2023 Discount KC Crow Mock: WR in Round 1

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

He was not the top player on the board on the draft tool I used (PFN), but I don't trust their board.

Notable names available were:

Jahmyr Gibbs
Josh Downs
Anton Harrison
Rashee Rice
Anudike-Uzomah
Siaki Ika
Darnell Washinton
JL Skinner
Zay Flowers
Tuli Tuipulotu
Nolan Smith
Darnell Wright
Lukas Van Ness (like I said, I think the PFN board is WAY off)

Nice! Thanks!

So of that, there's a two players we can cross off altogether as not fitting our scheme at all: Nolan Smith is a 3-4 OLB, and Tuli Tuipulotu is probably a 3-4 DE. We also have no 1st-round-caliber need for a RB, for a TE. (Some would say safety, but not me.) So cross off Jaymyr Gibbs, Darnell Washington.

I also am going to take an executive decision to remove players who don't belong in the 1st round (or 2nd round) conversation here thanks only to my personal views on the player. So Josh Downs, JL Skinner, and in my minority opinion, Lukas Van Ness.

That leaves us with:

WR Rashee Rice
WR Jalin Hyatt
WR Zay Flowers
OT Anton Harrison
OT Darnell Wright
DT Siaki Ika
DE Felix Anudike-Uzomah

This is a complicated board.

The top tier talents here are Flowers, Rice, and Harrison. Flowers is probably the best talent here, but is somewhat repetitive with Toney and Moore on the roster. Rice and Harrison (at LT) are perfect fits, as is Wright and Hyatt, but they're not on the same talent level. Ika and Anudike-Uzomah are both 2nd tier talents of these candidates, and neither fits superbly well with what we want to do. Harrison is not a great fit at RT if we keep Brown at LT.

I'm going to assume that we keep Brown for another full contract, so Harrison doesn't work for me. If I want a RT, I'll draft Wright. If I want a WR: Hyatt is a really good X WR, Rice is a great Y WR, and Flowers is a great Z WR.

My choice, personally, is between Rice and Flowers. I'd probably opt for Rice, but I mean it's pretty close to 50/50 for me.