2024 Official Super Duper Mock Draft Thread - Opinions On Mocks | Pundit Mocks

[wu-dai clan]

Field Yates latest 2 round mock has us trading back with the Vikings and taking:

2024 NFL mock draft: Yates' pick predictions for Rounds 1-2 - ESPN

11. Los Angeles Chargers (via mock trade with MIN)
JC Latham, OT, Alabama
Following the projected move down, the Chargers can now get to work building this roster how new coach Jim Harbaugh and GM Joe Hortiz envision it -- which I expect will be through the trenches. Though the Chargers have Trey Pipkins III under contract for another two seasons, Latham would represent a short- and long-term upgrade. And he has the positional versatility to play guard if Los Angeles wanted to keep Pipkins on the field. Latham's overwhelming strength is a perfect fit for a team that will want to wear opponents out with its physicality.

23. Los Angeles Chargers (via CLE/HOU and mock trade with MIN)
Adonai Mitchell, WR, Texas
There is a plausible scenario in which the Chargers stand pat at No. 5 and take the best wide receiver available. After releasing Mike Williams and trading Keenan Allen, they have to reshape their wide receiver room. But here Los Angeles can stockpile picks and still take advantage of a deep receiver class, landing a buttery smooth route runner in Mitchell. He has excellent size, great speed and reliable hands, with just one drop in his lone season at Texas (he transferred from Georgia). He also averaged 15.4 yards per catch last season and would be a good fit with quarterback Justin Herbert.

37. Los Angeles Chargers
Zach Frazier, C, West Virginia
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that new coach Jim Harbaugh wants to build up his offensive line aggressively this offseason. Frazier is super tough and exactly the type of guy Harbaugh and GM Joe Hortiz would covet. He did not allow any sacks over 328 pass-block plays in 2023.

Thanks for posting richpjr.
I am buying it.
Frazier can play OG as a rookie.
Then switch to C after Bozeman's one year contract is up if prudent.

[chargeroo]

Thanks for posting richpjr.
I am buying it.
Frazier can play OG as a rookie.
Then switch to C after Bozeman's one year contract is up if prudent.

Prudent? I haven't heard that word since my Grandma died long ago. President Bush used it once too.

[wu-dai clan]

Prudent? I haven't heard that word since my Grandma died long ago. President Bush used it once too.

Lol.
I love broccoli.

[21&500]

... and ketchup is a vegetable?

[Topcat]

Lol.
I love broccoli.

Ah yes, only us old timers remember George HW Bush's dissing of broccoli:

https://smart********.lib.umn.edu/20...ter-of-brocco/

[Tol]

MHJ and Nabers gone.
*Traded 5 to DEN for 12, 76 & 2025 1st
Had offers from TEN and LV but the 1st next year sold it.

BTJ gone.
**Traded DEN 12 & 181 to LAR for 19 & 52

**19 JC Latham OT
37 Ennis Rakestraw Jr. CB
**52 Edgerrin Cooper LB
69 Ben Sinnott TE
*76 Brenden Rice WR
105 Audric Estime RB
110 Mekhi Wingo DT
140 Beaux Limmer OC

6-181 Traded away
No 7th round mocked

Didn't land an elite WR, but I'll take Elite RT, Top LB, and son-of-the-GOAT WR.

[Jrock1970]

Any thoughts on Field Yates having us take Latham over Fuaga @ #11 ?

Splitting hairs but, I think Fuaga is a lil better run blocker while still very good passpro and Latham better passpro. I think Harbaugh is of the mind that if you can run the ball exceptially well you inherently protect your golden arm where as your passpro doesn't improve the power of your run game. It does however improve the effectiveness of the play action game.....splittin hairs😁

[Jrock1970]

Setting the edge in protection is different than moving the edge to create running lanes.

[wu-dai clan]

That's why I make damn sure I grab one of JPJ,Frazier,or Van Pran in all of my mocks.I also try and grab Christian Jones in later rounds to compete with Pip at RT.Build a wall for Herb!

This plan would allow for one of the great weapons early.
Terron Arnold can cover like a mofo too speaking of @ #11.

[Jrock1970]

... and ketchup is a vegetable?

Lol....actually I think it's a puree'd , seasoned , pickled fruit🤣

[Jack Burton]

MHJ and Nabers gone.
*Traded 5 to DEN for 12, 76 & 2025 1st
Had offers from TEN and LV but the 1st next year sold it.

BTJ gone.
**Traded DEN 12 & 181 to LAR for 19 & 52

**19 JC Latham OT
37 Ennis Rakestraw Jr. CB
**52 Edgerrin Cooper LB
69 Ben Sinnott TE
*76 Brenden Rice WR
105 Audric Estime RB
110 Mekhi Wingo DT
140 Beaux Limmer OC

6-181 Traded away
No 7th round mocked

Didn't land an elite WR, but I'll take Elite RT, Top LB, and son-of-the-GOAT WR.

Sorry, man but thats bleh..
I want waaaay more if LAC are trading with a divisional rival.
DEN simply doesn’t have the trade assets unless they find a trade partner who will take on Surtains new contract.
Cause that’s what it’s going to take.

[Xenos]

New first round mock.

https://theathletic.com/5380858/2024/04/04/nfl-mock-draft-2024-prospect-source-insight-williams-mccarthy/

5. Los Angeles Chargers: Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State


One of Jim Harbaugh’s first big challenges in L.A. will be to help ultra-talented quarterback Justin Herbertcontinue to ascend. Losing two big targets in Keenan Allen and Mike Williamsthis offseason won’t make that any easier, but this draft has a very good crop of wideouts. The 6-foot-3, 208-pound Harrison checks every box. He’s got good length, strength, burst, polish and competitiveness. Of all the great wide receivers who have come out of Ohio State in the past decade — and there have been several — Harrison is the most complete and best of the bunch. (Quick pivot: If everything I’ve heard from people I trust inside the Buckeyes program the past few years is spot on, newly enrolled freshman Jeremiah Smith will end up surpassing Harrison.)

But make no mistake: Harrison is special. He also has an interesting connection to Harbaugh, who played in Indianapolis with his father, the great Marvin Harrison Sr. And even though he played for Michigan’s hated archrival, Harrison shined in two games against the Wolverines, catching 12 passes for 238 yards and two TDs. Harrison took over the Buckeyes’ win against Penn State, with 11 receptions for 162 yards after going 10 for 185 in Happy Valley a year earlier. In Ohio State’s 2022 College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Georgia, he was terrorizing the Bulldog defense for 106 yards and two TDs before being knocked out of the game in the third quarter with the Buckeyes up by two TDs. Based on everything I’ve seen and heard, Harrison is one of the two players who I’d say are the closest to a “sure thing” in this draft.


The Coaching Intel
“He’s really good. Really, really good. He’s bigger than you think when you see him in person. He’s strong, quick, he’s fast. At the line of scrimmage, he’s a beast. He’s hard to stay in front of. He gets in and out at the top of routes. I don’t what he can’tdo.”

“He was such a problem for us. They were moving him around. He was as good as the hype. He’s got the explosion, a big catch radius. He separated well. He makes catches in traffic. He was bigger than I thought.”

“His body control is special. He catches a lot of contested balls. He made one of the best catches I’ve ever seen live. I don’t know how fast he really is. I think he’s a 4.5 guy, not a sub-4.4 guy. But he is really, really good. He’s wickedly polished. Far and away the best (receiver) they’ve had there.”