Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Mock Draft in the Fog

Doing Draft Mocks is problematic this early on. A lot of change will happen on Black Monday. 

With the Commanders you have questions. Who are the Coaches going to be? Is the General Manager retained? Are they on the same page? 

I think a lot more is on the table than is presently the media consensus. Very quickly the organization has to assess how 2025 happened after 2024. It was a startling reversal not entirely accounted for by injuries. Those answers have to come way before Free Agency and the Draft. And if they aren't coherent, moves should be made.

2026 NFL Free Agents 

How that sorts will impact our mocks. Then we can follow the grocery list. Until we know more, mock drafts will have little predictive power. They will retain their educational value, however.

This one I focused on DBs and the D-Line. But with an at-best 5-12 football team, no position is stable.

36.  LT Overton, Edge, Alabama

47. Amauri Washington, DT, Oregon 

67.  Parker Brailsford, C, Alabama

71. Hezekiah Masses, CB,  California

102. Tocario Davis, CB,  Washington

117. Jalon Kilgore, S, South Carolina 

147. Taylen Green, QB, Arkansas 

184. Nick Barrett, DT, South Carolina 

221. DJ McKinney, CB, Colorado 

Here's the receipt:


 

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