[Rain Man]

Here's my 2025 draft.

I was desperate for cornerbacks and defensive tackles, so I loaded up. I have some other needs, but none as urgent or major.


2-60 - Trey Amos, CB, Mississippi.

Strongly considered Higgins, but I liked the value of Amos and the trade down given my team needs.

Also considered: Josh Simmons OT, Jayden Higgins WR, TJ Sanders DT, Will Johnson CB, Benjamin Morrison CB. Higgins was my biggest debate.

2-63 - Shavon Revel, CB, East Carolina.

My cornerback room was a shambles last year, so we're addressing it in force despite a major need at DT as well.

Also considered: Darius Alexander DT, Omar Norman-Lott DT, Jamaree Caldwell DT. Really strongly considered going with Alexander here.

3-95 - Xavier Watts, S, Notre Dame.

My current safety room is solid, but we lost Justin Reid and Jordan Poyer is getting old. Watts will give us more amperage, or maybe voltage, in this group. I hated to pass up the offensive skill positions here, but Watts seemed like too much of a steal to resist.

Also considered: Tai Felton WR, Bayshul Tuten RB, Cam Skattebo RB.

3-101 - Deone Walker, DT, Kentucky

We've been drafting defensive tackles on Day 2 and Day 3, and none have developed in recent drafts. We'll try again here. We desperately need a starter, and it's possible that we could switch to a 3-4 this year. Walker can help us no matter what the decision is.

Also considered: C.J. West DT, Kyle Kennard Edge

4-133 - Jalen Royals, WR, Utah

Really the only guy I considered here. I need a WR and he seems like a steal. I say that despite the bias of the Chiefs dynasty drafting him.

Also considered: None, but also see the next pick.

4-134 - Joshua Farmer, DT, Florida State

As noted earlier with Deone Walker, I've had trouble drafting starters at defensive tackle. Farmer seems like a good value at this point and will be very competitive on the depth chart.

Also considered: Elic Ayomanor WR, Shadeur Sanders QB, Marcus Mbow OG. Really debated going with Ayomanor here.

5-164 - J.J. Pegues, DT, Mississippi.

I had Tyler Baron in this spot until the last minute, but I had enough productive DEs that I decided to load up at tackle. One of them has to work out, right?

Also considered: Tyler Baron DE. Really close call on this one. I also initially penciled in Oronde Gadsden TE.

5-167 - Chris Paul, LB, Mississippi.

I'm pretty much drafting the entire Mississippi defense, I guess. This was my toughest pick of the draft, because I really wanted one of the two CBs below and wouldn't mind loading up on the CB room. But in the end, I thought Paul had slid too low and was a good value even though my LB room is stacked. This was a pure luxury pick.

Also considered: Dorian Strong CB, Denzel Burke CB, Jaylen Reed S

6-207 - Kurtis Rourke, QB, Indiana.


This was a really tough decision. I really wanted to draft a RB or a developmental OT, but I like to roll the dice on a QB every year. At some point I've got to replace Russell Wilson, so I keep rolling the dice in later rounds.

Also considered: Brashard Smith RB, Jack Nelson OT, Quinn Ewers QB, Kyle Monangai RB.

7-247 - Luke Lachey, TE, Iowa.

I think I may need a third TE so I wanted to draft one. Gadsden seemed like a good value in Round 5, but with Kelce I can hold off for a while on a big investment.

Also considered: Elijhah Badger WR, Xavier Restropo WR, Tyler Batty Edge, Elijah Williams Edge, Zy Alexander CB, Joshua Gray OG, Hollin Pierce OT, all as undrafted free agents.