1. Chicago Bears (via CAR) | Caleb Williams, QB, USC 2. Washington Commanders | Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU 3. New England Patriots | Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina 4. Arizona Cardinals | Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State 5. Los Angeles Chargers | Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame 6. New York Giants | Malik Nabers, WR, LSU 7. Tennessee Titans | Rome Odunze, WR, Washington 8. Atlanta Falcons | Dallas Turner, EDGE, Alabama 9. Chicago Bears | Laiatu Latu, EDGE, UCLA 10. New York Jets | Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OT, Penn State 11. Minnesota Vikings | Jared Verse, EDGE, Florida State 12. Denver Broncos | J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan 13. Las Vegas Raiders | Byron Murphy II, DT, Texas 14. New Orleans Saints | Tyler Guyton, OT, Oklahoma 15. Indianapolis Colts | Terrion Arnold, CB, Alabama 16. Seattle Seahawks | Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia 17. Jacksonville Jaguars | Jackson Powers-Johnson, C, Oregon 18. Cincinnati Bengals | Taliese Fuaga, OT, Oregon State 19. Los Angeles Rams | Quinyon Mitchell, CB, Toledo 20. Pittsburgh Steelers | Bo Nix, QB, Oregon 21. Miami Dolphins | Troy Fautanu, G/OT, Washington 22. Philadelphia Eagles | Nate Wiggins, CB, Clemson 23. Houston Texans (via CLE) | Ennis Rakestraw Jr., CB, Missouri The Texans did an incredible job of extracting everything they could out of the secondary, and adding a few more players this offseason will prove instrumental. Rakestraw is one of my favorite guys to watch in this entire class, as he seems to find just as much joy in lining up man-to-man opposite a top wide receiver as he does delivering bone-crunching hits in run defense. Pairing him with Derek Stingley Jr. could give Houston a fearsome CB duo. 24. Dallas Cowboys | Edgerrin Cooper, LB, Texas A&M 25. Green Bay Packers | Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa 26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Graham Barton, G/C, Duke 27. Arizona Cardinals (via HOU) | JC Latham, OT, Alabama 28. Buffalo Bills | Brian Thomas Jr., WR, LSU 29. Detroit Lions | Darius Robinson, EDGE, Missouri 30. Baltimore Ravens | Kamari Lassiter, CB, Georgia 31. San Francisco 49ers | Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia 32. Kansas City Chiefs | Adonai Mitchell, WR, Texas
Not too shabby. I’d personally go DeJean there. Looks like there’s a ton of value at 23 with lower ranked QBs going high, which is great for us. But separately, if Bowers drops to 15+ like the above, I would trade up from 23 to get him, very attainable and game changing potential for the offense and a great paring to go with CJ.
I would be all over trading up for Bowers. If not trading up, sit still and pick Thomas. Those guys are special. If the draft fell this way and I took Thomas, I would be looking to trade up to pick one of the Robinson's. Very talented edge players even if it took trading 2025 picks. Adding 2 special difference makers in this draft would make a huge difference in this team. Use the money that you would save letting Greenard walk on Harrison/Sneed and fix your secondary.
I love the idea of a CB being the Texans' first pick. Trading up worked great last year but IMO the Texans can't really afford to do it again.
Hes RB1 in this class He can redshirt this upcoming year if we sign a RB ACL injuries are not what they use to be
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23. Houston Texans (from CLE) Team Needs: DL, CB, Edge DL Byron Murphy II, Texas DeMeco Ryans’s first season as Houston’s head coach was a massive success, and his team should only get better from here. One key area of need is along the interior of the defensive line, where Ryans needs an explosive, disruptive playmaker who can camp out in opposing backfields. Murphy is undersized (6'1", 308 pounds) but otherwise fits the bill perfectly.
