Official 2024 NFL Draft Thread

[Deputy Nutz]

So the Vikings get the 23rd pick, and a 232nd pick
Texans get the 42nd pick, and the 188th pick plus 2nd round pick in 2025.

I think the Texans are stupid for making this trade this far out of the draft. To me this is night of the draft, sitting on the 23rd pick with the guy you wanted just scooped up with the 22nd pick type of trade.

[Deputy Nutz]

Bears trade for Keenan Allen, give up a 4th round pick

[bobblehead]

25. Cooper DeJean S Iowa - Not entirely sure why he is a safety, probably because he is white. He is a cover 2 / quarters corner. He hasn't run because of an injury so I would like to see his numbers before I would think of taking him with the first pick. He is aggressive which is good for a team that would like a CB to press.

41. T'Vondre Sweat DT Texas - You don't stop the run with linebackers, you stop the run with 6'5" 350 pound space eaters.

58. Junior Colson LB Michigan - I think Colson is the best overall linebacker in the draft. He hasn't run yet so his track numbers could be great or shit.

88. Dominick Puni OG Kansas - He wouldn't be my first target for the interior line but this is sort of how it fell. I probably felt I needed to address the need and probably reached.

91. Roger Rosengarten OT Washington - Super high RAS guy but I don't know if his play matches his testing numbers. probably a reasonable backup

126. Malik Mustapha S Wake Forest - He didn't run at the combine, but he did bench. He is supposed to run really well and if he did, he would have a RAS score that would be attractive.

169. Elijah Jones CB Boston College - Great frame at 6'1" and a RAS score of 9.48. All this goes with the fact he is from Boston College.

202. Nehemiah Pritchett CB Auburn - similar frame to Jones with a high end RAS score. Has some of the press and man to man skills that current Packers defense could be looking for

219. Isaac Guerendo RB Louisville - Packers don't need to look crazy high up the draft for a running back, but the talent level of the backs falls off pretty dramatically after the tier of 3rd rounders. Guerendo will never be a featured back but he has a ridiculously high RAS score and you are able to see glimpses of that type of talent when he comes out of the backfield. Could help with kick returns and other special teams

245.Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB Purdue - Former WR, transferred to Purdue where he took a year to adapt to the running back position. He could take some time to develop but obviously he should be able to catch the ball out of the backfield.

255. Frank Crum OT Wyoming - Sort of became the media darling of the combine. 6'8 315 pounds and can run pretty well and had RAS of 9.82. Small school kid that is built like a tackle. I don't actually know if he would be available this late in the draft.

DeJean is a safety because we still have a gaping hole and he can play it. Oh...and he's white. But honestly he can definitely be a good CB. A very nice piece to have.

No way they take Sweat there. He had a terrible RAS. I'm not disputing should, I'm simply saying Gutes won't.

Mustapha may run at a pro day and that could impact his draft stock a lot either way.

Jones is almost a lock to be a packer with the new Halfwit defense right?

[run pMc]

I'm indifferent on Dejean. I know a lot of people like him, and he looked like a good player for Iowa.
I'm not sure how Iowa's D translates to Hafley's defense. I wonder if he would have been a better fit in Barry's scheme.
Moreover, Dejean was playing CB, not S. AFAIK he's never played S, so you're going on a projection. Seems a little bit of a gamble if you're taking him R1 to play S, although I suppose you could try him at slot CB first. Am I missing something?

I love Sweat's size and raw power, but it feels like they have a bit of a full house in the DL room. He's a 2 down rotational guy so 41 feels a little rich for me; if he's there at 58 I'd feel better about taking him.

I know nothing about Frank Crum other than he blew up the combine. So did Jason Spriggs. Did he ever block anyone from the SEC successfully? I suppose late R7/UDFA is fine.
I'm out on a lot of the combine darlings - Guerendo being another. Couldn't stay healthy or beat out Allen, Mellusi, etc. at UW, or even Jawhar Jordan at Louisville. I don't know that his tape shows anything other than special teams guy or PS RB.

[Joemailman]

Did this mock at nflmockdraftdatabsse:

(25) Amarius Mims - OT - Georgia

(41) Edgerrin Cooper - LB - Texas A&M

(58) Tyler Nubin - S - Minnesota

(88) Jonathan Brooks - RB - Texas

(91) Kris Abrams Draine - CB - Missouri

(126) Christian Mahogany - IOL - Boston College

(169) Mohamed Kamara - EDGE - Colorado St.

(202) Gabe Hall - DL - Baylor

(219) Dylan Laube- RB - New Hampshire

(245) J.D. Bertrand - LB - Notre Dame

(255) Jordan Whittington - WR - Texas

[run pMc]

Cooper, Nubin, and Brooks would be a nice Day 2 haul. If Mo Kamara isn't Carl Bradford 2.0 that might be fun.
I like Whittington quite a bit as a developmental WR.

Not sure what to make of Mims. I was underwhelmed by UGA's OL at times, but he's just a giant athletic man. Thought he had trouble staying healthy? I suspect they go defense in R1 and take a couple developmental OL guys who have versatility on Days 2 & 3. Mahogany is a good example.

[Joemailman]

I debated between Mims and Newton at 25. Newton is probably the safer choice.

[jklowan]

Trade down in Round 1 and still get our guy - I'd be pretty happy with this haul as it addresses most of our needs

30 Graham Barton
IOL | Duke


41 Edgerrin Cooper
LB | Texas A&M


58 Tyler Nubin
S | Minnesota


62 Kiran Amegadjie
OT | Yale


88 Jonathon Brooks
RB | Texas


91 Sedrick Van Pran
IOL | Georgia


93 Kris Abrams-Draine
CB | Missouri


113 Dominick Puni
IOL | Kansas


126 DeWayne Carter
DL | Duke


169 Jaylan Ford
LB | Texas


202 Malik Mustapha
S | Wake Forest


219 Drake Stoops
WR | Oklahoma


245 Cedric Johnson
EDGE | Mississippi


255 Grayson Murphy
EDGE | UCLA


[Fritz]

Three linebackers
Three safeties
Two running backs
Three offensive linemen

Anybody do that make draft yet?

[bobblehead]

I wish I knew Mims because his physique is ridiculous. He might be the best OT in the game by 2025 or he might be out of the game buy 2026. Given his natural traits he should be projected in the top 5. The fact that he isn't scares the hell out of me. Its all going to come down to how bad he wants to be great. Albert Haynesworth was unblockable when he felt like it...the problem was he didn't care.

[run pMc]

Mims didn't play a lot. That's why he's not higher. He's played in all of 21 games in college, some of that as a backup. Hard to see him as a Week 1 NFL starter.

[pittstang5]

Question for all the Draft Gurus in here:

I just did one of these NFL Mock Draft simulators, picking for the Packers. Joe Alt was available at pick 25. Is this just an anomaly or did something come out about Alt. I don't give much stock into these simulators, but to have him drop to Pick # 25 is just weird.

I took him.

[SudsMcBucky]

Question for all the Draft Gurus in here:

I just did one of these NFL Mock Draft simulators, picking for the Packers. Joe Alt was available at pick 25. Is this just an anomaly or did something come out about Alt. I don't give much stock into these simulators, but to have him drop to Pick # 25 is just weird.

I took him.

I just ran 3 mocks through the 3 different simulators I play with and not one of them had him falling outside of pick 8.

[run pMc]

Some of the mock simulations produce weird results. I've had Drake Maye fall to me, that's just not realistic. At that point I just restart it and hope for something more likely. Reason being, if he's there in a mock someone else isn't, and we all know Maye will be gone by 25.

Alt will be gone by 25 too. He's basically OL1 and this draft has about 7 or 8 OL who could go R1. 24 teams aren't passing on him.

These are simulations after all, and who knows what kind of randomness factor they are building in. (Artificial intelligence indeed.) Gute will not draft the way I would but as a thought exercise it's amusing.

[Fritz]

I wish I knew Mims because his physique is ridiculous. He might be the best OT in the game by 2025 or he might be out of the game buy 2026. Given his natural traits he should be projected in the top 5. The fact that he isn't scares the hell out of me. Its all going to come down to how bad he wants to be great. Albert Haynesworth was unblockable when he felt like it...the problem was he didn't care.

Sounds like a risk. That's probably the kind of guy you'd want to bring in for a visit, get a bead on who he is as a person.