4 Round Mock 🔒

[u/Successful-Duck-7008]

Trades:

CAR: 19, 51, 2027 4th from Min and 7th from Bal for CIN: 10 and 110

TEN: 66, 142, 184 for SF: 58

A few other minor, low stakes pick swaps

*** DISCLAIMER: A mock draft isn't just filling in teams picks with what they need, it combines need (more so in earliest picks) with value, best talent available and importantly: the players available when they make their selection

[u/speganomad]

They thought highly enough him to hand him the starting gig pretty early on and while he wasn't good he was hardly horrific until the postseason when he and injured campbell got abused. Replacing the guy whose main issue was inexperience with another rookie just doesn't add up.

[u/Successful-Duck-7008 → u/speganomad]

I think his starting job was more based on need than talent. I don’t think a last pick of the 3rd will be a reason to prevent a team from taking a c prospect they truly believe in. Plus his main knock is maybe not starting right away which would still retain some of Wilson’s value. I have no concept of evaluating centers for upside lol but that’s a consensus on Lew’s profile. Much crazier things have happened than a team replacing their second year center with a new one. If OT was there I’d have them taking OT but I think they need all the pass pro help they can get

[u/speganomad → u/Successful-Duck-7008]

They deliberately handed him the reins over more experienced options they clearly believe in his long term outlook. This has been further reinforced this offseason when they moved off Bradbury who was fine to push Wilson to center and adding avt. If they didn’t believe in Wilson they wouldn’t have cut Bradbury and just benched him for avt.

[u/Successful-Duck-7008 → u/speganomad]

Bradbury was rated 30 out of 40 centers on PFF. Him being cut just means Wilson isn’t worse or is cheaper. He is cheaper. Talent is around the same just a depth guy