. The more competition at CB later in the draft, the better.
7th round (236th overall) Khyiris Tonga DT BYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHEvUka8hSY&t=57s
Khyiris Tonga: 6'4" and 321 lbs.
(No PFN analysis available)
Explanation: Rounding off the mock draft is Khyiris Tonga. Another big 1T DT, though not as big as Shelvin of course. With that said, tripling down on DT in this draft with Tonga makes sense because he fits a position of need and, even with his draft status, would have a decent chance of making the roster just with the fact that I think he'd beat out the likes of Hamilton, Palmore, and Ron'Dell Carter in camp with the skills that Tonga shows in the video.
Thoughts?
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