The Acewulf and Alex Mock Draft

[alexfall862]

@acewulf and @alexfall862 bring you our 2024 mock draft, brought to you by Raid: Shadow Legends and with support from viewers like you.

 

 

Pick #	Team	Position	Player	College	Acewulf	alexfall862
1	New York Jets	QB	Hiram Maronde	UCLA	You don't trade up for not a QB	Risky move to take a toolsy QB without a big arm, but if he's your guy he's your guy - especially with RPO/Option retooling.
2	Miami Dolphins	DT	Logan Lopez	Houston	Best DT in the class, Best non-QB in the draft	Desperate need for secondary, but can't pass up BPA with DT Logan Lopez
3	Carolina Panthers	RB	Clayton McGee	Florida State	One of the best offensive weapons goes to a young QB	With a growing line and a young QB - here's a RB to help stabilize the offense
4	New York Giants	RB	Richard Bianchi	Hawaii	Insane RB option for a depleted roster	Good young running back to pair with a decent interior line that can factor into the passing game.
5	Carolina Panthers	WR	Paul Canha	Alabama	Dekoda Link is very happy	WR on Link's timeline to pair in the passing game.
6	New Orleans Saints	DE	Whit Wilson	Oklahoma State	Off the charts DE goes to the Saints	Pairs with vet Schaefer to give NO a nice pair of ends and 3-4 quality young dline pieces moving forward
7	Houston Texans	WR	Logan Njoku	Kentucky	They need someone other than Ryan Johnson on offense	Jerome Morrison desperately needs help and he grants it.
8	Atlanta Falcons	OG	Alex Hitchens	Arkansas	Glaring hole at OG is checked off	With Out of Position penalties coming into play, Falcons move to grab a true OG for the line.
9	Seattle Seahawks	CB	Jonathan Parks	Ohio	Fits right in with their CB room	Continue here to flesh out their secondary with a turnover creator to add to their boom or bust coverage
10	Los Angeles Chargers	OT	J'mon Wolters	Utah	No glaring holes means that J'mon is staying on the West Coast	Need to do a better job protecting their star QB in a division full of top pass rushers
11	Jacksonville Jaguars	CB	Sam Voth	Illinois	Immediate Man Cover help	Voth brings an immediate top tier man coverage CB to help sure up the revamped Jaguars defense
12	Detroit Lions	SS	Garrett Smith	Baylor	Top 3 player falling this far is too good to not take	Generational prospect comes in as a day 1 starter for an otherwise decent Lions defense that is going to see improved QB play as their divisional partners field improved young QBs
13	Minnesota Vikings	ILB	Kenny Daniel	Wake Forest	Another one of those BPA falling this far	Vikings need someone to mop of the chaos the rest of the their front seven creates - currently only 1 ILB on the roster and Daniel is a clear standout.
14	Green Bay Packers	DE	James McKinnon	Miami OH	Packers needed some DL help and get it with one of the best Run Stoppers on the board	Help needed in shoring up the run defense leads the Pack to tack a run stopping DE
15	Cleveland Browns	CB	Rashard Hilliard	Georgia State	There wasn't a huge glaring hole from what we could see, Hilliard is the last A+ CB off the board to Cleveland	With no clear standout CB1 and a lack of youngsters at the position Hilliard is a positive add as a promsing young prospect
16	Baltimore Ravens	DE	Ty Bogdanovic	Indiana	Highly touted Speed Rusher off the board to the Ravens	Best option to help cover for Robert Jackson's decline and a lack of depth
17	New England Patriots	QB	Andrew Solano	TCU	One of the best QBs in the draft going to a place with a timetable to get him on the field	In a cap crunch, the Patriots going with the kid from TCU that can self-fund his roster position.
18	Buffalo Bills	OLB	Rasheed Downs	ND	First OLB off the board goes to a team needing to set the edge	Having most of their offensive positions at least at a place of contentment, the Bills go to defense with a likely Day 1 starter given their roster.
19	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	C	Reuben Shazier	Alabama	Shazier might be the best OL in the draft. First A-, but a worthy one	Possibly the best offensive lineman in the draft - Bucs cover the absense of a single center on their roster atm.
20	Philadelphia Eagles	WR	Trevor Wood	USC	Wood put up stupid numbers do I need to say anything else	Wood comes off the heels of some top performances against the country's best college teams - but some limitations in having a top gear lead to him falling a little.
21	Chicago Bears	CB	Stansly Alvarez	LSU	Another really hard fit for player here with the Bears. They get one of the A rated CBs to help bolster the pass defense	Needing to find consensus in their backfield and fit budding star Jehu Ginn into their best scheme - Bears set themselves up for odd front defenses with a man corner.
22	San Francisco 49ers	QB	Blake Smith	North Texas	Latimer is just not developing at the rate you want, Niners get a kid who should impress early	49ers looking to move on from the Latimer experience as his physical tools haven't converted into QB competence. Blake Smith has the best tools in the draft at QB left on the board.
23	New York Giants	ILB	Davis Covey	Charlotte	Covey is a do it all linebacker going to a team that needs someone to do it all	Covey brings the best cover skills as a linebacker in the draft. NYG need a lot of help, but a solid cover lber should stabilize their defense.
24	Atlanta Falcons	DT	Phillip Bell	Bowling Green	Bell led the nation in TFLs last year, Falcons get a good run stopper up the middle here	Not as dominant physically as his peers at DT that have gone before him, but still likely a day 1 starter for the Falcons.
25	Dallas Cowboys	CB	Zac McCutchen	Missouri	One of the best Man cover grades goes to a team with some good young man cover guys	Needing a nickleback who can cover in man, the Cowboys take McCutchen out of Missouri - who was the only positive in one of the least efficient passing defenses in the country.
26	Miami Dolphins	FS	Kyle Reimold	Central Michigan	MIAMI YOU NEED A FREE SAFETY	Desperate need for FS guiding this pick.
27	Kansas City Chiefs	WR	Arden Ejiofor	ULL	KC traded for a WR and this ends up being his replacement. Good fit here	Scribner or (or Jan Miles?) needs some targets that can help their passing offense as the rushing attack ages. Ejiofor should still get open as he steps up in level.
28	Arizona Cardinals	OT	Francisco Smith	Washington	Arizona runs the ball, Francisco blocks the run. Done deal	Arizona needs an OT to complement the rest of their offense which is pretty much settled.
29	Pittsburgh Steelers	CB	Chandler McKay	Western Michigan	Sneaky good grades out of McKay as we round up the 1st round	McKay comes out as a top zone guy, to a team like their AFC North brethren the Browns, that doesn't have a top young corner.
30	Jacksonville Jaguars	OLB	Beau Martin	Alabama	One of the last decent OLBs goes to Jacksonville	Jags grab a run play clean-up man to help solidify their defense.
31	Jacksonville Jaguars	WR	Matt Zavala	Oregon State	Zavala is underrated and he fits in real well here	Matt Howard is going to love having someone other than Ray-Ray Thompson to throw to.
32	Carolina Panthers	CB	Giannis Wright	Air Force	7'0 Corners are great and the new meta for the sim	After getting married to Robin Wright, Giannis begins his NFL tour of destruction by leading the league in FG blocks.

 

If you've read this far, god help you, and please send a DM to @kgreene829 with your favorite southern Florida sports tweet for a coupon for 10% off Raid: Shadow Legends.

- alexfall862

 

[SageBow]

Awesome job guys, love the color with each pick. How was this selected? Consensus between the two of you or did you take turns and write explanations?

 

J'Mon top 10!!! LETS GO MY SON!

[Bundy]

Only thing I disagree with is 49ers going QB that late. I think they should see how Lattimer does in perhaps a tailored offense this year and then go QB next year, or draft some mid round guy this year (spending the 1st on another offensive weapon) and if Lattimer sucks, roll with that guy until next offseason. If Lattimer sucks that much, next year you enter perhaps the Savage Sweepstakes, which would be better than rolling with some mid QB who we didn't hear much about CFBwise