JoeyP 2024 First-Round NFL Draft

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Here it is, my one (and only) mock draft. Trades and other surprises will no doubt shake up this order. Still, it’s my best possible projection, and last year’s wasn’t far off, including accurately predicting the Baltimore pick, wideout Zay Flowers. 


1. Chicago Bears (from Carolina) – QB Caleb Williams, Southern California
2. Washington Commanders – QB Jayden Daniels, Louisiana State
3. New England Patriots – QB Drake Maye, North Carolina
4. Arizona Cardinals – WR Marvin Harrison, Jr., Ohio State
5. Los Angeles Chargers – T Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State

6. New York Giants – WR Malik Nabers, Louisiana State
7. Tennessee Titans – T Joe Alt, Notre Dame
8. Atlanta Falcons – DE/LB Dallas Turner, Alabama
9. Chicago Bears – WR Rome Odunze, Washington
10. New York Jets – TE Brock Bowers, Georgia

11. Minnesota Vikings – QB J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
12. Denver Broncos – CB Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
13. Las Vegas Raiders – QB Michael Penix, Jr., Washington
14. New Orleans Saints – T J.C. Latham, Alabama
15. Indianapolis Colts – CB Terrion Arnold, Alabama

16. Seattle Seahawks – G/C Troy Fautanu, Washington
17. Jacksonville Jaguars – CB Cooper DeJean, Iowa
18. Cincinnati Bengals – T Amarius Mims, Georgia
19. Los Angeles Rams – DT Byron Murphy II, Texas
20. Pittsburgh Steelers – C Graham Barton, Duke

21. Miami Dolphins – DE/LB Jared Verse, Florida State
22. Philadelphia Eagles – DE/LB Laiatu Latu, UCLA
23. Minnesota Vikings (from Cleveland via Houston) – CB Myles Harden, South Dakota
24. Dallas Cowboys – T Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma
25. Green Bay Packers – T Kingsley Suamataia, Brigham Young

26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – DE/LB Chop Robinson, Penn State
27. Arizona Cardinals (from Houston) – CB Nate Wiggins, Clemson
28. Buffalo Bills – WR Xavier Worthy, Texas
29. Detroit Lions – CB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
30. Baltimore Ravens – T Jordan Morgan, Arizona
31. San Francisco 49ers – CB Mike Sainristil, Michigan
32. Kansas City Chiefs – WR Adonai Mitchell, Texas

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About Joe Platania

Veteran Ravens correspondent Joe Platania is in his 45th year in sports media (including two CFL seasons when Batlimore had a CFL team) in a career that extends across parts of six decades. Platania covers sports with insight, humor, and a highly prescient eye, and that is why he has made his mark on television, radio, print, online, and in the podcast world. He can be heard frequently on WJZ-FM’s “Vinny And Haynie” show, alongside ex-Washington general manager Vinny Cerrato and Bob Haynie. A former longtime member in good standing of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and the Pro Football Writers of America, Platania manned the CFL Stallions beat for The Avenue Newspaper Group of Essex (1994 and ’95) and the Ravens beat since the team’s inception — one of only three local writers to do so — for PressBox, The Avenue, and other local publications and radio stations. A sought-after contributor and host on talk radio and TV, he made numerous appearances on “Inside PressBox” (10:30 a.m. Sundays), and he was heard weekly for eight seasons on the “Purple Pride Report,” WQLL-AM (1370). He has also appeared on WMAR-TV’s “Good Morning Maryland” (2009), Comcast SportsNet’s “Washington Post Live” (2004-06), and WJZ-TV’s “Football Talk” postgame show — with legend Marty Bass (2002-04). Platania is the only sports journalist in Maryland history to have been a finalist for both the annual Sportscaster of the Year award (1998, which he won) and Sportswriter of the Year (2010). He is also a four-time Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association award winner. Platania is a graduate of St. Joseph’s (Cockeysville), Calvert Hall College High School, and Towson University, where he earned a degree in Mass Communications. He lives in Cockeysville, MD.



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