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*A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - midknight - 10-27-2024
After a strong performance from NY and BAL to propel them to the Ultimus, we enter the same situation as before, with quite a bit of changing. After interviewing some GMs and actually scouting people, I think this is actually a good mock! Of course, as usual, I tend to prioritize user over dotball, but without knowing every user, my process is flawed. I try my best though. As I am typing this, I am too late to post this before the draft starts, so instead of just a mock draft, this will also compare it back to how the actual draft went! I will account for trades that occurred before the draft started, but trade-ups will not be part of this mock draft. Before we get into the mock I’ll break down every team and what I considered the needs of the team to be, as you can’t always take users regardless of dot ball.
DISCLAIMER: going back the draft order is a bit scuffed so uh … deal with it
First I’ll go over the guaranteed picks. We have a lot of GMs in this draft, with 4 GMs of my knowledge and all 3 QB picks being essentially determined. For the GMs, we have
Zeagle, the Dallas CB and Arizona GM
Juni, the Minnesota DT and Yellowknife GM
Cycro, the Tijuana QB and Cape Town GM
Toofpete, the Norfolk RB and New Orleans GM
These picks will happen no matter what to the team’s second, and help make the draft easier. Other than this, there are a few other picks that are really likely to happen.
Sconnie, Cyrus MacDougall to Honolulu
JKortesi, Jack Crackerjack to Austin
These are mostly because of the previous players, and while JK has had a player on Honolulu before, Sconnie’s most recent player was Hon with JK’s being on Aus, and Sconnie is a member of the Honolulu War Room if I remember correctly. The final QB, Cycro, is a GM which will be determined already.
With these 5 players already determined, we’ll proceed to the team breakdowns.
ASFC:
OCO:
For OCO - They have a lot of needs. While they had a lot of picks in season 50 and had a good draft, snagging Bigred (william strong), Joe Cool, SoySavant (Traffic Cone), and two amazing safeties in bachirafan and parky, they still have a lot of needs.
On Offense, though they have their QB replacement for the aging Lloyd Bannings in Zack Vega Jr. and a young star RB in William Strong, their WR corps requires dire work, as while they have Joe Cool as their WR of the future, with AJ retiring and recreating at CB their WR corps is more of a WR corpse with S41 and S40. Although they have Eric Cartman, the TE, swapping to WR, it still requires quite a bit of work before the offense can come to fruition. Surprisingly, they have decent blocking, with UptownCord their gm at TE and 2 OL.
However, in comparison to the defense, the offense looks like a godkiller. Their defense was historically bad, allowing both most points in total as well as points per game. They could legitimately draft any position on defense and fill a need. In their defensive line, they have one recent draftee from season 50, Ethan Baker, who seems to be a mid earner, with only around 188 TPE earned so far. They are similarly bad at LB, except on the opposite end of the spectrum. They have 2 human LB, both of whom are pretty old (S39 and S45) and desperately need more to fill out the most commonly run 3-4 defensive scheme. Also, while they have bex (S45) locked down till S55, this is the very last season for JuOSu until they retire, making LB even more of a glaring need. While they may have made a trade for LeHarm James, I think they went IA as there’s a reason OSK gave them up for free. Finally, on the back side of the defense, the corners and safeties, they’re surprisingly decent. While they only have 2 true CBs, neither of whom are under contract in S52, I believe they plan to play parky (Victoire Absolue) at CB and having two of the top safeties from the stacked safety class of S50 (goats) doesn’t hurt in the deep end. However, as mentioned before, they don’t have any CBs under contract for S52, and while they most likely will resign South West, I’m not so sure that kenvald doesn’t contemplate retirement, as they’re an old player from S40.
SJS:
SJS is full on tanking. With a pretty old team, they have a lot of needs. While this team should be decent for now, I expect them to fall to regression soon.
On Offense, they have their QB, WR1, and TE of the future in Pasta Rockmann, Golden Ericksen, and Baldimir Fraudiola all being acquired in the season 50 draft, they have good cornerstones to build around. However, their RB, other two WRs, and most of the OLine are pretty old, and I could reasonably justify a pick for any of them.
On Defense, they have a good DL, with only maybe one that needs to be replaced soon as a S40 player. Similarly on LB they only really need to replace one player, their GM urq as a S41 player. However, they did have a long time user and former GM, ckroyal recreate there, and he will be eligible for the S52 draft, essentially addressing that need. As I didn’t know this when I made my mock, it doesn’t account for it, and that will not be factored into the mock. Yet again on CB it’s a similar story, with Madden and Bwest as their young CBs with Buford being the old S42 player to be replaced. Finally, at safety they have the amazing Akane Saruta, who is currently carrying their safety group as the only safety. All in all, while they have players at all positions, they have players that need to be replaced at essentially every position, and a pick could be justified for any of them, making this draft relatively easy for me.
NOLA:
TMoney is stinky. Anyways, now that we got those facts out of the way, this was weird, seeing the team that just went back to back as the 5th pick in the draft. I guess regression hits hard, and even with my GOAT whovian having a MVP caliber season, it wasn’t enough to propel this team to the playoffs.
On the offense, they have their QB and RB of the future in Conf and Ben Yay (to be drafted) respectively, but are pretty old across the board. I actually don’t understand why toofpete recreated as RB, since they already have 3 RBs rostered, two of whom are relatively young from S47 and S46 respectively. Their WR room is just old, from S44, S42, and S45 respectively, all either in or deep in regression. While they have a stud young TE and a full OL, most of the OL is, yet again, either in or deep in regression.
On the defense, they have an anchor DL with whovian, but no other active DLs, leading her to carry a heavy burden (position of need). At LB they have three really good ones, in mobi, dom, and double dub, all of whom are above 1000 TPE and while mobi and doubledub are deep in regression as S43ers, they have a young one from S49. While not their greatest need, definitely a position that needs drafting as they, yet again, are old. Their back half of the defense is surprisingly young, with 3 CBs from S48, S45, and S50 respectively, and 2 Safeties who (given are a bit older) are from S45 and S44 respectively. Given the other needs on this team, I don’t consider this to be much of an urgent priority for the draft.
AUS:
I actually have no clue about much about austin.
On Offense, they need to secure their QB of the future, with Jay Cue III being old and grumpy, but they have good young rbs and wrs (although I believe that they should look towards acquiring one more wr. On the OL, they have one player, and I believe that this is their only real need on the offense other than the QB.
On Defense, while they have two good players on DL, one is old and they might want to eventually fill out the DL. However their LBs are a bigger need with Crasher Wake, their LB1, being hit hard by regression as yet another S43 member. While their back half has a lot of old players, the fact that they’re max earners and continue to be high TPE allows us to delay this position till later to fill other needs sooner.
NYS:
Sevrin stinky. Wiz cool.
On offense, they have a pretty good young QB in Dyson, and good rbs, especially with wiz still in the DSFL. Their WRs are also pretty good, and while not the highest TPE, still young and earning. OL seems to be the biggest position that separates them from the top teams on offense, as they have only one OL player at all, and while this is definitely a premium position, it is worth investing in for the team that was just in the ultimus.
Regarding the defense, while they have one older S40 player on the DL that needs to be replaced, the other two are young earning players and their LB woes can be addressed by the upcoming Sevrin position swap and one more LB draftee. Their back half of the defense, though old, is ELITE tpe wise and definitely a low concern for drafting dotball wise. With Drake Wane, Widdle Warrick, Lyle Taylor, and Loose Cannon all high TPE, the only one they might wanna plan a replacement for is Loose Cannon.
AZ:
Stink
I don’t wanna cover them.
I have to?
Fine.
Young QB, RBs are set with two good ones and RBs of the future in dalinar and kdr, main WR duo is old but producing and harvin marrison is young, still probably need another. Replace yoshi on OL.
Good DTs, maybe draft another soon. Pretty good LBs. Pretty good CBs, draft another soon. No safeties. Draft more safeties. I should make a statistical analysis of safeties impact on the game and performances.
HON:
Ok so as I am the very legal GM and starting safety I am very well versed in this team.
On offense, they have an old quarterback (but essentially have Sconnie as their quarterback of the future) and an elite running back room with Kit Fisto, Stetson David, and Fig Newton, all of whom are above 1000 TPE. They also have Ganjasmoke, but I believe that he’s played at WR, which rounds out their very good WR corps of Brad Woof and A Waffle, with Brad being an elite 1 and young. At TE they are pretty set with a young max earner in Higbee, and a full young OL, with only maybe one replacement candidate.
On defense, they’re insane, with a full young 3-man DL, and only one possible replacement candidate (still high tpe, over 1000) at LB. Similarly, on the back half, they have a DPoTY candidate in rockfart Cotswold and two other good relatively young players, and 2 safeties who are both, yet again good and young. In fact, the only position I think they need to draft is k/p (other than Sconnie) because their future HOF kicker, Ray Baker, is from S41.
All in all, I expect them to be in the playoffs constantly.
NSFC
COL:
The former threepeat 1oa pickers lost out on the tank bowl to OCO this season, and lost out on Paulie, who would both fill a position of need and be an amazing user. For a team that went 3-13, we have very few needs, with the most pressing ones being the common lack of talent in the trenches.
On the offense, we have our QB, RBs, and WRs set for the foreseeable future, with the oldest one being Tim Riggins from S47. At TE we have Hacob for our future as well as Stegz for this one season, but we have 0 actual human OL. Human OL is what I feel like the biggest thing separating us from a true contender, that and our young players continuing to develop. Regardless, this offense isn’t bad, and only has one true position of need.
On the defense, our massive weakness is the DL. Although we technically have 2 human DL, I think they’re both IA as one is 144 TPE and the other is from S46 and only 400ish TPE. For our LBs, we’re pretty set, with a full set of 4 LBs and the oldest being willeh. Imagine that, willeh being considered old! They’re all high-max earners and we even have the commissioner there. As for our CBs, we have two lockdown ones in .. actually I don’t even know what to say for their name, but you know who i’m talking about. The brainrot user, SkibidiGyat OhioRizzler, themselves, as well as DocLars a fantasy genius. While we need to replace Eph (who just retired) and DSB (low earner) soon, it will work for this season, and we prepared our safety replacement for Jenni in me
. Our other safety bechtudo is young and a good earner and we’ll be fine together.Overall, biggest priority is OL, DL, and then CB, essentially coming to a similar consensus with lemon from amk’s draft cabal mock.
BER:
Yet again, I am the GM of this team, and the assistant to her majesty Princess Anne Chonk. Although we try to mitigate the stink of the user behind #SeeYouInSeason50, it is sometimes difficult, and we need to bring in some truly good users to replace assist him.
On the offense, the QB of the future is secured with Jack Cannon in the DSFL to help as Tuna gets up there in age, as well as one of the best WRs in the league in Pitter Patter and some stinky guy named Sonic. (jk ily sonic) While Swaggert, the workhorse RB is getting up there a bit in age as an S45 player, drafting an RB is far from the top priority for this team. The OL is surprisingly good for a non-competitive team, with 4 human OL and my goat J0eb leading the way with over 1000 TPE.
Defensively, while we have two studs (stretching the definition to fit Jreed) at DL in Her Majesty and Jreed, the 3rd member of the DL is ancient, a member of the S40 class, and deep into regression. The LBs are rough right now, with only 2 on the roster and the leader being old, from S42, making LB a position of need. The DBs are surprisingly good and filled with studs across the 4 of them, with Drizzy breaking the PD record this past season, Jadda being promoted to the GM of the team, Nathan being over 1000 TPE and Alf being a young (s50) high earning stud safety.
CTC:
“You should drop kip. And pickup kipp.”
“Stop kipping, start kippping.”
- midknight 2024
With this being one of the teams needing to draft a QB, it’s a damn good thing that they already prepared for it with their GM recreating as QB. As for RB, they both have former DSFL commissioner Woelkers as their older workhorse RB as well as a new S49 Draftee in Cedric Theriault, and should be set if Theriault continues to earn. As for WR, they have arguably the best in the league in Keanu Calhoun, as well as two other solid young earners in Julian Rose and Dru Freduci. However, they are severely lacking blocking, with 0 TEs or Olinemen, which could definitely be considered a position of need.
As for the defensive aspect, they have a pretty solid group at DL, with two young and high earners, and only really need to replace one of them. While last season they tried to replace Jason Steele (S41) with Rush Templeton, they sadly haven’t gotten back to CTC and this persists to be a need. LB wise, once they draft a new one they’ll be set, but as of right now they have 3 LBs and two of them are really young, from S50 and don’t have that much TPE yet. While they do have the GM LCC carrying at over 1100 TPE, they’ll need to draft a succession plan soon with him being on the aging side. As for their CBs, they are pretty damn old. Their top 2 are both from S41, however they had Kipp (S50) switch to CB and drafted negs in S48 as their succession plans. Their safeties though are pretty rough. While the younger one, from S49 is active, they are only a decent earner, and the older one is straight up IA. Both of them are under 500 TPE respectively, and this is actually a pretty large position of need for them.
Luckily, they have 3 GODDAMN FIRSTS to help fill their needs.
SAR:
“Sure bfan swept me three times and stole my money. But I'm gonna get that shit back or my legal name isn't Triceracop” - Triceracop, who is now broke
Offensively, their Quarterback and Runningback positions are set for now, with them being from S47 and S48 in the case of Bugs and Zigstep respectively. While they might draft another RB to have the more efficient RBBC strategy, they are set with a workhorse and RB isn’t a huge position of need. Wide receiver wise, while they only have 2 WRs, they have their guaranteed (contract clauses) WR1 of the future in Challah Fa®mer who was an S50 draftee and will be around for a while. While depth is important, I don’t consider this an urgent need for them. Sarasota has no TEs, but they have a decent OL, with one good one and one near the top of the league.
As for defense, while they just recently drafted two DTs in the S50 draft, their DL3 is an extremely old player (S43) that needs to be replaced soon. While their LBs are extremely good, some are pretty old, especially Max Honestly and Ignatious Celebration, who are from S41 and 43 respectively. While replacing Celebration can be delayed due to their insanely high TPE (> 1200), replacing the 600 TPE S41 LB should be a high priority for the team. Regardless, this is still one of the strengths of the team, with two players over 1200 TPE and a young max earner in bfan. Their DBs are insanely strong for this team, with 3 high earning CBs and 2 high earning safeties. As for the CBs, while one is old, from S43, due to them max earning, they are still just below 1000 TPE, at 957, and they have succession plans ready with both abh, the gm, as well as WFM, who are both high earning and from S48. As for the safeties, while Jamie Orion is old, from S44, they are above 1000 TPE and they have a younger one ready in Toller Retriever who is also a high earner from S47.
SPECIAL GUEST FEATURE FROM AJ THE GOAT
YKW:
Seeing as YKW traded away their S51 1st-round pick for Jimi they can kick their feet up and relax for the most part. With Dexter Morgan coming up to play QB and the S50 DT duo of Brooker and BigEdd it must be a sigh of relief to know most of their holes don't need patching quite yet. Now there are some weaknesses for sure as the OL only has one human player and their WR room is comprised of Xenos and the S41 great Nick Williams. Seeing as they are selecting Juni in the 2nd round, and with the ability to pull up Luna to join her S/O in DeeCee (great S50 couple), I would assess that YKW needs to strictly focus their efforts on offensive players moving forward after the S51 draft. It should be of note that YKW will have a very late pick in the 3rd round and there is always an opportunity to find a gem there, but I find that hard to believe with this class size.
OSK:
Osaka is a very difficult team to asses, if not the most difficult team. First things first, congrats to them making the playoffs for the first time under this rebrand! Now taking a look at the youth on OSK you'll see that all but one prospect has been called up. Osaka is bobbing in some sort of gray area as they are right there with contending but very well could fall short of the playoffs again. OSK drafted well in S50 taking Kal Summers, who some argue could've been a first overall pick in this draft, Symmetrik, a solid earning LB, Smurph who has continued to earn well, and RapidEagle who is a strong vet and a great person to talk to despite him being a Philly fan. The regression bug has begun to hit OSK as 5 players will be regressing for the first time and another 3 are further along in regression. Looking into the future my primary concerns for them would be to find the eventual replacement for Triceracop at RB and also find another LB as Joey Battle (S44) and Norman Smiley (S43) are both entering regression. In the end, I would prioritize upgrading their defense as many pieces are losing their TPE and they can find themselves back to the playoffs with the right picks.
BAL:
The sirens need not go off yet as celebration rings through the air in Baltimore as the Hawks finally took the championship home after so many valiant attempts in recent seasons. I think the Hawks have one more year in their competitive window before the wheels fall off and they face a steep decline. The "God RB Duo" of Shrub and Skywalker are now both into regression as more than 500 TPE will be lost in the offseason due to their regressing. While assessing their prospects they have a consistent QB in dude_man, some solid OL help with Drap, and the steal of the S50 draft in Travis Novak to help out at WR. The team has stars such as Baron at WR and Swanky helping the secondary, but with 11 players regressing Baltimore will soon find themselves in dire need of help. Fortunately, the sim gods have blessed them with a top 5 pick as the reigning champs before Baltimore, the Second Line, traded their 1st round selection for this draft to Baltimore, and NOLA ran into some horrendous sim luck. The S51 class has a lot of max-earning LBs, 4 to be exact, and they all bring lots of upside to whoever drafts them. I would advise the Hawks to invest there and get their franchise guy to anchor the future of the Hawks defense.
OK, that was a lot - what does it all mean? Basically the top 3 need for each team is as follows
OCO - LB, DL, WR
SJS - WR, RB, DL
NOLA - WR, DL, LB
AUS - QB, LB, OL
NYS - DL, OL, S
AZ - S, OL, CB
HON - QB, OL, K/P
COL - OL, DL, CB
BER - LB, DL, RB
CTC - QB, DL, S
SAR - OL, DL, LB
YKW - WR, OL, LB
OSK - RB, LB, S
BAL - LB, RB, CB
Now to get into what you actually came here for - the mock draft.
ROUND 1
1.1 OCO - Hepha - Kai Ware CB
1.2 COL - Pelochyta - Paulie Wag DE
1.3 BER - RoyRivers - Roy Rivers LB
1.4 SJS - Matt Turk - Matt Turk WR
1.5 BAL - IR15H0000000000 - Brick Wall DT
1.6 AUS - Murtsi - Abstract Geometry LB
1.7 CTC - crash1005 - Ignacio de la Serna RB
1.8 OCO - scamps - john scamps CB
1.9 OSK - ComebackZak - Senior Seau LB
1.10 CTC - speculadora - Al Porpoise DT
1.11 SJS - Akoustique - Miguel Caballero Rojo LB
1.12 CTC - LiathTheSquirrel - Jeff Land Shark WR
1.13 NYS - Froste39 - Gavin Girard S
1.14 BAL - 18situaseans - Quincy Robinson RB
ROUND 2
2.1 OCO - JBLAZE_THE_BOSS - Jamal Slick Jr. WR
2.2 COL - Aleris - Rocket Toss TE
2.3 HON - g2019 - Cyrus MacDougall QB
2.4 AUS - JKortesi81 - Jack Crackerjack QB
2.5 NOLA - toofpete - Ben Yay RB
2.6 AUS - 24redcrayons - Ford F150 RB
2.7 CTC - Cycro - Peaquod Von Turbo QB
2.8 YKW - juniped - Ghost Panda DT
2.9 OSK - anuragb - Ethan Shadow Jr. LB
2.10 AZ - zeagle1 - Xander Le Roux CB
2.11 SAR - Lemorse7 - Big Strong Red Panda TE
2.12 HON - pboomg - John Kick KP
2.13 NYS - Jacky - Mike Ross OL
2.14 BAL - MikeyKnuckelz - Mikey Knuckelz DE
ROUND 3
3.1 OCO - UpperNet - Bug Jones TE
3.2 COL - Kilowat - Lasso Jones RB
3.3 BER - tellybear - Clam Casino OL
3.4 AUS - JoeHoe3121 - DeAndre Reeler WR
3.5 NOLA - dead_potato_ - Justin Fern KP
3.6 AUS - Kyle - Karl Idlewyld WR
3.7 CTC - koty_k - Jerome Bettis Jr. RB
3.8 YKW - Rengoku - Bacon Morales DE
3.9 OSK - Pib - UntilTDL Only OL
3.10 AZ - oozeysludge - Cornelius McManama DT
3.11 SAR - LeAlvaroBoi - Chavo De La Crúz LB
Breaking down this mock drafted by amount of players selected, we can see that CTC led by a stunning 5 picks! (While Austin had 5 as well, four of them were in the second and third) That’s about 1/8 of the total picks in this mock (and 3/14 firsts), which is absurd for how small this class is.
Now to compare the mock draft to the real picks.
CTC -
1.7 CTC - crash1005 - Ignacio de la Serna RB
1.10 CTC - speculadora - Al Porpoise DT
1.12 CTC - LiathTheSquirrel - Jeff Land Shark WR
2.7 CTC - Cycro - Peaquod Von Turbo QB
3.7 CTC - koty_k - Jerome Bettis Jr. RB
In this mock, I have them taking their war room member first, crash, and set up the successor for woelkers, as well as shore up the defensive line and the wide receiver room with speculadora and liath respectively. In the second they took their GM pick and in the third I honestly had no clue, as that mostly depends on scouting conversations.
In the real draft -
1.8 - froste39 - Gavin Girard - S
1.10 - JBLAZE_THE_BOSS - Jamal Slick Jr. - WR
1.12 - speculadora - Al Porpoise - DT
2.7 - Cycro - Peaquod Von Turbo - QB
Not sure what happened to their third round pick but glad to see a safety drafted early! I haven’t seen them around, but I have no doubt froste is an active user, and deserving of the first round pick. As a fellow Bondi Beach Buccaneer, I definitely think The_Boss (discord) user is worthy of this pick, with their activity levels and historical success. Glad to see him rising from my mock where I had him going 5 picks later to OCO. Finally, with their third first, I actually got a pick right! Although it was 2 picks later than where I had them going originally, they landed on the same team and I take that as a win.
For the most part, they addressed the same positions I believed they would, with QB (obviously), DL, and WR, but they swapped out RB for S, which I really get, and I think they had a really good draft, addressing all three of my main noted positions of weakness as well as my unspoken 4th main position of need.
AUS -
1.6 AUS - Murtsi - Abstract Geometry LB
2.4 AUS - JKortesi81 - Jack Crackerjack QB
2.6 AUS - 24redcrayons - Ford F150 RB
3.4 AUS - JoeHoe3121 - DeAndre Reeler WR
3.6 AUS - Kyle - Karl Idlewyld WR
In the mock, I had them taking the BPA at LB, one of the most important positions for the sim as well as one of the biggest positions of need for them. I followed with the almost guaranteed QB pick and then had them addressing the rb room (I actually don’t remember why, most likely just BPA). In the third I guess two dart throws at WR to help support omg who’s carrying the WR room.
In the real draft -
1.6 - Matt Turk - Matt Turk - WR
2.4 - JKortesi81 - Jack Crackerjack - QB
2.6 - Kyle - Karl Idlewyld - WR
3.6 - Kilowat - Lasso Jones - RB
Again not sure what happened to the third, but really happy with the Matt Turk pick, he definitely deserves it and it’s good for their team, similar to my two dart throws in the third, helping with being a long term WR for their team along with omg. This time, I actually got two picks right, with the JKortesi pick being basically guaranteed, but they ended up drafting Karl Idlewyld around a round earlier than I took him. I’ve never spoken to them, but I have no gripe with the pick, and their next pick is in my humble opinion the best pick of the draft. This is a user who I believed had 1oa capabilities, and also his favorite landing spot. Lasso, who went IA due to personal life, was the biggest steal of the draft, with him coming back recently, and although he has a bit of catching up to do sim-wise, I have no doubt that this is an excellent pick for Austin.
OCO -
1.1 OCO - Hepha - Kai Ware CB
1.8 OCO - scamps - john scamps CB
2.1 OCO - JBLAZE_THE_BOSS - Jamal Slick Jr. WR
3.1 OCO - UpperNet - Bug Jones TE
Honestly, with them in as much of a rebuild as they are, it didn’t matter what position they picked as much as the person. I tried to pick BPA for everything, with them grabbing an elite CB duo in the first round in Hepha and Scamps, both of whom are excellent users and deserving of this pick. I followed with my fellow Buc The_Boss, who with his track record would be an excellent replacement for AJ after his retirement. Finally, in the third it’s the same as usual, except this time from their time as a Buc I upgraded them a bit, but honestly mostly dart throws.
In the real draft -
1.1 - Pelochyta - Paulie Wag - DT
1.5 - Hepha - Kai Ware - CB
2.1 - scamps - john scamps - CB
2.13 - Rengoku - Bacon Morales - DE
3.8 - JoeHoe3121 - DeAndre Reeler - WR
I’m not gonna lie, I knew this was happening. Paulie was the consensus 1oa for a reason and I was just salty at being one pick away from being able pick paulie two seasons in a row. REGARDLESS - holy how did hepha fall this far. I wasn’t kidding when I said that they’re a 1oa talent. AJ and Cord somehow managed to get a steal at 1.05, and I actually got a pick correct
. Going on, I got another pick correct with scamps, who again I’m surprised fell this far. However, I wasn’t surprised OCO didn’t hesitate to pick scamps, especially with how much AJ talked him up. The later picks didn’t surprise me much as during the DSFL draft I was pretty high on rengoku as a user, they just fell due to activity concerns. I honestly have no comment on JoeHoe cuz I’ve never spoken to him, but I would trust their judgement on them.Somehow, they ended up with the same elite CB duo that I had them mocked with, as well as two excellent DLinemen and another WR, and I almost got most of the positions right!
COL -
1.2 COL - Pelochyta - Paulie Wag DT
2.2 COL - Aleris - Rocket Toss TE
3.2 COL - Kilowat - Lasso Jones RB
I’m not gonna lie this was mainly copium on all of the picks just me picking people I liked. There was a very small chance Paulie fell to 2oa, Aleris to 16oa, and for us to take Lasso when he was IA (no matter what I said). But this draft would work insanely well for us, filling the DL, bringing back a previous COL member, and grabbing one of the steals of the draft.
In the real draft-
1.2 - Akoustique - Miguel Caballero Rojo - LB
2.2 - pboomg - John Kick - K/P
3.2 - dead_potato - Justin Fern - K/P
Not gonna lie, at first glance this looks real weird, grabbing a LB when we’re full at that position, and taking two kickers. However, in our conversations with Akou, he said he would be fine with swapping to DL, and we drafted him with that in mind to help fill out the DL. As for John Kick and Justin Fern, sometimes you just have to go person over player, and with Fern swapping to DL, that makes this even better as a draft. Of course, while I would’ve loved to have drafted my friends (Paulie, Lasso), as for the Yeti specifically, this is a good draft, and I’m excited to get to know the new draftees.
OSK -
1.9 OSK - ComebackZak - Senior Seau LB
2.9 OSK - anuragb - Ethan Shadow Jr. LB
3.9 OSK - Pib - UntilTDL Only OL
Honestly, I took Tri’s advice to heart here, grabbing two LBs that I believe are first round talents (idk why I let anurag fall) and really strengthening the LB core. Starting off with the first pick, I took ComebackZak, someone who has had two successful players with NYS, and then moved on to a promising newcreate LB from London who has shown great signs of activity and even participated in the amk draft cabal alongside me. As for the 3rd rounder, you know the procedure, and Pib retired to recreate because Arizona didn’t have any draft picks. Still, not much better available and OL is technically a position of need.
In the real draft -
1.9 - Aleris - Rocket Toss - TE
2.9 - Jacky - Mike Ross - OL
3.9 - LeAlvaroBoi - Chavo De La Cruz - LB
I get why Aleris went that high, and they deserve it (also another bucc, as well as a former yeti), i’m just sad that we couldn’t draft them. And while it might not be exactly their top need, they need one in the pipeline, and as I always have been preached to, user over player. As for Mike Ross and Chavo De La Cruz, they get their dotball needs fulfilled as with how Tri told it to me, LB and OL are the big weaknesses. I’m not too sure how they are as users as I haven’t interacted with them much, but I have no doubt that Tri has a reason for the decisions.
BAL -
1.5 BAL - IR15H0000000000 - Brick Wall DT
1.14 BAL - 18situaseans - Quincy Robinson RB
2.14 BAL - MikeyKnuckelz - Mikey Knuckelz DE
I have no clue how Baltimore got away with having a helluva good draft while STILL winning the ultimus. Actually, I know. STINKY TMONEY SOLD. (insert :dogekek: here) Anyways, in my mock, baltimore starts by shoring up their DL with one of the top newcreate rookies who’s also immediately a gm! They then grab a RB to set up the succession plan for their godlike RB duo and grab a mid earning but active DE with their third pick (essentially a third as well).
In the real draft -
1.7 RoyRivers - Roy Rivers - LB
1.14 18situaseans - Quincy Robinson - RB
2.10 LiathTheSquirrel - Jeff the Land Shark - WR
Damn do I like this draft. We have my GOAT Roy drafted up at 1.7 (way too low imo) perfectly filling the biggest need of LB, I hit exactly on the pick (player and position) for 1.14, and they traded up for one of the steals of the draft in Jeff the Land Shark! I’m not sure if Roy thought Baltimore would take him, but they sure as hell made a damn good decision with it. As for 18situaseans it’s actually wild that I predicted the exact pick, but that’s just skill I guess (insert cool glasses emoji). Also how the hell did the top TPE WR and the cutest land shark Jeff fall so far?! No notes, A+
BER -
1.3 BER - RoyRivers - Roy Rivers LB
3.3 BER - tellybear - Clam Casino OL
Roy deserved to be up here, and fills the positions of need perfectly, and tellybear was actually a pretty nice user when I spoke to them, not the greatest earner but a valuable LR member.
In the real draft -
1.3 - irish (i have no clue where the 0s etc are) - Brick Wall - DT
3.3 - 24redcrayons - Ford F150 - RB
Honestly, I like this draft. I understand taking Irish there, and even though they accidentally passed on Roy (I forgive you dewalt and gadget), you definitely can’t go wrong with irish. I actually have never spoken to 24, but they hit the biggest dot ball needs as well as bringing in good users, good draft all around.
SJS -
1.4 SJS - Matt Turk - Matt Turk WR
1.11 SJS - Akoustique - Miguel Caballero Rojo LB
This draft embodies quality over quantity, with two firsts and grabbing good players at both. They fill positions of need as well as just grabbing quality users. Turk is an amazing newcreate that has been active and max earning as far as I know, and Akou, while a recreate, is a recreate with a proven track record, a former bondi gm, as well as the new DSFL commisioner! All in all I think this is one of the best two pick hauls there is.
In the real draft -
1.4 - ComebackZak - Senior Seau - LB
1.11 - crash1005 - Ignacio de la serna - RB
3.32 - tellybear - Clam Casino - OL
Honestly can’t complain about any of the picks, Zak is a max earning LB and a quality user, crash has a proven track record as a recreate and fills a position of need, as well as a 3rd appearing out of nowhere to pick up Clam Casino with. Although LB and OL weren’t on my list of strictly top 3 positions of need, they are always important, and will definitely help the team going forward.
NOLA -
2.5 NOLA - toofpete - Ben Yay RB
3.5 NOLA - dead_potato_ - Justin Fern KP
There was only one real pick here, the 3rd rounder, due to NOLA’s second going to toofpete, one of their gms, and yeah not much to comment, same process as all the 3rd rounders.
In the real draft-
2.5 - toofpete - Ben Yay - RB
3.5 - UpperNet - Bug Jones - TE
Oh no way a team picked their gm in the second? Anyways the real interesting pick here is Bug Jones, a Bondi Beach Buccaneer, who would be their second TE behind their young stud Auto Matic. I think they went BPA, but it’s interesting to see still.
YKW -
2.8 YKW - juniped - Ghost Panda DT
3.8 YKW - Rengoku - Bacon Morales DE
Their second has got to be the worst pick of the draft, I tell ya. But yeah, similar story as last time.
In the real draft-
2.7 - juniped - Ghost Panda - DT
3.7 - oozeysludge - Cornelius McManama - DT
REACH on the second rounder, but I find it interesting that they double dip on DT. I know the third is more of a dart throw, but I find it kinda interesting that DL is still the major need and a clear prized position across the entire league.
AZ -
2.10 AZ - zeagle1 - Xander Le Roux CB
3.10 AZ - oozeysludge - Cornelius McManama DT
This has to be the worst GM draft so far, only one second and you waste it on ZEAGLE? Smh
In the real draft -
2.14 - zeagle1 - Xander Le Roux - CB
That’s it. Seriously. They had one pick and wasted on this bum. AND HE’S FROM DALLAS. F–
SAR -
2.11 SAR - Lemorse7 - Big Strong Red Panda TE
3.11 SAR - LeAlvaroBoi - Chavo De La Crúz LB
With not many picks this draft, Sarasota has to do the best with what they have. Luckily, they were able to pickup a quality TE user that also benefits their blocking and fills the TE spot. As you know with thirds, the process is the same.
In the real draft -
2.11 - Lemorse7 - Big Strong Red Panda - TE
That’s really funny. I legitimately didn’t know much about how SAR ranked players, but I find it really crazy that I was able to predict their only pick. (pure guess) Pure skill, as always. Anyways, quality player, quality user, and fills a need.
HON -
2.3 HON - g2019 - Cyrus MacDougall QB
2.12 HON - pboomg - John Kick KP
This legitimately sets up succession plans for their most needed succession plans (imo). They draft Sconnie (ew) to succeed their previous QB, and pick up one of the steals of the draft in John Kick to eventually replace their future HOF kicker (and HOF WR) Ray Baker. Anyways, good draft, two quality users and good value.
In the real draft-
2.3 HON - g2019 - Cyrus MacDougall QB
Goddamit stop making this so boring.
NYS -
1.13 NYS - Froste39 - Gavin Girard S
2.13 NYS - Jacky - Mike Ross OL
Although I’ve done a mock draft from NYS’s perspective before, I don’t know the tendencies of their war room, and therefore just decided to go fill some needs. Froste is an amazing user and that helps since safety is one of the few positions they need to draft, and the same can be said about Jacky and O-line respectively.
In the real draft-
1.13 - murtsi - Abstract Geometry - LB
2.13 - MikeyKnucklez - Mikey Knucklez - DE
Ok I don’t hate it, they take BPA with murtsi falling to them, who’s an excellent user, and while I don’t know about swaps, they might end up with an extra LB. As for the D-Line, as I noted before, D-Line is constantly a position of need across the league, and it ends up working out.
You know the drill. All complaints, questions, or answers can be directed to David “Dem Cheeks” Corrigan or Triceracop, and I’ll see you next time!
Special thanks to AJ for helping me out with ~600 words
Pay split @amjohnson636 for 10% and me for the rest
RE: A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - UptownCord - 10-27-2024
SMH AJ aint our only GM
RE: A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - jreed12 - 10-27-2024
Hey I think you made a typo, you said “Wiz good” but I clearly feel like you meant to say Wiz stinky…… right……???
RE: A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - jreed12 - 10-27-2024
I HAVE THE MOST TPE OF ANY DE IN THE LEAGUE BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN I WILL NOT STAND BY AND HAVE MY NAME SLANDERED
RE: A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - BOOM™ - 10-27-2024
Good read and well researched. KUTGW.
RE: A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - midknight - 10-28-2024
(10-27-2024, 07:42 PM)jreed12 Wrote: I HAVE THE MOST TPE OF ANY DE IN THE LEAGUE BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN I WILL NOT STAND BY AND HAVE MY NAME SLANDEREDdoes this include, yk, DTs?
RE: A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - midknight - 10-28-2024
(10-27-2024, 07:26 PM)UptownCord Wrote: SMH AJ aint our only GMsorry i was half asleep while writing this
RE: A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - midknight - 10-28-2024
(10-27-2024, 08:21 PM)BOOM™ Wrote: Good read and well researched. KUTGW.thanks!
RE: A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - JKortesi81 - 10-28-2024
I would've been the HON QB if @IceBear32 wasn't a coward.
RE: A really long mock draft (and team breakdown, and comparison to real draft) - IceBear32 - 10-29-2024
(10-28-2024, 11:18 AM)JKortesi81 Wrote: I would've been the HON QB if @IceBear32 wasn't a coward.
Okay Mr. Imma Copperhead