The FryGuy 2024 Mock Draft

I made a mock Draft! 

I’ve taken the liberty of making a few key quarterback moves to lubricate the whole process and make the QB picture a little more defined for myself. They are as such:

• The Minnesota Vikings are unable to match the Patriots offer for Kirk Cousins in free agency, and so he takes his services and generally off-putting self over to New England. Mostly, I just want him to stop bullying my Packers twice a year.

• The Raiders decide that the world needs some more of the Luke Getsy-Justin Fields connection, and as such trade for Fields in a package that includes their first round pick this season. Will the Bears actually be able to peel away a 1st for Fields? I doubt it. Does it make this mock more interesting? Absolutely.

• As predicted, the Broncos cut Russell Wilson. As not predicted, he signs with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Again, I don’t think that that’s a particularly likely move, but it’s what Chad Johnson has reported will happen, and I want to live in a world where Ochocinco is beating Adam Schefter and Ian Rappaport at their own game.

I think I should clarify one last thing: I’m not a college football expert. As such, I’ve referenced a lot of scouting reports, and watched some tape where available, but I ultimately don’t know these players inside and out like the pros do. As such, I made the executive decision to place players where I’d like to see them, or what I think would be fun, as opposed to the “best possible fit.”

Anyways, you know the drill from here on out. Let’s get moving.

1. Chicago Bears – Caleb Williams, QB 

The Bears need a new franchise QB, and anybody who’s anybody in Draft circles has Williams, the USC Trojans star, as just the solution for a team in those circumstances. He’s similar to Fields in his athleticism and ability to stay steady in a collapsing pocket (to a fault, oftentimes), but Williams has elite arm strength and off-platform prowess that Fields simply doesn’t possess. Caleb is the Bears best hope for a new era of football in the Windy City.

2. Washington Commanders – Drake Maye, QB 

Washington is in a similarly QB-needy spot as the Bears, but will have to settle for whichever passer the Bears decide to pass on. The good news, however, is that Drake Maye is certainly no consolation prize. At 6’5” and 220 lbs, Maye looks like what you might see if you looked up “franchise quarterback” in an encyclopedia. In addition, he has a howitzer for a throwing arm and has been one of the most prolific offensive weapons in college football since his predecessor, Sam Howell, was drafted. I wonder what happened to that guy…

Anyways, Washington should consider themselves lucky that there are two quarterbacks that have scouts besides themselves in a year they pick second.

3. Atlanta Falcons (via New England) – Jayden Daniels, QB

Since I’ve taken the liberty of placing Kirk Cousins with the Patriots in my little fantasy world, they have turned to the highest bidder to take the #3 pick off their hands. Atlanta needs a quarterback, so they pounced on the opportunity, and now have the right to draft defending Heisman winner Jayden Daniels. 

Daniels is one of the most supernatural athletes at any position in this draft, and has a good arm, but is likely more of a long-term project than either of those listed above him. If you want to help a QB develop, you could do a lot worse than putting him with the Falcons, who will have a slew of young, talented pieces around him, and a well-coached offensive line to keep him upright.

4. Arizona Cardinals – Marvin Harrison Jr., WR

Our first non-QB is off the board, and it’s a no-brainer. Arizona is starving for playmakers at receiver, and Marvin Harrison Jr is one of the best prospects at the position in recent memory. In this scenario, the Cards should thank their lucky stars that New England traded out of 3, grab Harrison without a second thought, and never look back.

5. Los Angeles Chargers – Brock Bowers, TE

The Chargers have spots that need filling all over their roster, and as such you could draft a half-dozen players here that I’d have no qualms with, but I decided to stick with Bowers. The Bulldogs product is a game-changing downfield threat and a superb blocker all in one, and is exactly the kind of player that the Chargers offense is in need of. You could easily make a good argument to bolster the offensive line here, or to add somebody to shore up their porous secondary, but giving your superstar young quarterback more dangerous pieces to play with is rarely going to be a bad call (please just ignore the fact that it turned out to be a bad call just last year, ok? Thanks.)

6. New York Giants – Joe Alt, OT

Similar to the Chargers, the Giants are in a situation where “best player available” should be the theme of Draft Week, and it’s going to be hard to do much better than Alt for a team that needs help on the offensive line. Alt was among the best players at any position in college football last season, and after allowing an unsightly 85 sacks last season, New York is clearly in desperate need of a makeover in the pass-blocking department. Alt is just the guy for the job. His enormous 6’8” frame lends him enough strength to deal with bull-rushers, but a level of athleticism rarely seen in a man his size allows him to handle tricky, technical threats as well. This might not be a term used very often by scouts and the like, but watching him, the word that keeps coming to mind is “sticky.” Once he gets his mitts onto you, it’s as though his hands were covered in pine tar; he’s not letting you go until the play is way past you.

The only issue is that the Giants are set at left tackle. For as bad as the GIants offensive line was, their current LT, Andrew Thomas, is a locked-in starter. I don’t believe that this should stop the Giants from bringing Alt onboard, however. Good tackles are worth their weight in gold, and if Alt thinks he can learn to play RT at the NFL tackle, then you need to put great players on your roster and worry about the finer details of deploying them later.

7. Tennessee Titans – Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OT

The Titans are also in a market for a lock-down tackle, and with Alt going one pick ahead of them, Penn State’s Olumuyiwa Fashanu is the next best choice. 

When just now I said that the Titans need some pass blocking, I pretty severely undersold it. The Titans allowed 64 sacks (tied for the 4th most in the league), which is bad enough on its own. What makes it especially heinous, however, is that the Titans only passed the ball 494 times, the fewest of any team except for the 49ers. That means that the Titans allowed a sack for about every 7.5 pass attempts last season, without even taking into consideration if the pass was completed.

So, now that we’ve established how much of a need a franchise tackle is for the Titans, why is Fashanu the man for the job? Fashanu’s run blocking leaves something to be desired, but his footwork, hand placement, and balance all combine to create a player who is already set to become an instant difference maker at the NFL level. If the Will Levis experiment is ever to become a success for the Titans, they need to give him a chance, and stocking up at tackle would be a good start.

8. New England Patriots (via Atlanta) – Malik Nabers, WR

With their quarterback situation settled, what’s the next thing the Patriots need to cross off their list? Well, how about getting somebody for their new quarterback to pass to? The Patriots were among the worst in football in just about any passing stat that matters last season, and that’s probably not going to get any better with Devante Parker as their WR1. Nabers doesn’t have the size to make him a typical red-zone threat, but his shiftiness and eye for soft spots makes him a zone defense slaughterer and a threat to get wide open at any time he crosses the line of scrimmage.

9. Chicago Bears – Dallas Turner, Edge

The Bears have been positively allergic to sacking opposing quarterbacks the last few seasons. Chicago’s 50 sacks since the 2022 season are easily the fewest of any team over that time period. Adding Montez Sweat was a good step in the right direction, but he’s going to need some help, and Dallas Turner can help them do just that. He’s got ferocious speed and strength off the line, next-level motor, and bend that would make a rubber band jealous. He’s got some work to do expanding his rushing toolkit, but once he’s up and running, he and Sweat will be a duo to be reckoned with.

10. New York Jets – Taliese Fuaga, OT

There’s not much that’s ever certain in the NFL, but there is one thing I can say for a certainty regarding the 2024 Jets; a whole lot rests on Aaron Rodgers being healthy. The Jets playoff hopes, the jobs of potentially dozens of employees, and the hopes of millions of long-denied Jets fans all teeter on the well-being of a 40-year old quarterback who is returning from a total tear of his Achilles tendon. This is all to say, the Jets offensive line needs to improve considerably from their 30th-best pass block winrate in 2023 if they don’t want heads to be rolling come next January. They can take a strong step towards that goal by drafting Fuaga, the best tackle still on the board. If they think that there’s a notable drop in quality between whoever they expect to be available at the ten spot and the tackles that will be taken before there, it would be in their interest to try to trade up and lock up whoever they think is their best bet. Now isn’t the time to be stingy.

11. Minnesota Vikings – JJ McCarthy, QB

If Kirk Cousins does depart from Minnesota as he has in my imagining of events, the Vikings will need to make finding a new passer their first priority; their 3-6 record without the man in 2023 is evidence enough of that. Who better than a guy one scout referred to as “athletic Kirk Cousins,” JJ McCarthy?

The Wolverines star might just be their best bet for a smooth transition should Captain Kirk leave town, as the two have markedly similar skillsets. They both possess considerable arm strength, the elasticity to make throws from odd or inopportune angles, and vision to deliver the ball to all three levels. With the right pieces around him, he’ll win you lots of games, as his 27-1 record as a starter with Michigan could tell you. And to top it all off, the JJ-to-JJ connection could be fun, right?

12. Denver Broncos – Bo Nix, QB 

Russell Wilson is donning the Steelers black and gold for this draft, so the Broncos find themselves amidst the have-nots at quarterback. You could argue they would be have-nots even if Wilson was still in Denver, but I digress…

With four QBs being selected ahead of them, the Broncos hardly have the pick of the litter to choose from, but I think Nix could suit them well. He’s larger in stature than Wilson, but possesses the same sort of dual-threat style and comfort outside of the pocket as the man who went before him in the orange and blue. Whether or not Sean Payton would prefer that to a more traditional pocket-passer (like Washington’s Michael Penix Jr, for example) I can’t say for certain, but I think bringing Nix onboard makes a lot of sense in terms of ease of transfer.

13. Chicago Bears (via Las Vegas) – Rome Odunze, WR

If the Draft actually falls like this, the Bears would be ecstatic to still have the chance to grab Rome at 13. DJ Moore is a great WR1 for Chicago, but the receiver cupboard is pretty bare outside of him, and Odunze would be a great running mate to make the Bears passing game a bit more varied. Odunze’s 6’3” frame makes him an imposing figure, but his 4.4 speed is what makes him a potentially lethal downfield target. Combine that with his contested-catch expertise that turns 50-50 balls into something more like 70-30 balls, and it gets very easy to start imagining him as Caleb Williams new favorite red-zone target. As a Packers fan, the thought keeps me up at night.

14. New Orleans Saints – JC Latham, OT

Let’s all be serious for a moment here and admit that Derek Carr is not the long-term solution at QB in New Orleans. He’s a fine band-aid for now, but the Saints need to prepare to drop a more permanent fixture into the slot at some point, and they’ll want to have better tackles by the time that this yet-to-be-named franchise star lands on the roster. I wouldn’t call Trevor Penning a bust, but he’s certainly trending towards “disappointing”, and Ryan Ramczyk will be turning 30 in April and just missed the last month of the 2023 season with a knee injury. They need to get both better and younger at the position, and they can do that with Alabama’s JC Latham. He’s a heat-seeking missile in his run blocking who keeps his head on a swivel, and is practically unmovable in pass protection. For having to settle for the 3rd tackle in the draft, the Saints should be thrilled to add Latham onboard.

15. Indianapolis Colts – Terrion Arnold, CB 

The Colts cornerback room is in a peculiar spot; it’s a remarkably young group (Kenny Moore is the only one on the roster who entered the league prior to 2020), and while they’ve had their ups, they need a top-level outside corner to help sand off some of the rough edges. Fortunately for them, they get their top choice from a deep class of defensive backs, and as such have the good fortune to snag Terrion Arnold. He’s got the instant acceleration that allows him to stick with burners, but also possesses the fluidity and twitchiness of a shutdown man corner. With their over $70M in anticipated cap space, the Colts have more than enough cash to bring in a veteran corner in free agency as well as re-sign Moore, but for any team that could use some help in the defensive backfield, such as Indy, Arnold is a no-brainer add.

16. Seattle Seahawks – Jer’Zhan Newton, DT

With former Ravens DC Mike MacDonald now in charge in Seattle, it’s time for a franchise that used to pride itself on its defense to pick back the mantle back up and become a unit to be feared again. They’ve already started with a defensive backfield starring Riq Woolen and Devon Witherspoon, but it’s the front seven that still needs a boost, and they can get started with Newton. He’s a bit small for an interior defensive lineman at “only” 6’2” and 295 pounds, but his quick power off the snap and widely noted flexibility makes him a constant threat to slip past guards before they’ve had a chance to adjust to his speed. Pair him up with Jarran Reed at NT and Uchanne Nwosu on the edge, and suddenly Seattle has a fearsome pass rush brewing.

17. Jacksonville Jaguars – Keon Coleman, WR

As the unit stands now, you wouldn’t think that wide receiver would be a position in need of a first-round fix for the Jaguars, but dig a little deeper and the need becomes apparent. They’ve got Christian Kirk under contract, and they could bring back Calvin Ridley in free agency, but I don’t think that’s too likely. Not only does Jacksonville only have $30M in cap space with Josh Allen still to sign, but the 3rd rounder that the Jags owe the Falcons as part of the Ridley trade becomes a 2nd rounder if he’s re-signed to the team this offseason. With these considerations, I’m not so confident that Ridley’s return is a certainty, and if that’s the case, wide receiver shoots up towards becoming a must-improve position this offseason. In a situation like that, Florida State’s Keon Coleman might be worth taking a look at. His body control and very sudden route running have scouts turning their heads, and could ably fill in Ridley’s shoes should the Jags decide to move on.

18. Cincinnati Bengals – Byron Murphy, DT

This one is pretty straightforward. The Bengals weren’t particularly good at rushing the passer or stuffing the run in 2024, and Murphy is great at both. Standing only 6’1”, he might not seem like much of a run-stopper on paper, but at 308 pounds combined with his sudden burst as soon as the ball is snapped, he creates incredible force that’s liable to blow plays up at any moment. The Bengals DT depth chart is hardly inspiring as is, and if DJ Reader leaves in free agency, Murphy can certainly be an instant impact player for Cincinnati.

19. Los Angeles Rams – Laiatu Latu, Edge

Knowing the Rams, I wouldn’t be shocked to see them somehow offload this pick in a trade between now and Draft day, but we’re going to play this as if they’re still picking 19th come April. 

Aaron Donald needs some help. Even though he possesses a  pass rush prowess that gives defensive coordinators fits and an underrated run-stopping ability (he was the very best DT in run-stop win rate last season, per ESPN), he’s only one man. Any front seven that has a player of Donald’s quality shouldn’t be so mediocre as the Rams are, and as such need somebody on the roster to provide a spark to an underperforming pass rush. If it’s spark you need, it’ll be hard to do much better than Latu.

Saying that a player “plays every snap like it’s their last” is a tired trope, but for Latu, it’s truer than most. That’s because, for a while at least, he had played his last snap. After suffering a neck injury in the fall of 2020, he was listed as “medically retired” by the University of Washington, and became a sad tale of a could-have-been superstar. But while everybody else had written him off, Latu had other plans for his future. He worked hard behind the scenes, and eventually found a new home at UCLA, where he was cleared by the team’s doctors. Now, he plays like a man who knows he’s gotten a second chance most aren’t fortunate enough to get and hunts down quarterbacks as if his life depends on it. He’s an easy guy to cheer for, and could be putting the hurt on NFCW quarterbacks for years to come.

20. Pittsburgh Steelers – Quinyon Mitchell, CB

You could make a pretty convincing case that taking a tackle here is the wiser choice for Pittsburgh, especially with a new quarterback in town, but with the top 4 tackles all off the board, it might be wisest for them to try to address a different need first and lean on the reported depth at tackle this draft in later rounds. If that’s the route they travel down, corner is the clear choice to me, and Toledo’s Quinyon Mitchell might be the player to go with. He has an innate ball-hawking sixth sense that saw him snag 6 picks and 45(!) passes defended in his time with Toledo, and his closing speed slams windows closed before quarterbacks can deliver the ball into them. Combine him with the physical, man-to-man style of Joey Porter Jr., and you’ve got a dynamic duo at corner that can be a franchise building block for years down the road.

21. Miami Dolphins – Jackson Powers-Johnson, C

Welcome back to picking in the first round, Miami.

The Dolphins are tough to mock for. According to OurLads (my favorite depth chart website, shout-out to OurLads), 8 starters from last year’s Dolphins squad are set to join free agency later this month. With the negative $31M dollar cap figure they’re currently dealing with, they’re going to need a lot of difference makers, and they won’t be able to sign them in free agency without first seriously altering their roster. There’s a whole lot of groups that could use some help in Miami, but one stands out above all others: the interior offensive line. Both the center and the two starting guards from the 2023 campaign are set to hit free agency, so if Miami wants their offense to look more like it did at the start of the season than it did at the end, they’d better get that solved fast. Powers-Johnson’s name ought to be in flashing lights on the Dolphins board for just that reason. He was the talk of all the Senior Bowl and is shooting up draft boards as a result, so if they want any chance of grabbing him, they’ll need to do it here.

22. Philadelphia Eagles – Nate Wiggins, CB

Man, who would have thought that the Eagles would need corner help again so soon after getting James Bradberry, huh? The unfortunate fact of the matter is that Bradberry’s untimely decline and Darius Slay turning 33 means that unless the Eagles want to give up the 2nd most passing yards in the league again in 2024, they’ll need to add onto their cornerback unit, posthaste. If top-level speed that the Eagles are looking for in their backfield, it’ll be hard to do much better than Wiggins. He just registered a 4.28 40-yard dash at the combine, and looking at him on the field, he certainly plays to that speed too. While his swiftness is inspiring, one shouldn’t look past his game IQ either. It seems as though he knows what opposing quarterbacks are thinking before they do sometimes, jumping into windows with an eerie sense of premonition. He’s awfully slight at 6’2” and 180 pounds, but if you want to start forcing more turnovers, Wiggins is the guy you want.

23. Houston Texans – Jared Verse, Edge

Out of all the picks on this list, this one might be the one that fans would most object to. Houston could use some help on the defensive line, sure, but a first rounder? That’s a little rich, isn’t it Adam? Normally, I’d agree, but if Verse is still on the board this far into the Draft, the Texans would be fools to not jump on board.

 If you were to build an pass rusher in a lab, they’d look a lot like Jared Verse. He’s freakishly strong (his 31 reps on the bench press at the combine were far and away the most of any edge rusher), can create power out of nowhere, and is way faster than he has any right to be (he was recorded as running over 21 MPH during a game this last fall).

So, if he’s so dang good, why is he available at 23? Well, the issue is he’s not much of a run stopper. Once you get a bit farther along in the first round, the prospects will start having more noticeable flaws, and Verse is no exception. While it’s an important thing to note, if Houston can bring back Jonathan Greenard and Sheldon Rankins in free agency, they might not Verse to be responsible for much run-stuffing anyways.

24. Dallas Cowboys – Tyler Guyton, OT

I thought Guyton would be a wise pick before Dallas had reportedly decided to let Tyron Smith, their franchise LT, test free agency, but now it makes even more sense. With Smith likely out of town and his backup also a free agent, the Cowboys will either need to draft a replacement, or find a different LT agent to bring in. Seeing as the best LT on the market is the one who they just let leave, not to mention that the Cowboys currently sit at $10M over the cap, I think the draft route would be a more pertinent solution. In the series of events I’ve laid out previously, it’s Guyton I imagine the Cowboys would select. He’s a superior pass blocker who can provide an immediate boost to a Cowboys offensive line who will certainly need him. He’s sometimes described as “easily confused” by stunts and complex defensive alignments, but you know who else was described as “lacking awareness” and “easy to bait” coming out of college? Tyron Smith! Safe to say, I think the Cowboys can figure it out.

25. Green Bay Packers – Cooper DeJean, CB/S

The Packers new DC, Jeff Hafley, runs a style of defense that requires some particular personnel the Packers don’t quite have yet. For one, they need a dominant safety who can play center field and watch for plays to develop in front of him. They also need some corners who can play the physical, man-on-man style of coverage that was often nowhere to be seen in Joe Barry’s system. The easiest solution for this conundrum would be for the Packers to draft a player who can do both, and that’s exactly what DeJean is. He’s practically unbeatable in man coverage (his passer rating when targeted last season was a barely-believable 40.6), but also has the recovery speed and reaction time to insert himself anywhere on the field when dropped back into the safety spot. Whenever you have a chance to draft a consensus All-American at a position of need this late into the first round, you do it, and the Packers ought to if DeJean is still sitting come pick 25.

26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Chop Robinson, Edge

Well first off, how can you not be a fan of a dude named Chop, right?

But more importantly, the Bucs pass rush was bad last year and, as it stands right now, it’s probably only going to get worse. Despite blitzing at a rate higher than almost any in football, the Bucs only managed to create a pressure on 19.7% of snaps last season, a below-average pace. Now, with Shaq Barrett off the roster, the need for talent at edge becomes even more apparent. Enter Chop Robinson. With his bottomless well of energy and explosive first step, he’s a every-down kind of guy who will be an instant contributor, which Tampa most certainly needs.

27. Arizona Cardinals – Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB

Had Tyler Guyton not been snagged by the Cowboys only a few short picks ago, I think the Cards might have been interested in picking him up, but with that possibility having come and gone, I think it’s time for Arizona to add a difference maker on the other side of the ball. The Cardinals were better than most expected last season, but it certainly wasn’t because of the defense. In 2023, Arizona was 31st in overall defensive EPA, and were particularly bad against the pass, being the only team in the league to allow an opponent passer success rating of over 50%. Quite a few corners are already off the board at this rate, but the Cards are the beneficiaries of a very deep class at corner, and can draft McKinstry, who would likely already be gone in a more typical year for defensive backs.

28. Buffalo Bills – Adonai Mitchell, WR

The Bills could use a wide receiver as things stand. Stefon Diggs is by far the best receiver on the team, but he needs some backup. Gabe Davis was 2nd in receiving yards at 746 yards, but he can’t be relied on to produce at a weekly clip (over 57% of his yardage came from only 4 games), and after that, Khalil Shakir is the only receiver on the roster who put up more than 150 receiving yards in 2023. What could make the situation more dire, however, is the looming possibility that Diggs is traded. His displeasure with the Bills repeated playoff shortcomings is common knowledge, and if either he or the Bills have had enough of the partnership, now would be the best chance for the Bills to ship him off and have hope for a substantial return.

Adonai Mitchell is a very technical route runner, and has the speed to be a threat for explosive receiving plays anytime he touches the field. Like the Cardinals before them, they’re very lucky to be able to select from some very talented players this late into the first due to a substantially talented receiver class.

29. Detroit Lions – Troy Fautanu, OG

Detroit’s offensive line has been their best feature for the past few seasons, but they’re going to need to work to keep it that way. Both of their starting guards are set to hit free agency, and while both starting tackles for Detroit are top-tier players at their positions, go ask a Texans fan how ineffective IOL play can utterly derail a team’s ability to run the ball.

To avoid such a predicament, the Lions ought to reload through the Draft with Troy Fautanu. Not only does he check the “position of need” box, but he’s exactly the type of player the Lions would love to bring on board. Lance Zierlein, a Draft Analyst for the NFL, describes Fautanu as “Ready-made brawler without an ounce of finesse in his game.” A nose-to-the-grindstone interior lineman who’s known for his coachability? Sounds like the kind of guy Dan Campbell sees when he closes his eyes at night.

30. Baltimore Ravens – Trey Benson, RB

The first running back in the Draft finally gets grabbed at 30. The Baltimore Ravens, as their status as the AFC’s #1 seed might indicate, have a pretty loaded roster. As such, they can afford to use this pick on a position that some might refer to as a non-priority, like running back. JK Dobbins is set to hit free agency, and with his continued inability to stay on the field, I don’t think it’d be wise for the Ravens to bring him back on a multi-year deal, which I’m sure Dobbins will be looking for. Perhaps, then, they should take this opportunity to grab the top back on their Draft board before other teams start picking around the position.

Benson’s dense 6’ and 216-pound frame makes him seem like an up-the-middle, pound the rock kind of runner, and in a way he is. He runs downhill well, and has a good nose for following the gaps that his offensive line opens up for him. What you might not expect at his size, however, is his freaky speed. He was officially clocked at a blistering 4.39 at the Combine, and he looks every bit that fast on the field. Once Benson gets to the second level, his size combined with his 2nd-gear speed is going to have some DBs making business decisions on Sundays. Combine him in the Baltimore backfield with the electric, ankle-snapping Keaton Mitchell, and you’ve got the bones of an elite backfield in place for seasons down the line.

31. San Francisco 49ers – Amarius Mims, OT

Not unlike the Ravens, the 49ers are lacking for weaknesses. They could use a little more depth in the defensive backfield or at off-ball linebacker (which was made plainly visible at the Super Bowl), but their top pain point, I think, is at tackle. Trent Williams is a sure-fire Hall of Famer, and one of the best players in the league regardless of position, but he can’t play RT too. Hopefully Amarius Mims, a Georgia Bulldogs prospect, can. His size speaks for itself (seriously, go look at pictures of this dude, my God), but he’s also very technically proficient. His hand placement is advanced, and moves well laterally to catch rushers who make the logical decision that it might be easier to get around this guy than through him. If he can live up to his enormous (no pun intended) potential, the 49ers will have the best tackle duo in the league for as long as Trent Williams keeps strapping on pads.

32. Kansas City Chiefs – Brian Thomas Jr., WR

If you’ve been keeping up with pro football at all, you know exactly what the Chiefs need. Rashee Rice was the only wide receiver who could be relied upon all season for Kansas City, and all the while other players at the position were actively losing them games. In spite of it all, some smart scheming and an elite defense were enough to bring them yet another Super Bowl victory. Get a few more functional receivers on the roster, and we might all be doomed. 

As such, the Chiefs make sure to bring Brian Thomas Jr onboard. Scouting reports on Thomas will all paint a pretty similar picture; he’s a magnificent athlete that has all the tools you could hope for, he just needs to figure out how to use them all. For a player like that, the Chiefs could be the perfect landing spot. The pressure is off, this whole thing isn’t riding on you. The franchise won’t rise and fall with your performance. You can take your time, figure out your game, and come to fully understand how your talents will translate into the NFL. I think this is a selection that works for all parties involved, which is bad news for the fans of the 31 other teams.