Round 1


Pearce just blazed a 4.47 40 time at the Combine, and adjusted for his size, that makes him a 93rd-percentile athlete. Yeah, there are the character concerns, but the Bengals routinely eschew them, and Duke Tobin also loves fast athletes. Add in the Trey Hendrickson trade request, and that the Bengals are going to have to save money somewhere if they are going to pay both Chase and Higgins, and, yeah, I could see this happening.


There are rumors that DK Metcalf is on the trade block, and Tyler Lockett is a cut candidate. If Metcalf is moved, the offense will need another deep threat/big-play guy.


Lavonte David is a free agent, and there's very little behind him as it is. Campbell, who only turned 21 this week, has almost-certainly solidified his status as a 1st rounder after running a 4.52 40 at the Combine.


Yes, the Broncos have reigning DPOY Patrick Surtain in tow, but the rest of the CB group leaves something to be desired. Barron likely helped himself with a solid showing at the Combine.


There could be a RG opening, as James Daniels is a free agent. And even LG Isaac Seumalo is entering a contract year. Yes, the Steelers have gone OL in the 1st Round in each of the last two year...do we hear three?


TRADE! (See #16 for details.)
A nice steal for the Cards after the trade down, as Banks could reasonably go as high as 10th overall to the Bears.


WR could make sense, but Brian Gutekunst does not have a history of going with WR's this early. With Jaire Alexander on the outs, and with Hairston posting the best 40 time at the Combine so far (4.28), this is a match I could see happening. Gutekunst is a GM that values RAS.


TRADE! Minnesota trades #24 to Kansas City for #31 and #95.
Minnesota doesn't have a pick in the 2nd or 4th Round, and its 3rd rounder is a comp pick, so they are a prime trade-down team if they can find the right match. KC could see Simmons as a potential LT of the future, so they come up 7 spots to get this done. They could be willing to give up #95 overall because they own Tennessee's 3rd round pick (#66 overall) from the L'Jarius Sneed trade.


With Stefon Diggs a free agent and with Tank Dell suffering a particularly gruesome knee injury -- the second year in a row that Dell has suffered a leg or knee injury which ended his season -- it could stand to reason that a WR could be in play here. Stroud and Egbuka already have chemistry, so this would make all sorts of sense.


With Stafford back in LA, the Rams could turn their attention to replacing Cooper Kupp in the lineup. Golden just ran a 4.29 at the Combine, so I'm bumping him ahead of Luther Burden III in the pecking order. Heck, this may be too low for Golden now; could he go as the WR1 ahead of McMillan and Egbuka?


Too much value here to pass up for the Ravens, a team that often seems to have a player that should have gone earlier just fall into their laps. Last year, it was Nate Wiggins.


I'm back to Zabel here as a meat-and-potatoes fit on the iOL for a team that has Kevin Zeitler hitting free agency, not to mention that LG Graham Glasgow was subpar a season ago and will be 33 in July.


After the trade for Deebo Samuel, the WR2 need opposite Terry McLaurin has been lessened. As Samuel is in the final year of his deal, it's not like this pick still couldn't be a WR. However, I think Dan Quinn's defense could be addressed instead, and with Jonathan Allen a trade/cut candidate, let's get another DT into the mix.


Buffalo needs to improve its pass rush, and we'll see if Green stays in the 1st Round.


TRADE! (See #24 for details.)
Perhaps Aaron Jones will be brought back in free agency, but he's 30 and the injury concerns are only more magnified. Hampton could be the second RB of a strong crop to sneak into the 1st Round. (Other candidates for this include TreVeyon Henderson, Kaleb Johnson, and Dylan Sampson.)


With Burden on the board, and with Howie Roseman unafraid to draft WR's in the 1st Round, I could see it happening again here. Jahan Dotson was practically invisible as the WR3 after coming over from Washington, so the depth behind stars AJ Brown and Devonta Smith is severely lacking. Burden could be an immediate upgrade in 3-WR sets, not to mention providing insurance for Brown and Smith, who aren't strangers to nagging injuries.