I've been sick with the flu and I did hundreds of draft simulations on the first-pick draft game thing. Probably a waste of time, but kind of fun. This was probably the best one so far. I traded away the 2018 and 2019 First Round Picks as well, because why not. The trades and picks might be unrealistic and stupid, but after last years "fleecing" of the Bears and the fall of Foster, anything could happen. Right?
Round 1 Pick 11 (MIA):
Bradley Chubb, DE, North Carolina State (A+)
Round 1 Pick 16 (BALT):
Josh Jackson, CB, Iowa (A+)
Round 1 Pick 17 (LAC):
Quenton Nelson, OG, Notre Dame (A)
Round 2 Pick 10 (MIA):
Christian Kirk, WR, Texas AM (A)
Round 2 Pick 27:
Ronald Jones II, RB, Southern California (A)
Round 3 Pick 12 (G.B.):
Chukwuma Okorafor, OT, Western Michigan (A+)
Round 3 Pick 28 (PITT):
Dallas Goedert, TE, South Dakota State (A+)
Round 4 Pick 8 (T.B.):
Kevin Toliver II, CB, LSU (A+)
Round 4 Pick 14 (G.B.):
Michael Gallup, WR, Colorado State (A+)
Round 4 Pick 28:
Isaiah Wynn, OG, Georgia (A+)
Round 7 Pick 9:
Fred Warner, OLB, Brigham Young (A+)
Round 7 Pick 22:
Du'Vonta Lampkin, DT, Oklahoma (A+)
Not so sure about the accuracy of a simulator that gives me Bradley Chubb even after I trade down 2 spots to 11. It could happen, right?
Well, after a productive Free Agency Period ...
Jimmy Garoppolo
Allen Robinson
Andrew Norwell
Weston Richburg
Ziggy Ansah
EJ Gaines
Brock Coyle
Eric Reid - cheap because teams don't want to deal with protest stuff.
Restructure Jimmie Wards contract
... our Superbowl 53-man dream team would look something like this, with $20M+ in cap space probably.
Offense - 25
QB – Jimmy Garoppolo / CJ Beathard
RB –
Ronald Jones II / Joe Williams / Matt Breida
FB – Kyle Juszczyk
WR –
Allen Robinson / Pierre Garçon / Marquise Goodwin / Trent Taylor /
Christian Kirk /
Michael Gallup
TE –
Dallas Goedert / George Kittle / Garrett Celek
LT – Joe Staley / Erik Magnuson
LG –
Andrew Norwell / Laken Tomlinson
C –
Weston Richburg /
Isaiah Wynn
RG –
Quenton Nelson / Joshua Garnett
RT – Trenton Brown /
Chukwuma Okorafor
Defense - 25
Leo –
Ziggy Ansah /
Bradley Chubb / Cassius Marsh
NT – Earl Mitchell / DJ Jones /
Du'Vonta Lampkin
DT – Deforest Buckner / Sheldon Day
DE – Solomon Thomas / Arik Armstead
Sam – Eli Harold / Pita Taumoepenu
Mike – Reuben Foster / Brock Coyle
Will – Malcolm Smith /
Fred Warner
LCB – Ahkello Witherspoon /
Kevin Toliver II
RCB –
EJ Gaines /
Josh Jackson
NB – K'Waun Williams
SS – Jaquiski Tartt / Eric Reid
FS – Jimmie Ward / Adrian Colbert
Special Teams - 3
K -- Robbie Gould
P -- Bradley Pinion
LS -- Kyle Nelson
Looks like a contender to me.