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FBG Mock Draft '25 Completed with all 101 picks inside (1 Viewer)

The Philadelphia Eagles have traded the No 32 Pick to the Miami Dolphins

Miami sends Philly picks 48-98-135 and a 2026 2nd

-The Miami Dolphins select 1.32 Malaki Starks, Safety from the University of Georgia

The irony that we would be able to work a trade with the team we are trying to emulate and do something very similar to what the Eagles did last year in the Draft
Starks was extremely high on MoP's list, not that far behind Jahdae Barron and to watch him continue to slide and with the departure of Holland, this became an obvious target

I'll have more to say about all this as we now conclude Round 1
This was the other player I considered.
 
We knocked on several doors with this offer

@Harjiran just missed our offer which was about the same at 29, then we tried 30, 31 and finally we were able to make a deal with the Eagles at 32
Miami still holds the 56 pick, thought about staying put and focus on other Safeties but Starks is an immediate starter and will pair up perfectly with Barron for years
Nice move, great pick - Miami secondary getting major upgrades in this draft.
 
The Philadelphia Eagles have traded the No 32 Pick to the Miami Dolphins

Miami sends Philly picks 48-98-135 and a 2026 2nd

-The Miami Dolphins select 1.32 Malaki Starks, Safety from the University of Georgia

The irony that we would be able to work a trade with the team we are trying to emulate and do something very similar to what the Eagles did last year in the Draft
Starks was extremely high on MoP's list, not that far behind Jahdae Barron and to watch him continue to slide and with the departure of Holland, this became an obvious target

I'll have more to say about all this as we now conclude Round 1
Do you think he is a better fit than Emmanwori?
 
The Philadelphia Eagles have traded the No 32 Pick to the Miami Dolphins

Miami sends Philly picks 48-98-135 and a 2026 2nd

-The Miami Dolphins select 1.32 Malaki Starks, Safety from the University of Georgia

The irony that we would be able to work a trade with the team we are trying to emulate and do something very similar to what the Eagles did last year in the Draft
Starks was extremely high on MoP's list, not that far behind Jahdae Barron and to watch him continue to slide and with the departure of Holland, this became an obvious target

I'll have more to say about all this as we now conclude Round 1
Just mere minutes after this post, Ian Rapoport broke the news that Terron Armstead is retiring. I wonder if that would’ve changed the pick from Malaki Starks to somebody at LT. Though Starks is still an excellent pick to replace Jevon Holland.
 
The Philadelphia Eagles have traded the No 32 Pick to the Miami Dolphins

Miami sends Philly picks 48-98-135 and a 2026 2nd

-The Miami Dolphins select 1.32 Malaki Starks, Safety from the University of Georgia

The irony that we would be able to work a trade with the team we are trying to emulate and do something very similar to what the Eagles did last year in the Draft
Starks was extremely high on MoP's list, not that far behind Jahdae Barron and to watch him continue to slide and with the departure of Holland, this became an obvious target

I'll have more to say about all this as we now conclude Round 1
Do you think he is a better fit than Emmanwori?
He is the best Safety in the class by far IMHO, Miami is linked to taking Starks at 13 on a couple sites. I felt like the open hole at Cornerback was even worse so I filled that first
Emmanwori is 3rd maybe, I have Watts from ND ahead of him, also like Sebatian Castro later in the draft as like a 3rd-4th round type
 
The Philadelphia Eagles have traded the No 32 Pick to the Miami Dolphins

Miami sends Philly picks 48-98-135 and a 2026 2nd

-The Miami Dolphins select 1.32 Malaki Starks, Safety from the University of Georgia

The irony that we would be able to work a trade with the team we are trying to emulate and do something very similar to what the Eagles did last year in the Draft
Starks was extremely high on MoP's list, not that far behind Jahdae Barron and to watch him continue to slide and with the departure of Holland, this became an obvious target

I'll have more to say about all this as we now conclude Round 1
Just mere minutes after this post, Ian Rapoport broke the news that Terron Armstead is retiring. I wonder if that would’ve changed the pick from Malaki Starks to somebody at LT. Though Starks is still an excellent pick to replace Jevon Holland.
Miami drafted Patrick Paul at 55 overall last year
He was a project IMO, hopefully a year learning behind Armstead will serve him well
 
Thanks for the trade offers peeps! Due to a certain player being unexpectedly available at 29, Washington has decided to stay put and select Omarion Hampton, RB, UNC - I was surprised to see him fall this far, especially since this is a mock draft being run on a fantasy message board. WAS still needs an EDGE but Hampton is a stud who fills a need and should further elevate an ascending Commanders offense.
And an actual great FF landing spot
Not for us Robinson owners.
 
Starks is just a good football player. His tape was great 22-23 then Georgia moved him to their star/nickel spot and he wasn’t as great. Still, shows his versatility.

Was the other player in consideration for Tampa at #19.
 
at 2.02 after the trade with NY Giants the Seattle Seahawks select:

Nick Emmanwori S

One of a handful of in person visits at VMAC, this kid draws the obvious comps to Kam Chancellor. Incredible instincts/ball hawking skills - Mike MacDonald deploy him close to the action and now will have a chess piece ala Hamilton.

Not the deep half skills of Starks, who I think Seattle would have taken here if he wasn't gone, but the testing and athletic ability to pair up with Julien Love will be too tempting not to trade up if he lasted in round 2.

GO HAWKS
 
Now, if we had to stick to our trades next year, I think we might see different offers, but that’s just me.
Absolutely agree

It's an attitude of "look at what I added to my favorite team" for this year instead of a realistic view of what is best for the team long term. ZERO NFL teams would give up a 2026 first to move up 14 spots in the 2nd round to draft a safety in the that round.
 
Nick E also had the best combine of any position player ever.

But you guys have Julian Love and Coby Bryant already, so there’s also that.

All in all, who knows? Let’s try and stay positive, imo.
 
Nick E also had the best combine of any position player ever.

But you guys have Julian Love and Coby Bryant already, so there’s also that.

All in all, who knows? Let’s try and stay positive, imo.
Part of the fun of this is to critique picks and sometimes overall moves. Being "positive" and saying "great pick or great trade" on every move is pretty boring. I don't think anyone really gets their feelings hurt over an exercise like this.

It's an unrealistic trade so pointing it out isn't any kind of slight
 
Nick E also had the best combine of any position player ever.

But you guys have Julian Love and Coby Bryant already, so there’s also that.

All in all, who knows? Let’s try and stay positive, imo.
Part of the fun of this is to critique picks and sometimes overall moves. Being "positive" and saying "great pick or great trade" on every move is pretty boring. I don't think anyone really gets their feelings hurt over an exercise like this.

It's an unrealistic trade so pointing it out isn't any kind of slig
If Nick E falls out of the first round - how’s that realistic? He’s likely graded as a round 1 player in every teams board. Giving up a 1st round next year is more an indication of the player than the point system.
Anyways, carry on and enjoy yourselves.
 
Now, if we had to stick to our trades next year, I think we might see different offers, but that’s just me.

Mocks shouldn’t really allow trades, frankly, IMO, but I didn’t want to be a buzzkill.

Those mocks you see in the industry that allow trades are usually far afield.
Yeah, I don't really think it makes a lot of sense to allow trades. Realistically, yes, there will be trades in the draft, so allowing trades adds realism in that sense. But more importantly, there is 0.0001% chance any specific mock trade takes place in reality. Therefore every pick involved in a mock trade becomes essentially irrelevant to real life since the wrong team will be picking in that spot.

It's like a fantasy projector saying, "well, it's very likely that SOME players are going to be injured and out for the season this year before week 1, so I'm going to select two random players and change their season projections to 0."
 
Nick E also had the best combine of any position player ever.

But you guys have Julian Love and Coby Bryant already, so there’s also that.

All in all, who knows? Let’s try and stay positive, imo.
Part of the fun of this is to critique picks and sometimes overall moves. Being "positive" and saying "great pick or great trade" on every move is pretty boring. I don't think anyone really gets their feelings hurt over an exercise like this.

It's an unrealistic trade so pointing it out isn't any kind of slight

Eh, not asking everybody to be positive, actually. I said tact, which probably doesn’t include calling it a trade influenced by “crazy pills.”

I think people are acting in earnest with their moves and deserving of leeway and tact. If I were to pull all the receipts of the critiquing people, it would look ugly. I actually know that, so humility and grace are befitting the exercise.

Now, that singles out you and MAC, but neither of you have ever been short on confidence and I don’t expect that to change. But I’ve watched lots of declarations and confidence be wrong in almost real time and it should give pause. Not when we express our unfettered opinions. That’s a good thing. But when others are scrambling to decide under the gun in a fake exercise, restraint is due.
 
Now, if we had to stick to our trades next year, I think we might see different offers, but that’s just me.

Mocks shouldn’t really allow trades, frankly, IMO, but I didn’t want to be a buzzkill.

Those mocks you see in the industry that allow trades are usually far afield.
Agree, but it ain't my show.

I'm sitting tight with Baltimore's picks for this exercise, but it wouldn't surprise me if they traded up or down in the NFL draft. I'm no De Costa and won't pretend to play him even on TV.

As for folks trashing drafting a S in the first round, I call BS. The Ravens got laughed at by football gurus for picking Kyle Hamilton at #14 a few years ago. He's one of the ten best defensive players in the league now and is an amoeba freak that allows them to do things on defense that most teams can't.

(side note: Baltimore also got blasted for trading Hollywood Brown for the 1st round pick that became Tyler Linderbaum, already a perennial Pro Bowl Center. "Never draft a C in the first", right?).

Draft good football players.
 
The Giants and Seahawks have made a trade. Giants give up pick #34 and the Seahawks give pick #50 and 2026 1st round pick. @Largent
So, Giants move down 14 spots in 2nd round and pick up what will probably be a top 15-20 overall pick next year? Giants should hire RC94 immediately
Yeah I love the value at Emmanworri at pick 34, but how do you give up a first rounder to move a second rounder up to another second rounder?
 
:popcorn: Nick E also had the best combine of any position player ever.

But you guys have Julian Love and Coby Bryant already, so there’s also that.

All in all, who knows? Let’s try and stay positive, imo.
Part of the fun of this is to critique picks and sometimes overall moves. Being "positive" and saying "great pick or great trade" on every move is pretty boring. I don't think anyone really gets their feelings hurt over an exercise like this.

It's an unrealistic trade so pointing it out isn't any kind of slight

Eh, not asking everybody to be positive, actually. I said tact, which probably doesn’t include calling it a trade influenced by “crazy pills.”
I don't think the term "crazy pills" is a term that should trigger anyone lol
I think people are acting in earnest with their moves and deserving of leeway and tact. If I were to pull all the receipts of the critiquing people, it would look ugly. I actually know that, so humility and grace are befitting the exercise.

Now, that singles out you and MAC, but neither of you have ever been short on confidence and I don’t expect that to change. But I’ve watched lots of declarations and confidence be wrong in almost real time and it should give pause. Not when we express our unfettered opinions. That’s a good thing. But when others are scrambling to decide under the gun in a fake exercise, restraint is due.
I seriously doubt anyone feels under the gun to make their picks
 
Now, if we had to stick to our trades next year, I think we might see different offers, but that’s just me.

Mocks shouldn’t really allow trades, frankly, IMO, but I didn’t want to be a buzzkill.

Those mocks you see in the industry that allow trades are usually far afield.
Agree, but it ain't my show.

I'm sitting tight with Baltimore's picks for this exercise, but it wouldn't surprise me if they traded up or down in the NFL draft. I'm no De Costa and won't pretend to play him even on TV.

As for folks trashing drafting a S in the first round, I call BS. The Ravens got laughed at by football gurus for picking Kyle Hamilton at #14 a few years ago. He's one of the ten best defensive players in the league now and is an amoeba freak that allows them to do things on defense that most teams can't.

(side note: Baltimore also got blasted for trading Hollywood Brown for the 1st round pick that became Tyler Linderbaum, already a perennial Pro Bowl Center. "Never draft a C in the first", right?).

Draft good football players.
I hated that Ravens draft. But it's because unfortunately I am a Browns fan. The Ravens let the draft fall to them and were gifted with 2 studs. That's not what happened here though. This guy could be great and it still wouldn't be a good move. Parlay this year's 2 with a 3 to go get him, justifiable. Next year's 1 on a team not inside a window with a potential fatal flaw on O? Unwise.
 
Oh, and I expect earnest feedback to be given to me and from others to others. I've not only asked for help on this board from MAC_32 and others in the least subtle of ways (My Newbie IDP Dynasty Thread was populated by many confident and awesomely helpful people that are responsible for helping somebody who would have been awful for years get up to speed a bit), but I've been pulled aside without solicitation on the board and told that I've made a bad trade because of the thought process behind it even when that trade worked out. Dr. Octopus said something ages ago and taught me a lesson I needed to learn about NFL draft capital. There have been way more instances than those; and I cherish them even when I come away looking like less than an expert.

So I'm not for blowing fake smoke up people's asses. I just noticed it was turning a certain way in the thread and wanted to remind people of diplomacy and subtlety. It wasn't just efactor and MAC.

That hopefully wraps that up.
 
Now, if we had to stick to our trades next year, I think we might see different offers, but that’s just me.

Mocks shouldn’t really allow trades, frankly, IMO, but I didn’t want to be a buzzkill.
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Those mocks you see in the industry that allow trades are usually far afield.
Agree, but it ain't my show.

I'm sitting tight with Baltimore's picks for this exercise, but it wouldn't surprise me if they traded up or down in the NFL draft. I'm no De Costa and won't pretend to play him even on TV.

As for folks trashing drafting a S in the first round, I call BS. The Ravens got laughed at by football gurus for picking Kyle Hamilton at #14 a few years ago. He's one of the ten best defensive players in the league now and is an amoeba freak that allows them to do things on defense that most teams can't.

(side note: Baltimore also got blasted for trading Hollywood Brown for the 1st round pick that became Tyler Linderbaum, already a perennial Pro Bowl Center. "Never draft a C in the first", right?).

Draft good football players.
I don't think anyone was criticizing taking a safety that early. It was more of giving up all that draft capital to take a safety at that point in the draft.

Of course when the actual draft happens and if he ends up going top 15, then maybe a different viewpoint.
 
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:popcorn: Nick E also had the best combine of any position player ever.

But you guys have Julian Love and Coby Bryant already, so there’s also that.

All in all, who knows? Let’s try and stay positive, imo.
Part of the fun of this is to critique picks and sometimes overall moves. Being "positive" and saying "great pick or great trade" on every move is pretty boring. I don't think anyone really gets their feelings hurt over an exercise like this.

It's an unrealistic trade so pointing it out isn't any kind of slight

Eh, not asking everybody to be positive, actually. I said tact, which probably doesn’t include calling it a trade influenced by “crazy pills.”
I don't think the term "crazy pills" is a term that should trigger anyone lol
I think people are acting in earnest with their moves and deserving of leeway and tact. If I were to pull all the receipts of the critiquing people, it would look ugly. I actually know that, so humility and grace are befitting the exercise.

Now, that singles out you and MAC, but neither of you have ever been short on confidence and I don’t expect that to change. But I’ve watched lots of declarations and confidence be wrong in almost real time and it should give pause. Not when we express our unfettered opinions. That’s a good thing. But when others are scrambling to decide under the gun in a fake exercise, restraint is due.
I seriously doubt anyone feels under the gun to make their picks

Fair enough and we disagree a bit. Not everybody has skin as thick as you might think. I've seen many people turn and run and not contribute as much because somebody has misjudged how their words are taken. Been on the board over a decade and watched it repeatedly happen. You could ask Joe about that and I'd bet dollars to donuts that people haven't participated because of that sort of miscalculation.

Just something to think about.
 
:popcorn: Nick E also had the best combine of any position player ever.

But you guys have Julian Love and Coby Bryant already, so there’s also that.

All in all, who knows? Let’s try and stay positive, imo.
Part of the fun of this is to critique picks and sometimes overall moves. Being "positive" and saying "great pick or great trade" on every move is pretty boring. I don't think anyone really gets their feelings hurt over an exercise like this.

It's an unrealistic trade so pointing it out isn't any kind of slight

Eh, not asking everybody to be positive, actually. I said tact, which probably doesn’t include calling it a trade influenced by “crazy pills.”
I don't think the term "crazy pills" is a term that should trigger anyone lol
I think people are acting in earnest with their moves and deserving of leeway and tact. If I were to pull all the receipts of the critiquing people, it would look ugly. I actually know that, so humility and grace are befitting the exercise.

Now, that singles out you and MAC, but neither of you have ever been short on confidence and I don’t expect that to change. But I’ve watched lots of declarations and confidence be wrong in almost real time and it should give pause. Not when we express our unfettered opinions. That’s a good thing. But when others are scrambling to decide under the gun in a fake exercise, restraint is due.
I seriously doubt anyone feels under the gun to make their picks

Fair enough and we disagree a bit. Not everybody has skin as thick as you might think. I've seen many people turn and run and not contribute as much because somebody has misjudged how their words are taken. Been on the board over a decade and watched it repeatedly happen. You could ask Joe about that and I'd bet dollars to donuts that people haven't participated because of that sort of miscalculation.

Just something to think about.

Maybe that's why nobody ripped my Tyler Warren pick for the 49ers. But rip away :shades:
 
Now, if we had to stick to our trades next year, I think we might see different offers, but that’s just me.

Mocks shouldn’t really allow trades, frankly, IMO, but I didn’t want to be a buzzkill.

Those mocks you see in the industry that allow trades are usually far afield.
Agree, but it ain't my show.

I'm sitting tight with Baltimore's picks for this exercise, but it wouldn't surprise me if they traded up or down in the NFL draft. I'm no De Costa and won't pretend to play him even on TV.

As for folks trashing drafting a S in the first round, I call BS. The Ravens got laughed at by football gurus for picking Kyle Hamilton at #14 a few years ago. He's one of the ten best defensive players in the league now and is an amoeba freak that allows them to do things on defense that most teams can't.

(side note: Baltimore also got blasted for trading Hollywood Brown for the 1st round pick that became Tyler Linderbaum, already a perennial Pro Bowl Center. "Never draft a C in the first", right?).

Draft good football players.
Man, I have the opposite memory of the Hollywood Brown trade, where I recall most wondering how Baltimore got a 1st for him. I thought both those moves were obvious good moves at the time.
 
That’s not to criticize Largent; I thought the whole draft was a little hinky when trav moved up to two with two seconds. No way

A 2 and a future 1 for a safety on a team with a bad OL and a QB prone to seeing ghosts is crazy pills.
Zabel being the best zone blocker being gone resorts to plan B on the o-line and BPA
But you could have had Zabel instead of adding your third starting slot reciever.
That sounds like a very national pundit, non-Seattle fan comment. Maybe Zabel grades out 6.5 and Egbuka 6.9...like BPA and not for need....losing DK and Lockett for an oft injured Kepp....wait, why the f**k do I need to explain myself. Read the post I made on 18th pick.

It was Emeka, Zabel or Emmenwari at 18 for me. He's there at 34 and it's a no brainer. Tried trading up a few times but my offers consisted of picks that were part of this mock. I see the deals happening for future picks and picks beyond this mock, that gets frustrating. But clarified with MoP that was part of this exercise. My offer for NYG was countered asking for a future 1st. I see a player that could go as high as 13 this year still there. A position of need for Seattle (Coby Bryant coverted CB and Woolen soon out).
 
The NFL trading rule of thumb is that next year's pick is one round greater than this year's. So if you're trading next year's firsts you're getting this year's seconds. In general.

So a next year's first and this year's 2nd for an early 2nd is a bit rich... But it's all just for fun. And a future first to get what a lot of people think it's a first round guy this year isn't outrageous.
 
The NFL trading rule of thumb is that next year's pick is one round greater than this year's. So if you're trading next year's firsts you're getting this year's seconds. In general.

So a next year's first and this year's 2nd for an early 2nd is a bit rich... But it's all just for fun. And a future first to get what a lot of people think it's a first round guy this year isn't outrageous.
On bolded, I get what your saying, but it's not that simple. So much depends on where that team is likely to finish next year as well. The Seahawks could struggle badly next year if Darnold is a failure, which isn't that far fetched. One of the worst rated OLs in the league and no more Justin Jefferson. So while Largent is upbeat about the Seahawks, this could be a top 10 pick.
 
The NFL trading rule of thumb is that next year's pick is one round greater than this year's. So if you're trading next year's firsts you're getting this year's seconds. In general.

So a next year's first and this year's 2nd for an early 2nd is a bit rich... But it's all just for fun. And a future first to get what a lot of people think it's a first round guy this year isn't outrageous.
On bolded, I get what your saying, but it's not that simple. So much depends on where that team is likely to finish next year as well. The Seahawks could struggle badly next year if Darnold is a failure, which isn't that far fetched. One of the worst rated OLs in the league and no more Justin Jefferson. So while Largent is upbeat about the Seahawks, this could be a top 10 pick.
Cmon man. One game away from winning the NFC West with a rookie HC and an inept OC. The division is up for grabs. Let’s be real.
 
That’s not to criticize Largent; I thought the whole draft was a little hinky when trav moved up to two with two seconds. No way

A 2 and a future 1 for a safety on a team with a bad OL and a QB prone to seeing ghosts is crazy pills.
Zabel being the best zone blocker being gone resorts to plan B on the o-line and BPA
But you could have had Zabel instead of adding your third starting slot reciever.
That sounds like a very national pundit, non-Seattle fan comment. Maybe Zabel grades out 6.5 and Egbuka 6.9...like BPA and not for need....losing DK and Lockett for an oft injured Kepp....wait, why the f**k do I need to explain myself. Read the post I made on 18th pick.
You should not assume we did not read it or to think if we did it would change what we think about it.
 
The NFL trading rule of thumb is that next year's pick is one round greater than this year's. So if you're trading next year's firsts you're getting this year's seconds. In general.

So a next year's first and this year's 2nd for an early 2nd is a bit rich... But it's all just for fun. And a future first to get what a lot of people think it's a first round guy this year isn't outrageous.
On bolded, I get what your saying, but it's not that simple. So much depends on where that team is likely to finish next year as well. The Seahawks could struggle badly next year if Darnold is a failure, which isn't that far fetched. One of the worst rated OLs in the league and no more Justin Jefferson. So while Largent is upbeat about the Seahawks, this could be a top 10 pick.
Cmon man. One game away from winning the NFC West with a rookie HC and an inept OC. The division is up for grabs. Let’s be real.
It's not unreasonable to think the pick could be top 10. Or bottom 10.
 

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