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The Tom Petty "Freefalling" mock from PFN


I was bored today so I jumped on PFN to run another mock. I've done about 30 or so of these and have generated mixed results to say the least. I even tried to get through an entire draft without selecting any players and just trying to acquire draft capital for the future. It worked too well. Anyway, this mock started off as usual, with the same players dropping into place. When it came my turn I was all set to click on Ja'Marr Chase and go on with it. But then, something happened.

The Chicago Bears propose a trade. They want to move up from #20. They offer 5 draft picks, three this year, and a second and third in 2022. As the Eagles fake GM, I have to consider how much good those 5 picks could do the team, so I say Hell, YEAH! Now armed with 3 extra picks I'm prepared to crush this draft. I click "accept the offer" and the PFN starts picking again - 6,7,8,9,10 (wait a minute, WHY IS NOBODY TAKING JA'MARR CHASE??? HE'S STILL ON BOARD AT 11! WTF??? I pause the draft as my head is spinning. I wanted Chase so bad at 6, but I looked at the bigger picture and took the picks for the future of the team. WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING??? I propose a trade with the Giants to move from 20 to 11. I offered 3 of the picks CHI gave me and our 191. No deal. I was crushed. The sim starts again and the Giants take a defender. WHAT?

I quickly paused the draft and make the same offer to the Niners that I made to the Giants. Nothing doing. I resume the draft and the Niners take Parsons. OMG! I feel like I've jumped out of a plane without a parachute. I'm freefalling. I have no choice but to pause again and make an offer to the Chargers for #13. After missing out on the previous 2 spots Chase is miraculously still on the board, so I offer the Chargers the same package of picks but I tweak the offer with our 157 instead of 191. SUCCESS! The Chargers accept the offer! Hallelujah!

I breath a sigh of relief as I choose Ja'Marr Chase and my freefall ends. The rest of the mock turned out pretty good. Here's the picks:

#13 Ja'Marr Chase WR LSU

#37 Wyatt Davis OG OSU

#56 Jevon Holland S Oregon

#70 Javon Williams RB UNC

#84 Kenny Yeboah TE Mississippi

#94 Chazz Surratt LB UNC

#115 Keith Taylor CB Washington

#151 Victor Dimukeje EDGE Duke

#220 Kyiris Tonga DT BYU

#232 Feleipe Franks QB Arkansas


Not bad. But the good news is I was able to salvage the second round pick from CHI in 2022. Hopefully it will be top 10 in round two. Thank God it was a soft landing.