The primary 4 alternatives of the 2024 NFL Draft went comparatively in line with plan. The Chicago Bears drafted Caleb Williams, the Washington Commanders drafted Jayden Daniels, the New England Patriots hope to have discovered their franchise quarterback in Drake Maye, and the Arizona Cardinals reaped the advantage of the QB run, deciding on Marvin Harrison Jr.
Then every little thing began to unravel, albeit slowly.
Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers drafted Joe Alt out of Notre Dame, a transfer that was gaining steam over the previous few weeks regardless of the Chargers’ wants on the huge receiver place. The New York Giants didn’t draft a quarterback, as an alternative drafting Malik Nabers from LSU, and the Tennessee Titans drafted an offensive deal with as anticipated in JC Latham.
Then the Atlanta Falcons broke each mock draft, deciding on Michael Penix Jr.
In all, six quarterbacks have been taken within the first spherical, matching the mark set by the legendary Class of 1983. However whereas that class wanted 27 picks to see the sixth quarterback taken — when Dan Marino went to the Miami Dolphins — the sixth QB got here off the board at No. 12, when the Denver Broncos chosen Bo Nix from Oregon.
These six passers have been a part of a file 14-straight offensive gamers to open up the NFL draft. In the end, the primary spherical was very heavy on the offensive facet of the soccer, with simply 9 defensive gamers.
Now that now we have caught our breath, how may the second spherical unfold?
Right here is our greatest guess.
NFL Draft 2024 Second Spherical Mock
| Choose | Staff | Participant | Place | College | Spherical One |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choose | Staff | Participant | Place | College | Spherical One |
| 33 | Buffalo Payments | Adonai Mitchell | WR | Texas | N/A |
| 34 | New England Patriots | Troy Franklin | WR | Oregon | Drake Maye, QB, UNC |
| 35 | Arizona Cardinals | Jer’Zhan Newton | DT | Illinois | Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State, Darius Robinson, EDGE, Missouri |
| 36 | Washington Commanders | Kingsley Suamataia | OT | BYU | Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU |
| 37 | Los Angeles Chargers | Ladd McConkey | WR | Georgia | Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame |
| 38 | Tennessee Titans | Cooper DeJean | CB | Iowa | JC Latham, OT, Alabama |
| 39 | Carolina Panthers | Jackson Powers-Johnson | C | Oregon | Xavier Legette, WR, South Carolina |
| 40 | Washington Commanders | Kool-Help McKinstry | CB | Alabama | Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU |
| 41 | Inexperienced Bay Packers | Edgerrin Cooper | LB | Texas A&M | Jordan Morgan, OL, Arizona |
| 42 | Houston Texans | Ennis Rakestraw Jr. | CB | Missouri | N/A |
| 43 | Atlanta Falcons | Chris Braswell | EDGE | Alabama | Michael Penix Jr., QB, Washington |
| 44 | Las Vegas Raiders | Patrick Paul | OT | Houston | Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia |
| 45 | New Orleans Saints | Cooper Beebe | OG | Kansas State | Taliese Fuaga, OT, Oregon State |
| 46 | Indianapolis Colts | Keon Coleman | WR | Florida State | Laiatu Latu, EDGE, UCLA |
| 47 | New York Giants | Kamari Lassiter | CB | Georgia | Malik Nabers, WR, LSU |
| 48 | Jacksonville Jaguars | T.J. Tampa | CB | Iowa State | Brian Thomas Jr., WR, LSU |
| 49 | Cincinnati Bengals | Braden Fiske | DT | Florida State | Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia |
| 50 | Philadelphia Eagles | Tyler Nubin | S | Minnesota | Quinyon Mitchell, CB, Toledo |
| 51 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Zach Frazier | C | West Virginia | Troy Fautanu, OL, Washington |
| 52 | Los Angeles Rams | Max Melton | CB | Rutgers | Jared Verse, EDGE, Florida State |
| 53 | Philadelphia Eagles | Roman Wilson | WR | Michigan | Quinyon Mitchell, CB, Toledo |
| 54 | Cleveland Browns | Kris Jenkins | DT | Michigan | N/A |
| 55 | Miami Dolphins | Christian Haynes | OG | Connecticut | Chop Robinson, EDGE, Penn State |
| 56 | Dallas Cowboys | Payton Wilson | LB | NC State | Tyler Guyton, OT, Oklahoma |
| 57 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Marshawn Kneeland | EDGE | Western Michigan | Graham Barton, OL, Duke |
| 58 | Inexperienced Bay Packers | Mike Sainristil | CB | Michigan | Jordan Morgan, OL, Arizona |
| 59 | Houston Texans | Ruke Orhorhoro | DT | Clemson | N/A |
| 60 | Buffalo Payments | Bralen Trice | EDGE | Washington | N/A |
| 61 | Detroit Lions | Adisa Isaac | EDGE | Penn State | Terrion Arnold, CB, Alabama |
| 62 | Baltimore Ravens | Ja’Lynn Polk | WR | Washington | Nate Wiggins, CB, Clemson |
| 63 | San Francisco 49ers | Roger Rosengarten | OT | Washington | Ricky Pearsall, WR, Florida |
| 64 | Kansas Metropolis Chiefs | Kiran Amegadjie | OT | Yale | Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas |
The Payments get their huge receiver
Buffalo Payments followers have been hoping to see the workforce land a large receiver early within the NFL Draft.
Sadly, they might want to wait slightly longer. With Buffalo buying and selling down twice on Thursday evening, together with popping out of the primary spherical utterly, Payments followers must wait a number of extra hours to see their workforce land their subsequent move catcher.
However the Payments open the evening by including Adonai Mitchell out of Texas, a proficient receiver who with slightly polish will be Buffalo’s subsequent WR1.
Some attention-grabbing slides finish
One of many extra fascinating bits of draft content material every season is the Consensus Huge Board compiled by Arif Hasan at his web site Vast Left Soccer.
As the primary spherical got here to an in depth the three highest-ranked gamers left on the Consensus Huge Board? Illinois defensive deal with Jer’Zhan “Johnny” Newton, Iowa defensive again Cooper DeJean, and Alabama cornerback Kool-Help McKinstry. Whereas all three gamers are recovering from accidents (foot surgical procedure for Newton, a fractured proper fibula for DeJean, and a foot fracture for McKinstry) all three ranked within the prime 30 on the massive board.
However all three went undrafted on Thursday evening.
Count on these slides to finish on Friday evening, and on this mock draft all three come off the board comparatively rapidly.
Nonetheless no operating backs … but
Earlier this week Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports activities opined that the operating backs won’t begin coming off the board till the third spherical, led by Jonathon Brooks from Texas and Florida State RB Trey Benson.
Judging by our projections, it will appear that we concur with that evaluation.
What in regards to the quarterbacks?
Thursday evening introduced slightly NFL Draft historical past, as six quarterbacks got here off the board within the first spherical, matching the variety of quarterbacks drafted within the legendary 1983 NFL Draft.
Nonetheless, whereas that 12 months noticed the sixth quarterback — Dan Marino, for these questioning — come off the board at No. 27 (the penultimate decide within the first spherical) Bo Nix, the sixth QB picked on Thursday evening, was drafted at No. 12 by the Denver Broncos.
There are a variety of the reason why quarterbacks have been pushed up the board this 12 months: The sheer variety of needy groups and questions on subsequent 12 months’s draft class prime that listing. However one more reason could be the massive hole between these six, and the following tier of passers. For instance, in line with Hasan’s Consensus Huge Board QB7, Spencer Rattler, ranks 88th total.
So whereas he may come off the board later tonight, we are inclined to assume it’s going to occur within the third spherical.
Two groups double-dip at OL
Two groups, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints, entered the 2024 NFL Draft trying to fortify their offensive traces.
As you’ll be able to see above, we consider that leads each groups to double-dip on the place.
On Thursday evening the Saints added offensive deal with Taliese Fuaga, OT, Oregon State, however right here now we have them additionally including to the offensive line at No. 45, with guard Cooper Beebe from Kansas State. Then there are the Steelers, who now we have deciding on heart Zach Frazier out of West Virginia after including offensive deal with Troy Fautanu out of Washington.
