Off-Season Mock Drafts: First Look at 1QB Post-Draft Rookie Mock
It is finally here! We have rookie mock draft data following the 2025 NFL Draft. I’m starting with a single quarterback mock this week, and next week, I’ll look at a superflex draft. It’s always exciting to see which players get better, or worse, draft capital than expected and which landing spots are more or less favorable for players and see how this new information impacts player ADP.
I was assigned the 12th spot in the draft and was curious to see who would fall to me in each round. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at where players fall now that we know where they’ll be playing on Sundays.
Round One
Not a shocker at the top with Ashton Jeanty and his Raiders landing spot under Pete Carroll all but locking him in at 1.01 in all formats. Omarion Hampton looks to be locked in at 1.02 as well, as the Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman-led offense wants to be run-heavy. Hampton might be a tad disappointing out of the gates with Najee Harris coming in, but he is on a one-year deal, and this will be all Hampton all the time by this time next year.
At 1.02, we see our first receiver, Tetairoa McMillan. He got the draft capital on a receiver-needy team, so it makes sense for him to go early. He was followed by TreVeyon Henderson. I like Henderson. He got day two draft capital, and the Mike Vrabel-led Patriots should focus on the run a little more. It’s a bit of a crowded backfield, but Henderson is by far the most talented option they have, and he should slowly take over as the season progresses. Travis Hunter went next, as since the Jags have made it clear his primary role will be wide receiver, according to si.com below, I think he should be going before McMillan.
“Jaguars general manager James Gladstone gave reporters a glimpse into the team’s plan for Hunter’s role: ‘His intent is on playing both sides of the ball, as is ours. When it comes to his onboarding process, we’ll give him a heavy dose of offense, and sprinkle in the defensive side. By the time we get to the regular season, those should be balanced out—but that’s the initial plan,’ Gladstone said.”
Armed with that knowledge, I would have Hunter ranked third overall in this class.
Following Hunter, we get another receiver, Matthew Golden, at 1.06. I really liked Golden going into the draft, but I hate the Packers’ landing spot. You could argue that Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson (when healthy), Dontayvion Wicks, Tucker Kraft, Luke Musgrave, and Josh Jacobs are the seven best weapons any team has in the passing game. Sure, it lacks superstar power at the top, but there is something to be said for overwhelming depth- and I didn’t even mention deeper guys like Mecole Hardman, Malik Health, Bo Melton, and MarShawn Lloyd. I could be wrong, but Golden fell in my post-draft rankings, as Green Bay was among the worst spots for any receiver to end up this year.
We saw a trio of running backs come off the board next, with Quinshon Judkins, RJ Harvey, and Kaleb Johnson going back-to-back-to-back. At the time of the NFL draft, I was thrilled with the draft capital and landing spot for each of them. Very little changed in my mind until later when the Browns double-dipped at running back and added another potential stud in Dylan Sampson and then added two quarterbacks to an already crowded QB room. There were so many other directions they could have gone other than another running back and quarterback. The Browns just find a way to ruin everything. Ding Judkins a small bit, as he suddenly finds himself in a crowded backfield.
We followed the running back trio with a duo of tight ends, with Colston Loveland coming off the board first, followed by Tyler Warren. I have Loveland ranked above Warren now, too, as I’m sure Ben Johnson wasn’t going to waste his first-ever first-round pick on a player he didn’t have plans for in his offense. I don’t love the Warren landing spot despite seemingly every single NFL mock draft having him landing there all off-season. Until their quarterback situation is squared away, the entire Colts’ offense is questionable. However, if Anthony Richardson can figure it out in year three, Warren could explode.
Concluding the round, I grabbed Emeka Egbuka. He was the most talented player on the board, so I made the pick. I don’t see a path to fantasy success in 2025. If Mike Evans returns in 2026, I don’t see a path to fantasy success in 2026, either. I don’t think Egbuka will supplant Chris Godwin or Jalen McMillan in the next two years. However, I love the idea of a Godwin, McMillan, and Egbuka trio in the near future.
Round Two
Cam Ward kicks off round two. In single quarterback leagues, if everyone has two quarterbacks they’re happy with, he’ll probably go later in drafts most of the time. I’m in a real 1QB draft right now, and through pick 2.10, Ward is still available. But he has typically been going around the one-two turn, so this is par for the course.
Much like I said when discussing Loveland above, I can’t imagine Ben Johnson wasting any picks in his first draft building the offense he has in mind. I love the landing spot for Luther Burden; he is one of my biggest winners from the draft. Expect the Bears to manufacture touches for him from day one.
Cam Skattebo came off the board next, and according to reports, Brian Daboll was a huge fan of his. He’ll probably be the Giants’ 1a to Tyrone Tracy’s 1b sooner rather than later, and that split is beneficial for both of them. Next was Jayden Higgins, who I love as a player and think is a great fit in the Houston offense opposite Nico Collins. Receiver Tre Harris was next. Similar to Skattebo and Higgins, Harris finds himself as an excellent complementary addition to an offense in need of playmakers. Harris and Ladd McConkey should play well off of each other in this retooled Charger offense.
We’re getting some dart throws here as people overreact to the NFL draft. Jaydon Blue, who is a bit undersized, lands with a running back-needy team in Dallas, but 2.06 seems way too early for me; I imagine he settles in approximately 12 picks later than this, but only time will tell. I was early on the Bhayshul Tuten bandwagon, but then he blew up at the combine, and my secret was out. I like him in Jacksonville under Liam Coen. I like it a lot, actually, but as long as Travis Etienne is still in the building, he’s stuck behind him.
The Raiders are in desperate need of wide receiver help, and they added Jack Bech. I think he is better suited for the slot, which is where Jakobi Meyers plays, so he might be miscast initially, but a weapon is a weapon in a needy offense and 2.08 seems about right. Bech was followed by our second over-drafted running back, Damien Martinez. Martinez had a lot of fans heading into the draft but then landed in Seattle as a seventh-rounder. There is absolutely no reason a seventh-round running back behind two established backs in Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet should be going in the second round, even if you think he could take over in one or two years.
We saw two more quarterbacks as we close the round, with Jaxson Dart and Jalen Milroe. It’s probably too early for them, in my opinion. If you love Dart and have a taxi spot available, you could argue your case. Milroe is an interesting prospect, and I think Sam Darnold is terrible, but I still wouldn’t pull the trigger this early in a single-QB draft. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I would roster anyone this year except Cam Ward.
I closed out the round with Jaylin Noel. I was an enormous fan of both Iowa State receivers, and they both landed in Houston. Sooner rather than later, I believe Houston is rolling out Noel with Collins and Higgins as their top three receiver package.
Round Three
Mason Taylor got us started in round three. He’s a high-upside prospect with solid NFL genetics and will be playing with a quarterback who made Cole Kmet fantasy viable. A solid pick as we get into the second half of the draft.
I like Kyle Williams as a prospect, but through no fault of his own, I’m not trusting a Patriot-drafted wide receiver until I see one succeed. Speaking of receivers, Elic Ayomanor fell in the draft and wasn’t even the first receiver his team selected, but he was a good prospect and is in as good a spot as anyone could hope for, getting paired up with the first-overall pick in Cam Ward. They should build some rapport in rookie camps together.
Ugh, I guess I’ll mush the Browns’ picks together. I couldn’t wait to see where Dylan Sampson ended up, and instead, I ended up wishing I didn’t see where he ended up. His entire rookie contract is burned and buried behind Quinshon Judkins, and although we’ve seen two backs thrive in certain backfields… this ain’t it. The next pick was tight end Harold Fannin, who some people had highly ranked before the draft. David Njoku is a free agent after next year, and given the salary cap hell the Deshaun Watson contract has put the Browns in, maybe they think they won’t be able to afford a new contract, and Fannin is the long-term answer in Cleveland. I suspect they will do everything they can to bring Njoku back, and Fannin has no future in The Land.
Trevor Etienne is 43rd in my rankings, so I hate him at 30th overall. Didn’t love the player. Didn’t love the landing spot. End of story. I suspect we will see Jalen Royals start sneaking into the top 24 soon. The Kansas City receiver bump is a real thing, and as soon as we see one highlight reel catch from him in practice and a Patrick Mahomes interview talking him up, he’s going to rocket up draft boards later in the summer – more on that at the end of the round, too.
Ready for a hot take? Terrance Ferguson leads all rookie tight ends in fantasy points in 2025. He’s a great real-life fantasy pick, and I suspect the Rams will get him heavily involved early in the season while opposing defenses focus on Puka Nacua and Davante Adams. We go from a highlight to a low light as we get another quarterback selection, Shedeur Sanders. The NFL and the Browns themselves told you what they thought of Sanders – if you wanted to draft a rookie Cleveland signal caller, Dillon Gabriel is the right pick (not that I want either in a 1QB league).
We’ve reached the part of the draft where you’re hoping for upside, and if the rumors are true, that Seattle wants to move on from Noah Fant, Elijah Arroyo could have a prominent role in the Seahawks’ offense by mid-season. He’s definitely worth a pick at 3.10. I was absurdly high on DJ Giddens coming into the draft, but he got completely buried going to Indianapolis. The Colts have one of the best workhorse starters in Jonathan Taylor, so barring a catastrophic injury, Giddens is in an uphill battle for snaps and touches from day one. I ended the wound with Brashard Smith. I talked up Jalen Royals getting the KC bump, so why not Smith getting the Andy Reid running back bump, too? Talk about upside in the later rounds. Isiah Pacheco was a seventh-round pick and turned into a fantasy producer, and there is nothing to indicate Smith can’t do the same.
Round Four
Closing out the draft, we’ve got some interesting names. Chimere Dike was the 14th receiver selected and the first pick of day three. As I mentioned above with Ayomanor, I love the rookie QB-WR combos. They’re almost forced into instant chemistry. Given his long speed, he could be more of a boom-or-bust weapon better suited for the best ball, but he could be a massive steal here at 4.01. I also like Jaquez Hunter as we get later into drafts. I suspect the Rams aren’t going to keep Kyren Williams long-term, leaving Hunter to form a one-two punch with Blake Corum in the coming years.
I’ve repeatedly trashed the quarterback selections here, but I like throwing a dart at Tyler Shough here. There is a chance he starts at least eight games for the Saints – and an outside chance of starting the entire season. He’s a decent quarterback, and despite being labeled injury-prone, that’s not actually the case. Often, the “injury-prone” label is for players with recurrent soft tissue injuries. Shough has been breaking bones, so for me, he’s in a completely different category, and he’s relatively safe – unless the Saints are terrible and pick in the top five next year when they do everything in their power to draft Arch Manning.
Another pick I love this late is Woody Marks. He will be the Texans’ starting running back whenever Joe Mixon misses time with an injury or the Texans cut him after the season, as he is due $8 million while he only has a dead cap number of $2 million. While I don’t see the upside as I do in Marks, Jordan James has potential behind the oft-injured Christian McCaffrey, and you could do a lot worse with the 4.06 than grabbing a Kyle Shanahan running back.
Elijhah Badger was an interesting prospect, and you have to like the landing spot in Kansas City, but I’m probably not drafting any UDFAs in a four-round rookie draft. Devin Neal is one of my favorite players falling in mocks. I recently took him at 3.06 in a real draft and think there is a ton of potential for his role to expand over the next few seasons under Kellen Moore with a soon-to-be-30-year-old Alvin Kamara ahead of him.
We then saw a pair of really interesting receivers in Pat Bryant and Dont’e Thornton. Bryant’s name floated around all off-season, but nobody seemed to “love” him, except apparently Sean Payton and the Broncos, who took him with the tenth pick of the third round. Bryant could be the planned heir apparent in Denver behind Courtland Sutton (who will also turn 30 in-season). I mentioned above that the Raiders need all the help they can get at receiver and they bring in the big (6’5″, 205lbs) and speedy (4.30) Thornton. The Raiders love these types of players, and he could carve out a role in this offense early in the year. He is one of my favorite late-round targets this year.
I liked LeQuint Allen as a pro-ready NFL running back, but when I look at the Jaguars’ depth chart, I don’t see how he can make their 53-man roster. He’s probably headed for the practice squad, and that’s no good for fantasy. Ollie Gordon doesn’t fit the mold of the typical Miami back under Mike McDaniel. That can be good if they have a specific bruiser role in mind for him, or it can be bad if they try to fit a square peg into a round hole and he is relegated to the bench most of the year. I ended the draft with Tahj Brooks, another one of my late-round faves. I like Chase Brown in Cincy, and Brooks will be a great complement to him on an offense that might have to score 35 points per game to stay competitive.
I hope you liked this look at one of the year’s first single QB rookie mocks. I’d love to hear if your real-life rookie drafts have been similar, or not, so comment below. Good luck with your upcoming drafts; hopefully, this will give you a little idea of how people are viewing the incoming class ahead of your drafts.
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It is finally here! We have rookie mock draft data following the 2025 NFL Draft. I’m starting with a single quarterback mock this week, and next week, I’ll look at a superflex draft. It’s always exciting to see which players get better, or worse, draft capital than expected and which landing spots are more or less favorable for players and see how this new information impacts player ADP.
I was assigned the 12th spot in the draft and was curious to see who would fall to me in each round. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at where players fall now that we know where they’ll be playing on Sundays.
Round One
Not a shocker at the top with Ashton Jeanty and his Raiders landing spot under Pete Carroll all but locking him in at 1.01 in all formats. Omarion Hampton looks to be locked in at 1.02 as well, as the Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman-led offense wants to be run-heavy. Hampton might be a tad disappointing out of the gates with Najee Harris coming in, but he is on a one-year deal, and this will be all Hampton all the time by this time next year.
At 1.02, we see our first receiver, Tetairoa McMillan. He got the draft capital on a receiver-needy team, so it makes sense for him to go early. He was followed by TreVeyon Henderson. I like Henderson. He got day two draft capital, and the Mike Vrabel-led Patriots should focus on the run a little more. It’s a bit of a crowded backfield, but Henderson is by far the most talented option they have, and he should slowly take over as the season progresses. Travis Hunter went next, as since the Jags have made it clear his primary role will be wide receiver, according to si.com below, I think he should be going before McMillan.
“Jaguars general manager James Gladstone gave reporters a glimpse into the team’s plan for Hunter’s role: ‘His intent is on playing both sides of the ball, as is ours. When it comes to his onboarding process, we’ll give him a heavy dose of offense, and sprinkle in the defensive side. By the time we get to the regular season, those should be balanced out—but that’s the initial plan,’ Gladstone said.”
Armed with that knowledge, I would have Hunter ranked third overall in this class.
Following Hunter, we get another receiver, Matthew Golden, at 1.06. I really liked Golden going into the draft, but I hate the Packers’ landing spot. You could argue that Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson (when healthy), Dontayvion Wicks, Tucker Kraft, Luke Musgrave, and Josh Jacobs are the seven best weapons any team has in the passing game. Sure, it lacks superstar power at the top, but there is something to be said for overwhelming depth- and I didn’t even mention deeper guys like Mecole Hardman, Malik Health, Bo Melton, and MarShawn Lloyd. I could be wrong, but Golden fell in my post-draft rankings, as Green Bay was among the worst spots for any receiver to end up this year.
We saw a trio of running backs come off the board next, with Quinshon Judkins, RJ Harvey, and Kaleb Johnson going back-to-back-to-back. At the time of the NFL draft, I was thrilled with the draft capital and landing spot for each of them. Very little changed in my mind until later when the Browns double-dipped at running back and added another potential stud in Dylan Sampson and then added two quarterbacks to an already crowded QB room. There were so many other directions they could have gone other than another running back and quarterback. The Browns just find a way to ruin everything. Ding Judkins a small bit, as he suddenly finds himself in a crowded backfield.
We followed the running back trio with a duo of tight ends, with Colston Loveland coming off the board first, followed by Tyler Warren. I have Loveland ranked above Warren now, too, as I’m sure Ben Johnson wasn’t going to waste his first-ever first-round pick on a player he didn’t have plans for in his offense. I don’t love the Warren landing spot despite seemingly every single NFL mock draft having him landing there all off-season. Until their quarterback situation is squared away, the entire Colts’ offense is questionable. However, if Anthony Richardson can figure it out in year three, Warren could explode.
Concluding the round, I grabbed Emeka Egbuka. He was the most talented player on the board, so I made the pick. I don’t see a path to fantasy success in 2025. If Mike Evans returns in 2026, I don’t see a path to fantasy success in 2026, either. I don’t think Egbuka will supplant Chris Godwin or Jalen McMillan in the next two years. However, I love the idea of a Godwin, McMillan, and Egbuka trio in the near future.
Round Two
Cam Ward kicks off round two. In single quarterback leagues, if everyone has two quarterbacks they’re happy with, he’ll probably go later in drafts most of the time. I’m in a real 1QB draft right now, and through pick 2.10, Ward is still available. But he has typically been going around the one-two turn, so this is par for the course.
Much like I said when discussing Loveland above, I can’t imagine Ben Johnson wasting any picks in his first draft building the offense he has in mind. I love the landing spot for Luther Burden; he is one of my biggest winners from the draft. Expect the Bears to manufacture touches for him from day one.
Cam Skattebo came off the board next, and according to reports, Brian Daboll was a huge fan of his. He’ll probably be the Giants’ 1a to Tyrone Tracy’s 1b sooner rather than later, and that split is beneficial for both of them. Next was Jayden Higgins, who I love as a player and think is a great fit in the Houston offense opposite Nico Collins. Receiver Tre Harris was next. Similar to Skattebo and Higgins, Harris finds himself as an excellent complementary addition to an offense in need of playmakers. Harris and Ladd McConkey should play well off of each other in this retooled Charger offense.
We’re getting some dart throws here as people overreact to the NFL draft. Jaydon Blue, who is a bit undersized, lands with a running back-needy team in Dallas, but 2.06 seems way too early for me; I imagine he settles in approximately 12 picks later than this, but only time will tell. I was early on the Bhayshul Tuten bandwagon, but then he blew up at the combine, and my secret was out. I like him in Jacksonville under Liam Coen. I like it a lot, actually, but as long as Travis Etienne is still in the building, he’s stuck behind him.
The Raiders are in desperate need of wide receiver help, and they added Jack Bech. I think he is better suited for the slot, which is where Jakobi Meyers plays, so he might be miscast initially, but a weapon is a weapon in a needy offense and 2.08 seems about right. Bech was followed by our second over-drafted running back, Damien Martinez. Martinez had a lot of fans heading into the draft but then landed in Seattle as a seventh-rounder. There is absolutely no reason a seventh-round running back behind two established backs in Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet should be going in the second round, even if you think he could take over in one or two years.
We saw two more quarterbacks as we close the round, with Jaxson Dart and Jalen Milroe. It’s probably too early for them, in my opinion. If you love Dart and have a taxi spot available, you could argue your case. Milroe is an interesting prospect, and I think Sam Darnold is terrible, but I still wouldn’t pull the trigger this early in a single-QB draft. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I would roster anyone this year except Cam Ward.
I closed out the round with Jaylin Noel. I was an enormous fan of both Iowa State receivers, and they both landed in Houston. Sooner rather than later, I believe Houston is rolling out Noel with Collins and Higgins as their top three receiver package.
Round Three
Mason Taylor got us started in round three. He’s a high-upside prospect with solid NFL genetics and will be playing with a quarterback who made Cole Kmet fantasy viable. A solid pick as we get into the second half of the draft.
I like Kyle Williams as a prospect, but through no fault of his own, I’m not trusting a Patriot-drafted wide receiver until I see one succeed. Speaking of receivers, Elic Ayomanor fell in the draft and wasn’t even the first receiver his team selected, but he was a good prospect and is in as good a spot as anyone could hope for, getting paired up with the first-overall pick in Cam Ward. They should build some rapport in rookie camps together.
Ugh, I guess I’ll mush the Browns’ picks together. I couldn’t wait to see where Dylan Sampson ended up, and instead, I ended up wishing I didn’t see where he ended up. His entire rookie contract is burned and buried behind Quinshon Judkins, and although we’ve seen two backs thrive in certain backfields… this ain’t it. The next pick was tight end Harold Fannin, who some people had highly ranked before the draft. David Njoku is a free agent after next year, and given the salary cap hell the Deshaun Watson contract has put the Browns in, maybe they think they won’t be able to afford a new contract, and Fannin is the long-term answer in Cleveland. I suspect they will do everything they can to bring Njoku back, and Fannin has no future in The Land.
Trevor Etienne is 43rd in my rankings, so I hate him at 30th overall. Didn’t love the player. Didn’t love the landing spot. End of story. I suspect we will see Jalen Royals start sneaking into the top 24 soon. The Kansas City receiver bump is a real thing, and as soon as we see one highlight reel catch from him in practice and a Patrick Mahomes interview talking him up, he’s going to rocket up draft boards later in the summer – more on that at the end of the round, too.
Ready for a hot take? Terrance Ferguson leads all rookie tight ends in fantasy points in 2025. He’s a great real-life fantasy pick, and I suspect the Rams will get him heavily involved early in the season while opposing defenses focus on Puka Nacua and Davante Adams. We go from a highlight to a low light as we get another quarterback selection, Shedeur Sanders. The NFL and the Browns themselves told you what they thought of Sanders – if you wanted to draft a rookie Cleveland signal caller, Dillon Gabriel is the right pick (not that I want either in a 1QB league).
We’ve reached the part of the draft where you’re hoping for upside, and if the rumors are true, that Seattle wants to move on from Noah Fant, Elijah Arroyo could have a prominent role in the Seahawks’ offense by mid-season. He’s definitely worth a pick at 3.10. I was absurdly high on DJ Giddens coming into the draft, but he got completely buried going to Indianapolis. The Colts have one of the best workhorse starters in Jonathan Taylor, so barring a catastrophic injury, Giddens is in an uphill battle for snaps and touches from day one. I ended the wound with Brashard Smith. I talked up Jalen Royals getting the KC bump, so why not Smith getting the Andy Reid running back bump, too? Talk about upside in the later rounds. Isiah Pacheco was a seventh-round pick and turned into a fantasy producer, and there is nothing to indicate Smith can’t do the same.
Round Four
Closing out the draft, we’ve got some interesting names. Chimere Dike was the 14th receiver selected and the first pick of day three. As I mentioned above with Ayomanor, I love the rookie QB-WR combos. They’re almost forced into instant chemistry. Given his long speed, he could be more of a boom-or-bust weapon better suited for the best ball, but he could be a massive steal here at 4.01. I also like Jaquez Hunter as we get later into drafts. I suspect the Rams aren’t going to keep Kyren Williams long-term, leaving Hunter to form a one-two punch with Blake Corum in the coming years.
I’ve repeatedly trashed the quarterback selections here, but I like throwing a dart at Tyler Shough here. There is a chance he starts at least eight games for the Saints – and an outside chance of starting the entire season. He’s a decent quarterback, and despite being labeled injury-prone, that’s not actually the case. Often, the “injury-prone” label is for players with recurrent soft tissue injuries. Shough has been breaking bones, so for me, he’s in a completely different category, and he’s relatively safe – unless the Saints are terrible and pick in the top five next year when they do everything in their power to draft Arch Manning.
Another pick I love this late is Woody Marks. He will be the Texans’ starting running back whenever Joe Mixon misses time with an injury or the Texans cut him after the season, as he is due $8 million while he only has a dead cap number of $2 million. While I don’t see the upside as I do in Marks, Jordan James has potential behind the oft-injured Christian McCaffrey, and you could do a lot worse with the 4.06 than grabbing a Kyle Shanahan running back.
Elijhah Badger was an interesting prospect, and you have to like the landing spot in Kansas City, but I’m probably not drafting any UDFAs in a four-round rookie draft. Devin Neal is one of my favorite players falling in mocks. I recently took him at 3.06 in a real draft and think there is a ton of potential for his role to expand over the next few seasons under Kellen Moore with a soon-to-be-30-year-old Alvin Kamara ahead of him.
We then saw a pair of really interesting receivers in Pat Bryant and Dont’e Thornton. Bryant’s name floated around all off-season, but nobody seemed to “love” him, except apparently Sean Payton and the Broncos, who took him with the tenth pick of the third round. Bryant could be the planned heir apparent in Denver behind Courtland Sutton (who will also turn 30 in-season). I mentioned above that the Raiders need all the help they can get at receiver and they bring in the big (6’5″, 205lbs) and speedy (4.30) Thornton. The Raiders love these types of players, and he could carve out a role in this offense early in the year. He is one of my favorite late-round targets this year.
I liked LeQuint Allen as a pro-ready NFL running back, but when I look at the Jaguars’ depth chart, I don’t see how he can make their 53-man roster. He’s probably headed for the practice squad, and that’s no good for fantasy. Ollie Gordon doesn’t fit the mold of the typical Miami back under Mike McDaniel. That can be good if they have a specific bruiser role in mind for him, or it can be bad if they try to fit a square peg into a round hole and he is relegated to the bench most of the year. I ended the draft with Tahj Brooks, another one of my late-round faves. I like Chase Brown in Cincy, and Brooks will be a great complement to him on an offense that might have to score 35 points per game to stay competitive.
I hope you liked this look at one of the year’s first single QB rookie mocks. I’d love to hear if your real-life rookie drafts have been similar, or not, so comment below. Good luck with your upcoming drafts; hopefully, this will give you a little idea of how people are viewing the incoming class ahead of your drafts.
- Off-Season Mock Drafts: Final Rookie Trends - May 31, 2025
- Off-Season Mock Drafts: Best Ball ADP, Part II: Deep Dive - May 24, 2025
- A Hater’s Guide to the 2025 Rookie Tight End Class - May 22, 2025
