ZW #1 Mock 2025 Contest

published on 4/23/2025


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Round 1

Picks 17-32
17. Bengals: Mike Green, DE, Marshall

Idk why but Mike Green just feels like a Bengal to me


18. Seahawks: Grey Zabel, OT, North Dakota State

Step 1) invest heavily in Sam Darnold
Step 2) protect your investment
Step 3) who knows? Glad it's not my team


19. Buccaneers: Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona

Wanted to tab Ezeiruaku here but found it too fun to pass up on Evans/Godwin eventually passing the torch to Tet/Jalen McMillan


20. Broncos: Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State

Fading Omarion Hampton chalk given the deep RB class and going with a versatile pro-ready piece for Nix and Sean Payton


21. Steelers: Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado

Mike Tomlin may be the only alpha capable of leading the Shedeur circus (immediate family excluded)


22. Chargers: Kenneth Grant, DT, Michigan

Harbaugh reunion that continues his bully ball philosophy


23. Packers: Shemar Stewart, DE, Texas A&M

Rashan Gary didn't have much college production and worked out in GB. Lukas Van Ness? Not so much. Let's see if Gutey goes back to the well


24. Vikings: Nick Emmanwori, S, South Carolina

Brian Flores would have so much fun deploying Emmanwori all over the band end of the Vikings D until he's ready to succeed Harrison Smith


25. Texans: Donovan Jackson, G, Ohio State

Texans need OL and Jackson's versatility could appeal to a Texans OL that needs help basically everywhere after trading away Tunsil and whiffing on Kenyon Green


26. Rams: Jaxson Dart, QB, Ole Miss

Stafford's successor? Rams trade back with CLE/NYG? Love that both scenarios cover me at this spot in the mock contest


27. Ravens: Malaki Starks, S, Georgia

Another year, another round 1 in which the Ravens extract every bit of value from the draft board and take another great player. I was tempted to slot Will Johnson here to pair with the speedy Nate Wiggins and eventually succeed Marlon Humphrey as Baltimore's big corner


28. Lions: Will Johnson, CB, Michigan

Detroit invested heavily at CB in 2024. While that made me pause, neither Arnold nor Rakestraw (especially) showed enough to convince me that the Lions have fixed their CB room


29. Commanders: Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama

Bobby Wagner is back for one more year. Campbell can recover and learn behind/next to the future HOF and add pass rush juice to a team expected to play often with the lead


30. Bills: Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky

Buffalo let the Chiefs get Xavier Worthy last year and everyone clowned them for it. While they can't undo that mistake, taking a CB who can run step-for-step with Worthy might be their best counter move one year later


31. Chiefs: Josh Conerly Jr., OT, Oregon

We all watched the Super Bowl


32. Eagles: Donovan Ezeiruaka, OLB, Boston College

Howie can't get enough pass rushers, and it's hard to argue with his logic. Again, we all watched the Super Bowl


Picks 17-32