A look at how the draft could unfold for the Purple
We're down to the final days so the let's keep the mock drafting going!
Here is the last edition.
With only five picks to work with in the roster reformation Adofo-Mensah has quite a boulder to try and roll. The lower value of the 23rd pick diminishes the opportunity to trade down while simultaneously getting high value in return and maintaining a presence in the first round for the fifth-year-option. The best chance to stay above this year's 32nd would be to bamboozle another GM the way he was bamboozled during Thursday & Friday last year, that's not a given though. It also makes trying to project selections more of a pickle than usual, which is also adds intrigue.
Enough pretense though, it's time to get on with it!
Very similar to the last run, this time has Joey Porter Jr., Isaiah Foskey & Bryan Bresee all available at 23. One difference is that "Green Bay" offered the 29th & next year's second round pick for 23. In Rick Spielman-like fashion, I tacked-on a couple late Saturday selections and took their deal.
Unlike yesterday, after trading down, all three of the potential defensive starters were simmed to other teams. People who want to believe that Calijah Kancey can be the next Aaron Donald would jump on him given these circumstances but I'm skeptical that Flores wants someone like Kancey. Others might be pounding on the table for a quarterback to be the pick. Since there were no good trade options this time I chose door number 3, CB Emmanuel Forbes (Mississippi St.).
Army's Andre Carter & Washington State's Daiyan Henley were once again considered for pick 87 but to keep things fresh Ohio State DE Zach Harrison was chosen instead.
At 119 the reformation took another good step toward not having a bottom defense with the selection of LB Henry To'o To'o (Alabama). DT Zacch Pickens (South Carolina) was another new player to be considered during this run.
If every pick is devoted to defense there wouldn't be any complain from this site or it's accounts but adding someone who could step-in to the interior of the OL should it be needed would be a-okay as well! With that in mind, there were three IOL in the top-7 of the board at 158. Notre Dame's Jarrett Patterson is on the tall side for the role but as an Irish center he would have the smarts to overcome that slight challenge and it could aid in his versatility.
Offensive players continued to stack-up with the 211th pick but the one defender has too much potential to be passed-over for an offensive backup - LB Shaka Heyward (Duke).
That leaves the two picks added from "Green Bay" to bring in some contenders for the back-end of the roster and the practice squad. You may not know about Tyson Bagent cause he's a D2 QB from WV but in Bailey Zappe-like fashion, he knows how to sling the rock. To put it simply, they could do worse in the seventh round than a flier on him!
That also applies to the 256th as Mr. Irrelevant looms. Getting pressure up the middle hasn't happened much since Kevin Williams. An undrafted-caliber guy fixing that right away is about as likely as any of us are of finding a bag full of winning lottery tickets but NC State's Cory Durden could be enough of a clay piece to be molded into a rotational player over time & eventually bring heat up the gut for the squad.
Trading with the signature division rival won't ever sit well but coming away with this sort of a haul after it's all said & done would take the sting out of it.
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