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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm your host, Shiel Kapadia. Today, we are continuing our mock draft. So if you didn't listen to the last episode, make sure you listen to that. We did Deontay Lee's mock draft, the first 10 picks, picks one through 10. So today, a little different exercise. We've got Austin Gale here, and we're going to talk it through picks 11 through 21. So
Who should the teams pick? Who do we think they will pick?
Chapter 2: Who should the Miami Dolphins pick at No. 11 in the NFL draft?
We got into some debates and we reached some conclusions on all those picks. So this was a very, very fun exercise, picks 11 through 21.
Chapter 3: What are the Dallas Cowboys' options for the No. 12 pick?
Let's take a break. We come back. We'll get to it with Austin Gill. All right, we are back here on the Ringer NFL show with my friend Austin Gale. We're doing picks 11 through 21 in our kind of group project mock here on this episode, Austin. And we are starting at 11 with the Miami Dolphins. Good luck figuring out what the Dolphins should do, what they're trying to do, what they want to do.
How do you look at their outlook here at 11? And then we can talk about, hey, who are some guys they could actually consider picking?
Well, based on where you guys mocked the first 10 picks, I do think the LSU corner, Mansour Delane, is the best prospect available and probably fits what the Miami Dolphins need in a very big way.
Chapter 4: How do the L.A. Rams approach their pick at No. 13?
I don't know when the last time you looked at the Dolphins' secondary is. I kind of wanted to read off some of the corners and safeties they have. Darryl Baker Jr., Projected as a starter, undrafted free agent 2022, just signed a one-year $1.4 million deal, over 1,800 snaps played with Indy in Tennessee.
Chapter 5: What should the Las Vegas Raiders consider at pick No. 14?
Don't really know what you have in him. He's played a little bit, but not like a plus starter. Storm Duck has battled injuries pretty much his entire time in the NFL. Played in week one, hurt his ankle, came back in week eight, hurt his knee, like Injuries everywhere. Then you have Juju Brents, a former second rounder out of Kansas State that I actually liked.
Chapter 6: Which direction should the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take at No. 15?
Also battled injuries. Not sure where he's going to play. Jason Marshall, their fifth round rookie from last year. Played a lot in the slot, but didn't play every game. Like, it's a lot of inexperience. It's a lot of injuries. Even when you look at safety, they lose Minka Fitzpatrick to the Jets. They have Lonnie Johnson Jr. I know him well from the Raiders.
Chapter 7: What strategies do the New York Jets have for the No. 16 pick?
And he's been a journeyman, second round pick. Never really figured it out at free safety. And then their other safety is Dante Trader Jr., another fifth round rookie from last year's class. It's like a very inexperienced, injury-plagued secondary. And I know right now the plan is kind of Malik Willis and then figure out the cap down the road because they have $185 million in dead space.
They didn't sign a single free agent after Malik Willis for more than $1.4 million annually.
Chapter 8: What are the Detroit Lions' needs heading into their pick at No. 17?
So I think they're really trying to reset the roster entirely, figure out if this Malik Willis thing is a project. But take the best player available here at a position that you clearly need. I think that's the best fit.
All right, Austin, I love you. But listen, if we're going to go storm duck Daryl Baker levels of depth on these teams, we're going to be here for like three hours. Fair, fair. But those are secondary needs to be talked about.
It's one of the worst secondaries I've ever seen.
Listen, I wanted to let you cook right away. I didn't want to cut you off, but I did feel like I had to get that note in there off the bat. No, they're terrible. You could have read off their wide receivers too. Corner and wide receiver. You look at this depth chart and it's like, it's unlike any roster in the NFL. It's a complete disaster. They have a bad roster. They're
trying to dig out of the holes that the previous regime kind of created for them. They are among the favorites to have the number one overall pick in the 2027 draft. So I'm with you in terms of best player available. Now, I was wondering, you know, they bring in John Eric Sullivan from the Packers as their GM.
And when I thought of Packers drafting, I was always like, athletes, that's what they're prioritizing. The testing, the measurables really matter. And I wasn't sure if Delane was exactly that guy, shorter arms, not sure he's an elite athlete, very good player. I think he'll certainly fit some of these teams. I was looking at it a little more, Austin.
I thought, do they address the lines of scrimmage here? Because they can afford to take someone who's maybe not going to be amazing right away, but we look two, three years down the line and we say, wow, they got one of the best players at a premium position. I was looking at someone like Georgia offensive tackle, Monroe Freeling. Are you familiar with Freeling? 6'7", 3'15", great athlete.
Again, not a finished product, but there are people who think, you know what? He has the chance to be the best tackle in this draft. So have I swayed you at all that maybe we should think of going tackle instead of corner for the Dolphins?
I think considering Freeling at this spot, even though I think they do like the two tackles that they have and are still developing Paul and Banks or whatever, but I think that Freeling is a ball of clay largely. I think it kind of reminds me a little bit of what Colton Miller was like coming out of UCLA. You had some injuries. He didn't play that much. Not a lot of true pass sets.
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