All right, welcome to the Buffalo Bread Podcast,
off -season edition and special edition. We have
our friends of the pod, not friends of the bills,
AFCs around the... the the league draft special.
We do this every year. It's a tradition like
no other. And we have our friends Brandon, Steve
and Jared representing the Patriots, Dolphins
and New York slash New Jersey Jets respectively.
How are you doing, gentlemen? Would you like
to give a quick primer on how excited you are
to draft for your team here? Let's start with
you, Brandon. Very excited as always. Thank you
guys your gracious hosts for having me back behind
enemy lines I'll I'm thrilled this feels like
a very Like low stakes draft for the Jets in
all honesty like most of their teams in an audition
year But I'm very excited to be here chopping
it up with some great people And I don't want
to say it's make or break for the Miami Dolphins,
but it's make or break for this year, I think.
So we're going all in with this draft. Very good,
yes. We appreciate having you guys back again,
and I like to think of this as the, this is the
Hope pod. I know that for your three teams, things
did not necessarily, the season did not end in
a hopeful place, and so it's a, our previous
Friends of the Pod episodes were a little bit
more catharsis and counseling. This is where
we're in Hope season again. Dan, why don't you
take us into how this is going to work. Alright
guys, so here's how we're doing it this year.
A little bit of a change up in format from previous
years. I'm going to run the board as usual. As
you can see on the screen ahead of you, we have
selected the four AFC East teams that we'll be
drafting for. As always, this is going to be
a three round mock draft. So everyone's going
to pick kind of their highest priority targets
here. What we're going to change up a little
bit from years past is rather than have you guys
search through the board of available players,
I'm actually going to give you three options.
based on team need and your previous draft picks
and earlier rounds you can choose to take one
of those three options or if you've got a draft
crush that you just need to have at a particular
point you can opt for a fourth option which is
taking your said draft crush at the end we'll
see we'll see who how the board falls for everybody
and who has the uh the best mock draft that i
am sure is exactly going to copy real life because
that's what all mock drafts are totally accurate
to real life all right you guys ready to go This
one's for you Mel Kiper All right gents here
we go we are gonna enter our draft and we're
gonna get things going so I've got the speed
on this just a little bit slower so we can kind
of see what unfolds for all of us here All right.
So as we can see here, we are now at the New
England Patriots at pick number four This is
we're using the PFF mock draft simulator. I Oddly
enough. There have been no QBs selected here
at the top of this draft. This would be, Brandon,
for you, an incredible board in real life if
it fell this way, because I'm sure you'd have
a lot of calls as the GM of the New England Patriots
for people begging to trade up for Cam Ward.
We are not doing trades for this particular draft,
so I'm going to give you some options to choose
from. So needs as listed on PFF actually tend
to agree with for you, Brandon. You guys need
to run running back and you need a wide receiver
you just need skill position players to put around
Drake May and perhaps most importantly you guys
need to protect him. Last season the New England
Patriots had a pass rush pass rush block win
rate of 50 % which was second worst in the league.
You've got a young stud under center and you
want to keep him upright. So these are the options
that I'm going to give you Brandon. I'm going
to give you Ashton Genti here who is the top
overall running back in this class and maybe
one of the top top three or four players in this
class. I'm gonna give you Will Campbell, who
is the T -Rex armed tackle out of LSU. And then
I'm going ahead and gonna give you another tackle
to pick from here as well. Armand Membu from
Missouri, who is still learning the ropes at
right tackle, but is a violent, violent man at
the point of attack and really makes grown men
look like children. So you've got a couple of
tackle options here, and then you've got a much
needed skill position player. For to help out
on offense for Drake may Brandon. Where do you
want to go? Yeah, this this to me is very very
easy We have many many years of seeing what type
of offense Mike Mike variable likes to run and
that is a power rush first offense And I think
this is exactly an ideal scenario for the Patriots
to take Ashton Jeanty as the fourth overall,
if it works out that way. If it doesn't work
out that way, I think it would have been Will
Campbell. But this, to me, is a very clear choice.
Ramandre is getting older. I think he is more
of the pass catching option. Ashton is somebody
who has great speed, tackle breaking ability,
seconds highest. NCAA rush yards in a single
season. Correct me if I'm wrong. So this is a
extremely talented player who is going to be
an all -star on this team moving forward. This
is an ideal scenario. It's an easy answer. Thank
you so much. Yeah, and I hate this for the Buffalo
Bills in particular that already struggle to
Defend against the run they play a lot of light
boxes intentionally. So This is this is a disaster
JJ. How much would you hate to see this happen
in real life? I mean we've complained on the
podcast for so many years about how terribly
the Buffalo Bills defend the run and all three
of our you know, friends here as teams have made
them pay at various times. So, yeah, having the
guy who's basically boasting and saying, you
know, it's tackle football still get the guy
who they can't tackle coming to the bills or
coming against the bills would be a kind of a
it'd be a pain for a long time. Yeah. I really
think this is the most Derrick Henry like draft
prospect that the NFL has seen since Derrick
Henry. I have I literally have him on my draft
board. My comp is a slightly slower Derek Henry
like Derek Henry. People forget how fast he is.
That dude's long speed can still get over 20
miles an hour. But yeah, Gentie is a he's just
a broken tackle machine. He's so hard to bring
down. This would be a terrifying prospect for
for all involved. All right, Jared, we move on
to the New York Jets. So the needs PFF has for
you guys here are QB wide receiver tackle. and
defensive interior. So I do think you guys need
a second pass catcher, generally speaking. Tet
Macmillan went earlier in this mock for whatever
reason. So he is off the board. And I think this
is probably a little rich for a guy like Matthew
Golden out of Texas. So I'm going to give you
a couple of options. I'm going to put Armand
Membu, tackle out of Missouri, back on the board.
I'm going to give you Tyler Warren, the very
stout Tight end out of Penn State and then I
think you guys Sneaky you need defensive interior
help, but I think you also need a little bit
of edge help as well So I'm gonna give you guys
Mike Green. There is not it other than Abdul
Carter There's not really a consensus next up
as far as edge go goes But Mike Green seems to
have all the tools if you can deal with this
off his off -the -field issues So what direction
do you want to head here? Memboo Mike Green or
Tyler Warren? So it's funny to hear Brandon talk
about identity and Mike Rable's identity the
Jets have a defensive minded coach and What he
knows about offense is two -headed running back
attack with a heavy play -action game. I think
Will it help to get a secondary? Receiving option
in there. Yeah, I mean Josh Reynolds is a is
a you know trial acquisition Garrett Wilson is
still clearly the number one guy But with so
many people on audition years I think that you
use what I would describe as a not very sexy
skill position draft to shore up your offensive
and defensive lines. Now you pitched to me Armand
Memboo. He was my number two offensive lineman
behind Will Campbell, who's been drafted by artificial
intelligence. So I am going to take you up on
the pitch of Armand Memboo. I think that that
is what the Jets desperately need on an offensive
edge, specifically behind two great running backs,
which they already have. Excellent. Love this.
Love this for you guys. All right. I hate it
for us, though. This would be the second year
or two that you guys draft to tackle in the first
round. It would be a signal to me that you guys
are trying to build the correct way, which is
through the trenches. And can I add? Can I add
something that I think is really important to
that? Yeah, definitely. Let the record state
that Chador Sanders was available. And you passed.
Yeah, and it spoke volumes that you chose not
to pick him. Yes. Well, I think from our previous
pod conversation, we all know how you feel about
Shador Sanders, so I wasn't even going to put
him up there as an option for you. Yes, I appreciate
that. Yeah, not a problem. But if you want to
go off on Shador, you're more than welcome to.
All right. He sealed his own fate with his behavior
the last couple of weeks. He's done. Yeah, I
think it'll be interesting to see if there is
a... if there is a Gino Smith -esque slide to
his draft stock here. All right, so this brings
us to our good friend Steve in the Miami Dolphins.
You guys, Steve, you have a lot of secondary
needs, you've got some defensive needs, but again,
it's all about protecting Tua, who is gonna be
your checks, notes, $50 million a year QB as
well. So I'm gonna give you a couple of options
here. I'm going to give you two cornerbacks to
select from, and then I'm going to go ahead and
I'm going to give you an offensive lineman and
see what direction you want to go. Because you
guys are shopping Jalen Ramsey, for whatever
reason, this defensive coaching staff seems to
have a lot of confidence that Cam Smith is going
to come around. Nonetheless, you need some depth
at CB, both at the nickel position, safety, and
also this opposite Jalen Ramsey on the outside
should you guys choose to hang on to them. So
I'm going to give you a couple of options here.
I'm going to give you Jade Baron. Who is like
this year this year's Brian branch kind of like
a slash type of player Don't always want him
necessarily on the outside isolated on his own,
but he can play a lot of nickel He can play a
lot of slot. He's game in the run defense game
and he can flash he can flash in a lot of Dime
package looks as well. Just a really fun chess
piece for Anthony Weaver to play with I'm also
gonna give you will Johnson who not the fastest
CB in this draft, but his change of direction
and aware and ability to jump routes is really
preternatural. I mean, this dude is a turnover
waiting to happen. And then I'm gonna give you
Josh Simmons, highly vaunted offensive tackle
out of Ohio State. You guys also seem to have
a lot of confidence in the Patrick Paul draft
pick that you made last year, the kid out of
Houston, but you need offensive line help up
and down the board. So two cornerbacks, sir,
and an offensive tackle, which way you wanna
go. You know conventional wisdom always tells
me and then I share this in the previous podcast
Gotta build the line gotta win the line. It's
all about the trenches But with losing Jevon
Holland them shopping Jalen Ramsey at this point.
I'm it really narrows my choice down to to two
And the more I read about him I really like Will
Johnson You know, like you said, he may not be
the fastest guy, but I don't know. There's something
that tells me that he's going to be exceptional
at the next level. So that's who I'm going to
go with. Dude is bringing a chip on his shoulder
to coming from a really well coached defense
and Michigan I think that's a rock -solid pick
for you guys and a building block and a really
fun piece to see in Weaver's defense for sure
Yeah, the Dolphins with Will Johnson means that
the Buffalo Bills are gonna continue to have
to throw to the running backs Because their wide
receiver talent is not gonna be better than that
guy Unbelievable. So JJ weird. The Bills are
now on the clock and man this boy fell horribly
horribly. So Kenneth Grant, Kenneth Grant goes
19. Yep. Jade Baron goes 17. Yep. Scroll up a
little more. Yeah. Donovan. Is a rock who yeah,
it goes 15. So a lot of our a lot of our draft
crushes gone at this point Trey Amos goes 24
to the Minnesota Vikings Man, this is a bloodbath
Matthew Golden gone at 27 to the Ravens. That's
ridiculous and then Michael Williams edge out
of Georgia goes to Washington in the pick before
us the The Oregon defensive tackle should still
be on the board, right? No, let's see. You are
talking about Let's see, Derek Harman. Correct.
I'm going to put Harman on the board. OK, thank
you. Low key. I know I'm feeding him. I'm going
to shut up now. Dude, Derek Harman. I actually
think is the guy the Bills want. He's not that
a lot of Bills fans are clamoring for Kenneth
Grant. Get a traditional big bodied one tech
to play near at Oliver. But the Buffalo Bills
in true past obvious past situations, they value
pocket compression. They value quick get off
and they value pressure up the middle. Derek
Harman. brings all of that and then some. And
the fact that he'd be on the board here would
be excellent for the Bills. I'm also going to
give you, let's see here, who else do I want
to give you, man? I'm going to give you Benjamin
Morrison, cornerback on a Notre Dame, battling
some injury issues, but he really seems to be
the prototypical size, arm length. athletic profile,
intellectual profile, really plays well in zone
schemes, has some pliability in man, but really
just Benjamin Morrison, if healthy, is the perfect
Buffalo Bills cornerback. And then I'm also going
to throw in Let's get spicy. I'm gonna throw
in Landon Jackson edge out of Arkansas So that
if the board fell this way, honestly, I'd be
really happy as a Bills fan I'd be happy with
any of these guys Xavier Watts safety out of
Notre Dame is still available here though It
feels a little high for him at that point Jack
Beck wide receiver out of TCU. I'm not a huge
fan of things a little bit slow We've got enough
guys that kind of plod down the field. I feel
good about this man. It's Harmon It is Morrison,
and it is Jackson. Interesting note, he'll hear
Maxwell Harrison, who Harrison out of Kentucky,
who has been mocked to the Bills in the first
round is on the board, as is Siobhan Ravel. I
just don't think the Bills are interested in
someone with the physical profile of Harrison,
despite the speed, because I think they'll have
concerns about him holding up in the run defense
game. And then Siobhan Ravel, this feels a little
bit high for him, especially with a guy like
Derek Harman on the board in line being an obvious
need. Yeah. And that's all good discussion. I
think that of the three options, I'm going to
take Derek Harman. Big and athletic is much more
rare than small and athletic. And in the case
of those cornerbacks, I think that there's round
two and three options that they could probably
have compete with Trey White for starting. So
Derek Harmon, I'm happy about it. Totally agree
with you. Totally agree with you. All right.
We are back on the clock here in round two with
our good friend Brandon. All right, Brandon.
Got some interesting things you could do here.
So this particular draft has a lot of starters
that are going to be available later on in the
draft. And we are now here technically in round
two, which would be day two of the draft. We've
got some pretty handsome options for you, my
friend. All right. So you've given a skill position
player to your new favorite dude, Drake May.
I'm going to put. Another skill position player
up here along with a couple of offensive linemen.
I'm gonna go ahead. I'm gonna put Jack back um
wide receiver out of tcu up here catching machine
excellent route runner not big on long speed
but he seems to be one of those like cliched
wide uh quarterbacks best friends types i'm also
going to give you donovan jackson the tackle
out of ohio state big mauler type dude ohio state
just breeds amazing offensive lineman would be
a great addition for you guys and then i'm going
to give you maybe one of the better guards though
a bit of a projection in tyler booker Guard out
of Alabama here. So you've got two offensive
linemen and you've got a fun weapon potentially
for Drake May You are basking in the glow of
your riches in your early second round selection.
Where do you want to go Brandon? So I think the
Patriots this season or a team that needs to
score points. They've been a among the bottom
in a very embarrassing format in points scored
in offensive production. So I think we got to
go offense here. I think Stefan Diggs is not
what he used to be. And so let's get a young
star out there to help them out, take some attention
from the defenses. So I think we take the best
wide receiver available in this scenario. You
said Jack Beck, a guy I had my eye on was Kyle
Williams. Is he on the board or did he get picked
up? I'll see Kyle Williams. Let's see what we
got. Kyle Williams is available here. Okay, so
the pick is going to be Kyle Williams. This is
a guy with four four speed. Great breaking ability.
So I think this is the weapon that is going to
be the complement to stuff on digs. That's why
this is the pick for me. It is because of the
relationship between these two receivers and
the differences their strengths and weaknesses
So I think for me, it's Kyle Williams in the
second round Very fun. I like that one. All right,
and the Jets are now back on the clock All right.
Let's see what we can do for you guys. So you
went member on the first round So you still have
defensive line, which is an issue for you guys
here, Jared. And then sneakily, you guys have
some secondary needs that I think you need to
attend to as well, despite some of your signings.
So I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to give
you a couple of options here. Benjamin Morrison,
CB out of Notre Dame, still on the board. I'm
going to go ahead. I'm going to give you him.
I'm also going to float your way. Who am I looking
for? TJ Sanders, interior defensive lineman out
of South Carolina. This is somebody Bill's fans
are very familiar with. This is kind of a guy
we're all pining after to hit in the second round.
And then let's give you I want to give you a
wide receiver here. I'm gonna go ahead. I'm gonna
give you Trey Harris wide receiver out of Mississippi
Shifty type of guy more of a kind of a slot projection
But uh honestly could be a very fun weapon for
for your new QB Justin Fields to use so out of
those three Who would you like or would you like
to veer for option number four if you've got
a particular guy you want? So I want to refer
back to a previous conversation that we had where
we talked about how many defensive players had
the opportunity to potentially be mentored by
Aaron Glenn. When I see the opportunity, and
again, you never know if a mock draft comes true,
but when I see an opportunity to add tremendous
value, which is, in my opinion, Benjamin Morrison
from Notre Dame, and he's available, projected
first -rounder that's available right now, and
As we know, you've lost everyone but Sauce Gardener
and everyone in the secondary, including Sauce
Gardener, is basically auditioning this season.
I think that this is one of those potential picks
with him available that you kind of sit in your
war room and you go, I think we have to do this
because he's available. I would hate that for
you guys. I mean, and I love so good for you
guys. Well, and I think this is this is the thing.
And I guess it brings me back to other obvious
problems the Jets have. They need additional
wide receivers. They need additional help on
both sides of the line. But I have always felt
like it's even how I aired as a coach. If there's
someone that's just strikingly talented and available.
You go with that. So I thank you for giving me
the option to pick him because he was the highest
ranked player available and he was jumping off
the screen. So funny aside, that's got a Bills
thread with Benjamin Morrison, former Bills,
maybe even Jets also player Lorenzo Alexander.
Who converted from defensive line to linebacker
in the league and played 12 seasons? I think
he is he's like a mentor and close family friend
of Ben Morrison and has talked about how Any
team that passes on him because of the injury
concern is missing out on a perennial Pro Bowler
Yeah, so can I give you a very funny hypothetical
of that? If he loses a step and the Jets plug
him in at safety, then they address their biggest
need Not saying that's gonna happen and he doesn't
fully have the size to do it, but It's a potential,
you know win -win. His instincts his ball instincts
are amazing. Yeah. Yes. I I I hate this pick.
I think this is terrible for Everyone that's
not a Jets fan. All right, you guys are killing
it so far I am sweating a little bit at the potential
that this could happen Miami Dolphins Steve you're
back on the clock, sir You went will Johnson
with your first pick. So I'm gonna give you a
couple of juicy options here I'm gonna give you
Tyler Booker guard from Alabama who is still
on the board I'm also going to go ahead and give
you Gonna give you a fun safety option here too
because you guys are trying to replace Javon
Holland I'm going to give you Nick M and worry
who is still on the board here This is a guy
who I think a lot of fans are enamored with because
of the athletic profile that he brings for three
-speed Really kind of like a Kyle Hamilton type
of safety which Anthony Weaver coming from the
Baltimore system very familiar with a player
of that mindset And then I'm going to go ahead
and add as your third pick, TJ Sanders, because
you guys do need some help on that defensive
line. You know, I was going to wait until the
third round to draft an offensive lineman, but
with Tyler Booker still being right there, I
think similar to Jared's pick, I would be silly
not to take him. in the second round with this
pick. So I'm just going to that's who I'm taking.
So Tyler Booker, I like it given to a little
bit of help. And when you look at where the defensive
line strings of the AFC East are, a lot of a
lot of your competition, New England signing
Milton Williams, Buffalo having, of course, at
Oliver Quinn and Williams in New York, like Keeping
the interior pocket clean for Tua, because he
needs a clean platform and clean pocket to throw
from, is going to be essential. And Booker, I
think, is going to go a long way to help that
out. Very solid, unsexy, stabilizing pick for
you. 65325 does a good number on Ed Oliver's
280 playing weight, just if you're looking for
a barrier. I sure wish Kenneth Grant was back
on the was back on the back on the board, but
I'll take Derek Harmon So JJ our our first pick
here was Derek Harmon We've got a couple of second
round picks here coming up as Bills fans know
we've got 56 62 and no third round picks this
year So with Derek Harmon off the board, I think
we still have a couple of needs sir cornerback
definitely being one of them I'd love to see
the Bills splash in us with a safety position
So I'm gonna give you a couple options here.
Let's go with Let's go with Andrew McCuba Who
is my comp for him is Micahide? Pff obviously
thinks very highly of this particular dude. They
have him ranked 62 I've seen him mocked as high
as early second round I think he's got great
instincts and coverage and I think he can really
play that deep safety center fielder position
that'll let Cole Bishop Taylor rap push up to
the line where I think they are far more comfortable
I'm also going to give you Darien Porter CB out
of Iowa State this dudes got the athletic profile
that the bills often pass on They're a little
Kyre Elam gun shy these days, but this is a dude
who's fast big strong all the things that you
want A little bit of a project in a projection
and zone, but he's got some of those man skills
that we've been begging the Buffalo Bills to
invest in. And then let's go with. Yeah, this
is where I want to go. I'm going to give you
another corner back here as Ray Thomas, the CB
out of Florida State. This is a guy that. is
very polarizing for a lot of draft commentators.
He flashes with all the skill that is necessary
to be capable as a cornerback, but he really
does feel like more of a projection because of
how raw he is. So, which direction do you want
to go, JJ? Oh, man. So I don't love that you
didn't put Jalen Royals on my board and I won't
break the system, but I know that's a fourth
option, right? There is a fourth option. If we
take a wide receiver second round, something
is wrong. It'd be a fastball move, though. He's
one of my favorite players in the whole draft.
I'm not going to do it though, because you're
right, the need is much, much better. So in this
situation, Darian Porter, 6 '4", 200 pounds,
he's a former track athlete and the speed actually
does translate to the field. Andrew Mukuba, the
concern I have with him is he's excellent at
triggering his gun and firing downhill to try
to help with the run, but he's a drag down tackler.
because he's not huge. He's 180, 190 pounds and
his athleticism is excellent, but he is just
like with Micah Hyde. Micah Hyde was never the
safety when the Bills were at their peak. to
lay the lumber on somebody and come down and
fill and like take, deplete somebody. And with
Ashton Genti now in the division. Damn it, Brandon.
We need somebody who can, you know, do a little
bit more dirt. And so I'm going to take Darien
Porter. I'm going to take Darien Porter because
I believe he's a converted wide receiver too.
Yes. So he's young in the position. The Bills
have shown they're excellent at developing defensive
backs. So that's my guy. And Jalen Royals is
still available. He's still around. But but I
think we might need an edge if there's one available,
if a good one's available. Yeah. So let's talk
that. I'll throw in Jalen Royals here where it
picks 62 for the bills. I'll throw in Jalen Royals
here. And then I'm also going to give you. Let's
see. Alfred Collins is still sitting there. I'm
going to give you Femi. Ola Dejo, a guy who I
know you really like at the edge position coming
out of, um, coming out of UCLA. And then, Ooh,
let's put another, you know what? Let's put two
wide receivers out here, shall we? Cause we've
taken care of Interior defensive line cornerback.
I'm gonna give you two wide outs. I'm gonna give
you Jalen Noel out of Iowa State I'm gonna give
you Royals your dude and then I'm gonna give
you Femi Oladejo out of UCLA So two offensive
players and an edge player here for you, sir
What do you want to do with the Bills final pick
in this mock draft? Jalen Knowles the other one
you you're putting out there correct Jalen Royals
general general. I love that player, too I know
I know this is a terrible choice for you So what
I'm gonna do is the Buffalo Bills scored 30 rushing
and 30 receiving touchdowns last year they set
a franchise record for scoring with the players
they had and all that they've lost in the offseason
is Rub it in. That's fine. Matt Collins. They
lost Matt Collins. No, like I'll miss Matt Collins.
He had the most touchdowns in the whole wide
receiver room. But I think that they kind of
upgraded a little bit with Joshua Palmer in that
regard as a little bit better of a root runner,
a little bit better of a field stretcher. So
with all that said, I am going to go ahead and
take Femi. I'm gonna do the right thing build
from the trenches. He's got an amazing, you know
starting gun and get off And that's what the
bills don't have in their edge room right now
There's a fast edge Just so you're aware, the
very next pick was the Kansas City Chiefs, so
they took Jalen Royals. Just hurt so bad. It's
so bad. Twisting the knife. Oh, God, we hate
Kansas City. All right. So the Bills will end
their draft there. And we are now in the third
round back on the clock here for the New England
Patriots. So far, nothing but studs for you,
Brandon. You have taken Ashton Gentry and Kyle
Williams. A running back and wide receiver respectively.
You have two picks here coming up in the third
round We're at 69 and then you also have pick
77 God that is such an embarrassment of riches
for you guys Alright, so let's see here you guys
I mean you had you have some serious offensive
line needs and sneakily you also probably still
need some depth on the Defensive line as well.
What do I want to do for you? Man, oh man Let's
see. I'm going to sort here by tackles real quick.
Let me just say real quick, if Femi was still
on the board for this pick, I would have taken
him. So yeah, I think I'm going to take that.
I'm going to give you an edge. So there are still
some guys available here. Charles Grant actually
is a guy I really like out of William and Mary,
but I think this might be a little bit rich here.
I think. This were to happen in real life Brandon.
You're probably waiting to take a tackle Marcus
bow from Purdue is another good one that I really
like Jonah I always butcher this guy's name Sava
and Nate Naya from Arizona also would be a solid
projection for you guys as well I'm gonna not
give you a tackle though because where you're
picking at 69. You've got some other really fun
options I'm gonna go ahead and I'm gonna give
you Let's see. I'm gonna give you Josiah Stewart
edge on a Michigan. I'm going to give you Shamar
Turner Interior defensive lineman out of Texas
A &M and I'm gonna go ahead and see if See if
you just want to like shower Drake made with
more weapons I'm gonna give you Jalen. No. Well
wide receiver out of Iowa State So Yeah, this
is an interesting place to be Thank you for the
reminder Two minutes ago that we got Matt Collins
this year. So you're welcome my of course So
with my first and second round picks Matt Collins
The Patriots under new leadership added some
beef to the offensive line I don't think all
of the problems there are solved So yeah, I would
take the best player on the board Whichever was
the top option that you presented there? Let's
see. So that would be Josiah Stewart edge out
of Michigan is what I get. Yeah. Yeah, let's
do it Yeah, you guys need some pass for a shelf,
too And I think that's a very responsible pick
out of you Who do you want to just tell me Jared?
Who do you want? I want to I want to kill the
artificial intelligence Jacksonville Jaguars
Because wait why oh cuz they took jail in Noel.
Yeah Mate dude Mason Taylor would have been a
super fit for you guys to the tight end out of
LSU I know but so but this is this is my thing
and I I want to Refresh the memories of any longtime
listeners I went on a crusade the last time you
and I talked it Dan and I You know was just like
don't waste it early pick on a wide receiver.
You're gonna steal somebody in the third round
because there aren't a lot of sexy wide receivers
in this draft. This will be my question because
I was specifically looking out for Jalen Noel.
Is his teammate on the board still Jaden Higgins?
Let's see. Oh, good question. No, it looks like
Higgins is off the board. However, Isaiah Bond.
Yeah. Isaiah Bond from Texas is sitting there
Tess Johnson from Oregon is sitting there and
Savion Williams from TCU are sitting there of
those three I'm dead set on a wide receiver Okay,
and I want to play by your rules So I will allow
the fact that artificial intelligence has now
out drafted me twice in the same night You can
take Xavier Rastrepo if you want to I highly
encourage you to take the dude who ran like a
four eight It is pro day. So, you know, I I like
Isaiah Bond Like that dude, too, but I I'm gonna
tell you why and it again is gonna draw some
you know some Lions parallels He's only an inch
shorter than Jameson Williams and is a very very
similar build I was into Jalen Noel because Jalen
Noel also has that build and when I think about
what again What is Aaron Glenn? No, what are
the Jets need? Give me just a bonkers speed threat
To counter to counter the fact that Garrett Wilson
is gonna probably be targeted 20 times a game
so um Given given the fact that my original one
is off the board. I am totally fine I was gonna
say big 12 speed, but with modern corruption.
That's SEC speed now guys Give me give me Isaiah
bond. Yeah. Oh god. I hate that. I hate that.
I hate how well you drafted I despise several
nudges by by the computer, so it's really just
Crazy. Just really all it is. Oh my God. And
we'll review everybody's draft when we're done
here. So Brandon, it looks like we move on to
you. And then Steve, do you have another pick
here? No, you do not. All right. So Brandon,
it looks like we're going to wrap up with you
here in round three. So for the sake of jogging
our memories here. You have not taken anybody
at this point to protect to protect your Drake
May, but you've given him some fun weapons and
you've given your defense a very versatile edge
player with a nice get off and Joe and Josiah
Stewart. So let's see here, sir. You got a God
you got you need an offensive lineman so badly.
Alright, so this is where we're getting to the
range where a Marcus bow from Purdue would be
an option for you guys. I'm going to throw him
on the board. I'm going to give you Jonah Sevina
out of Arizona as well. And then let's see here.
Oh, this is yeah, I know you just took. I know
you just took. I know you just took Josiah Stewart,
but. I am going to give you guys potentially
some of the Buffalo Bills really covet Jordan
Phillips, defensive interior defensive lineman
out of Maryland. You guys still need to build
your depth in the defensive trenches as well.
It's a sneaky need for you guys. So I'm going
to go that route for you all. So out of those
three options, Jordan Phillips kid out of Arizona
or bow kid out of out of Purdue. Which direction
do you want to go? So the Patriots, you know,
I think this might be a redundant statement,
but they need to keep their offense on the field
They need to achieve the short yardage. They
need to convert on third and fourth downs. So
I think the answer here is Offensive line. So
let's go Mabow out of Purdue. Beautiful. All
right All right, and then you know get out of
Arizona went right after that And we are ramping
up here. Just I think I'm always curious what
you say. I think I have picked 98. You are correct,
sir. You've got a comp pick that I wasn't counting
on. So you are next right here. The Miami Dolphins.
All right. So, Steve, let's recap your draft
real quick. Will Johnson, Tyler Booker, just
rock solid picks for you. So you've addressed
guard. You've addressed cornerback. You've got
Wyatt Millam. out of West Virginia, who is the
best player on the board, you've got Charles
Grant, offensive tackle to William and Mary,
a kid who I really sneaky like. And you know
what, just to spice things up a little bit, because
you guys really do need You'd really do need
some help here on the defensive side of things.
I'm going to give you who's one of my favorites
that's left on the board here. I'm going to give
you Savion Jones edge out of Alice. You a kid
who I think would be perfect in the spot for
you guys. Between those two best tackles left
on the board and then an edge player or you could
go with the 4th option. Who are the tackles that
were still available white? See, I'll sort by
tackles. I'll give you a mill him out of West
Virginia. I gave you great. Sorry. Defensive.
Oh, you want to go deep interior defensive? Yeah.
Let's see. Ty Robinson's available out in a brass.
Oh, Josh, Josh, Josh, Josh, Josh, Josh, Farmer.
That's he won't be there. I don't think he'll
be there. I don't think in real life. No way.
Josh Farmer will not be there. Oh, or Dion Walker,
another guy that Buffalo Bill's fans are very
familiar with. This is this year's Tevandre Sweat.
He is big. He moves with a really unnatural sense
of speed and urgency. He's just a little weak
in his lower half from a lot of scouting reports.
So when you watch his film, He's a little bit
upright at the point of attack as well But if
he can get his pad level right this dude is this
dude's a handful Got some fun options here. I'd
advise against Dion Walker. I'm out on him. You're
out on him I think he I think he's never going
to learn how to get his pad level low. He gets
pushed on the ground too often. Oh Man, all right.
Yeah, we're gonna we're gonna talk about him
in our follow -up pod. I really like this guy.
All right, so So based on where it kind of where
everything's at now with the this mock draft
I think Charles Grant out of William and Mary
is gonna be the pick. Yeah There were a couple
other guys available in the defensive end or
defensive Interior I would have went that route,
but Charles grants my guy Yes, Toronto Armstead
replacement. Yeah, he's really he's rock -solid
man six four three hundred He's a little bit
older, but he He kind of came into his game a
little bit later in his career. He's this is
just this is one of those picks like a Wyatt
Teller pick that Buffalo Bands, Buffalo Bills
fans will be familiar with, just like a mid to
late rounder that's really going to make a lot
of hay for you guys. Man, oh, man, that was something
you guys did so flipping well with that. All
right. So let's see. I want to pull up the team
by team recap here real quick. All right, your
results. Let's see here. Hang on. Oh, that was
brutal for me to have to go through. You guys
did so good. All right, JJ, is this thing gonna
give me a recap just by the team or no? No, if
you could go up to full results, you're gonna
be able to scroll it. All right, full results.
All right, so the New England Patriots, round
one, Ashton Gentry. Armand Memboo goes to the
Jets Will Johnson to the Dolphins and then we
get our guy JJ and Derek Harmon Honestly wins
all the way around. Yep fellas. How did you feel
about your first round there? Brandon let's start
with you I'm extremely satisfied. I think this
is a best -case scenario. This completely went
my way. I'll see you in the Super Bowl That's
amazing. Thanks for having me Jared Memboo. I
mean, he's one of my favorite players in this
draft. And I hate that you got him. How do you
feel? How do you feel about this? I want to add
because I do think this is important for this
year. There's really only one player in this
draft who I think could prompt other teams to
pick differently to have to deal with the fact
that he was picked. And that's Jayntey. So if
he does end up in the AFC or specifically the
AFC East now, that's problematic. But I love
I. Like this went according to plan for me. Got
the best. Got the best offensive tackle available
in round one. Nice. Feeling good about it. I
do think I do think Gentie to the Patriots is
a real possibility. I just think Ray Bull to
Brandon's earlier point wants to build that run
game. Will Johnson. to the cornerback out of
Michigan to the Miami Dolphins. This has been
mocked fairly frequently as well, Steve. So this
feels like something that's a very real possibility,
particularly if Johnson falls out of favor in
the top 10. How do you feel about rebuilding
your cornerback unit with this dude? You know,
we're we're just we're rebuilding the line. We're
both, you know, both defensive and offensive.
Why not throw the secondary in there? You know,
we've we've tried a few veterans. over the past
few years, you know, with free agency signings
and, you know, the the Eli apples, the Jordan
employers, you know, serviceable. But, you know,
I think it's it's time to move on and we need
to build on the draft. So I'm happy with it.
Yeah, let a cornerback grow up with Anthony Weaver
in his system You guys finally got it right with
that selection for your DC. Hopefully you can
hang on to him for a couple years He's just it's
fun to watch him call games and then JJ. We we
get our guy Derek Harmon I feel great about this.
Yeah, I mean honestly if it's Kenneth Grant or
Derek Harmon, you know either of those are I'm
good there if it's if it's Will Johnson You know
the CB like there's a lot of players that I'd
be very very happy with in the first round And
we got one of them probably one of my top top
three Absolutely, and then just to quickly recap
Kyle Williams comes off comes off the board here
at 38 wide receiver out of Washington State to
the New England Patriots Benjamin Morrison's
sneaky awesome pick again for the Jets damn you
Jared man I'm glad you're not the GM of that
team and then I don't I mean I that's a great
compliment That will only feed further disillusionment
on my part. Love it. And then Steve doing the
necessary dirty work to protect two out the middle
with Tyler Booker. Just a sneaky good pick there
to JJ. I love the Darien Porter pick. And then
we get our edge as well. Honestly, three defensive
picks right away. I feel like if the board fell
this way for the Bills, I'd be very happy through
the first two days. Yeah, and I think that Darian
Porter is like, there's a lot of boom bust there
because he has the athletic profile. He's not
a long starter at CB. So there's a lot of chance
that he could, you know, not pan out. But I do
like both picks as well as Femi. I mean, Femiola
Dejo as a standup linebacker all the way up through
the first two games of this past season. It's
a projection, but I like both picks. Nice. And
then we hit into the third round here in New
England, taking Josiah Stewart edge out of Michigan.
God, Isaiah Bond. God, Jared, what the hell?
The hell this draft was too good. This can't
be a jet strapped man. You really knocked that
one out of the park. And then we go back to New
England for Marcus and bow out of Purdue. And
then we wrap things up with our Miami Dolphins
doing the dirty work again. Charles Grant. So
now you've got Grant Patrick, Paul Booker. and
Eichenberg to rebuild your offensive line around
solid, solid work out of the Miami Dolphins.
Man, that was that was sweaty. I got to believe
that if the board fell that way for everybody,
we would all be thrilled with how our drafts
worked. Am I right? And that's the beauty of
this year's draft. In my mind is that there are
a few generational guys right at the top of this
thing, but you're going to find. depth and starting
caliber players through multiple days in this
draft I think it's I think it's gonna be something
to behold and I think everyone's got a chance
in the AFC East to get better in a really good
way and I'm always rooting for competitive football
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