Alabama Football: Complete first round NFL Mock draft
45. . Wide Receiver - Oklahoma. Denver Broncos. CeeDee Lamb. 11. player
Another trade! We get our third trade of the day as the New York Jets move back a few spots after Las Vegas moves up and snatches Jerry Jeudy out from under them. The Jets are set on Jeudy and if they don’t think CeeDee is worth No. 11 overall why not move back with a team that does and pick up some additional assets in the process.
In this proposed trade NY and DEN swap No. 11 and No. 15 and Denver sends an additional pick to the Jets to make it work. There are a plethora of WRs in this class with elite talent so the Jets are still happy with this move.
. Offensive Tackle - Alabama. New York Giants. Jedrick Wills. 12. player. 31
In the first of two picks the Giants receive from Las Vegas for the 4th pick they take Jedrick Wills as their franchise OT. After protecting Tua’s blind side at RT for Alabama football he makes the move to LT for New York. The Alabama football RT is arguably the best OT in the draft and the Giants are very happy with this pick.
Kristian Fulton. 13. player. 42. . Defensive Back - LSU. San Francisco 49ers
A lot of people have the 49ers taking a WR here, but I think they are looking to keep their defense solidified with No. 13. They made it to the Super Bowl on the back of their pass defense and they get even better with this pick.
The reason they pass on a WR here is because they have the 31st pick and there are so many talents at the position they could end up with an elite guy there or even the 2nd or 3rd round. That is how deep this WR class is. The CB position is much thinner and snagging their guy here will be imperative if they want to get a top talent at CB.
14. player. 48. . Offensive Tackle - Louisville. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mekhi Becton
Tampa Bay (or is it TOM-pa Bay now?) needs to keep their new signal caller upright. Tampa Bay has been used to Jameis Winston who is a mobile QB and no offense to Tom Brady, but the 42-year-old veteran has never been considered a mobile QB considering he ran a 5.28 second 40-yard-dash 20 years ago when he came out of Michigan. Take the best OT available here.
. Wide Receiver - Alabama. New York Jets. Henry Ruggs III. 15. player. 30
This is the pick the Jets got in the trade I projected with Denver. They still get an elite WR with even more elite speed. This is a big help for Sam Darnold and the sputtering Jets offense. Ruggs becomes the 4th Alabama football player and 2nd WR selected in the first 15 picks.