2020 TPB Member’s And Pundits Mock Drafts

[powderblueboy]

Here's a 1rst round mock draft hosted by Daniel Jeremiah & Peter Schrager

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVO1X5Rcj28

Pete Schrager/Jeremiah trade off choosing picks for each team


Daniel Jeremiah made the Dolphins selection: Tua (he ignored tua's injury but said that the Dolphins are evenly divided between Herbert & Tua)

Peter Schrager made the Charger's selection: Herbert

Daniel Jeremiah then opined that the Chargers think Dru Tranquil is going to be a stud & that they'll think long and hard about Simmons - given that the Chiefs are in their division.

Jeremiah later said that D'andre Swift is a top 20 selection that will probably fall out of the 1rst round.

[Bolt4Knob]

Here's a 1rst round mock draft hosted by Daniel Jeremiah & Peter Schrager

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVO1X5Rcj28

Two guys: Pete Schrager/Jeremiah trade off choosing picks for each team


Daniel Jeremiah made the Dolphins selection: Tua (he said that the Dolphins are evenly divided between Herbert & Tua)
Peter Schrager made the Charger's selection: Herbert

Daniel Jeremiah opined that the Chargers think Dru Tranquil is going to be a stud & that they'll think long and hard about Simmons - given that the Chiefs are in their division.

I think if its Tua and Simmons - Chargers pick Tua
I think otherwise its Simmons. And yes, you add another playmaker on defense like Simmons to Bosa and James; plus really good players likes Ingram, Harris, Hayward - just creates a defense that might slow down KC.

My plan is this - if Simmons is on the board at 6, turn off the phones, write the name down and call it in to Roger Goodell

Otherwise - if the board looks okay - and the Jags want to trade up - trade back to 9
at9 - if the board still is okay and the Bucs want to jump the Browns - trade to 14

[gzubeck]

And he'll go and get $12 million + elsewhere.
If healthy, he's worth it somewhere; if he's not worth it with the Chargers, you have to start questioning how the team is being constructed.

I wasn't questioning $10-12 million but $16 million for a 1 year 5th year option. Because the chargers drafted him in the top 10 they have to pay an extra $5 million for him for just one year unless he gets a new fair contract for both parties. If not he can go the way Melvin Gordon went (Overvaluing his contributions).

[Steve]

Did M. Williams got 1000 yards on garbage time last year ?

I wouldn't call those garbage time. The games were close games, so it's not like we were getting them vs prevent defenses (which is what garbage time means).

[blueman]

Yeah, Williams earned a helluva lot of yards last season. Missed some key catches but also made a bunch. Would not toss out with the bath water.

[Steve]

I'm not saying M. Williams is an elite receiver or anything, but he is developing and has come a long way since being a rookie. He still has a ways to go, but is showing progress.

[Maniaque 6]

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week in Week 15 of 2018 for a performance that included two receiving touchdowns and 76 receiving yards on seven catches (10.9 avg.) while adding a 19-yard rushing touchdown and catching the game-winning two-point conversion with less than 10 seconds remaining.
• In 2018, had 10 receiving scores and one rushing touchdown to become the first Chargers WR since Tony Martin in 1996 to have 10 scrimmage touchdowns in a single season.
• Posted 11 scrimmage touchdowns last year, tied with Houston WR DeAndre Hopkins for the fourth-most scrimmage scores among NFL WRs in 2018.
• Recorded seven catches for 110 yards (15.7 avg.) in two postseason starts in 2018.
• On his first career receiving score in 2018, became the 37th player to haul in a touchdown from QB Philip Rivers.
• Was on the receiving end of Rivers' 3,989th completion as a rookie in 2017 to push the QB past Hall of Fame QB Warren Moon for eighth on the all-time completions list.

It's starting to look like a 7th overall pick !

[Formula 21]

TT has had busts and underperformers. M Williams is not one of them.

[Steve]

As far as our other receivers go, Allen is still a fine #1, but M. WIlliams has shown he is becoming a pretty solid deep receiver. Henry is one of the better TE at going downfield and challenging S.

Add in Ekeler possession catches from the RB position and the slot, he is a bargain. Compared to the cost of everyone else around him on the receivers list, the only other guys even close are also on their rookie deals, and that is without adding the extra production he adds at RB.

Pardam is an interesting Flex TE guy. He has some speed and wiggle, and might make an interesting 2nd TE/Hback/Flex guy if he can develop some ability to block DB as sort of a poor man's Antionio Gates. He will probably never be a classic inline TE, but if we play to his strength, and use him as a big WR type of TE, then he might add an interesting dimension to the O, especially with Allen and Ekeler being able to attack underneath.

That being said, it is a great draft for WR, so adding one or more receivers is a real possibility. I don't think they MUST take a WR, but if the right one is there at the right time, then we can add one or more.

[21&500]

As far as our other receivers go, Allen is still a fine #1, but M. WIlliams has shown he is becoming a pretty solid deep receiver. Henry is one of the better TE at going downfield and challenging S.

Add in Ekeler possession catches from the RB position and the slot, he is a bargain. Compared to the cost of everyone else around him on the receivers list, the only other guys even close are also on their rookie deals, and that is without adding the extra production he adds at RB.

Pardam is an interesting Flex TE guy. He has some speed and wiggle, and might make an interesting 2nd TE/Hback/Flex guy if he can develop some ability to block DB as sort of a poor man's Antionio Gates. He will probably never be a classic inline TE, but if we play to his strength, and use him as a big WR type of TE, then he might add an interesting dimension to the O, especially with Allen and Ekeler being able to attack underneath.

That being said, it is a great draft for WR, so adding one or more receivers is a real possibility. I don't think they MUST take a WR, but if the right one is there at the right time, then we can add one or more.

serious question here.
if he can't block, what makes him a tight end?
the routes he is asked to run?
the blocking assignments?
because he looks like he might just BE a big WR and may have been playing out of position.
I don't see a tight end at all personally.

[gzubeck]

As far as our other receivers go, Allen is still a fine #1, but M. WIlliams has shown he is becoming a pretty solid deep receiver. Henry is one of the better TE at going downfield and challenging S.

Add in Ekeler possession catches from the RB position and the slot, he is a bargain. Compared to the cost of everyone else around him on the receivers list, the only other guys even close are also on their rookie deals, and that is without adding the extra production he adds at RB.

Pardam is an interesting Flex TE guy. He has some speed and wiggle, and might make an interesting 2nd TE/Hback/Flex guy if he can develop some ability to block DB as sort of a poor man's Antionio Gates. He will probably never be a classic inline TE, but if we play to his strength, and use him as a big WR type of TE, then he might add an interesting dimension to the O, especially with Allen and Ekeler being able to attack underneath.

That being said, it is a great draft for WR, so adding one or more receivers is a real possibility. I don't think they MUST take a WR, but if the right one is there at the right time, then we can add one or more.

Oh yes they must...it's apple season and it's time to pick apples. Next Year could be oranges...Forget about drafting stupid projects in other positions we must draft receivers that could make the team and save us money over the next five years. Time to load the apple cart I say. Splurge on receivers and add a good running back in the fourth.

[Guest]

TT has had busts and underperformers. M Williams is not one of them.

I think one can reasonably argue that Mike Williams has slightly underperformed for a player selected at #7 overall. It is not that he has not been a good player because he has been and he has the potential to be even better, but I think that the reasonable expectation for a player selected #7 overall is for him to be a great player, not just a good player. He should be an elite WR and his team's clear #1 receiving option.

I do not think it is fair to expect him to be Calvin Johnson, but it would not be unfair to expect him to have something resembling Mike Evans type production. Evans was selected with the 7th pick in the 2014 draft.