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Green Bay trades picks 41 (490), 58 (320), 88 (150) and 169 (24) to the Buffalo Bills for pick 28 (660) and 60 (320). With the 28th pick in the 2024 TSW mock draft 2.0 the Green Bay Packers select Troy Fautanu, OL, Washington This was the other guy I was considering at 25 if DeJean went before I made the pick. I saw this as a fair opportunity to move up and I still have a late second-rounder. The Packers like a particular type of offensive lineman who is athletic and versatile. I feel like Fautanu is a great fit for their scheme with his great feet, active hands, and length. Fautanu is also super versatile. He has a little Dion Dawkins-type vibe because he is on the shorter side, but he makes up for it with long arms and just tremendous feet. Even if he does wind up being "just a guard" he is going to be a dude and like the DeJean pick, he is virtually bust-proof. I also think the Fautanu is significantly better than what I thought was going to be available at 41. He is also very nasty. In this scenario, GB maintains a late second-round pick. I did not want to give up the 3rd rounder, but the Packers still have another 3rd and this move-up allows me to come away with two guys who, in reality, are top 15-20 picks. Side note, I chose Fautanu over Latham because Latham is more of a gap scheme player and is not the type of OL the Packers typically draft, though I also think he is going to be very good. Here is some OL stuff: This is a classic dancing bear. I am not a big PFF guy, but this says a lot: I love this player and fit. With that, @GunnerBill and the Detroit Lions are on the clock.

In theory, the Bills could use some of these extra picks late picks to move back up in that 35 range and they get back the 3rd rounder they lost in the Douglas trade.

Di everybody who voted for AD Mitchell re-vote?

I love it and they seem to like those guys to develop. Ryan Van Denmark, and Tommy Doyle..high RAS moldable people.

He is very intersting! I see 4-6 around, but I don't grade guys or anything, just repeated what I saw out there. Thanks! To me athletes like that are so moldable.

They are all day 3 projections.

Ok im done

Ask and you shall receive: Got another:

I like AD Mitchell, but since he won last time I voted Leggette.

If he stays healthy he will probably have a sneaky good year. He’s playing next to Dexter Lawrence and surrounded by Kayvon Thibodeax and Brian Burns…

With the 25th pick in the TSW mock draft 2024 2.0 the Green Bay Packers select Cooper DeJean, DB, Iowa. I will start off by saying I think this is a great fit for the Packers, but will also say I do not think DeJean will be here. He just crushed his private pro day the other day. Brian Gutekunst loves to draft high RAS players in the first round. New DC Jeff Hafley has expressed that he wants secondary guys who are versatile, strong in zone and in press man. They also must be able to tackle. That’s DeJean. He feels very much like a Packers type player. When you watch DeJean play, he is so instinctive and smart in coverage and almost runs the route for the receiver. He has tremendous ball skills, has a bunch of interceptions and loves to tackle. He is also an explosive return guy. I doubt the Packers pick up the 5th year option on Eric Stokes who just can’t stay healthy. DeJean becomes his replacement. He is also a Swiss Army knife. He can play outside, inside, slot, deep safety, box safety. His explosive athletic testing just check a box and I think he is nearly bust proof. Watching a ton of Jack Campbell last year DeJean just really kept popping off the screen. The first play against Rutgers is him in a nutshell. He runs the route for the receiver and gets on top of him, makes a ridiculous catch (similar to the one Diggs couldn’t haul in vs KC) then returns it for a TD. The second highlight is a nasty punt return and the third is great route recognition as he basically reads the whip route, a tough route to defend and turns it into a pick six. Finally here are his RAS scores from his recent workout: @Logic and the Bucs are now on the clock.

I would say Josh, Milano, Ed Oliver...Kincaid maybe eventually.

So hear me out...

I understand the premise, but it just isn't going to happen. A couple of things... Milano is a particular scheme fit and won't work for the majority of teams. He is also coming off a serious injury. The best example of this is how things went down with Shaq Leonard. It's basically the same. Guy gets hurt, is a bad scheme fit and gets waived. The Colts got nothing for him and he is probably better and is younger than Milano. Additionally, here are the cap numbers on a Milano trade: Pre 6/1 trade: 2024 Dead Cap: $25,185,000 2024 Cap Savings: $-12,748,000 Post 6/1 trade: 2024 Dead Cap: $7,932,000 2025 Dead Cap: $17,253,000 2024 Cap Savings: $4,505,000 They don't even have the cap space to trade him. Additionally, off-ball linebacker is one of the least valuable positions around the league. And finally, he is way more valuable to the Bills than he is to anyone else.

Drafting a man press corner who struggles in zone in the first round to play in your zone heavy scheme is still one of the dumbest investments ever. The whole point of playing heavy zone principles is that you can get away with guys who are not blue chip prospects and athletes…guys you can get later in the draft. Benford 6th, Dane Jackson 7th, Levi Wallace UDFA, Rasul Douglas 3rd. Tre was a high draft pick but he was elite in zone. Richard Sherman, 5th…you can find these guys and they don’t have to run in the 4.4s. Josh Norman who was so good in Carolina, a great zone corner…5th round. This Elam thing still makes zero sense to this day. His value is likely almost nothing. Maybe they can get the Giants to do something like Elam and a 4th and a 5th for the Giants 3rd.

He can get behind the defense!

I like Pearsall/McConkey as the 2nd guy. I like Pearsall more than MCConkey a little bit just because the skill set and explosion, but also the production. But if they came away with just one of those guys I would be very disappointed.

Would love to see more of Brian Thomas and Ricky Pearsall. They are my crushes.

I feel like there is a situational pass rusher in there somewhere. I wish he was a little faster and a little bigger, but he can really play.

Brandon Coleman from TCU is another I like. He played tackle and guard and is probably a guard at the next level. I could see him going in round 2-3. Most people have him in the 5th or 6th.

People seem to be all over the place on Newton, but I like him. I have seen him mocked late second early third, in the teens, and everywhere in between. I think he goes in the 20s like Mazi Smith last year. A bunch of people had him in round two last year. \ Haynes is interesting. High RAS, guy with length etc. I have spent a lot of time with the Uconn Oline coach and he does a really good job that's why they are suddenly becoming a sleeper OL factory. Gordie Sammis who was at William and Mary before Jim Mora hired him. Would be a huge steal in the 5th IMO.

This Ricky Pearsall seems to be very underrated. 4.41 speed, ok size, great route runner, really good hands, high points the ball and has a bunch of savvy in his game. He’s a little older like Leggette. He had a really good senior bowl week. Then he goes to the combine and jumps out of the gym and runs a crazy 3 cone time. I know he is probably a victim of the depth of this class, but the dude can play and a lot of his game translates to the NFL game. He is also a good fit here. He runs a ton of option routes but he also eats in that intermediate area of the field that Josh loves to attack. A couple of comps I have seen are Christian Kirk and Julian Edelman…I can see it. I think he’s mostly a slot guy who can play outside but isn’t that traditional big X everyone is clamoring for. I like this player and I think he is definitely underrated.

It makes sense!

Alright so this report of Arizona wanting 3 1st rounders to move out…I’d do 28, next year’s 1 and next year’s 2…I feel like that get’s you pretty close. It’s 2 firsts and a second…I still think Arizona stays, but I would do it.