2022 NFL Draft

[Armyirish47]

2021 NFL Draft = Cleveland SUCKS!
2022 NFL Draft = Nothing but smiling faces

Location: VEGAS BABY!
Dates: April 28–30, 2022


I can haz trades?

Round 1

• Chicago → N.Y. Giants (PD). Chicago traded first and fourth-round selections as well as 2021 first and fifth-round selections (20th and 164th overall) to the New York Giants in exchange for a 2021 first-round selection (11th overall).
• L.A. Rams → Detroit (PD). The Los Angeles Rams traded their first-round selection as well as their 2021 third-round and 2023 first-round selections and quarterback Jared Goff to Detroit in exchange for quarterback Matthew Stafford.
• Miami → Philadelphia (PD). Miami traded its first-round selection as well as 2021 first and fourth-round selections (12th and 123rd overall) for Philadelphia's 2021 first and fifth-round selections (6th and 156th overall).
• San Francisco → Miami (PD). San Francisco traded its first and third-round selections as well as 2021 and 2023 first-round selections in exchange for one of Miami's 2021 first-round selections (No. 3 overall).
• Seattle → N.Y. Jets (PD). Seattle traded safety Bradley McDougald, a first-round selection, and 2021 first and third-round selections to the New York Jets in exchange for safety Jamal Adams and a fourth-round selection.

Round 2

• Indianapolis → Philadelphia (PD). Indianapolis traded a conditional second-round selection, which could go up to the first round, and a 2021 third-round selection to Philadelphia in exchange for quarterback Carson Wentz.
• Carolina → N.Y. Jets (PD). Carolina traded second and fourth-round selections, and a 2021 sixth-round selection to the New York Jets in exchange for quarterback Sam Darnold.

Round 3

• San Francisco → Miami (PD). See Round 1: San Francisco → Miami.

Round 4

• Arizona → Baltimore (PD). Arizona traded a fourth-round selection and a 2021 fifth-round selection to Baltimore in exchange for 2021 fourth- and sixth-round selections.
• Carolina → N.Y. Jets (PD). See Round 2: N.Y. Jets → Carolina.
• Chicago → N.Y. Giants (PD). See Round 1: Chicago → N.Y. Giants.
• Detroit → Cleveland (PD). Detroit traded a fourth-round selection and a 2021 fifth-round selection to Cleveland in exchange for 2021 fourth- and seventh-round selections.
• L.A. Rams → Houston (PD). The Los Angeles Rams traded a fourth-round selection and wide receiver Brandin Cooks to Houston in exchange for a 2020 second-round selection.
• Pittsburgh → Miami (PD). Pittsburgh traded a fourth-round selection to Miami in exchange for a 2021 fifth-round selection..
• N.Y. Jets → Seattle (PD). See Round 1: Seattle → N.Y. Jets.

Round 5

• Minnesota → Jacksonville (PD). Minnesota traded a fifth-round selection and a 2021 second-round selection to Jacksonville in exchange for defensive end Yannick Ngakoue.
• Baltimore → Minnesota (PD). Baltimore traded a conditional fifth-round selection and a 2021 third-round selection to Minnesota in exchange for defensive end Yannick Ngakoue.
• Pittsburgh → N.Y. Jets (PD). Pittsburgh traded a fifth-round selection to the New York Jets in exchange for linebacker Avery Williamson and a seventh-round selection.[SUP][trade 12][/SUP]
• Kansas City → Baltimore (PD). Kansas City traded a fifth-round selection, 2021 first, third, and fourth-round selections to Baltimore in exchange for a sixth-round selection, a 2021 second-round selection, and offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr.
• Washington → Philadelphia (PD). Washington traded a fifth-round selection to Philadelphia in exchange for 2021 sixth and seventh-round selections.

Round 6

• New England → Miami (PD). New England traded a conditional sixth-round selection to Miami in exchange for wide receiver Isaiah Ford.
• Tampa Bay → N.Y. Jets (PD). Tampa Bay traded a sixth-round selection to the New York Jets in exchange for nose tackle Steve McLendon and a 2023 seventh-round selection.
• San Francisco → N.Y. Jets (PD). San Francisco traded a sixth-round selection to the New York Jets in exchange for linebacker Jordan Willis and a 2021 seventh-round selection.
• Baltimore → Kansas City (PD). See Round 5: Kansas City → Baltimore.

Round 7

• Cleveland → Detroit (PD). Cleveland traded quarterback David Blough to Detroit and swapped conditional seventh-round selections.
• Detroit → Cleveland (PD). See Cleveland → Detroit.
• Miami → L.A. Rams (PD). Miami traded a seventh-round selection to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for cornerback Aqib Talib and a 2020 fifth-round selection originally acquired from Baltimore.
• New England → Detroit (PD). New England traded a conditional seventh-round selection to Detroit in exchange for cornerback Michael Jackson.
• N.Y. Jets → Pittsburgh (PD). See Round 5: Pittsburgh → N.Y. Jets.
• Tennessee → Miami (PD). Tennessee traded a seventh-round selection and offensive linemen Isaiah Wilson to Miami in exchange for a 2021 seventh-round selection.

You shall not mock me fine sir!

Walter Football Website of Joy Players of Note
https://walterfootball.com/draft2022.php

#2: Sam Howell - UNC
# 3: Kedon Slovis - gross
# 9 : Drake Jackson - USC
# 10 : Kyle Hamilton - Noice
# 13: George Karlaftis - awkward seeing you here....

 

[zelezo vlk]

JT Daniels not getting love? That's strange

 

[Dale]

Whenever Howell has come up to the big guns McShay, Rap, Jeremiah etc I feel like they’ve somewhat distanced from his name amongst the top. Kiper has him as his #2 though

Names I think deserve the bulk of the Top 10 buzz, some real boom or busts but I can see it are:

Slovis
JT Daniels
Jayden Daniels
Malik Willis
Carson Strong

Names I’m meh about as a NFL QB:

Ridder
Rattler
Howell
Shough
Jurkovec

 

[Rogue219]

Kayvon Thibodeaux, edge, Oregon

That is all.

 

[IrishLax]

The Atheltic has Phil Jurkovec going #15 overall. I don't know what they watched last year or how high this analyst was when he put together the mock.

 

[Irish du Nord]

Whenever Howell has come up to the big guns McShay, Rap, Jeremiah etc I feel like they’ve somewhat distanced from his name amongst the top. Kiper has him as his #2 though

Names I think deserve the bulk of the Top 10 buzz, some real boom or busts but I can see it are:

Slovis
JT Daniels
Jayden Daniels
Malik Willis
Carson Strong

Names I’m meh about as a NFL QB:

Ridder
Rattler
Howell
Shough
Jurkovec

I still think JT Daniels has some work to do before he gets 1st round hype. I get he had some good games on the tail end of 2020, but that was after he lost the battle for the starting job to the underwhelming Stetson Bennett.

 

[Trait Expectations]

The Atheltic has Phil Jurkovec going #15 overall. I don't know what they watched last year or how high this analyst was when he put together the mock.

17TD/5INT in his first year in a new system at BC isn't terrible. We'll see what he does this year.

 

[Dale]

I still think JT Daniels has some work to do before he gets 1st round hype. I get he had some good games on the tail end of 2020, but that was after he lost the battle for the starting job to the underwhelming Stetson Bennett.

We’ll likely never know what was going on injury wise still but Kirby making a questionable decision at QB lands you in the top 15 though doesn’t it lol? Worked well for Justin

 

[NorthDakota]

The Atheltic has Phil Jurkovec going #15 overall. I don't know what they watched last year or how high this analyst was when he put together the mock.

I suppose he has prototypical size. Mobile qb. Guess maybe they are anticipating a big step forward in production?

 

[IrishLax]

I suppose he has prototypical size. Mobile qb. Guess maybe they are anticipating a big step forward in production?

Maybe. But if you were a betting man, would you place money on Phil being a 1st Rounder or UDFA? I think he was way closer to the latter last year.

 

[Armyirish47]

Finally....Mel Kiper Jr...........HAS COME BACK WITH SOME DRAFT INFO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In a the espn.com Insider article, Kiperpappa has dropped his top 50 prospects.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2022/...ason-top-50-prospects-class-including-six-qbs

# 5 Kyle Hamilton - "nightmare matchup". Nuff said.
# 32 Kyren Williams - Surprising to me, but he lauded his slipperiness and productivity. Notes need to work on pass pro and ball security while lacking an elite second gear.
# 34 Jarrett Patterson - Not a mauler and a bit top heavy but could be an early starter in a zone heavy scheme.

 

[Armyirish47]

He's back! Mel Kiper Jr has updated his top 25 with the first third of the season under our belts on an ESPN.com Insider article linked below.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2022/...ding-matt-corral-malik-willis-spencer-rattler

So what's shakin bacon?

# 2: Kyle Hamilton - Versatile. Studly. Embodiment of a modern NFL safety. No way he goes # 1 right? RIGHT?!?!?


Positional Rankings:

RB = Kyren at # 3

Center = Patterson at # 2

And that's it for Top 10 at positions.

 

[greyhammer90]

He's back! Mel Kiper Jr has updated his top 25 with the first third of the season under our belts on an ESPN.com Insider article linked below.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2022/...ding-matt-corral-malik-willis-spencer-rattler

So what's shakin bacon?

# 2: Kyle Hamilton - Versatile. Studly. Embodiment of a modern NFL safety. No way he goes # 1 right? RIGHT?!?!?


Positional Rankings:

RB = Kyren at # 3

Center = Patterson at # 2

And that's it for Top 10 at positions.

Damn #2 would be amazing.

 

[NDPhilly]

He's back! Mel Kiper Jr has updated his top 25 with the first third of the season under our belts on an ESPN.com Insider article linked below.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2022/...ding-matt-corral-malik-willis-spencer-rattler

So what's shakin bacon?

# 2: Kyle Hamilton - Versatile. Studly. Embodiment of a modern NFL safety. No way he goes # 1 right? RIGHT?!?!?


Positional Rankings:

RB = Kyren at # 3

Center = Patterson at # 2

And that's it for Top 10 at positions.

Reminder that Mel is a self-admitted ND homer. IDK if I could really see Kyren as the #3 RB off the board. Think he lacks a little explosiveness for that.

 

[phillyirish]

Reminder that Mel is a self-admitted ND homer. IDK if I could really see Kyren as the #3 RB off the board. Think he lacks a little explosiveness for that.

RBs are so hard to project in the NFL draft. Often a surefire 2nd round guy drops to the 5th round a vice-versa. However Kyren is the perfect back in the modern NFL. Excellent pass blocker and a threat to catch the ball. Not to mention he has decent size, and as far as explosiveness he has Td runs of 51, and 65 in addition to catches of 55 and 75 in his career.

 

[Dale]

Reminder that Mel is a self-admitted ND homer. IDK if I could really see Kyren as the #3 RB off the board. Think he lacks a little explosiveness for that.

Options after him aren’t great. He should be one of the first RBs off but the drop off after Spiller is steep, I don’t love Breece Hall. After Kyren is names like Goodson, Charbonnet, Ibrahim. Kenneth Walker will probably continue to rise.

2023 class has Bijan, Evans, and Bigsby I’d take any of those over not Spiller

 

[Wild Bill]

Hamilton should come back his last year so he can lock up that #1 spot.

 

[T-Boone]

Hamilton should come back his last year so he can lock up that #1 spot.

he would make a mill in nil.

 

[Dale]

Whenever Howell has come up to the big guns McShay, Rap, Jeremiah etc I feel like they’ve somewhat distanced from his name amongst the top. Kiper has him as his #2 though

Names I think deserve the bulk of the Top 10 buzz, some real boom or busts but I can see it are:

Slovis
JT Daniels
Jayden Daniels
Malik Willis
Carson Strong

Names I’m meh about as a NFL QB:

Ridder
Rattler
Howell
Shough
Jurkovec

Thinking of Rattler and my mid season report card seems okay. Kinda surprised thinking back Corral didn’t get mentions from anyone I saw considering the pool of guys that did.

Last one I saw had Strong, Corral, Howell and Willis in R1 but later than a standard draft, which probably is valid thought but won’t happen.

 

[Armyirish47]

It's been a few weeks so it's content update time! Mel has updated ye old big board on the ESPN.com via an Insider ONLY article. But below are a few highlights to tempt you to throw them some cashola.


https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2022/...ard-including-kenny-pickett-kayvon-thibodeaux

Still overall # 2 is our banged up All American Kyle Hamilton who is exactly what NFL teams want in their first round safeties per Mr. Kiper.

For positional rankings:

Running back - # 5 Kyren Williams (not explained but dropped from # 3????)

Centers - # 2 Jarrett Patterson (no change)

Outside Linebackers - # 5 Isaiah Foskey (this moment I've been dreading, but it's interesting to watch how and where he is evaluated over the coming months)

Safety - # 1 GOAT

 

[Dale]

Mo Ibrahim returning to Minnesota next year

 

[Dale]

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/colecubelic/status/1467980833323720704?s=21[/TWEET]

It sucks but he is unreal. Will be interesting especially with him potentially being a Heisman finalist how much momentum he may have to supplant Thibodeaux

 

[Armyirish47]

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/colecubelic/status/1467980833323720704?s=21[/TWEET]

It sucks but he is unreal. Will be interesting especially with him potentially being a Heisman finalist how much momentum he may have to supplant Thibodeaux

According to our boy McShay....it has already happened. He gave Hutchinson the first overall slot, up from # 5, in his the ESPN.com Insider article on his top 32.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2022/...ng-aidan-hutchinson-vs-kayvon-thibodeaux-no-1


Kyle slides to 5 only because of the rise of Hutchinson. Even missing so many games it did nothing to diminish his potential, biggest weakness pointed out by McShay is that he needs to work on his angles when tackling a bit. STUD.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

According to our boy McShay....it has already happened. He gave Hutchinson the first overall slot, up from # 5, in his the ESPN.com Insider article on his top 32.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2022/...ng-aidan-hutchinson-vs-kayvon-thibodeaux-no-1


Kyle slides to 5 only because of the rise of Hutchinson. Even missing so many games it did nothing to diminish his potential, biggest weakness pointed out by McShay is that he needs to work on his angles when tackling a bit. STUD.

Which is 100% correct. The only weakness in Hamilton's game is he does take some very very very poor angles sometimes which does lead to some gashing runs.

 

[Armyirish47]

We are seeing a bit of action in NFL Draft news lately which should heat up quite a bit over the next few weeks with the Senior Bowl right around the corner. Draft daddy Mel has updated his top 25 in an ESPN.com Insider article.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2022/...n-mel-kiper-big-board-college-football-season

Big Board:

# 4 Kyle Hamilton - no change in his eval. Most mock drafts I have seen have him in the top 10.

# 5 Ikem Ekwonu - he has really exploded lately and I only include him to highlight that maybe even though we haven't heard much from Osita he could be a late developer when he gets an opportunity?


Running Back:

# 4 Kyren Williams


Getting so many possible draftees back is huge for next year on the field, and I'm already excited about creating the NFL Draft 2023 thread. Let's gooooooooo!!!!!!!!

 

[Armyirish47]

It's Todd McShay's turn to update his mock and we finally have a surprising break on his ESPN.com Insider article.

McShake Me Up

#3. Kyle Hamilton - Texans: Fills a huge need and is a franchise type player.

That would be incredible.

 

[Rogue219]

When Hamilton's scouting report doesn't include anything about him being "selfish", a lot of people are going to be pretty disappointed.

 

[Rogue219]

I am inclined to agree with this.

 

[Armyirish47]

Todd McShay drops a stunner in his updated the espn.com Insider mock draft article post combine pushing one unicornish safety all the way up to.....#2!?!?!?!?!

McShay No More

"No, the 4.59-second 40-yard dash doesn't bother me. Hamilton plays fast on tape, and you don't come across 6-foot-4, 220-pound safeties with his range, explosion (38-inch vertical jump) and ball skills (three interceptions and four passes defensed in seven 2021 games) very often. The Lions' pass defense struggled mightily in 2021, giving up 5.9 yards per play (29th) and 26.9 points per game (28th). Opposing quarterbacks teed off on them with the third-best opponent QBR (53.4). Hamilton closes like a heat-seeking missile, and his playmaking would be welcomed in Detroit."

 

[Rogue219]

I'd seriously build a defense around him. Think Ed Reed but taller.