Well, we made it friends.
The day of the Draft is here, and in just a few hours each “bold prediction” made in this piece will be seen as a strong prognosis, or simply another handful of spaghetti thrown to the wall prior to the draft.
We hope we have at least one of the correct thesis.
Ashton Jeanty leaves the board at number 5
The NFL is, if nothing else, an imitation league.
Something works for a team on its way to a Super Bowl, and soon 31 teams are trying to emulate that plan. Case in point? Part of the discussion about the Philadelphia Eagles that leave the Super Bowl Lix, and how that has framed thought among the teams that go to the NFL 2025 draft.
One of those teams is the Las Vegas raiders, who sit at number 6 and have a leg linked to Boise State RB through the cycle prior to the Draft. This is what his new general manager, John Spytek, had to say about the position just a few days ago:
We have just seen Saquon Barkley simply change the Eagles in a year. They now had a great team around them and was adding an elite player. I think when you feel where we sit down, I mean that the idea is to add elite players in any position. Do not try to devalue any certain position. … there [are] Certain ways to build a team, and I don’t know where we get to a place where we don’t feel that runners are valued. I come from the University of Michigan to my nucleus, and those guys were certainly really valued there, so it is difficult for me to get away from that.
However, I might not have the opportunity to deliver that card.
The Jacksonville Jaguars sit at number 5, and if you are a team that seeks to add Jeanty, and there are some, no. 5 It could be the only way to ensure that you can write Jeanty.
A team will make that movement. The best guess to sit here just one day before the draft? That team is the Chicago Bears. There are rumors of Ben Johnson’s bones seeking to recreate what he had in Detroit with Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, in Chicago with Jeanty and D’O -Andre Swift.
A move to No. 5 would guarantee that.
Of course, many believe that Jacksonville himself could write Jeantty at number 5. Peter Schager in his only simulated draft of the season put that scenario in the world.
We thought Jeanty went to no. 6, but now the number 5 looks like the place.
Round 1 has more rbs and tes than QB and Wrs
In recent years, Quarterbacks and open receptors have moved the needle.
But this year it could be different.
The questions persist about quarterbacks through this kind of draft. Cam Ward is expected to go first in general to the Tennessee Titans, but after that, the questions begin. When will Shedeur Sanders come out? Any field marshal, Jaxson Dart, Jalen Milroe or Tyler Shegh, for example, will join him in the first round?
There is the possibility that we see only the two QB in the first on Thursday night.
Then there are wide receptors. While this is a deep group, we could also a couple or WRS on Thursday night in Tetaira McMillan and Matthew Golden. After? It seems that there are many solid options on day two.
Returning to the wing closed, three are likely to leave the board on the first round: Tyler Warren of Penn State, Colston Loveland of Michigan and Mason Taylor de LSU. There is a possibility that a player like Elijah Arroyo de Miami join them.
As for the runners, Jeanty is a first round block, and it seems that Omarion Hamption is also (we are looking at you, Sean Payton). Ohio state teammates, Treveyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins, are also hitting the first round.
When the first round ends on Thursday, Chans is that we have more rbs and tasks than WRS and QB.
The Cleveland Browns are exchanged with the second general selection
From the combination of the NFL, the Browns seem to be locked to select one of the four prospects with the second general selection. QB CAM WARD is going to disappear, QB Shedeur Sanders does not fit the assessment, which leaves Abdul Carter and WR/CB Travis Hunter.
General Manager Andrew Berry has said anything about anything related to his team and list. This year, Berry has been effusive in his praise of some perspectives and apparently pointed out that the team is writing Hunter with the second general selection (in addition to insinuating wanting the QB Jalen Milroe later). Many have wondered why Saudden’s change in tactics.
Building the exaggeration around Hunter and clarify Cleveland’s plans only the possible leverage of the commercial package. On Dawgs by nature, we proposed a potential exchange with the Jacksonville Jaguars that could help meet multiple objectives for the Browns, since rumors have begun to turn.
A team that picks up early 2 moves towards round 1
It contains the giants or browns in a circle for this bold prediction, because I think one of those teams is jumping again. Neinder is going to choose a quartback with the second or third selection, but enters the 20s and Salbre the Quarterbacks begin to look much better.
Minnesota in No. 24 is an obvious partner. It would allow the Browns to jump in front of the Rams in the No. 26 For Jalen Milroe, or the giants to land Tyler Shegh, with whom they seem to be in love. More importantly: obtaining any of these types in the first round instead of the second allows them to obtain the fifth year option, which is critical for a quarterback.
I think one, maybe both will jump to grab them.