Grant Cohen 7 Round Pre-Combine Mock Draft (not bad)

The NFL Scouting Combine starts Tuesday, February 27, and runs through Monday, March 5. This event will help reveal which players the 49ers plan to draft.
Until then, this is my best guess as to which players the 49ers will take.

Round 1, Pick 10: TRADE. To the Buffalo Bills, in exchange for picks 21 and 96, plus their first-rounder in 2019.

Round 1, Pick 21: Isaiah Wynn, C/G, Georgia. Wynn can play left guard as a rookie, and move to center later in his career.

Round 2, Pick 59: Dorance Armstrong Jr., DE, Kansas. Armstrong can start immediately at Leo as a rookie. He is similar to the Leo for the Jacksonville Jaguars,
Yannick Ngakoue.

Round 3, Pick 70: Tarvarus McFadden, CB, Florida St. McFadden is a tall corner with long arms who fits the 49ers defensive scheme.

Round 3, Pick 75: Malik Jefferson, LB, Texas. Jefferson can play next to Reuben Foster, or replace Reuben Foster if he gets suspended.

Round 3, Pick 96: Luke Falk, QB, Washington St. Falk can compete with C.J. Beathard to be the backup quarterback next season.

Round 4, Pick 128: Marcell Ateman, WR, Oklahoma St. Ateman can replace Pierre Garcon as the starting flanker in 2019.

Round 5, Pick 143: Akrum Wadley, RB, Iowa. Wadley can be the third-down back as a rookie.

Round 6, Pick 185: Cole Madison, G/T, Washington St. Madison is a mobile lineman who fits the 49ers zone-blocking scheme.

Round 7, Pick 228: Tray Matthews, S, Auburn. Matthews can play special teams and replace Eric Reid as the backup strong safety.

Round 7, Pick 240: Matthew Thomas, LB, Florida St. Thomas can play special teams and replace Reuben Foster on third downs if Foster gets suspended.

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I love Isiah Wynn and I am starting to get a draft crush on Dorance Armstrong. Not crazy about taking a QB in Rd 3 though.

Lol luke Falk in the 3rd. That's dumb. Like it otherwise

Luke Faulk in the 3rd is dumb af, otherwise its not bad.

Yeah, why waste a 3rd rounder on a guy who could compete with Beathard? There are so many more choices at position of need.

Originally posted by Rathof44:
Yeah, why waste a 3rd rounder on a guy who could compete with Beathard? There are so many more choices at position of need.

He couldn't help himself and be stupid with that pick. Otherwise it is a pretty good mock.

Don't like Armstrong, McFadden, Jefferson and Thomas. I dig the Falk pick. Just look at what trade composition back up QBs can net you with minimal playing time. Playing the long game takin a QB and letting Shanahan do his thing could turn out to be very beneficial. But the rest of the draft is all pretty much crap after Wynn besides Falk.

Originally posted by Hysterikal:
Don't like Armstrong, McFadden, Jefferson and Thomas. I dig the Falk pick. Just look at what trade composition back up QBs can net you with minimal playing time. Playing the long game takin a QB and letting Shanahan do his thing could turn out to be very beneficial. But the rest of the draft is all pretty much crap after Wynn besides Falk.

It's bad because Falk isn't good enough for a 3rd. A good pick would be Mike White or Kyle Lauletta in the 5th.

Originally posted by Dillesq:

It's bad because Falk isn't good enough for a 3rd. A good pick would be Mike White or Kyle Lauletta in the 5th.

I'll politely disagree with that. I like Falk just his concussions are scary.

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by Dillesq:
It's bad because Falk isn't good enough for a 3rd. A good pick would be Mike White or Kyle Lauletta in the 5th.

I'll politely disagree with that. I like Falk just his concussions are scary.

Reasonable minds can disagree. But it's a bad pick either way. Too much draft capital for a player who will not be making an immediate impact. Not only that, but we drafted a QB last year with a high pick. You're losing out on talent by using early draft capital on players who have no chance of playing.

Wouldn't mind taking a guy in the 5th or later. But taking a guy in the 3rd hoping he will be good enough to trade later isnt wise.

Originally posted by Dillesq:

Reasonable minds can disagree. But it's a bad pick either way. Too much draft capital for a player who will not be making an immediate impact. Not only that, but we drafted a QB last year with a high pick. You're losing out on talent by using early draft capital on players who have no chance of playing.

Wouldn't mind taking a guy in the 5th or later. But taking a guy in the 3rd hoping he will be good enough to trade later isnt wise.

I can agree with this. I'd much rather go a different way in the 3rd round but in regards to this draft it was one of the few picks i liked. But if it were me I wouldn't draft a QB until the 6th round and have "leaks" that we really like him in practice yada yada.

Its going to take both bills picks to move up to 10 QBs are going to be the Hot commodity

I hate his round 2nd and 3rd round picks.

why go so high on a qb.. also not a huge fan of mcfadden.

Originally posted by 808niner4lyphe:

Luke Faulk in the 3rd is dumb af, otherwise its not bad.

This. I could live with the rest of the draft