Sports Krunch w/DKROM Sports Krunch

1. If you were making the pick for the Commanders at 2, which QB would you select and why?



2. As NFL insider Benjamin Allbright reported last Thursday, there are people in that New England front office that want to trade back and stockpile future draft capital, but owner Robert Kraft, who's 82 years old, wants a QB badly. Whose course of action do you personally prefer the Patriots to take: Kraft's or the front office's? Can you see the two sides coming to a compromise in which they trade down with the Vikings and then trade back up to the 5-8 range and get QB4 (most likely J.J. McCarthy)? That's exactly what Monti Ossenfort and the Cardinals did last year.



3. If you're the Cardinals, would you stand pat at 4 if the Vikings don't give you a package that's equal in value to the Trey Lance package? On the flip side, if you're the Vikings in that scenario, do you bite the bullet and give up both firsts along with next year's first to get to 4 or 5, or are you willing to wait until pick 7 or 8 to make your move?



4. On a scale of 1-10, how dumb would such a big trade-up for QB4 be for the Broncos?



5. Do you think the Chargers would be making a massive mistake if they indeed pass on three of the most talented WR prospects to enter the NFL in recent years?



6. If you're Bears GM Ryan Poles, what would your preferred course of action tomorrow night be: A: Make the trade-up to 3 for Marvin Harrison, Jr., B: Trade one of those 2025 2's to move up to say 7 or 8 in order to land Malik Nabers or Rome Odunze, or C: Stand pat at 9 and try to trade back if the board falls a certain way?



7. Buy Or Sell

-Washington QB Michael Penix, Jr. will be a first-round pick

-At least 22 of the 32 first-round picks will be offensive players, breaking the all-time NFL Draft record of 19

-More than 6 trades will be made tomorrow night, including the Cardinals moving up from 27 for a top-flight corner, and the Commanders packaging one or both of their second-round picks to move into the late 'teens/early 20's for an offensive tackle

-Texas DT Byron Murphy will be the first defensive player off the board, either going at 8 to the Falcons or at 9 to the Bears

-Texas WR Xavier Worthy will be the fourth WR off the board

-Either the Jaguars or Colts will trade up to 8 with the Falcons or to 9 with the Bears to select whichever of the top 3 WR is still remaining

-The Los Angeles Rams will select a QB on Day 2 or 3



8. Which team would you say is under the most pressure to come away with a good draft haul this weekend?



9. "What we THINK will happen" first-round mock draft (trades allowed)

1. One area of Caleb Williams' game that needs to be ironed out is his over-reliance on out-of-structure plays. However, as ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes noted, whenever Caleb had to play in-structure at USC, he proved he is more than capable of doing so. Do you agree with her view? Another knock on Caleb Williams is that he tried to be Superman far too often, always looking for the home run play as opposed to taking what the defense gives him. However, a big reason for that could've been the overall supporting cast at USC. In all 8 of his career losses with the Trojans, the defense surrendered an average of 43 points per game. Do you think going to a team like the Bears, who have an ascending defense, can help him tremendously in out-growing his habit of being on the high dive far too often?



2. Why do you think the NFL seems to not be as high on Drake Maye as draft media is?



3. How bullish or bearish are you on Jayden Daniels' long-term NFL outlook, especially if he ends up going to the Commanders at 2?



4. What on J.J. McCarthy's game tape suggests he's worth spending a high first-round pick on and if you don't see such evidence, what do you think the NFL sees that you don't?



5. What do you think of the potential fit of Bo Nix in a Sean Payton offense?



6. Joel Klatt, who is the color analyst for college football on Fox believes that if Michael Penix, Jr. is surrounded by a similar cache of talent at the NFL level as he was at Washington, he has an excellent chance to be even more productive than Brock Purdy and Tua Tagovailoa. Do you agree with Joel's assessment?



7. On a scale of 1-10, how strong is the case for Spencer Rattler being the first QB off the board on Day 2?

1. In your opinion, which QB out of Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, or J.J. McCarthy should be the Commanders pick at 2? Washington also has a glaring deficiency at OT as their current depth chart consists of Braeden Daniels, Cornelius Lucas, Andrew Wylie and Trent Scott. If you're Adam Peters, do you try extra hard to package your two second-round picks (36 and 40) to move up into the late 'teens or early 20's to select a tackle?



2. What do you think is the better plan for the Giants: trading up to 3 or 4 to select Drake Maye or J.J. McCarthy, or taking one of the stud WR's at 6 and using their second-round pick on Michael Penix, Jr.?



3. With numerous OT-needy teams picking ahead of them (Raiders at 13, Saints at 14, Bengals at 18, Rams at 19, Steelers at 20, and the Dolphins at 21), do you think the Eagles would be more than willing to package one of those second-round picks to move up to 15 with the Colts, or even to 12 with the Broncos in order to get their long-term successor to Lane Johnson?



4. Dallas must find multiple starters in this draft. And as an NFC scouting director told ESPN NFL Draft analyst Jordan Reid, a potential reason for the Cowboys' quiet free agency is that "they seem to be confident" in doing just that. Do you share the Cowboys supposed confidence? Would you anticipate two of the Cowboys three top-100 picks being spent on the offensive line given the departures of Tyler Biadasz and Tyron Smith?



5. Commanders Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



6. Giants Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



7. Eagles Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



8. Cowboys Three-Round Mock (No Trades)

1. If you're the Bengals, do you trade Tee Higgins during the draft, or do you think you can get a better return by trading him right before the mid-July franchise tag deadline?



2. Last year, Steelers GM Omar Khan traded up three spots to select a raw, but super promising athletic OT in Broderick Jones. This year, can you anticipate Pittsburgh making an even bigger jump up the board (say seven or eight spots) to select a potential bookend tackle to Jones?



3. If there's a certain position other than QB that may not be a need for the Browns now but will in 2025, what is it and which prospects at that particular position would be ideal Day 2 investments for them?



4. Which prospects at positions other than OT, G, and EDGE can you see being selected by the Ravens at 30 overall?



5. Bengals Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



6. Steelers Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



7. Browns Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



8. Ravens Three-Round Mock (No Trades)

1. Say the Cardinals trade back with the Vikings, netting them picks 11 and 23, meaning they would have four selections in the top 35. But shortly thereafter, in typical Monti Ossenfort fashion, the Cardinals offer the Chargers two of those four top-35 selections along with say a second or third next year to come up to 5. If you're Jim Harbaugh, do you take that deal and get yourself say Taliese Fuaga at 11 and Adonai Mitchell in the 20's, or do you stand pat at 5 and take the top WR on your board?



2. At this time, do you think it is more likely the Broncos move back from 12 as opposed to trade up? NFL insider Benjamin Allbright also said last week that there are various scenarios in which the Broncos trade back TWICE and still get someone they highly covet. Do you feel similarly?



3. If Jayden Daniels falls past the Commanders, do you highly anticipate the Raiders to offer a King's Ransom to the Patriots in order to trade up to 3? How ideal of a landing spot are the Raiders for a rookie QB?



4. Which of those two positions (WR or OT) is the most urgent for the Chiefs to address? Just two years ago, Brett Veach traded up eight spots to select Trent McDuffie, who was arguably the best player on the field in Super Bowl LVIII. Do you expect Veach to his absolute darnedest to try to trade up even higher to nab such a difference maker at OT or WR?



5. Chargers Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



6. Broncos Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



7. Raiders Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



8. Chiefs Three-Round Mock (No Trades)

1. If you're Eliot Wolf, who's the Patriots de facto GM, what would you do with the third overall pick? If the Patriots do indeed stand pat at 3 and take a QB, should they have Jacoby Brissett start the entire 2024 season and whichever QB they select take the reins in 2025 a la Alex Smith and Patrick Mahomes?



2. Before free agency, most mock drafts had the Jets selecting a tackle with the 10th overall pick. But shortly after the news of the Tyron Smith signing broke, myself and several others on Draft Twitter immediately concluded that the Jets were going to draft Georgia TE Brock Bowers. Given the "win now or else" situation the Jets are in, does it feel inevitable to you that Bowers is going to be the pick at 10 if he's there?



3. The Dolphins are one of the more difficult teams to gauge when it comes to what they'll do in the first round. What positions do you think they're eyeballing the most at 21 overall?



4. Bills GM Brandon Beane is not shy about trading up in the first round as he done so four times in the past six years, including last year when they moved up for Dalton Kincaid. If you need to move up to say picks 12-15 in order to nab one of the top WR's to replace Stefon Diggs, should Brandon Beane be more than willing to do so?



5. Patriots Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



6. Jets Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



7. Dolphins Three-Round Mock (No Trades)



8. Bills Three-Round Mock (No Trades)