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The amount of times that I have thought I was good and then deleted it is astronomical . I was going to do two rounds and then said to myself what are you doing trying to figure out the first round this year is hard enough. I just did this last night , went with my gut and posted it. I’m really looking forward to this draft for the surprise aspect.

Legit, if I ever get ALS when I start taking a downturn just take me out back. One of the worst diseases known to man. Trapped in your own body with a fully functional brain watching yourself deteriorate until you suffocate. Just sad

Gonzo V3. Final Mock Draft This draft is going to be absolutely insane and I fully expect to be way off this year even worse than most years lol. I decided only to do one round for the final version because doing more than 1 round would be insane again. With that said me thinking this makes me think I'm going to do better than I think. Enjoy and make sure to check out @GunnerBill and I's podcast special which will now most certainly be wrong haha. 1. Tennessee Titans- Cam Ward QB University of Miami - Not even really going to explain this because its a lock and this will be the first pick in the draft 2. Cleveland Browns- Travis Hunter WR/DB University of Colorado - The Browns are supposedly fielding calls on this pick now. If they decide to stay put I fully expect Hunter to be the pick and I think the most intrigue for this pick will be at which position he will be announced or will he be announced as an athlete. 3. New York Giants- Abdul Carter DE Penn State University - Another last minute teams taking calls and it makes sense if they think they can get a haul, move down and get the QB that they desire later in the first round. If they stick here I again fully expect this to be Carter who is arguably the best player in this draft. Where does this leave Kayvon Thibodeaux will be the question and will he be traded on draft weekend. 4. New England Patriots- Will Campbell OT Louisiana State University - This one also seems like a lock to happen if the Patriots stick with the pick. I'm not sure he will be an elite franchise left tackle but he is a safe floor prospect that can play multiple positions on the offensive line which the Patriots need all over the place. He makes sense here as a Tackle or Guard for the Patriots to start surrounding Maye with players on offense. 5. Jacksonville Jaguars- Ashton Jeanty RB Boise State University - I was the first to call the possibility of Jeanty to go before the Raiders pick at 6 and I'm seeing this crop up more and more as we get closer to the draft. It makes sense for the Jags with an offensive coach trying to reinvigorate Trevor Lawrence's career. Etienne is in his last year of his deal and Bigsby hasn't developed like they hoped so they need to get a dynamic back into the draft. If not Jeanty I expect Kelvin Banks as a possibility. 6. Las Vegas Raiders- Armand Membou OT University of Missouri - It seems that if Jeanty is off the board this pick will come down to Mason Graham or Armand Membou. In this final iteration I go with Membou who, like Campbell, can play multiple positions along a Raider offensive line that needs massive help. I am a big fan of Membou and have him rated as my # 1 overall tackle in this draft(Campbell I have rated as a G). 7. New York Jets- Tyler Warren TE Penn State University - I think the Jets will consider both Membou and Tyler Warren at this selection and with Membou off the board to the Raiders, that makes the Jets choice of Warren an easy one. I am not as high on Warren as others but he has been consistently mocked in the top 10 of the draft and will add a weapon for new QB Justin Fields to replace the departing Davante Adams 8. Carolina Panthers- Jalon Walker DE/LB University of Georgia - I think this is a lock barring something very unforeseen. I have always had hesitation about Walker just because he is such a tweener. Don't get me wrong he is a hell of a football player I just worry about guys who may not have a true position in the NFL. Still the Panthers seem to love him and I have heard that he has been excellent in interview with other teams and will love his leadership qualities. 9. New Orleans Saints- Mason Graham DT University of Michigan - I don't think that Graham is the dominant top 5 pick that everyone has believed he was but he is a very good football player and the Saints have needs all over the place and Graham is arguably the best players on the board at this point. Will the Saints go QB? Seems like they are leaning away from it at this point but they literally can go anywhere with this pick but I'll slot Graham in here. 10. Chicago Bears- Josh Conerly OT University of Oregon - Yup this is my first big shocker of the draft. The Bears have put in extensive work on Conerly and apparently love him not only as a prospect but also as a person. Conerly does have very big upside as a Left Tackle and the Bears did sort of do something like this when they took Darnell Wright at # 10 a couple of years ago. I also think they are highly interested in Colston Loveland as well at this pick. 11. San Francisco 49ers- Walter Nolan DT University of Mississippi - Doing a lot of looking around on 49ers message boards and sleuthing it appears that the 49ers are going to wait until a later round to find an eventual replacement for Trent Williams. It appears that at least in their minds that this pick is going to come down to either Walter Nolan or Mykel Williams. Combine that with the rumors that Nolan is supposedly going to go much higher than people expect and I put two and two together and slot Nolan to the 9ers 12. Dallas Cowboys- Tet McMillan WR University of Arizona - I keep hemming and hawing about this pick as well between McMillian and Golden as I believe that Golden is the better prospect and there is a chance that he is the pick here at 12. I could see the Cowboys also taking Omarrion Hampton as well. As you can see its like shooting darts at the board at this point. I think McMillian makes sense here as a compliment to Ceedee Lamb. 13. Miami Dolphins- Kelvin Banks OT University of Texas - If Banks goes to the Bears, I think the Dolphins would consider Conerly at this pick as well. They need help all over their offensive line and Banks can slot right into the left tackle spot that was vacated by the retiring Terron Armstead. Its about time for the Dolphins to try getting more physical because their roster has surprisingly taken a turn into the not very good territory very quickly. 14. Indianapolis Colts- Colston Loveland TE University of Michigan - I think that this is Colston's floor and his ceiling is # 10 to the Bears. Loveland provides a weapon for whoever is playing Quarterback in Indianapolis. Its seems like the stock offseason pick but it makes a ton of sense for the Colts to make this selection. 15. Atlanta Falcons- Mykel Williams DE University of Georgia - This is one pick I will not waiver on as the Falcons need a pass rusher in the worst way and Williams, a local college prospect, makes a lot of sense as a long term solution to the pass rush woahs of the Falcons. If Williams goes to the 49ers at 11 it wouldn't surprise me if a Walter Nolan type prospect comes off the board here at 15. 16. Arizona Cardinals- Shemar Stewart DE Texas A&M University - Stewart is a boom or bust prospect if there ever was one but the Cardinals can still bolster their pass rush even after adding Josh Sweat to the roster. Stewart, despite his lack of sack production has elite traits and had a very high pressure rate while in college. I expect him to put up better sack numbers in the pros but that probably isn't saying much. 17. Cincinnati Bengals- Nick Emmanwori S University of South Carolina - The Bengals can go in a lot of different directions in this draft especially on defense and there are a lot of tantalizing options for them at this point. After digging around I decided to slot in Emmanwori here at the Bengals pick which the Bengals have met with a couple of different times and he has enormous superstar potential if he can develop his football skills to go with his elite athleticism 18. Seattle Seahawks- Grey Zabel OT/OG North Dakota State University - The Seahawks for damn near a decade have needed to fix their interior offensive line and they will try again with the selection of Zabel. I've seen Zabel getting buzz for the first round for awhile and have slotted him at 28 to the Lions but it appears he is going to much earlier than expect. He could go as high as 13 to the Dolphins in my opinion. 19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Maxwell Hairston CB University of Kentucky - Another mild shocker as Hairston, not Barron or Will Johnson is the first Cornerback to come off the board in the draft. The Bucs need secondary help desperately and they have met with numerous cornerbacks in this draft but none of them they have met more than Hairston. Another guy with elite athleticism that can become an elite player down the line for the secondary needy Bucs. 20. Denver Broncos- Matthew Golden WR University of Texas - The Broncos are going playmaker in this spot the question is what position of playmaker. Will they go WR, RB, or TE at this spot. With the depth of Running back and quite possibly the # 1 WR in this draft staring them in the face they have no choice but to take Golden here to pair up with Courtland Sutton and to give Bo Nix more weapons at his disposal. 21. Pittsburgh Steelers- Shedeur Sanders QB University of Colorado - The Sanders fall stops here as this is kind of a match made in heaven. Sanders goes to the very needy Pittsburgh Steelers and Tomlin is probably one of the few coaches in the league that will either work with or tell Deion Sanders to shut the hell up. Sanders is about as NFL ready but will need to have some elite players around him. Wide Receivers look good for now but how long will George Pickens be in a Steeler uniform. 22. Los Angeles Chargers- Kenneth Grant DT University of Michigan - The connections between Grant and Jim Harbaugh run very deep and the Nose Tackle spot is a very big need for the Chargers. Grant has some elite traits but he is very inconsistent at this stage and will need to be further developed to become the player everyone thinks he can be. Sorry Bills fans but Grant is off the board. 23. Green Bay Packers- Jahdae Barron CB University of Texas - Another guy sliding down the board is Barron who I believe can be a very good outside CB or he can be a very good swiss army knife for an secondary in this draft. With there already being one hole at CB to fill, and the never ending possibility of Jaire Alexander not being in a Packers uniform, the Packers tab Barron at this selection to fill a big need for the Packers 24. Minnesota Vikings- Malaki Starks S University of Georgia - Much like everybody else, I expect this to be a trade down spot for a lot of teams, especially the ones needing a Quarterback at the top of the 2nd round. With no trades, I stick with the consensus that Starks would be a good eventual replacement for Harrison Smith and would see a lot of subpackage work in his rookie year under Brian Flores. 25. Houston Texans- Tyler Booker OG University of Alabama - The Texans are another team that needs help all over their offensive line and they are apparently looking for someone to be a leaders on that offensive front. Enter Tyler Booker who apparently has impressed very well in those areas of his interview process and the Texans have an extreme need at Guard. I worry about his athletic profile but he also strikes me as the type of player a Demeco Ryans would love. 26. Los Angeles Rams- Emeka Egbuka WR Ohio State University - The Rams could either go with Egbuka or Will Johnson here but I think Sean McVay would love the type of player that Egbuka is and would be drooling to get him in a Rams uniform to pair with Puka Nacua. Egbuka is about as smooth an operator at the position that you will see but is probably never going to be a high end # 1 WR in the NFL but he will be a damn good # 2 for a long time. 27. Baltimore Ravens- Will Johnson CB University of Michigan - Well well well, Will Johnson comes off the board at 27 to the Ravens and once again the Ravens will look like geniuses on draft day for taking a guy who looked like he was going to go in the top 10 for the longest time. Johnson fills a very large need for the Ravens as well as they struggled to fill the spot last year opposite of Marlon Humphrey. 28. Detroit Lions- Donovan Ezeiruaku DE Boston College - I think Ezeiruaku is a Dan Campbell type of player and is a very good safe pass rushing prospect in this first round of the draft. He may never be a true dominant defensive end but he will rack up plenty of sacks playing opposite of Aiden Hutchinson. I could also see the Lions taking Donovan Jackson at this spot if they aren't in love with a pass rusher. 29. Washington Commanders- Omarrion Hampton RB University of North Carolina - I think its very possible that Hampton can go much much higher than this and I do have him as a first round grade on my board. The Commanders on the surface have bigger needs but they have spent all offseason adding weapons to the offense around Jayden Daniels and Hampton provides good value here at a position that the Commanders have been scouting pretty heavily. 30. Buffalo Bills- Trey Amos CB University of Mississippi - The Bills tab Amos as their pick at # 30. Look, I know its not the most exciting pick for this board but he is a perfect fit for a Sean McDermott style of defense. After seeing Tre White's contract numbers, and the addition of Dane Jackson on pretty much a minimum deal, the Bills grab their # 2 CB at the end of the first round. I have constantly said that you have to take a CB in round 1 or you risk missing out on a good one completely. 31. Kansas City Chiefs- Treveyon Henderson RB Ohio State University - A lot of people have been going with Josh Simmons here and I think that its a strong possibility as well but the Chiefs have been meeting with Henderson quite a bit and it seems that Isaiah Pacheco is either still injured or is falling out of favor in Kansas City. Combine that with the fact that re-signed Kareem Hunt and it shows that they are looking for a little something more out of this position and Henderson is a future 3 down back. 32. Philadelphia Eagles- James Pearce Jr. DE University of Tennessee - The Eagles could go in whatever direction they feel and they have taken a lot of character concern players if they feel they are elite and Pearce has a chance to be as elite as anyone in this draft class. I personally have him in my top 10 and would love the Bills to select him but he's probably not up the Bills character alley. The Eagles swoop in and take another guy who falls because of character issues. * Notes* I have Jihaad Campbell and Derrick Harmon falling out of round 1 due to injury I fully expect if the draft plays out this way for one of the Giants/Browns to jump into the first round to target Jaxson Dart After the first round is complete, I will probably complete a round 2 mock draft with maybe a round 3 if I have enough time on Friday before day 2 kicks off.

Yea someone can’t remember who said there could be 19 or 20 OL and DL in round 1

So before anyone thinks Starks is a lock. Peter Schrager predicted Latu to be the Bills pick last year Albright and Brugler had the right position but Albright had the Bills taking Worthy and Brugler had them trading up for Brian Thomas Jeremiah had Brian Thomas at 28 So none out of the 4 had the Bills player correct even though 3 did have the position right in WR but I mean that’s hardly surprising.

Yes he is he’s at 20 to the Dolphins

Daniel Jeremiah’s final mock draft, completely different than the other experts mocks. This year is going to be a disaster trying to pick the first round even more than it usually is. I mean come on now lol

Not really if anything it means that Rapp and him would be in comp at SS. Plus Rapp is on a relatively short term cheap deal so he easily could be a backup.

There is stuff floating out there that Nolan could go as high as 11 to the Niners. He not falling to the Bills. Steam picking up about Grant to the Chargers and Harmon has injury concerns. This all makes me very skeptical though because the Bills are an organization that tends to not have anything leak about them using free agency as an example. This Starks stuff coming out 24-48 hours about Bills-Starks doesn’t feel right unless they are trying to throw people off the scent

A lot of Malaki Starks buzz going on in the interwebs right now. Take it for what it’s worth

Of course we do this and now all kinds of new info is coming out on guys

We agreed to no trades in our discussion before hand and I agree that pick 56 could be gone well beforehand. I think you could say this about a lot of guys. Guys could go end of 1 all the way down to end of round 2 depending on how things fall

I get scared of taking him because how is he going to take different coaching. His father was his HC at both stops in College at both Jackson St and Colorado and Sanders was his coach at the HS level as well. He’s never had anyone besides Deion protecting him. Id be scared to death of drafting him if I was in a large media market

I don’t think we end up with either but it’s the argument of getting Starks who is like trying to hit a double. You know he’s going to be solid but won’t be an all pro will make a couple pro bowls and play for 10 years. On the other hand you have Emmanwori. You’re trying to hit a home run with this pick but you could end up whiffing. It’s the Brandon Beane conundrum at its finest. If the Bills took Starks and Emmanwori turns into Polamalu then we’d chastise him for taking the good but not elite player

Must be running that Bidet life in the BillsShredder household Just saw this great minds think alike

We were on Teams . I’ll be the first to acknowledge I’m not the most tech savvy guy in the world. I’m sure if this gains enough traction maybe we do it again. It’s just hard, I do have a family haha and Gunner and I are a 6 hour difference because I live in Central time zone. I used to do a WWE wrestling podcast way back in the day if you can believe that with a couple of buddies of mine but as you get older sometimes life gets in the way.

The Bills to me aren’t trading Cook this year. You get one more year out of him and now they have set themselves up to Franchise tag him next year and trade him. If Barron falls to let’s say Pittsburgh who might be in the Dart/Milroe market then sure give up 62 and get back another 5th. I just think Barron won’t slide that far.

I mean in this manner I don’t think it benefits or hurts the Bills if they did tell someone this. Everyone at 30 knows there won’t be a first round grade even in stronger years just might be highlighting how weak the top of the draft is which really isn’t breaking news

I always thought trading down was the more likely scenario. When you get to this late in the first, the 1st round board is wiped out. Now even though I’m sure they have a lot more 2nd round grades, if the Bills have 12 first round grades, by the time 62 comes around their 2nd round board is very likely going to be wiped out as well. I would expect them to either trade up from 56 or 62 especially after moving down from 30 Rumor was that they had Cook as a 3rd round prospect and that’s why they made those two micro trades before taking him in that draft.

This is very true and it’s why this draft will be very fun but also very hard to predict. A guy could go 25th or he could go 55th. Mockers this year including myself, are going to be more wrong than ever this year

Im not a fan of Josh Farmer. I understand that this was a predictive mock more than my opinion but he has a lot of things you like but I watched him a lot and came away very unimpressed when he became a starter. If you are talking about Femi Oladejo from UCLA I did consider him at the Arizona pick and I will acknowledge it’s very possible both could end up in round 2 but I think Oladejo has a much better chance

Trust me you don’t want to see this face

With the 23rd pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers Select: Jahdae Barron CB University of Texas The Packers are simply stunned that Barron, the consensus # 1 CB in the draft has dropped all the way to 23. There is already a need at CB and with the possible departure of Jaire Alexander as well, Barron falls right into their laps. I expect Barron to be at worst a top 14 pick in the draft. @Big Blitz and the Minnesota Vikings are on the clock

Yup, these are a couple of quotes. He also mentions 2 down DTs not being drafted as high because of this

He doesn’t have to get bigger for the Bills system. Harrison Phillips was a 307 pound 1T here and Carter is 305. Might they ask him to gain 5-10 pounds, maybe, but there is a misconception on this board that the Bills are going to take a 320+ guy and plug him in there. It’s what fans want but it’s not what the Bills do. Star was 315, Jones is around 315, Phillips is around 307. If Ogunjobi plays there some hes around 305 as well