Media Mocks

[Couch-Potato]

Figured we’d start a thread to share and debate mock drafts we find around the web, even though we all know the mocks we produce ourselves here in the Draft Forum are far superior!

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Field Yates Mock

Trade back with the Raiders.

37. Josh Simmons
64. Landon Jackson

https://www.on3.com/pro/news/2025-nf...d-predictions/

This would not be ideal to me

Hard, hard, hard, hard pass on that abortion of an idea.

I mean, holy shit, what kind of premium would they have to give up for me to trade with an in-division rival like that? It would be a LOT. A LOT a LOT. A stupidly one-sided draft compensation deal. So bad they wouldn't do it for anything but a QB (and Burden is probably not a great fit for them, with Bowers already there).

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Field Yates Mock

Trade back with the Raiders.

37. Josh Simmons
64. Landon Jackson

https://www.on3.com/pro/news/2025-nf...d-predictions/

This would not be ideal to me

The players are fine. It's the unnecessary trade back that sucks. Love Simmons (if healthy of course) and Jackson.

But if you're going to take the giant swing with Simmons, there's absolutely no chance you aren't doing it with the 5the year option.

[RunKC]

I’ve found the worst one this year. My God I would crash out so hard if we did this

Mock Draft 4.0 �� ��

team needs + full logic for every pick

READ:https://t.co/pvnUQyEDAM pic.twitter.com/6Cpxx7f9Gv

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 2, 2025

[staylor26]

That's a pretty easy sprint to the podium for Walter Nolen board right there.

[Couch-Potato]

Originally Posted by RunKC

I’ve found the worst one this year. My God I would crash out so hard if we did this

Mock Draft 4.0 �� ��

team needs + full logic for every pick

READ:https://t.co/pvnUQyEDAM pic.twitter.com/6Cpxx7f9Gv

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 2, 2025

Interesting board!

Nolan, Pearce, Green, and Burden all fall to us due to character concerns. Also, I think Ersery could be in the mix there over Williams.

[DJ's left nut]

Yeeeiiiikes.

I might - might - look at Cameron Williams at the back of 2. Honestly he feels like a 3rd rounder to me.

That would be just hilariously terrible. Then again, he also has Donovan Jackson going to the Lions.

Mostly this dude's just been spending the off-season talking himself into fringy OL prospects in a mediocre OL draft and pushing them up the board. I mean c'mon - Grey Zabel at 14?

Guy's just got tunnel vision.

[Couch-Potato]

Sport Illustrated has us taking RB Henderson at #31 and I’m starting to believe more and more that it’s a possibility.

[Dunerdr]

I'd take that 10/10 over Cam Williams lol

[Bowser]

Hard pass on another Trezelle Jenkins-ian first round pick. Any of the listed skipped players would be a better pick at 31, forcryinoutloud.

Fortunately, Veach is way better at his job than Warren Sharp pretends to be at his.

[staylor26]

Henderson at 31 is definitely a possibility that isn't talked about enough.

The fact that he came come in and play right away, because the Chiefs won't have to be concerned about pass pro (like CEH), makes me think it's a decent possibility. He's a perfect fit, and they might just have a raging hard on for him.

[SAGA45]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Henderson at 31 is definitely a possibility that isn't talked about enough.

How about Henderson at #10 to Chicago? - https://www.nfl.com/news/maurice-jon...iders-pick-rbs

MJD also says the Chiefs take Jahdae Barron, passing on Nolen and Connerly among others. Even Crazier, the Eagles pass on Nolen, too.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by SAGA45

How about Henderson at #10 to Chicago? - https://www.nfl.com/news/maurice-jon...iders-pick-rbs

MJD also says the Chiefs take Jahdae Barron, passing on Nolen and Connerly among others. Even Crazier, the Eagles pass on Nolen, too.

DTs seem to slide further than conventional wisdom says they should every year.

Nolen could very easily be the surprising slide this season. He could also go top 15. It's probably the hardest position on the board to predict in any given season.

[SAGA45]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Nolen could very easily be the surprising slide this season. He could also go top 15.

Let's hope it's the former.

[Bowser]

MJD looks like he went the route of teams drafting certain guys due to their free agency losses. It's not a BAD way of looking at what a team might do, but it just seems lazy when you take a look at the talent on the board when some of these teams pick. For example - are we really going to leave all of Conerly, Nolen, Burden, or Harmon on the board to take Barron? Maybe, and I know guys like him, but damn that feels like a stretch to me.

On a side note, I don't think the Broncos let Loveland get past them if he's there. I don't like that MJD sent him to the Chargers either, even if it makes total sense Harbaugh would take one of his superstar players. Colston Loveland to Denver seems like a no-brainer considering their offensive play and Bo Nix's ascension last season.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by SAGA45

How about Henderson at #10 to Chicago? - https://www.nfl.com/news/maurice-jon...iders-pick-rbs

MJD also says the Chiefs take Jahdae Barron, passing on Nolen and Connerly among others. Even Crazier, the Eagles pass on Nolen, too.

I just can't see a team having Starks and Warren on the board when they're up and deciding "Lets go with Starks..."

I mean the potential for catastrophe there is just enormous. Let's presume that both guys have equal floors and equal ceilings (a fair presumption, IMO) -- if both guys hit their ceiling, isn't Warren going to be FAR more impactful?

And if both guys are nothing but their floors, isn't a solid pass-catching TE going to be more useful than a solid hybrid sort of safety?

Maybe that's just a too "Maddenish" way of looking at things, but I just couldn't talk myself into taking Starks that high if Warren is still there.

That said - I wholeheartedly endorse this draft. If Jahdae Barron slides to 31, I'd be friggen stoked to get him. And honestly, I just don't see it happening because if he IS there around 24, Veach will move up. That's just too good a fit in terms of talent/fit.

I just don't see any way that happens.