The Official 2026 NFL Daily NFL Mock Draft!

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32:12Patrick, would have loved to have you there. We couldn't secure your services this time around, but we want your viewership. No, you'll have it, Greg. Okay. You'll have it. Oh, I've got it. I'll have a big ice tank. Okay. I didn't know if you wanted to reveal medical information, HIPAA laws and whatnot. No, it's okay. It's not a violation if I tell people. That's what I was waiting for. If somebody's reporting and they give a chart, that would be a HIPAA violation. But yeah, I'm having knee surgery on Thursday, which is the draft night. And then eight weeks later, I will try to sign a contract with the Baltimore Rape.

32:48That's great. Just too much pickup back in the day, maybe, for Patrick. just hours a day putting people to work on the on the pavement it's not good for the knees it's bad for you let's go to miami let's talk about a team that in theory and there's a lot of these players in this draft injury risk high ceiling players it's the first draft of john eric sullivan the new gm would they consider like really swinging for the fences jermaud mccoy's got injury concerns, but maybe the number one cornerback, if he was healthy, Jordan Tyson has some injury concerns. He's available. I decide no, neither one of those.

33:29I go Mansoor Delane, the cornerback out of LSU, first cornerback off the board for Miami. What do you think of that thought process here, Patrick? Well, yeah, it's unfortunate that, you know, the concerns about injury would drive two players away from a team that wants to draft them a couple different positions that kind of going uh because you you're losing you're losing draft value off of you know your concerns about what might happen uh to somebody but i think man sort of land you could easily make the case uh you know even with a healthy right mccoy uh could be the cb1 in this draft value position so you go you go ahead take them right at the start of the teens right i i I think that the longer this process went on, the more I like Delaney and the more he actually fit the profile to me of a guy that gets taken first at cornerback in plenty of drafts.

34:24So you don't have the injury concerns. I mean, I think he has a higher ceiling maybe than he's been given credit for. And the floor is very he is an exciting player to watch. And if you look at the history of what the Packers did in terms of the players that they added, certainly defensive line could make sense here, but I didn't think it was like as good of a fit. So to me, it really came down to Tyson or Delane. And I thought Delane was just like a little bit cleaner and definitely a huge position to need. Oh, the wide receiver is for the Dolphins. Stay tuned there. My first big curveball here of the entire draft, I would say.

35:02I have the Cowboys taking Tyson. just feels like a Cowboys type of move. They'll feel like the value. He's been talked up all week that he could even go in the top 10. I'm not quite buying the Giants smoke or the Chiefs smoke, although they wouldn't be shocked. And the Cowboys fans who are just expecting defense, defense, defense. I think the way that this board felt, they could think about Dienemann. That's an option at safety for them. But Caleb Downs is not on the board for them. and I think they just go best player available and they think that player is Jordan Tyson. It's completely rational.

35:38Oh, good. Yeah, to me, which could be a concern for how you evaluate the pick afterwards because you have to look at the board. I understand saying, well, they got to have defense. Who's available on the board? And the size, the speed, in and out of the breaks, the explosiveness, people ding the injuries. Everybody on earth has a collarbone. Like if you play football, I think it's the hamstring because he wasn't able to stay healthy within games last year and throughout the draft process so that's just like the last thing people saw yeah okay anybody can have a hamstring strain at any given moment guys miss with hamstrings all the time like is it intact?

36:21is it still there? I think you can miss on any number of players for any number of reasons but I think Jordan Tyson at this spot would be the best player available. Okay. And I don't agree with that, but I also am doing what I think they will do, not what they should do. And this just feels Cowboys-y to me. You know, the guy that they're going to stop just a little bit of a fall, the big swing, create a little drama, too, with George Pickens on the roster still. Maybe Pickens is not long for Dallas. It creates drama? Well, I think among the media and whatnot, yes. I think so. I think keeping CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, as happy with their role as possible would be a trickier endeavor with Jordan Tyson also on the roster.

37:12I think it was already a little bit of a tricky endeavor sometimes. I just don't understand the perception there. I think that's the case of all real deal wide receivers. And George Pickens has kind of shown he's an all pro wide receiver. and I think everyone just wants the ball. I think it's productive, but I think you better be winning or just people are going to want the ball more. As long as Dak is in Dallas, these guys on the outside are going to get enough opportunity. I think they're going to throw the ball enough where it's not like a situation where a disgruntled wide receiver because he's getting three or four targets a game.

37:52I think in terms of actual things that George Pickens did to negatively impact the Cowboys last year. No, I don't think there was that, but I think it's a multi-year. I just think looking at receiver groups over the years that you want to keep it, you want to, people like to have roles. And I do think there was like a little bit of like, well, who's the one, one A there? And I think that can work, but it can only work like maybe for so long. And so maybe in this scenario, George Pickens is a very tradable asset next year. And that's fine. Yeah, it's a lot harder to make that work in the one, one.

38:26and who's getting the best targets and who's getting the best opportunity when the quarterback is bad. Fair. When you have this situation, nobody's better. The Rams can do it. The Cowboys can do it. Good point. If other teams had the capacity to get the talent at wide receiver, I think they would do it too. The Bengals, they have an okay time with it. If the quarterback's good, everybody's good. Fair. T. Higgins, he got his money, though. He knows his role. They have roles. I also don't think you can rule out tackle for the Cowboys. I know we spend a lot of time in the Cowboys. I feel like no one is giving tackle to them.

39:01And yet, why am I blanking? Terrence Steele is the right tackle. That's not really like a long-term solution. And this is a team that just loves to take offensive linemen. And they've done a good job with it. But there's nobody named Tyler they can draft. There's no Tylers, but they could take a tackle. My least favorite pick of the mock draft is Monroe Freeling, the Georgia tackle to the Rams. This feels a little closer to what I think they should do. rather than what I think they will do. I think the Rams are in an interesting group of teams. And we'll just talk kind of bigger picture here while you look at some Monroe Freeling tape.

39:39And I think late in the process, like he is a pure tackle. I think the ceiling is very high for him. I think long-term Warren McClendon at right tackle is not really a solution. Even Alec Jackson at left tackle, they have him under contract. Now, they've gotten by with lesser premium talent in a tackle, which is why I don't fully believe this in my heart. And yet, it was messing up the rest of my draft whenever I would change this pick, and so I just decided to keep Freeling. But I'd like the Rams to potentially move up. Maybe for Tyson. Maybe for someone else that I'm not thinking of. And I think they are in a group of teams around this area that we've talked about.

40:22The Saints is where it starts. The Chiefs, Cowboys, are a group of teams that I think could be the teams to trade up. Where it's like, we're not having to trade up from the second round, but there's only, like I said, five or six real deal guys in this class. And I could see them moving up to five or six. Maybe even for Carnell Tate. I don't know what it would be, but I could see the Rams being active with this pick. Or even being active for a veteran. I mean, we knew they were in on A.J. Brown. Like, could they use this pick for some veteran out there? I think if they whatever the preparatory conversations coming into Thursday night if the board shakes out like this I don't think the Rams would make this pick at 13.

41:03I know I don't really believe in it either I don't know why I'm doing it. Well no it's not not necessarily the player I don't know if they would pick anybody at 13. Right I think like is Brian Thomas Jr. potentially available is there another young or medium young wide receiver that that could be available that they would go after. Sure. But considering that other teams might feel the same way. And so I think if the Rams feel like this is a possibility, perhaps that's a trade that happens prior to, you know, pick number five. Yeah. Something like that. Yeah. I could see that. And that would be fascinating if like the Giants traded down in addition to having 10 and just like kept stockpiling.

41:45I think there's a draft where that would make sense. Let's listen to Les Snead, by the way, who had a press conference on Tuesday, asked about a report from NFL Network's Ian Rappaport that the Matthew Stafford contract was coming together. Matthew was there as well yesterday. Has there been any progress on a contract extension or reworking of his contract? Progress has been made. Do you have a timeline for when you think that might get done? no timeline but don't expect any any drama per se it's about as confident and um clear as the rams are ever going to be talking you see the you see the smile on mcveigh's face yeah he didn't have to answer the question or maybe just happy that matthew stafford's on his football team i think he's just happy in general i think i think he's just in a good spot i agree i agree and uh I think those rumors about, remember McVay was talking about maybe going to the booth a few years ago?

42:44I think now he's in it to win it. Not just having Stafford, but he's just there. Yeah. Thank you, Stafford. I think in hindsight, that was very gifted negotiation. Okay. And using the tools at your disposal to acquire compensation. will be interesting to see on the Stafford contract if they give him guaranteed money into 2027 if it's significant because there is certainly a route where he is playing football for the Rams in 2027 I don't necessarily view this as some last hurrah for Matthew Stafford but interesting reveal there so we have Monroe Freeling from from Georgia tackle I think a lot of people's number one tackle there's a lot of disagreement but late in the process I think a lot of teams like him I think it would make sense for them even if they haven't prioritized a position like that in the past that leaves your ravens on the board juane is gone jordan tyson is gone i think those would be two popular picks to the ravens instead i give them kenyan sadiq the tight end out of oregon do you think i successfully got into the mind of eric da costa in this draft room given what's come before in this draft?

43:55Well, I think, you know, Eric DaCosta gave us a little insight into his mind with regards to what the plan was at edge, you know, to have two veterans playing at edge. You know, the options necessarily aren't there. I have some tackles and guards that I would probably feel more confident with, but you've got an explosive playmaker at the tight end position that you could get the ball to. And so, yeah. Give me a name. Give me a name. Who would you take at tackle? because in my gut, that does make sense that they're not going to be at this point in the draft that often. In this particular mock, they have an ability to take the third tackle off the board in a pretty deep first round of tackles.

44:36So who do you think would maybe be their type? Fano would be the option for me, a guy who can, you know, you go from, and again, not to dwell on the full lay lay of it all, but you had a large player that could not necessarily make plays in space and you have a running back going to the Hall of Fame and one of the better running quarterbacks in the history of the league where you need people to be able to make those plays in space. And yeah, Spencer Fano can do that. Daniel Falele, a guard who played with the Ravens in his rookie contract, now a member of the New York Giants, mentioned twice on this show and you said not to, you know.

45:16I am dwelling. You are dwelling. Did you know his contract terms were revealed on Tuesday? I was looking those up as I was talking. Are you ready to learn them? One year,$1.2 million. So I don't think that would prevent the Giants, for instance, from going for a first-round guard. No, I wouldn't. And I was being condescending with the idea of them being solved there at the position. But really, I understand wanting to acquire playmakers. but I think to simplify things in a new offense to keep your quarterback upright to improve the protection up front. That's logical. I think it sounds like something the Ravens might do.

45:53Then again, they haven't been afraid of like just taking the guy they think is the best player. And to me, I don't think Kenyon Sadiq's been undersold, but in a class where I don't see a lot of players that look like potential future all pros, pro bowlers, I think Sadiq is that guy. I think he's got a high floor. To me, his comp is Isaiah Likely, but you like him better. Like a guy who absolutely does the work as a blocker, even in college, and has the want to be able to stay on the field and that the ceiling for him as a receiver is really, really exciting. And they've built this offense, and I know it's a changing offense right now, but you look at what their offensive coordinator did with the Bears last year.

46:41And that's part of my thinking too, is they need a tight end. Mark Andrews is there and Declan Doyle is going to want one. And man, I think he could be a real nice foundation piece for a while. All right, I'm sold. I'm in. And man, when you see him like just running up the seam, I think he could be what Isaiah likely did, but better. And then the ceiling, if he got to his full potential, would be really exciting. The Bucs are on the board next, struggled with this one. I do think they need to take an edge for need. I don't think tackle makes sense. Receiver certainly doesn't make sense. Safety makes less sense to me.

47:17And so I went with Akeem Macedor, the edge out of Miami. I feel like his stock has fallen a little bit as the draft process has gone on, but a pretty complete edge with a lot of moves, older prospect, and ultimately I thought about Malachi Lawrence here, but I went with Macedor as the 15th overall pick. Yeah, kind of got overshadowed by everything his teammate did on the other side of the line. But a solid player, one that could excel, right, in a bowl's defense. He's like the K-Dotten of edges. And I mean that as a compliment. Just I think you're going to get really good, like, 50, 60 snaps a game and potentially be a plus starter, which in this class, at this spot, I think is a good one.

48:02The Jets are up next at wide receiver. They're at number 60. It doesn't have to be wide receiver, but I think based on the fact I got Arvel Reese first, I think the way that this draft shapes up, I think they're going to have their choice of some really intriguing wide receivers. Initially, I had them taking Casey Concepcion here, but again, I had to think about what I think they will do, not what they should do. I think either, you know, any of their options here at wide receiver are pretty good, But I actually think they're more likely to take Makai Lemon as kind of the trusty complement to Garrett Wilson in a class where like it's OK to get a quote unquote number two receiver who's going to be making plays over the middle of the field.

48:45I think Concepcion can do that, too, but a little more risk there. And I think this is a group that just wants players that can step in and make an immediate impact. That's Makai Lemon. Yeah, you want to be have the ability to exceed to succeed at these areas of the field. and Makai does add that in terms of, I would say one of the better slots, I don't actually think it's close, I think he's the best slot in this draft class and the way that Garrett primarily is playing on the outside, you could sometimes line him up in the same spot and have Geno beat him with targets. Feel good about the Jets.

49:18Maybe not as explosive as Concepcion specifically or even Denzel Boston is an interesting thought exercise, but it's a little early for that. But he just seems like a trusty pick that the Jets would feel really good about at 16. At 17, the Lions are up. They've got their option based on the board for a lot of positions. They could use edge. They, I think, will be looking at the offensive line, but they have a few more needs than you would expect. They could think about the secondary as well. But I have them taking Blake Miller, The tackle out of Clemson, I believe Jordan Rodrigue described him as a dirt bag or something, but in a positive way.

50:04I think certain teams are going to really like him, and he just seems to fit what the Lions want to do. Blake Miller out of Clemson. Going ahead of a couple more highly touted tackles, I think it's going to be a little unpredictable how the tackles fall here. Yeah, well, I think some of the touting, specifically with guys like Vano and Proctor, Lomu. They're coming. It's going to have – it feels difficult to see Blake Miller leaping all of them. Okay. Because there's a reason those guys. But it's just one team. And part of the reason I did it, too, is the Lions always just throw – they see players their own way.

50:42And I could see them being like, Blake Miller, that's our kind of guy. We don't care about what the consensus says. we don't care about what mock draft live says what do they know well it's the not caring in relation to the players athletic explosiveness right okay like when when those guys are jameer gibbs yeah or you know or jack campbell even yeah it's guys that are really really they can move okay in comparison to some of these other guys i don't know not to you know be dismissive we've already called no i want i want you to be dismissive i'm not dismissive of blake miller No, I want you to be dismissive of me.

51:16Well, no, that's never going to happen. I've told you that's my love language. I want the Vikings fans to come after me for giving them C.J. Allen at linebacker, the Georgia product going at 18. It took me a while to get around the fact that C.J. Allen consensus board-wise is not that popular, and yet, man, what a fit I think he would be for a Brian Flores defense. The question here is, is Kevin O 'Connell now kind of running the draft room or helping to run the draft room in an even more meaningful way gonna let floris and and whoever is making this decision with him brzezinski take a defensive player if so i think cj allen's a great pick yeah what's the what's the safest thing for everybody uh involved uh and i think that's to let kevin o 'connell uh make the selections that kevin o 'connell wants to be able to go up there to the podium and feel comfortable about it and go to all the parties and not necessarily be ousted after a trip to the Senior Bowl.

52:14So, yeah, I would lean offensive here. But C.J. Allen, right? I know. Not necessarily seen because people want playing off the edge and being involved in the pass game and all these other things from linebacker, but it's okay to just be a linebacker, and C.J. Allen is that. And there's a value to it. Shout-out to Ernest Jones. I think he could go to the Texans at 28 certainly this might be wish casting because I think wide receiver is more likely there than people have been recognizing Concepcion in this particular draft especially after the Naylor departure right uh could be an option I think right tackle is a very strong option here Brian O 'Neill maybe getting towards the end of his career uh entering a contract year so they could think ahead on the offensive line that wouldn't be surprising Thienemann has been the safety from Oregon, a popular mock spot.

53:07But I didn't take any of them. I have to admit, I'd looked around at some mocks on Tuesday morning. And Florio, who doesn't really get into the draft stuff, but has an inside voice and just window into what the Vikings, particularly as a Vikings fan over the years. He had CJ Allen go in there. And I was like, ooh, my favorite player just about in this class going in my perfect spot for him and their biggest insider fan in the media. Has him going there too. Maybe I'll just jump on that train. Yeah. Let's go. Let's go to the Panthers. This is where I finally have Concepcion going. Carolina, look, he went to NC State, local product relatively, and then went to Texas A &M.

53:52And I just think they need offense. I think Sadiq, if he fell, would be a popular idea to the Vikings or the Panthers in this 18-19 window, but in my mock, I have it being Concepcion, my favorite player in the draft, helping out your boy, Bryce Young. Yeah, and I understand the idea, the want to get some speed at that spot. They felt confident in their receivers in the past. There's some defensive players on the board, specifically, I think that could help with the run, like Cassius Howell, Keldrick Falk. Keldrick Falk, I could see. Where, you know, especially because Falk's, you know, superpowers is against the run, and that's a place the Panthers have an obvious need.

54:39Now, is that, are we splitting hairs with the value of Falk, like at 19, maybe? But also, what are we doing if that's the case? No, I don't think so. I'm maybe not as high on him, and I'm letting that impact where he goes in this mock. He does go later in the first round. But no, I think once you get past the Cowboys Rams area, it's up for grabs. I don't think there's that big of a difference between pick 13 and pick 30 in this class. And so I don't think for the most part, there's going to be guys who are taking too high, too low. I just think it's a great fit conception. I think he has an incredibly high ceiling and he's going to be open.

55:21And I think a decent comp for him is former Panther DJ Moore. And like, if you, if you could sign up for, for DJ Moore again, as a Panthers fan, I think you would do it. I know it's a totally different regime, different needs and whatnot, but I think they need a receiver that leaves the Cowboys on the board. And that leaves them with a pick I considered at 12, which is Dylan Thienemann. We take the safety from Oregon by way of Purdue off the board. Christian Parker, their new defensive coordinator, has done good work with versatile safeties. He's a guy you can play in the slot. You can play him deep.

55:57You certainly need secondary help. I thought of going back-to-back picks in the secondary for the Cowboys, end up with just one, but I think they'd be really happy if this is how the board fell. Yeah, I think a lot of teams would be really happy with Dienemann. You know, he played a lot in the box in safety, but if you go back and look at Purdue, he's really on the back end directing traffic, flying around, kind of limiting that back third of the field. And so, yeah, I could see him in a lot of spots. The Cowboys would be very happy. I think maybe even get him at 12. Get him at 20. I think it's possible that he does go at 12.

56:33The Cowboys are going to have to think about, like, all right, when we're taking 12, what other position do we think is going to be available? And so I got into their minds at 12. And since I was in every team's minds, I thought, hmm, Thieneman might be there. Or someone in the secondary would be there. I just thought they have to look at it. Like, safeties generally fall in these drafts and hope that someone, or maybe even a cornerback, would be available at 20. They could always look at Avion Terrell. They could look at Jermon McCoy. That is someone I had actually initially in this slot, Patrick, in my initial version of this mock draft, Jermon McCoy.

57:11Because he does feel like, hey, if this guy with all this talent falls because there's some pretty rough sounding health reports that, you know, according to the NFL network and Albert Breer, he could fall all the way out of the first round. A la Will Johnson a year ago, that there's real concern that he might need surgery on the other knee that he did not tear his ACL on. And so I am getting spooked by the insiders a little bit, but he would be an option here for the Cowboys. Just pointing that out. Let's take a break. Let's finish up the draft. And we got some, we got some news still to get to, and it's spicy news.

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1:00:48For our very last segment of Pre-Draft Cup, We're ready. And yet we're going to start it, at least this segment, with a little bit of news. I'll go out of order here because I teased it. Mike Tomlin has a new home, and that home is next to Maria Taylor. Hey! On the Football Night in America desk. Good for Coach Tomlin. Football, NBC. And good for viewers of the most watched show in television that they'll get a chance to see Mike Tomlin kind of contextualize the before the game. And, you know, at halftime, I think it's good for all parties involved. It's interesting. It's just a coincidence. Do we know who's leaving?

1:01:35We don't know. There was a report by Andrew Marchand of The Athletic. Well, we know Tony Dungy's gone. That was previously announced and covered on NFL Daily. Coincidental, I would not say ironic, coincidental that Mike Tomlin is replacing one of his mentors, maybe his most important mentor as a coach. He kind of came up as a, at least when he was becoming a guy, people kind of thought of him as a dungy guy. And now he's one of the people replacing him. although it's actually not a really one-to-one replacement because Dungy was on the road. He was part of that crew. There is not a lot of clarity about who is returning for Football Night in America, although Mike Florio said he will be back.

1:02:26So Mike Florio is back as an insider. And I guess I'm just assuming Maria Taylor is back. She does great work with the NBA, too. But, yeah, I would assume she's there and Mike Tomlin. The rest, we don't know. We'll find out. We're waiting all year. I just hope Tomlin, I don't know. What do you hope, Greg? That he doesn't play it like he's returning to coaching. Like he gives us, it's a tough spot to be into it. Like there aren't many people who I would say have made a difference on these desks. That's my analysis. I have not felt the need to watch a halftime or postgame show on networks because I thought the analyst was going to say anything interesting for a long time.

1:03:12well i i think i think that a lot of that's that crazy no it's a structural choice i think by the networks uh we get the especially in basketball and football you get your coaching yeah interviews at halftime you kind of decrease uh the amount of investment that you have uh from the studio because you know it's but the studio pay people no but the studio is so important i mean it's like you said the highest highest ranked show in the in the country people are watching it they're spending a lot of money, but when was the last time Jimmy Johnson or Bill Cower or Terry Broderick or anyone said anything interesting to me?

1:03:48The only things that I've ever learned, I would say not ever, but the last 10, 15 years is from guys in the booth. Yeah. And I would even include like former coaches that were in the booth when John Gruden was in the booth. You know, no matter whether you liked him or not as an analyst, like I felt like he was teaching me some things and I'm learning from people. I never learned from anyone in the studio. I think it's the investment specifically in the talent of of these of these big productions is so significant and the preparation goes a lot of those great things that we get from the broadcast are reactions in real time and since everything is produced and planned budgeted it's kind of this segmented thing where it's like ah this that the other this oh now a toyota promo this that the other and it gets formulated can you do it for 17 weeks and perhaps what the networks can do is pay some folks put a microphone on these guys during the game and let them go and let them go.

1:04:41Good note. And we do have, you know, some, some NBC people that listen to the show sometime. I don't know if they're in hiring positions, but that's a good note. Maybe a little less people and a little more freedom. Yeah. Like Maria Taylor, Tomlin. And I don't know who your third is. Just a podcast. It's not Jason Garrett though. If I'm making the decisions, we love you coach. Not in that role. I have the Steelers taking Spencer Fano tackle guard from Utah. Switch this pick. Do you think they're more likely to take Caden Proctor from Alabama or Spencer Fano? I had it as Proctor initially, and then I flipped it.

1:05:14I'll just give away the next two picks because I have the Chargers taking Proctor next. I had it flipped, and then the more I thought about it, I thought Fano, athleticism, maybe moving inside. Brodrick Jones is a guy at left tackle that they might need to replace, but I think there's multiple positions there that they'd be interested. I think you've revealed your feelings because Fano and Proctor get the slash G. Yes. Despite being like the most athletic tackles, perhaps. That's partly why they could be at guard. In this draft where it's like you could get a good athlete with size, put him on the outside.

1:05:50When Fano said like, put me at center if you want. I'm all in. That kind of made me think maybe he is a center. Maybe he is a guard. I actually think he is the most likely of this group to maybe get moved. Proctor's huge, and ultimately that size to me made more sense with the Chargers. It'd almost be like a do-over for Makai Becton. Long term, he's probably playing guard for the Chargers, but you have two guys coming off pretty serious injuries, so I think the position flexibility of Caden Proctor outside for the Chargers is also exciting, whereas Fano, Yeah, it's probably probably at tackle right now.

1:06:32I don't know. Yeah, I think the Chargers will be overjoyed to have, you know, for the Cowboys to pick Thiedemann and both of these guys be on the board. I think they'd feel great either way. Had a different version of the mock where Makai Lemon fell here. And then I think he'd be a really strong option for the Steelers. I think they could absolutely be looking for inside receiver to complement the two guys that they have in terms of Michael Pittman and DK Metcalf. But I think the way this board fell doesn't make as much sense. The tackle run continues with the Eagles. They go to Arizona State.

1:07:09Yes, they take Max Ihanachor. A little bit of a surprise, a late riser, but a guy who, a little raw, like learning the position and all that, but they have the time, I believe, to wait. And if you were looking for a Lane Johnson replacement, I think the more that you heard about Ihanichir throughout the process, the more he sounded to me like as high a ceiling just about as anyone in this class. Like really athletic, really talented, and maybe just needs a little bit of time, which is why he's going at the back end of the first round. I am just so spooked by the Stoutland of it all. where I'm having to re-evaluate the way I feel about the Eagles making these choices.

1:07:56Okay. You're referring to their offensive line coach, Jeff Stoutland, who is no longer officially with the team. And yet, who was it? One of the players said that they actually thought that Jeff Stoutland, it was Lane Johnson, will be involved with the team, which is something we never hit here because it's not official. And it was just Lane Johnson on the Fitz and Whit podcast who says, I think he's going to be around in some capacity. He's not going to be a long ways away. I don't know what any of this means. Dude just loves the birds around the folks come around. They hang out, you know. So maybe he has an idea that he's going to get paid as like a consultant and be there.

1:08:44I don't know. Like, how would that even work? They hired an offensive line coach, Chris Cooper. K-U-P-E-R. Yeah. Not like the actor. And so until there's an official announcement, right, regarding his availability to, you know, because, and who knows, it could all be just aura and marketing, this idea that, you know, Jordan Mailata is Jordan Mailata because of Jeff Stoutland and all these other situations, Lane, Kelsey, but it's affecting how I think. This is one of my favorite mock picks. It's really hard to choose which tackle is going to go to which spot, and if you've been paying attention now, I think we are up to six tackles taken, including three in a row.

1:09:30I think a run is going to happen. It could happen earlier, but I think this one makes sense. I mentioned Chris Cooper, who is the offensive line coach, and then made a joke about the actor. Are you familiar with the actor Chris Cooper? and could you name a movie that he was in? Name a movie, and I'll see if I'm familiar with Chris Cooper. Adaptation? No, I'm not familiar with it. Oh, the Nicolas Cage classic. Meryl Streep. Incredible movie. And Chris Cooper steals the show. American Beauty, he's like the creepy next character. Why did you go with Adaptation? I don't know, because that's what made me love him.

1:10:08He's so good in that. Born Identity, October Sky. Yeah, he's in some bigger movies than that, But he's like the third lead in that one. American Beauty was a hit for him. I mean, yeah, we're dating ourselves a little bit. The Browns are next on the board. If you don't, who will? They didn't take a tackle before, and so I have them ending the tackle run with Caleb Lomu, the tackle from Utah. Of all the tackles here, he's probably the one that could he fall to the second round. I think it's possible. I'd be surprised if any of the other players fall to the second round. I think these guys are getting taken in the first round, potentially in the top 20, 25 picks like I projected them.

1:10:52Caleb Lomu, it only takes one team. I think the Browns have a major need, and I do think there's a big drop-off after him in terms of perception, and so he gets taken here. Yeah, specifically with the way the board has shaken out, I think they made all those moves, maybe to not be in a position where they'd have to take a tackle here, but if Lomu is available at 24, I think I'd be disappointed in the fact that the run that just happened happened. That's a good point. But I think with Lomu, they'd feel good. Yeah. You never want to be the team at the very end of the run. And that is it. That wraps up my, my tackle run.

1:11:24I think that's seven tackles taken. And then we had, had the guard earlier. You want a, the bears are up next. This is where I slotted Malachi Lawrence, the edge from ECF, a late riser, a favorite of Jeremiah's, a favorite of Ollie Connelly's. And when you watch the film, I think it's not that hard to argue just in terms of juice. I'm putting Arvel Reese in his own bucket because he's kind of a unicorn who just does a lot of things at a really high level. I don't think it's that hard to argue Malachi Lawrence would be the next guy after David Bailey in terms of pass rush potential in this class.

1:12:07A guy that can stay on the field. Chris Long really likes him. from the Greenlight podcast. And to me in this class, I think it's just going to be, what do you like? And I like them to the Bears here at 25. They need an edge. Yeah, the overall cardiovascular capacity, which, you know, I try to stay away from high motor. Like his capacity to be active on the football field is tremendous. I think a lot of times we underrate, depending on the player, you know, the technical ability to rush the passer, which I think hurts Ruben Bain a little bit in his perception. but I would have Lawrence up there, not behind, not ahead of Bain, but perhaps ahead of his teammate, Mesidor.

1:12:45Yeah. Mesidor ends up going 15 to the Bucs in this, but I could have flipped those very easily. I have another pass rusher going next, Cassius Howell. Divisive, I would say, in terms of the draft profile that's out there. look if if he hits like is there a player that he would remind you of probably not nick bonito no i guess it's not nick bonito that's that's probably more david bailey uh which would be the closer comp but i was thinking um you know with this new defense jim leonard we're at the point of the draft like these guys aren't necessarily going to be every down players but if you can get as much pass rush juice as possible, Cassius Howell is just a really exciting pass rusher, and you work on the rest of the stuff.

1:13:33And if he ends up just being like a pass rush for hire as your third edge, that's not a bad pick at 26 in this class. Yeah, athletic-wise, that's a 90th percentile 40-yard dash and a 92 % 10-yard split. Like a two percentile arm length right there with Reuben Bain. And so, you know, you've got that. It depends on how you want to use them, right? The team, you know, how they're deploying their guys off the edge. I think he lines up out wide, gets a chance to attack the quarterback pretty consistently. Then you might get what you need. If you need him to do a little bit more. I don't think, yeah, that's going to be in the mix for them.

1:14:11But I think they could. I have the 49ers taking Keldrick Falk next. Could have gotten earlier. Defensive lineman out of Auburn. And throughout the process when I've watched him, I'm like, hmm, I don't know. I don't know if I totally see it, but I also see that he'd be a 49er. He just seems like a 49er to me. He does. And I would say the best run defender in the draft in this era of dropbacks. I understand the reluctance there. but folks have had Trevon Walker you know flirting with the idea of if things not working out for him but he's been excellent against the run. The Jags have the best run defense and I think he's in that category as a run defender.

1:14:56There's things you could work on. If we're going to project the athletic upside for the other guys who don't have the production, let's project it for the guy who has the athleticism and the ability as a run defender to make some plays in the past. Poor man's Trevon Walker is a good comp there for the 49ers. Now you could say, well, how about Caden McDonnell, the defensive tackle from Ohio State, being the best run defender in this class? This is a meat and potato pick for the Texans. There's another world where I like C.J. Allen here, the linebacker falling. There's certainly offensive line options.

1:15:30They could take another guard, potentially. Caden McDonnell, to me, he's almost like the free agent pickup that you're just trying to have you put you over the top. They could really use like a two-gap run-stopping nose tackle. Is that the sexiest first-round pick in the world? Not really, but I think among especially who's available here, I think you know what he is. It's just kind of where do you value that in 2026? I think the value is kind of rising. Nose tackles are back a little bit, and they absolutely could use one, and so I just kind of have them checking a box here with Caden McDonald.

1:16:08Yeah. And I think, you know, to to reference another team, you know, the Cincinnati Bengals, considering the defensive, your first defensive tackle coming off the board at 28. Right. And he could easily in none of them could go. Yeah, they could be none in the first round. And so, like, you talk about positional value relative to the rest of the league. Right. Like, can you get a player who's going to be one of the 11 on the field who's significantly better than the other options available? and yeah 28 Cade McDonald absolutely and a position to that Bengals point that takes a minute usually to develop I think of Dexter Lawrence people weren't talking about him as a future all pro after one or two years it was a steady incline there was a steady incline a moment there where his college teammate was seen as the better football player um and and now we're just trying to get him on a team.

1:17:00Yeah. I mean, Christian Wilkins was a high level NFL player early and often in his career. And we'll see if he lands on a team. I have the Chiefs taking Denzel Boston, Boston wide receiver out of Washington next. I mean, I think they're going to be really tempted to take one at nine. I think they're going to be really tempted to take someone in the secondary. They have a lot of different needs. What do you think about outside ball winner Denzel Boston who wins down the field quite a bit here going to the Chiefs at 29. They haven't had it in a while. They went to get it with Nuke Hopkins a while back and considering the types of players that the Chiefs have had, some of it due to financial capacity and some of it being the average pick that they've had since taking Mahomes in the top 15 was 37.

1:17:55And so being where they are and having two first round picks they get an opportunity to to address that particular need and i think it i think it's worthwhile there are a lot of guys in the secondary that are available here in your mock where i think the chiefs could jermon mccoy would be a strong choice that's been a story if if someone was announcing our draft that would be a storyline that he keeps staying on the board i i'm kind of leaning on these insider injury news projections in what is informing me. But that's a guy that the Chiefs would absolutely take. I'll throw a name at you. Okay.

1:18:33Maybe Denzel Boston is the Dwayne Bowe replacement finally. 15 years later, whatever it is. Double Dwayne Bowe. You can see some similarities. That stretch where the Chiefs didn't have a wide receiver with a touchdown for like seven games. Yeah. That was the curse of Dwayne Bowe. Dada Dwayne Bowe. Good player. Miami Dolphins are on the board. I don't know what their fans are going to think of this. Jermon McCoy, again, would be a strong consideration. I did decide with their first pick to take cornerback, Mansoor Delane. Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, the safety, is available here. Avion Terrell, cornerback, is available here.

1:19:12Chris Johnson, Colton Hood at cornerback. You could double up. And yet, I got this feeling. They like, and by they, I mean the former Packers, They like taking their linemen. I was thinking who makes sense. Kalen Rutledge is a name you're hearing a lot more as a potential first round pick at guard Georgia Tech. I feel like there's one of these guys every year where at the last second you're like, hey, keep an eye on this guard that nobody's talked about for four months. Everyone kind of likes him because he looks like he could start in the NFL and then he does get taken at the end of the first round.

1:19:45Kalen Rutledge is that guy for me this year, or at least the guy for the Dolphins. Yeah, it makes total sense. The temptation to have McCoy as well as Delane. That would be cool. That would be really cool for the Dolphins there, but a guard makes sense. Maybe I'm just wish casting because I have Jermon McCoy going next to the Patriots. Okay, yeah. This is why. This is why you've been buying into this. Jermon McCoy fall all the way from potentially 9 to, what, 31? Okay, it makes sense. I get it now. it really wasn't conscious but now that i see it it does seem like i was i was doing something here i think the the patriots to make a real point here would be willing are willing to take a risky pick like that in a way that i think the chiefs and dolphins when i thought about them specifically maybe the chiefs would um and maybe because the dolphins have so many picks would but I'm thinking about these guys want players that can be on the field, have a little less concerns right away.

1:20:47Whereas the Patriots, they don't really need a cornerback right now. On the outside, Carlton Davis is there. Christian Gonzalez, you assume, is going to be there a long time, although you never know. But McCoy could be a guy that you kind of have waiting in the wings, basically, for when Carlton Davis is no longer there. Just an insanely talented player. Yeah, where, and again, you know, the team doctors are going to have their evaluations and the things that teams are saying to insiders regarding those evaluations, I think sometimes we can take with a grain of salt, specifically, when they really, really ramp up in mid to late April.

1:21:28But yeah, I think Jerome McCoy here would be, they'd be overwhelmed with joy to have him. Okay, let's get to Mike Rabel's press conference today. Now, Mike Rabel has not spoken with reporters since photos came out of him and the former insider from The Athletic, Diana Rossini, with interlocking fingers and in an embrace at a hotel in Arizona. Everyone that's listening is, I'm sure, very aware of this story. And since that's happened, Rossini has resigned from her role at The Athletic. The Athletic has announced that they were investigating her behavior and that that will continue. And Vrabel has been quiet until Tuesday.

1:22:22Let's listen first to his opening statement in front of the lectern to the media on Tuesday. Let me first begin by saying thank you. Thank you for your patience that you've shown in a personal and private matter for me and obviously everybody involved. I know that that's not easy for you and I respect that and I appreciate your efforts in doing so. I understand I could have addressed you guys sooner, but it was important to me to have a conversation with the players, which I did yesterday. very candidly as we began our off-season program. So that is how he opened it. Thought it was interesting that he struck such an apologetic note to the media right off the bat in addition to being obviously apologetic and mentioning his quiet and that the priority was that he wanted to talk to his players first.

1:23:21It was about a two-and-a-half-minute opening statement. I don't want to listen to all of it, but this to me was the key part of what he said, at least in front of the cameras on Tuesday. You know, I've had some difficult conversations with people that I care about, with my family, the organization, the coaches, the players. Those have been positive and productive. We believe in order to be successful on and off the field, you have to make good decisions. That includes me. That starts with me. we never want our actions to negatively affect the team we never want to be the cause of a distraction you know and what I those are comments and questions that I've answered for the team and with the team we'll keep those private and you know to ourselves I care deeply about this football team and I'm excited to coach them so Vrabel like I said spoke to the media with the cameras on in front of everyone.

1:24:20Then the cameras were turned off and he reportedly, and I'm going off with the Boston Sports Journal, our former colleague, Mike Giardi wrote about on that great website said happened. Then he sat down with a pretty big group of the local reporters and on the record answered a handful of questions from the local reporters that didn't seem to engender anything else too interesting but they did ask vrabel specifically about the initial statement that he gave to the new york post when these photos were released they came fresh with a response from vrabel and diana rossini and the one from vrabel uh said to suggest that there's anything questionable in these photos was laughable was his words back then.

1:25:16This was a very different tone. And they kind of asked him if, well, how does that match up with those statements? He essentially didn't answer it. But he also just said during his opening statement that he is going to be the best Mike Rabel moving forward for his family, he said specifically, for his team, and that he wanted to address the team before they started seeing him speaking to the media, or else he would have spoken even earlier. He wanted them to hear from him, and that he did take some questions from his players, very specifically about everything. He said those were going to stay private, but we We had some back and forth.

1:26:03So to me, it's not hard to read into a very apologetic, certainly not defiant, certainly not a denying anything type of tone into what Vrabel said today and trying to basically just move it forward. He said the timing was something they had thought about. Like you could tell they thought about a lot because he wanted it out of the way and not taking away from what happens on draft day. But also, you know, they didn't want to give the – they didn't say this, but they didn't give the media too much notice. About 20, 30 minutes before this happened, we suddenly find out Mike Vrabel is going to speak on Tuesday.

1:26:37Yeah, and when he does, he has an opportunity to sit down with the group who's ultimately in charge of how much of a quote-unquote distraction this is. There's been a number of them. There was an entire legal investigation in which this franchise won a Super Bowl. And so my idea of the value of distractions is pretty limited. I think we know and understand that. but in terms of, you know, what's happening? What's the there? Right. Is anybody there, given the fact that they've had the opportunity to have this sit down? I've had, you know, fruitful conversations with Mike Vrabel. I think it's incumbent on those people there to determine what the there is, what particular access, and which I have questions about all of the access.

1:27:27that all insiders have and who benefits from each individual bit of news. But the other stuff, you know, that's that's well, that's that's partly why. Like, what is there, I think, is a great question, because at its heart and we hadn't hit this on the show, it was a story about a personal relationship, which we're not like diving into in general on NFL Daily or anywhere else. I think it's important to know that an article on ESPN, the NFL did say that they were not looking into Mike Vrabel for any violations of policy. So that is from the league perspective. Obviously, it's a personal relationship between what was in the pictures and also with his team.

1:28:24And I think he put that forward. And to me, that sort of was what I was interested in. Was the team going to be concerned about this? Was the league going to be concerned about this? Like, are players going to be asked about this and stuff? And it's him trying to get in front of that with this. And I was actually kind of surprised. I don't want to go ahead and give him credit for just addressing a situation that he created. but the tone actually was more apologetic and about as straightforward as I would have expected. I saw some response that was like, well, he didn't like say if this is true.

1:29:06I mean, there were no denials. He was not, you know, he was not denying anything. He was just talking about how he decided to handle this, what was ultimately a personal situation with, for him, with his family and with his team. And I think, right, if he's – I would hope that the conversations with players and team and those who are personally close to Mike Rabel wasn't to prevent them from having conversations about this too. And it's like, oh, we're going to do this, that, and the other. I hope it was in a sense of honestly communicating what's there. And I guess those people should have access to that.

1:29:43I don't know. I mean, in that, in terms of like media training, hasn't been Rabel's style. He has let his players talk in a way that is totally opposite of the Bill Belichick era. They had two stories right before the draft, including Christian Barmore and Stefan Diggs, which they just let ride, and everyone was just talking about. So I don't think that was it. I think it was more him wanting to handle this, and that's how he decided to handle it. Some other Patriots news, by the way. Keyshawn Booty reportedly could be available in a trade. That was flowing out there. Interesting. Entering the last year of his contract.

1:30:20But if A.J. Brown is arriving, there is some duplicative skill traits, you know, skill sets there. You could maybe see them. You could have everybody. You could have Dobbs, you could have Booty, and this hypothetical, you know, current Philadelphia. I love Kayshaun Booty, and I think he would be a great pickup. It would be interesting if Kayshaun Booty was in the A.J. Brown trade. Didn't even think of that. The Seahawks are next on the board. Chris Johnson is my final pick. Not the number one overall draft pick in, I don't know what year it was, 2008, 2011. Who knows? Fantasy drafts. The cornerback from San Diego State going to the Seahawks.

1:31:05This is absolutely influenced by Mina Kimes wish casting this on 40s and free agents last week. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility. No, I think it's a good fit. You don't have Colton Hood in this, which every single pick, like, logically has some, like, these corners could be available back here. I don't know about McCoy, but these corners could be available back here. And I think this version, CJ Noke, because he plays defense, could be available. Okay, yeah. And like I said, Emmanuel McNeil-Warren didn't go in this class. In this draft, Colton Hood did not, who you just mentioned.

1:31:39Look, I don't think I'm on that big of an island with McCoy falling like that for what it's worth. our former colleague Albert Breer thought there's a decent chance he falls to the second round. But otherwise, there aren't a ton of crazy, huge names that fell. I did think of Omar Cooper for the Dolphins at 30. So that could have been a different pick instead of taking the guard there. He fell out of the first round. Peter Woods, TJ Parker didn't get taken. Ty Simpson, I think is more likely to fall to the end of the second or even third round than he is to get taken in the first but could be proven wrong avion terrell the cornerback out of clemson didn't get taken chase pesantis something people think could sneak into the first round as a guard but no like major shocks that's it we did it my you did it greg my first well it would have been a rough show and uh i just pontificated about um how do you think i did you know first first solo mock since i think i was writing for nbcsports.com slash pro football talk i think you feel the pressure and the burden of the responsibility uh the the top 101 uh reveal that constantly and that goes into your calculus and i think you're gonna have upwards of 14 15 if i i mean the problem with these is once it once you miss one or two you're off and there's not even consensus picks early like it last year i believe a lot of people were at like two So over under at nine.

1:33:10I'm giving myself an over under of four and a half. Come on. You said I'm feeling the pressure like the top one. No, I do feel a responsibility there. Here, I'm a small fish in a huge pond. There are a million mock drafts. I'm not feeling the pressure. If you are listening to Greg Rosenthal, he is a master of setting expectations. He wants this. He needs this. I don't like where you're going with any of this. I don't feel confident. It is going to be an unpredictable draft. Let's get out of here. Thank you, Patrick. Thank you, Greg. And good luck on your surgery. Thanks, man. Never great to go under the knife, but if he's healing, we will have Patrick back next week.

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