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I'm sure they'd grab Murphy at 28 if he was there. No meeting with Newton, so Murphy may be the only DT with a R1 grade. Playing with the draft simulators, I almost always go WR, DT with the picks, but they'd reverse that if Murphy was there.

With the 10th pick in the 2024 TSW 3.0 NFL draft, the New Jersey Jets select Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia. A pretty straightforward selection for the Jets. They want to load up for a playoff run with Rogers while he's still capable. @H2o and the Vikings are on the clock.

That completely alters my draft strategy for TSW Mock 3.0.

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That would be the primary job of Miami's GM.

With the 55th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Miami Dauphins select T'Vondre Sweat, DT, Texas. Miami is happy to see Sweat fall down the board. We believe the family oriented environment in the city of Miami will be a healthy one for Sweat, and we're confident he will toe the line... @LEBills and the Cowgirls are on the clock.

😁After pointing out someone else did that, it comes back to bite me. And I was so excited....It's that dam trade info! Back to the drawing board... Ps. I updated the original post. @BigdaddyinOrlando is up

With the 21st pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins select Chop Robinson, Edge, Penn State. In the last 4 picks, the top 2 DTs were taken along with 2 of their OL targets. Given Jaelen Phillips is recovering from an achilles injury, and his backup is recovering from knee surgery, the Phins opt to fortify the position. @BigdaddyinOrlando and the N'awlins Aints are on the clock.

Taken at 11.

The new rankings reminded me of a comment I wanted to make about Mock1, I was surprised RB Jaylen Wright wasn't picked. Someone will covet that speed at the position. I was considering him at 68 for the Pats because of the run on WRs. Ps. Not that I put much stock in his Mocks, but Reuter has a new 5-round mock out and he as the Bills taking my guy Tez Walker at 60.

Ok, give me Miami then. Might as well take another hated AFCE team.

@Virgil I'll let someone get in who missed out on 1, but if you get to a point where you're struggling to fill the last spot or two, then go ahead and put me in to fill it.

He might fall down the board a bit, but that's the kind of things the Bills shy away from. No chance now.

With the 68th pick in the 2024 TSW Mock Draft, the 6-time Super Bowl Champion** New England Patriots select Tez Walker, WR North Carolina. While the WR carcass has nearly been picked to the bone, with the Patriots WR room being such a mess, so they take a flyer on the flyer Walker (4.36 combine 40). Two years ago they took another speedster Ty Thornton, but the thin-framed track star has been injury prone. Walker is a somewhat under the radar prospect as he spent the first two years at Kent State before transferring to NC and did not become eligible until the fifth game of the season, yet he was 12 yards shy of leading the team in yards, averaging 17 ypc, and lead the team in TD receptions with 7. [If you haven't seen his highlights, I'd suggest checking them out.] The Patriots end the TSW draft with their QB of the future, his blind-side protector, and a WR prospect who could blossom into a WR1. We're satisfied with the outcome. The Chargers of LA and @BigdaddyinOrlando are on the clock. ** Kudos to Darth @Mark Vader for suggesting the asterisks to indicate this questionable statistic.

I wouldn't call this a ringing endorsement of your argument given it took a miracle reception by David Tyree to upset the Patriots and ruin their almost perfect season.

Yes, but the difference between us is you are a very serious evaluator, and my method is ad hoc. I wish I could remember the assessment I relied on, but he said something similar, go by the tape, not the measurements (I seem to recall he flat out bombed the combine, yes?). Since I only look at a few highlights for players I'm interested in, I didn't have the steadfast belief that someone like you would have. I think my picks followed the rankings more closely after that first pick. 😅

It might even be longer than that? That's one of the few things I remember from these drafts, so checking the year he was drafted tells me that was 2018. I certainly don't remember if 2018 was the first draft I participated in?

Btw @Virgil, your "running of the draft" goes back to at least 2018 because my current pick reminds me of my R1 pick in that draft. Can't remember what team I as picking for, but it was late in R1 and they needed a lot of OL help. Despite the consensus on him, I selected Orlando Brown Jr in R1. I certainly got panned by a few participants, but he turned out to be a pro bowl player. Just shows you drafting is as much a crap shoot as it is good evaluation. For me it's the former, not the latter.

With the 34th pick in the 2024 NFL draft, the 6-time Super Bowl Champion (I hope you hate reading this as much as I hate typing it) New England Patriots select: Tyler Guyton, OT, Oklahoma. @gonzo1105 and the Arizona Cardinals are on the clock. Having taken their QB of the future in R1, the Patriots are extremely happy find Guyton available to protect McCarthy's blind side. The Patriots are much higher than most teams on the athletic but raw Guyton and would've considered jumping the Ravens had trades been an option. With former Bill Conor McDermott currently slated in as the starting LT, we expect Guyton to learn the" Patriot Way" quickly and will transition him into the starter's role over the course of the season.

It's not the cap that did him in. He gambled on Watkins and (eventually) lost. For Many reasons of course. That said, I'd be more supportive of a move like this with last year's roster vs the current one, which is in the middle of a rolling reboot. I could be convinced to get behind your move though. There's more than one way to get to the big dance.

When folks suggest giving up significant 2025 draft capital for a WR, one name comes to mind, Doug Whaley...

It seems to be clear cut. Unless you're expecting a batch of mail-in votes....? 😁

Yeah, he was already trying to wheel and deal, offered me a boatload for #3!

Yeah, sorry about that. I thought for sure it would start this morning. Good thing I checked before going to bed...

With the 3rd pick in the 2024 NFL draft, the 6-time Super Bowl champions select J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan. @gonzo1105 and the Arizona Cardinals are on the clock. While most expect the Patriots to select the LSU QB, Eliot Wolf seeks to have lightning strike twice from the same college with another Michigan QB.