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This mock’s theme is quality over quantity
Last week, I did a mock draft where all I traded back twice from pick 13 to pick up some much-needed draft capital and add depth. I’m using Pro Football Network’s mock draft simulator this week.
Easy decision
In this simulation, CeeDee Lamb was the first receiver off the board, and the Jets passed on a wide receiver. I needed the Raiders to hold out on taking my guy, and, sure enough, Mike Mayock took Henry Ruggs. I ended up taking Alabama’s Jerry Jeudy, who is a Tier 1 receiver in the draft but is also the “safest” and best fit for the San Francisco 49ers.
Trade!
Everyone expects the 49ers to move down from pick No. 31. I tried to work the phones with Houston’s “general manager,” but nothing came of that conversation. Instead, I call up my buddy John Elway from the Broncos, knowing he’s coveting one of the top cornerbacks available. I sent the Broncos picks 31, 156, 176, and my seventh-round picks, and a case of Elway’s favorite Bourbon in exchange for picks 46, 83, and 95. Quality over quantity, knowing that I have a Super Bowl roster in place. Not all of those players are going to make the roster anyway.
At 46, I can still go a number of ways. There are good football players available like safety Xavier McKinney from Alabama. There are cornerbacks I could take here like
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