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Cowboys Send: QB Brad Fykes 6-3 205 R Jacksonville [Pocket] [0] 70 RB Kareem McGee 5-7 211 R Vanderbilt [Power] [0] 67 WR Gabe Barrientos 5-11 207 R Michigan [Target] [-1] 77 WR Max Bakhtiari 6-3 189 R Oregon [Target] [0] 70 TE Charles Sherrill 6-4 212 R Southern Miss [Receiving] [0] 76 TE Ahmed Bland 6-3 234 R Texas Tech [Blocking] [0] 69 OT D.J. Franklin 6-6 302 R Montana [Pass Blocking] [+1/C] 82 OT Lawrence Miller 6-5 268 R Dayton [Run Blocking] [0] 71 DE Justin Vela 6-2 237 R Penn State [Blitz] [+1] 70 ILB Sam Richardson 6-2 221 R South Dakota State [Mike] [0] 78 ILB Abe Rock 6-3 235 R Pittsburgh [Mike] [0] 73 OLB Maxim Hillman 6-1 238 R Baylor [Blitz] [0] 67 FS Omar Bush 6-1 192 R Baylor [Man Coverage] [-3] 76

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Much appreciated.

Dallas needs a new password

Great mock, thanks for taking the time to write this!

Eh we’ll see. Personally I don’t think it makes sense to be so certain about the top picks, especially before the combine.

Fair enough. It's a risk that you'll probably have to take eventually though.

I'm sorry, I replied to you before seeing this edit to your post. I agree that there's not a very good chance that this mock accurately predicts the draft, and I agree that the Bengals would rather trade away #3 than draft a guard. However, it's impossible to predict trades correctly, and though I applaud Jieret for mocking with a trade in mind, I couldn't think of a good way to to decide on trades in this mock. With that in mind I definitely considered having Jones going earlier, but I didn't really like the fit. You only just now got Matty Swift a good WR to throw to, and it might make sense to try him out for another year. Plus, if you think Swift won't work out, why would you trust your OL to keep Jones safe after letting Swift get destroyed for the last three seasons? The Giants have other needs, and I truly think a FA quarterback would make more of an impact if they went elsewhere with this pick. The Bengals are looking to rebuild, and Jones would be a great player to rebuild around, but honestly I prefer building around the OL, and the Bengals somehow are worst than you at guard. As for Bryant, I touched on this in the mock draft, but he doesn't really fit on the teams that are drafting early. You guys and the Bengals run a 3-4, and both drafted great pieces for a 3-4 just last season. The Cardinals also have two good, young DEs, and should probably look elsewhere. That leaves the Giants, who quite frankly don't need Bryant. They already have a great DE in Curtis Lewis, and to be honest aren't going to be a threat until they grab good players at the skill positions, which they can do with the #2 pick. Oh, and if you're going to claim a player has a 0.0% of dropping, have the balls to commit to taking the guy #1. Otherwise it just looks like you're trying to inflate the trade value of the #1 pick.

Eh, I’ll take it.

I actually really like this RB class, but I guess we’ll see.

Yeah, and it would surprise me if I was right about how many RBs get picked in the first. I would like to point out that every team I mocked a running back to has either an average back thinking about retirement or absolute garbage at the position. The success of Jackson and Miller should also make people more willing to draft RBs high, especially with the quality of this year’s RBs.

Thanks! I do have to say that it’s pretty easy to end up with a wildly different mock just by changing a couple of picks at the top. This one felt like it snowballed pretty quickly.

I mean there’s not much separating the top three tackles right now, it all depends on personal preference, and what teams need OT help. It honestly wouldn’t surprise me to see Chavez here, or to watch him fall out of the first.

Yeah, and I’m fairly certain that the draft won’t give this way. I certainly overvalued OL and RB here. I do think that it’s important to get a different perspective though, maybe it’ll help teams think up options they didn’t think were possible.