Okay, so, I went ahead and did a mock draft on First-Pick with a trade down to see how to keep the draft defence heavy while drafting Pitts. Below is what I came up with (as is standard for my mock drafts, each will carry a video, height/weight, and a brief explanation). In this draft, I got a trade down with the Jaguars who gave me their 25th, 33rd, and 45th overall picks.
Round 1 Pick 25 (JAX):
Kyle Pitts, TE, Florida (A+)
, Kyle Pitts 6'6" and 240 lbs. He is an excellent TE.
Round 2 Pick 1 (JAX):
Trevon Moehrig, FS/SS, TCU (A-)
, Trevon Moehrig 6'2" and 203 lbs, one of the best safeties in the draft. He fills one of the 3 biggest needs that our team has.
Round 2 Pick 12:
Jay Tufele, DT, USC (A-)
, 6'3 and 305 lbs, Massive DT who I consider to be the best DT in the draft. He fixes another of our 3 biggest needs.
Round 2 Pick 13 (JAX):
Joseph Ossai, ILB/OLB, Texas (A-)
, 6'4" and 253 lbs. Joseph Ossai is a top LB, and fixes the third of what I see as our 3 biggest needs in the draft. Massive LB, and he stops the run well. Oh, and he hits hard.
Round 3 Pick 11:
Richie Grant, FS/SS, Central Florida (A)
, Richie Grant, 6'0 and 194 lbs. Got an absolute steal here in the simulator. He's one of the other top safeties in the draft. We would go from having safety as one of our biggest weaknesses to one of our biggest strengths with Moehrig and Grant back there along with Wilson. What a safety combo that'd be!
Round 3 Pick 35 (COMP):
Greg Newsome, CB, Northwestern (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhqgfF9vhXk, Greg Newsome 6'1 and 190 lbs. Solid CB who would fit well on the other side of Diggs. Builds our CB spot into a potential strength as well.
Round 4 Pick 10:
Alaric Jackson, OT, Iowa (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaHWGJjDgd0&t=3s, Alaric Jackson 6'6" and 315 lbs. With Tyron Smith fading with his health and La'el Collins missing last season, Alaric Jackson gives us a powerful OT who would have time to develop while also being capable of starting for us. Heavily underrated OT.
Round 4 Pick 33 (COMP):
Jermar Jefferson, RB, Oregon State (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhRmH5OgMwM, Jermar Jefferson 5'10" and 216 lbs. Underrated RB who has the look of a player who would be a nice change of pace back for Zeke and Pollard. Also, if Zeke were to get injured (hopefully he doesn't), Jefferson is a player who could start for us. He played well for Oregon State, and I'd like for him to wear a star on his helmet.
Round 5 Pick 34 (COMP):
Camryn Bynum, CB, California (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjThom4s0gg&t=17s, Camryn Bynum 6'0" and 200 lbs. Underrated CB who gives us excellent depth. He'd give Anthony Brown a battle in camp. Diggs, Newsome, Bynum, and Brown would give us 4 solid CBs.
Round 6 Pick 8:
Adetokunbo Ogundeji, DE/OLB, Notre Dame (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuJ4PZ-j9H0&t=4s, Adetokunbo Ogundeji 6'4" and 269 lbs. He gives us good DE depth behind DLaw and Randy Gregory.
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. A bit more depth at CB. Never can have enough CBs.
Round 7 Pick 10:
Warren Jackson, WR, Colorado State (A+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B6ps78-_zA&t=112s, Warren Jackson 6'6" and 219 lbs. Massive WR who gives us a player who can handle the jump ball well.
This is how I see we could make Pitts work while still addressing the major needs that we have to address in the draft, but we'd have to basically draft in a very similar order to this imo. NOT my favourite mock draft that I've done, but we'd have to get basically this lucky for drafting Pitts to work imo. Furthermore, if we ARE going to draft Pitts, then we SHOULD trade Jarwin to try to get the best pick we can for him as he'd be redundant.
