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Chapter 1: What teams are covered in the mock draft from picks 22 to 32?
Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm your host, Shiel Kapadia.
Chapter 2: What are the Los Angeles Chargers' needs at pick 22?
Today, we are completing our three-part mock drafts. We did part one, we did part two, and today we go over picks 22 to 32. This is an interesting exercise because these are teams that were Most of them, a lot of them, were really good last year. So do they try to plug a hole on their roster, compete for a Super Bowl in 2026, or are they looking down the road and trying to fill long-term needs?
Chapter 3: How do the Philadelphia Eagles approach their pick at 23?
We'll talk about it all. Deontay Lee from The Ringer is my guest. We'll go pick by pick and try to come up with consensus for each of these teams. All right, let's take a break. We come back with Deontay. All right, we are back here on the Ringer NFL Show with my friend Deontay Lee. We are finishing our three-part exercise with a mock draft. Now, Deontay, part one, we went with all your picks.
Chapter 4: What position should the Cleveland Browns prioritize at pick 24?
You had done a mock draft. I said, let's run through these. Then part two, I was with Austin. We said, let's work this out.
Chapter 5: What is the Chicago Bears' strategy for the 25th pick?
And so now you and I, we got to team up. We're in the war room together. We know what players have been taken in the first two parts. We got to go team by team and find some picks together. for these teams. How are you feeling?
Chapter 6: Which player fits the Buffalo Bills' needs at pick 26?
I think we can work together and do a good job here.
I think we can do that as well. I think this is also going to be kind of revelatory for how we look at things when it comes to prospects coming into the league. I think that for myself, I'm big on upside. What is the absolute A-plus outcome that you can get? I'm really fascinated to see how you approach this if you go more, hey, these are playoff-level teams.
Maybe we go for best fit to be targeted about it, or are we going best player available Because we just think that this is the guy that's most likely to end up being a superstar in the league.
That's what makes this group of teams so interesting is because you look at it and you're like, hey, this team could win the Super Bowl next year. How do I want to spend this draft? It's a very different exercise than going one through 10 with some of those teams where you're just like, who's the best available player? What's a premium position?
Chapter 7: What are the Houston Texans' options at pick 28?
Okay, go with one of these three guys. It's very different now. So let's get started. The 22nd pick. the Los Angeles Chargers. They are on the clock here, Deontay. I think team need is pretty simple here. You know, I think interior O-line, they have kind of a gaping hole there.
When you look at their roster, they do have a very good, I don't know if I should say like elite roster, but I think they're a team that could certainly surprise next year and compete for a Super Bowl with the addition of Mike McDaniel. And you look at Justin Herbert and some of the pieces they have coming back that were injured last year on the offensive line. So,
I was trying to look at offensive line first, but not trying to force it if I saw another player that I felt like this guy could really help them. Where are you with how the Chargers should approach this pick?
I think offensive line or just defensive playmaker were probably priorities 1 and 1A. for me, right? And I think that you can't really go wrong in either direction. I will say, for me, the thing that's most fascinating is when you look at what they've done to approach this offseason in terms of bringing in Tyler Biotis, you bring in Nicole Strange, right?
I think they took that, you know, they take a swing last year over Trevor Penning to bring him in for depth to see if he can get something out of him at all. I think that the real question is, did you get that trio of interior offensive line to say to Mike McDaniel, hey, let's figure it out?
Or is it, hey, let's just make sure we're throwing as many darts at this position as possible because it's just been such a hole for us and it has precluded Justin Herbert from being the best quarterback that he can be in these high leverage situations against elite competition. That, to me, I think is the most fascinating piece of it.
And then on the defensive end, you're going to be talking about, hey, do we need to get an immediate solve for losing Odafe Owe? Do we feel like we need a guy who has high potential out at corner?
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Chapter 8: Who do the Seattle Seahawks select at pick 32?
And do we trust that our new defensive coordinator, Chris O'Leary, is going to have the answers that someone like Jesse Minter did? Where maybe, similarly as what I was just talking about with Mike McDaniel, is Jim Harbaugh and Joe Hortiz coming to Chris O'Leary and saying, hey, You are in the system. You know it. We need you to go get more but less out of the back end, right?
We need Derwin James to be, you know, the rising tide that lifts all boats back here the way that Jesse Minter was able to do for him. So I think that's what makes it really fascinating. But I would definitely say interior trenches on offense, defensive playmaker on the other side of the ball. You can probably kind of take your pick and feel good about it at pick 22.
So I was tempted a little bit by a Kenyon Sadiq and a Mike McDaniel offense. I will admit that. The tight end from Oregon. I was looking at the wide, just looking at the wide receivers, you know, just for a second there, taking a glance at a Casey Concepcion or a Denzel Boston saying, could they add someone there? I ended up landing on, take your favorite offensive lineman.
And the guys who are available here, Alabama's Caden Proctor, Utah's Caleb Lomu, and Arizona State's Max Hianachor were the three. Deontay, I looked at Proctor here and I said, you know what? I understand they've got two good tackles. That's where their strength is. But to what you said at the top here, if we're talking about upside, premium position, 6'7", 352. He's 21 years old.
Now, could he play guard right away? Makai Becton was their guard last year. I know it's a different scheme, but I think you just take him and say, we'll figure it out. And that can be dangerous for some teams, but I feel like it's hard to get a left tackle, high upside prospect at this point in the draft. You've had injuries on the offensive line before.
I feel like I would probably go with Proctor here if I were the Chargers and figure it out. What do you think?
I'm right there with you. That was my pick here as well. I think that of the remaining available offensive linemen, I think this is probably the most comfortable play tackle in college where we can turn him into a guard and he might actually have pro bowl potential in this offense.
surrounded by, whether it's going to be Rashawn Slater or right next to Joe Ault, whether he's playing on the left side or the right side, this is a guy that we can use on the interior to move bodies. We know that Michael Daniel is going to be inventive and ultimately wants to play behind an offensive line. And I would say, at least last year, I kind of looked up mid-season.
I was like, hey, man, I feel like this offensive line is playing better than it usually is when I watch Miami. And I think that we saw that Certainly, as they improved their interior, the Michael Daniels run game, I felt like got more detailed. I felt like the pass protection was a lot cleaner.
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