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GBN Two-for-One Treat: 1st Round Mock Draft & Draft Guide

M.S. : 4/6/2020 10:24 am

April 5th First Round Mock from LARRY PARKER – GBN Chief Scout/Investigative Reporter. I'm all in with his 4th pick to the NYG!

In addition, Great Blue North Draft Report provided a link to a very interesting annual draft guide put together by a long-time Steelers fan named Mark Gregg Draft. It is broken up into six sections:

(1) Pages 1-13 ranking/review of numerous prospects by position;

(2) Pages 14 - 19 possible picks for Steelers in each round;

(3) Pages 20 - 21 sleeper picks;

(4) Pages 22 - 26 NFL Mock Draft (three rounds)

(5) Pages 26 - 27 Full Steelers Draft (three different mock scenarios)

(6) Page 27 The Case for the Steelers Drafting a QB

https://gbnreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-Draft.pdf

2020 First Round Projection - ( New Window )

As long as Austin Jackson is there in Round 2

Mike in NY : 4/6/2020 10:33 am : link

I can live with it. However, I am worried about not addressing OL at all in the first two picks.

If the draft plays out like that...

KDavies : 4/6/2020 10:34 am : link

Giants could trade down to Raiders for their two 1sts. Raiders get their QB. Giants get Wills and Murray. That would be my dream draft.

RE: As long as Austin Jackson is there in Round 2

barens : 4/6/2020 10:48 am : link

In comment 14860518 Mike in NY said:

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I can live with it. However, I am worried about not addressing OL at all in the first two picks.

I'm not a huge fan of Jackson, every time I watched him play, I wanted to like him, but his lack of physicality worried me.

So much depends

Jay in Toronto : 4/6/2020 10:53 am : link

on whether Miami, LA or Jacksonville fall in love with a QB they must have

Mark Gregg

Jay in Toronto : 4/6/2020 11:06 am : link

is smart cause of all the (relative) love he gives the Badger prospects. 😀

The one exception is Quintez Cephus. But in a draft where Donovan Peoples-Jones is the 17th best WR, I can forgive that oversight.

Miami and the Chargers

BigBlueCane : 4/6/2020 11:25 am : link

don't have to move to get their QB.

Jackson and the Raiders MIGHT move to get one but I don't think DG is trading away a shot at getting another potential Gold jacket guy in Simmons.

I think that's almost exactly how the top 12 unfold though.

Detroit is much more in the sweet spot for a trade down

Jarvis : 4/6/2020 11:39 am : link

If the Raiders want a QB, then going to 3 makes more sense unless the Lions are adamant not to trade out. Obviously if the Lions take a player at 3 (okudah, Soimmons, or Brown) then it becomes possible, but it’s hard to bank on that. However, it makes much more sense for the Lions to move to 5 assuming the dolphins want a specific QB. In which case the 4 pick becomes difficult to trade. I do find it interesting that even though the Lions do not have a very good o-line and have an often injured QB, no one is mocking an o-lineman to them. I don’t think the lineman have the most value in the top 5 which is why in most mocks if the giants don’t take one the next time you seem them go is between 8-11.

RE: RE: As long as Austin Jackson is there in Round 2

nyfootballfan : 4/6/2020 11:40 am : link

In comment 14860531 barens said:

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In comment 14860518 Mike in NY said:

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I can live with it. However, I am worried about not addressing OL at all in the first two picks.

I'm not a huge fan of Jackson, every time I watched him play, I wanted to like him, but his lack of physicality worried me.

this may be known here already but i just found out he donated bone marrow to his sister in july and got on the field a month later.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2020/02/26/austin-jackson-usc-nfl-draft-bone-marrow-donate-sister/4883739002/

Does anyone else have Ezra Cleveland that high?

Big Blue Blogger : 4/6/2020 11:51 am : link

Seeing him mid-first round kind of underscores the risk the Giants would be taking by not going OT in Round One. It might be the right move -especially if the they love Simmons and the trade offers are crap; but I sure hope they like a bunch of OTs if they don’t take one early.

RE: Does anyone else have Ezra Cleveland that high?

Jarvis : 4/6/2020 12:44 pm : link

In comment 14860599 Big Blue Blogger said:

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Right now the betting over under for total offensive lineman in round 1 is 6.5 with the majority of bets going under. (As far as i have read). I feel like at least 2-3 quality players will be there in early round 2.