André and Chris do their 10th annual NFL Mock Draft

Welcome to the first first posting of 2023! Unfortunately, I ran out of time this year and videos are not happening. I had one ready for a Should Do and Will Do scenario...and then Rodgers gets traded. But have no fear, I will still blog about it. HOWEVER, Chris and I did our 10th annual mock draft on Sunday so for your enjoyment and to mark it down for historical perspective. Keep in mind, this is not what we think will happen on draft day. This is what we would do if we were the General Managers of the respective teams. 

Round 1

Chris took the first pick last year so André will take odds in the first round and Chris takes evens. Exceptions are when Bears pick, Chris will take Bears pick and then André takes two picks in a row. We played out the scenario with Aaron Rodgers and the Jets making a trade in the second round so the Rodgers trade that happened roughly an hour ago will not be reflected.

Round 1 Recap: Chris was very surprised with André taking Stroud to start with. The tables quickly turned with Chris choosing to go defense with the Texans. Which caused the chain reaction of André trading up with the Seahawks to get Bryce Young. A few GMs were heartbroken but those were the biggest stunners.

Round 2

Chris takes the odds in the second round and André takes evens. When Packers pick then Andre takes that pick and the Chris takes the next two. Presumption is that the Packers and Jets make a trade with Aaron Rodgers and part of the trade is pick 42.

Round 2 Recap: A lot of offensive line flying off the shelf here. The love that Chris and André have for Centers in this draft was evident in this round. After I (André) made my pick of Antonio Johnson for the Packers, I had some small regret thinking I could have doubled down on TEs and got a good Safety later.

Round 3

We flip back to André having the first pick...except the Bears had the first pick so Chris got two picks in a row to start it off. Also, we messed up the order at one point in time, but that was fine by us and we continued. 

Round 3 Recap: It is interesting as this is where you start to struggle with guys that you would love a team to have as well as some players that we clearly liked more than many others. That haul that the 49ers get at the end of this round feels like they are getting three really good players. It felt like this was a round to get a lot of under appreciated players as well.

10th Mock Draft in the books. More content to come but again, time was my enemy in 2023 so no videos but I will post the Should Do Will Do scenario for the first round.