The Grey Manes Mock Draft 1.0
- DB Keener
- 2 hours ago
- 2 min read
As the days to the draft dwindle down and Wave 1 of Free Agency wraps, here at the Grey Manes we have turned our focus to Draft Season. In our first Mock (1.0), we are using Pro Football Network Mock Draft Simulator on the Consensus Player rankings for the AI portion of the draft. Below are the results for Rd 1.
I had two trade proposals that came in at #17, the 1st was form CAR offering 19 and 83 for 17. The second was from PHI, offering Pick 23 and 54 for Picks 19 and 128. The second offer was from ARZ, who offered 34, 65 and a 2027 2nd for 17 and 222. On the Board at the time were TE Kenyon Sadiq, OT Monroe Freeling, S Dilon Thieneman, CBs Jermond McCoy & Avieon Terrell and OT Kadyn Proctor. So, despite my concern that Carolina was likely going after Freeling, I knew that Proctor would get past Minnesota so i was covered at OT if I accepted the CAR trade as proposed. While the ARZ offer was tempting, dropping 17 spots and missing out on a top-tier OT was too much to consider, even with the 2027 2nd tossed in. I wanted to see how desperate CAR was to move up two spots, so I hit them with a counter of 19, 83 and 158 and sent them 17 and 181 in return, and it was accepted. Surprisingly, CAR went for S Dilon Thieneman and MIN took WR Omar Cooper Jr, leaving me to choose from Freeling, both CBs, and Proctor.
I ended up getting into a trade with PIT and sent them 19, 128 and 158 and received back 21 and 85. they took Freeling, and Dalals took McCoy, leaving me with Proctor to be the RT of the future for the Lions.
Ultimately, I was able to use two trade backs to turn the Lions 17, 128, 158 & 181 (1048 pts) into OT Kadyn Proctor (21) along with picks 83, 85 & 158 (1168.2 pts), a net gain of 120.2 pts. Not the absolute best payoff, but I essentially moved back 4 places in rd. 1 by swapping a late 4th (128) and the last pick in the 5th (181) for two mid 3rds in 83 & 85. Freeling vs Proctor will be the big debate. but it was time to move Sewell to LT and bring in the RT of the future.
