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Steelers 2024 7-Round Mock Draft

by James Layton

The steelers finally have their draft picks set. Even though the playoff didn’t go the way the Steelers wanted, it’s time to start to re-tool and build for the 2024 season. The Steelers suffered a ton of injuries to the defense this season, and it showed we didn’t have the depth we needed.

The Steelers also need to add a couple of more players to the offensive line to protect Kenny Pickett or whoever will be the quarterback. They also could use another playmaker at wide receiver.

Let’s get to the mock draft.

Round 1

Pick 20: Amarius Mims, OT Georgia

Round 2

Pick 52: Adisa Isaac, Edge Penn State

Round 3

Pick 84: Nehemiah Pritchett, CB Auburn

Round 4

Pick 119: Drake Nugent, C Michigan
Pick 120 (from Rams): Tommy Eichenberg, LB Ohio State

Round 6

Pick 198: Jordan Whittington, WR Texas

Round 7

Pick 241: Demani Richardson, S Texas A&M

2024 NFL Draft: Top Quarterback Prospects

by James Layton

It’s that time of the year again. When you start to look at the draft prospects for the 2024 NFL draft. This year’s class of quarterbacks are looking to be one the deeper classes in the past five years.

This is a deep class of top talent at the position. Leading this class is Drake Maye (North Carolina), Caleb Williams (USC), and Heisman winner Jayden Daniels (LSU).

Let’s get into the prospects.

Top Ten

  1. Drake Maye, North Carolina
  2. Caleb Williams, USC
  3. Jayden Daniels, LSU
  4. J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
  5. Bo Nix, Oregon
  6. Michael Pratt, Tulane
  7. Michael Penix Jr, Washington
  8. Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
  9. Sam Hartman, Notre Dame
  10. Joe Milton, Tennessee

Honorable Mentions

  • Jordan Travis, Florida State
  • Carter Bradley, South Alabama
  • Kedon Slovis, BYU
  • Devin Leary, Kentucky
  • Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina State

2024 NFL Draft: Top 25 Prospects

by James Layton

With only a month left in the regular season of college football. It’s time to start taking a longer look at the NFL Draft prospects. No doubt you probably have already been paying attention to some players. But I think it’s time to look at the top twenty-five prospects as of right now.

Let’s get into the top 25 prospects.

  1. Marvin Harrison Jr, WR Ohio State
  2. Drake Maye, QB North Carolina
  3. Brock Bowers, TE Georgia
  4. Olu Fashanu, OT Penn State
  5. Caleb Williams, QB USC
  6. Malik Nabers, WR LSU
  7. Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB Alabama
  8. Joe Alt, OT Notre Dame
  9. Chop Robinson, Edge Penn State
  10. Dallas Turner, Edge Alabama
  11. J.C. Latham, OT Alabama
  12. Emeka Egbuka, WR Ohio State
  13. Jer’Zhan Newton, DT Illinois
  14. Taliese Fuaga, OT Oregon State
  15. Kamren Kinchens, S Miami (FL)
  16. Jared Verse, Edge Florida State
  17. Kalen King, CB Penn State
  18. Amarius Mims, OT Georgia
  19. Princely Umanmielen, Edge Florida
  20. Rome Odunze, WR Washington
  21. Cooper Dejean, CB Iowa
  22. Barrett Carter, LB Clemson
  23. Denzel Burke, CB Ohio State
  24. Keon Coleman, WR Florida State
  25. J.J. McCarthy, QB Michigan

2024 NFL Draft: Early Top 10 Quarterback Prospects

by James Layton

It’s never too early to start looking at the next class of draft prospects. This is looking to be a better class then the 2023 draft class. With Caleb Williams and Drake Maye at the lead of the class. This class seems to be a little deeper than the 23 class as of now.

Let’s get into the top-10.

  1. Caleb Williams, USC
  2. Drake Maye, North Carolina
  3. Quinn Ewers, Texas
  4. J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
  5. Bo Nix, Oregon
  6. Michael Penix Jr, Washington
  7. Cameron Ward, Washington State
  8. Jordan Travis, Florida State
  9. Jeff Sims, Nebraska
  10. Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland

Top College Games for Week 5

by James Layton

It’s another great week of college football. This a good week of SEC games headlined by Alabama at Arkansas. The Big Ten also has a couple good matchups like Michigan at Iowa.

Let’s see if Kansas can stay undefeated this week as they take on Iowa State. My score prediction is Iowa State 24 Kansas 41.

Let’s get into the games for this week.

  • #4 Michigan @ Iowa 12:00 pm EST Fox
  • #7 Kentucky @ #14 Ole Miss 12:00 pm EST ESPN
  • Illinois @ Wisconsin 12:00 pm EST BTN
  • #2 Alabama @ #20 Arkansas 3:30 pm EST ABC
  • #9 Oklahoma State @ #23 Florida State 3:30 pm EST ABC
  • Iowa State @ Kansas 3:30 pm EST ESPN 2
  • Cincinnati @ Tulsa 7:30 pm EST ESPNU
  • #10 NC State @ #5 Clemson 7:30 pm EST ABC
  • West Virginia @ Texas 7:30 pm EST FS1

Final Edge Rusher Rankings

By Barb Layton

I really enjoy watching edge rushers. I have some that could be interchangeable since they are so close. This is how I see it today.

  1. Aiden Hutchinson, Michigan
  2. Travon Walker, Georgia
  3. Jermaine Johnson, Florida State
  4. Boye Mafe, Minnesota
  5. Kayvon Thibedeaux, Oregon

Sleeper: David Anenih, Houston

2022 NFL Draft Top 10 Defensive Tackles

By Barb Layton

It is draft season. One of my favorite times of the year. Earlier I rated the Offensive side of the ball. Now we are going to rate the defense. We are going to start with the Defensive Tackles.

  1. Jordan Davis, Georgia
  2. DeMarvin Leal, Texas A&M
  3. Perrion Winfrey, Oklahoma
  4. Travis Jones, Connecticut
  5. Devonte Wyatt, Georgia
  6. Phidarian Mathis, Alabama
  7. Logan Hall, Houston
  8. Chris Hinton, Michigan
  9. Matthew Butler, Tennessee
  10. John Ridgeway, Arkansas

Packers Official Undrafted Free Agent Signings

By James Layton

The Packers have officially released their undrafted free agent signings. They had a very good draft this year. That continued into their UDFA signings. They seem to have found some gems with Christian Uphoff (S) and Carlo Kemp (DT).

Here is their full list.

  1. Christian Uphoff, S Illinois State
  2. Jack Heflin, DT Iowa
  3. Carlo Kemp, DT Michigan
  4. Bailey Gaither, WR San Jose State
  5. Jan Dietzon, OL Wisconsin
  6. Jacob Capra, OL San Diego State
  7. Coy Cronk, OL Lafayette

Steelers 7 Round Mock Draft

By Barb Layton

This is my mock draft for today. It had several trades and I tried to nail all the needs of the team after several days of free agency are completed. So let’s see how it went today.

Round 1

Pick 24 Caleb Farley, CB Virginia Tech

Round 2

Pick 57: Javonta Williams, RB North Carolina

Round 3

Pick 87: Jamin Davis, LB Kentucky

Round 4

Pick 133: Cam Sample, DT Tulane

Pick 144: Michael Menet, C Penn State

Round 5

Pick 181: Jaylon Moore, OT Michigan

Round 6

Pick 216: Joshua Kaindoh, EDGE Florida State

Pick 218: Tre Norwood, S Oklahoma

Round 7

Pick 245: John Bates, TE Boise State

Pick 254: Tedarrell Slaton, DT Florida

How do you think I did?