Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Furboy's mock drafts, the thread where I do a mock draft to share with you all what picks I think will improve this team. As I've started to do, I do one without any trades, and then I do one with a trade. At some point, I'll probably do one where I have a second trade. Anyway, in the trade below, I got a trade from the Cardinals who traded up to the 10th pick. In exchange, I got their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. As is standard for me, I will provide a video for each player if I can find one and, if I can't, a link that has a scouting report for one of the players. Also, I hope my explanations give you a laugh. Heeeere it is!
Round 1 Pick 16 (ARI):
Caleb Farley, CB, Virginia Tech (A)
Caleb Farley 6'2 and 207 lbs. For those of you that have read my last few mock drafts, you already know my take on this player haha. Moving on haha.
Round 2 Pick 12:
Trevon Moehrig, FS/SS, TCU (A)
Trevon Moehrig 6'2" and 202 lbs. Best safety in the draft is now ours muahahahaha! This player fits a huge need at safety for us with a monster of a player.
Round 2 Pick 17 (ARI):
Jay Tufele, DT, USC (A)
Jay Tufele 6'3" and 305 lbs. As with Farley, you probably know my take on this player by now.
Round 3 Pick 11:
Dylan Moses, ILB/OLB, Alabama (A+)
Dylan Moses 6'3 and 235 lbs. In fairness, not my favourite LB at this spot, but Cox was taken so this was my choice here. Dylan Moses is an excellent LB in his own right, and we need a lot of help at LB. He fills a big need.
Round 3 Pick 15 (ARI):
Baron Browning, ILB/OLB, Ohio State (A+)
Baron Browning 6'3 and 240 lbs. Well, I got a Bama LB, so why not a Buckeye one as well? Both played in the National Championship haha. In all seriousness, doubling up at LB here fills our LB needs with two excellent LBers in a row. Moses and Browning should really help us with our run defence issues. Browning is also good in coverage which is important in this league.
Round 3 Pick 35 (COMP):
Ar'Darius Washington, FS/SS, TCU (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYomPsNW3TU&t=69s
Ar'Darius Washington 5'8 and 178 lbs. Not exactly the tallest prospect, but can't pass up the talent here. We have issues at safety, so why not add another excellent safety at this spot? 2 safeties and 2 LBs in the draft? Yes please! We need that!
Round 4 Pick 10:
Chris Rumph II, DE/OLB, Duke (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJs17Y9LN0I
6'3" and 236 lbs. We do need help at DE, especially if we don't manage to keep Aldon Smith. Rumph gives us a good DE at this spot who can harass the QB.
Round 4 Pick 33 (COMP):
Kary Vincent Jr, CB, LSU (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyPsF9rzRQY
Kary Vincent Jr. 5'10" and 189 lbs. Kary Vincent JR not only plays football for LSU, but he also apparently plays track for them. In the video I posted, he matched up against CD Lamb among other excellent players for Oklahoma. Possible slot CB for us, especially with his speed.
Round 5 Pick 34 (COMP):
Adrian Ealy, OT, Oklahoma (A+)
https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/adrian-ealy/iRPB21DhOa
Adrian Ealy 6'6.5" and 326 lbs. Adrian Ealy would be a developmental DT, but what struck me in the link I posted is that Draft Network sees him as a zone blocking scheme-style OT. This is something that we do well. The 5th round is a good spot to pick up a player like Ealy imo. This will be the offensive player that I take in this mock draft.
Round 6 Pick 8:
Elerson Smith, DE/OLB, Northern Iowa (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8w4IgQCWJ8
Elerson Smith 6'7" and 245 lbs. Massive DE!!! Not a well known DE, but, what I saw in the video in the link from the Senior Bowl practices was a player who uses his height very well and is quite quick. He's the sort of player that we could use to knock the ball down. Really would make a nice rotational player. He could use development, but he's got good skills that I think will serve him well.
Round 6 Pick 41 (COMP):
Tay Gowan, CB, Central Florida (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgFXD_WNt-U&t=42s
Tay Gowan 6'2" and 185 lbs. Very underrated CB who would be a steal here. He'd compete well with Anthony Brown for his spot. He's not afraid to tackle either from what I've seen, so he's someone that I definitely would like us to have.
Round 7 Pick 10:
Damar Hamlin, FS/SS, Pittsburgh (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=497CUlC9mDE&t=38s
Damar Hamlin 6'1" and 195 lbs. Hard hitting safety from what I saw in the video! Good safety against the run, hits the WRs hard, and really looks the part of a strong safety. Haven't had a good one of these since Roy Williams. He looks to hit about as hard as Roy Williams as well as I watch him. He's what I think we WANTED Xavier Woods to be. I know he's the 3rd safety that I took, but this would be quite the safety to pick up. (Sidenote, I apologise for the music in the video, I'll adjust it to a link if preferred. It was the best and most recent video that I could find of Hamlin).
I know I went very heavy on defence, but hey, we need a lot of help there. Thoughts?
