The Draft Network mock sim
 

http://www.thedraftnetwork.com
It was just released and is really good.

Another mock draft that has TJ Hockenson going in the top 10.

awesome thanks...love these...good time killers. The more the better.

29.Devin Bush Jr., LB Michigan

61.Jaylon Ferguson, EDGE LA Tech

63.Darnell Savage, S Maryland

92.Rock Ya-Sin, CB Temple

157.Austin Bryant, EDGE Clemson

188.Bryce Love, RB Stanford

194.Tre Lamar, LB Clemson

Did they take it back down? I can't find the link to actually run it.

Weird. Whenever I go there it just says "Coming Soon!" and talks about the draft machine. I wonder if I need to set up an account or something.

Man, you go thru and do this you realize how you can end up kind of getting ****ed on draft day.

I have to say doing these mock draft simulators (realistically) and sticking to my board makes me feel pretty confident that won’t happen. I almost always come out with a very realistic draft that I’d be happy with.

That’s weird I don’t have an account and it works for me.

Just depends on your "draft board".

The Chiefs won't be what ours is for sure. aybe that's why they end up taking different guys than we ever thought though.

So my draft broke really weird and a bunch of defensive guys went way higher than I expected. To that end, I ended up with a pretty darn good offensive draft. I wasn't necessarily enthused with taking Montgomery in the 2nd but there wasn't a single decent LB, Edge, CB, or S left on the board when I got there (Mullen was the last one and Savage went 60 overall right before Mullen).

29. T.J. Hockenson, TE Iowa
61. Trayvon Mullen, CB Clemson
63. David Montgomery, RB Iowa State
92. Michael Deiter, OT Wisconsin
157. Brian Peavy, CB Iowa State
188. Khalil Hodge, LB Buffalo
194 Tyre Brady, WR Marshall

It's bizarre; it keeps redirecting me here:

https://thedraftnetwork.com/2018/06/...draft-machine/

That's a mid-summer link, but I can't get it to not redirect me. Technology sucks.

Yea true but at just about every pick there are more than one or two guys that I’d be happy with.

By sticking to my board I meant not worrying too much about position/needs from pick to pick.

For example, the drafts I haven’t been happy with are usually ones where we “get ****ed” defensively and I end up taking two offensive guys with 2 of our first 4 picks. At the end of the day though, they’re still good drafts. I just like the talent in those areas.

This is EXACTLY what happened to me. I ended up not having a bad draft but it's offense-heavy for sure, which is not what I want personally.

This offense with Hock and Monty would be unreal.

Right.

Even if I set the draft up to just ram-rod us at CB, I can still do okay at safety, TE, DL and OL.

There are going to be good players available. We simply cannot be beholden to the idea that any offensive picks are a 'loss'. If that's the way the board goes, so be it.

Take the best players and if need be use FA to fill holes. As has been noted, your year 1 contributions from 2nd and 3rd round picks aren't likely to be massive anyway. You can get those kind of mid-tier talents on reasonable FA deals if needed.