Derek Kane'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (MIA)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Yhonzae Pierre Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (MIA)
Yhonzae Pierre
LB-EDGE Alabama
Trey'Dez Green Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (MIA)
Trey'Dez Green
TE LSU
Jordan Seaton Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (MIA)
Jordan Seaton
OT LSU
Sam Leavitt Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (MIA)
Sam Leavitt
QB LSU
Deuce Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (MIA)
Deuce Alexander
WR Ole Miss
Sammy Omosigho Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (MIA)
Sammy Omosigho
LB UCLA
Brandon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIA)
Brandon Baker
OG Texas
Zereoue Williams Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIA)
Zereoue Williams
OT Utah
DJ Vonnahme Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (MIA)
DJ Vonnahme
TE Iowa
Kemari Copeland Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (MIA)
Kemari Copeland
DL Virginia Tech
Eli Bowen Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (MIA)
Eli Bowen
CB Oklahoma
Carlos Hernandez Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (MIA)
Carlos Hernandez
WR Wake Forest
Draft Picks Received
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (JAX)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Trey'Dez Green Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ARI)
Trey'Dez Green
TE LSU
Sam Leavitt Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (JAX)
Sam Leavitt
QB LSU
Brandon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (KC)
Brandon Baker
OG Texas
DJ Vonnahme Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (JAX)
DJ Vonnahme
TE Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (KC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (JAX)
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Draft Picks Traded
Arch Manning Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Arch Manning
QB Texas
Players Gained
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George Pickens
WR
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Nohl Williams
CB
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall A
ValueA NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
Best value of the weekend goes to the Dolphins for Bowen: A.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Eli Bowen, the No. 180 name on the board, stolen at No. 243.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Will Echoles and all.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Will Echoles
In the 25th overall pick they get an anchor for the defensive front at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 Yhonzae Pierre
Circle this one: Yhonzae Pierre at the 35th pick is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick43 Rnd2 Trey'Dez Green
Trey'Dez Green at Round 2, Pick 11 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jordan Seaton
Taking Jordan Seaton in slot 67 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick90 Rnd3 Sam Leavitt
Sam Leavitt at pick 90 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick105 Rnd4 Deuce Alexander
The board fumbled Deuce Alexander all the way to No. 105, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick142 Rnd5 Sammy Omosigho
Sammy Omosigho in pick No. 142 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The roster fit checks out.
Pick163 Rnd5 Brandon Baker
Nothing to complain about; Brandon Baker went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick167 Rnd5 Zereoue Williams
They barely believed it either: Zereoue Williams still on the board at Round 5, Pick 28. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick175 Rnd5 DJ Vonnahme
They paid sticker price for DJ Vonnahme in the 175th overall pick, and that is fine. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick182 Rnd6 Kemari Copeland
They read the board right and Kemari Copeland was the payoff at pick 182. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick243 Rnd7 Eli Bowen
Somehow Eli Bowen was still sitting there in pick No. 243, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick255 Rnd7 Carlos Hernandez
You do not let a wide receiver like Carlos Hernandez reach slot 255 and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.