Last Fanspeak mock of the year, using Zone Coverage's consensus big board with the Difficult algorithm:
2018 NFL Mock Draft via Fanspeak's On the Clock Mock Draft Simulator
Some notes:
- LB is our shallowest position group, and I had my choice of LVE or Rashaan Evans at 23. Evans was Plan B, but LVE offers 3-position versatility to the front 7...and I'm not buying the medical scare tactics.
- Justin Reid at 31 offers 4-position versatility to the DB group, more so than Mike Hughes, Carlton Davis, Isaiah Oliver or Ronnie Harrison. Both he & LVE have the potential, if reached, to become 3-down players for us, a huge advantage.
- I wasn't in love with any of the remaining OLmen at 43 (Isaiah Wynn was taken by Seattle at 18), so I chose Sam Hubbard over Taven Bryan, Rasheem Green & Lorenzo Carter because of his stoutness on the edge and his potential to pass-rush from both the outside & inside.
- Between LVE, Reid & Hubbard, I feel that all 3 levels of the defense have been upgraded with talent, athleticism & versatility, and that should make us more difficult to attack even with substitutions by the opposing offense.
- The only TE drafted by the end of the 2nd round has been Mike Gesicki, so Dallas Goedert was an easy choice at 63. Goedert will never last this long, but I now have confidence that somebody useful will indeed last this long.
- At 95, OTs Joseph Noteboom & Brandon Parker are I believe the best remaining OLmen available. I chose the fast-rising Noteboom. His vertical jump of 24" concerns me, though he checks every other box athletically, physically & mentally.
- Damn Bill to hell for throwing away our 5th- & 7th-rounders on Cassius Marsh. Feckin idiot.
- I'm hunting for CBs now at 198, and JC Jackson appears to be the best of those remaining.
- Here at 210, AND ONLY HERE at 210, is where I would consider drafting a QB, so Riley Ferguson it is, I guess.
- At 219, LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe might be one of the best players available regardless of position, and as an added bonus he should ensure that Elandon Roberts never plays a meaningful snap for the NEP ever again.
- I cannot stress this enough: I want NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with QB, WR AND RB during the first 2 days of the draft...NOTHING.