The toughest part about doing a mock draft simulation where AI makes picks for the 31 teams you don’t control, is what happens when prospects you have no belief will actually slide, slide. Do you pick them, knowing that in real life there’s always going to be a handful of players who the draft community is way off from NFL front office evaluations?
Do you bypass them, searching for the nexus of realism and function? The simple answer is… it doesn’t matter. Mock drafts are fun, but they are thought exercises that give one of a gazillion possibilities and shouldn’t be taken any more seriously than your morning Wordle-Quordle streaks starting over.
In our latest mock, we run into this problem with a player who was under heavy consideration in Round 2, somehow making it to Round 3. If that player dropped in real life, Dallas would more than likely sprint to the podium. So who are we to deny the fates given us by the AI overlords?
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The Cowboys have Stephon Gilmore on a one-year rental and at his big age there’s no reason to believe this is going to be a multi-year situation. There’s a ton of inconsistency at the position with he, CB1 Trevon Diggs and CB3 Jourdan Lewis all on expiring deals and DaRon Bland needing to prove it again in Year 2.
The need is obvious but while Banks doesn’t fit the Dan Quinn CB profile to a T, he’s certainly tenacious in coverage and run support and meets enough of the athletic thresholds Dallas should still be interested if he falls.
Deonte Banks’ closest athletic comparison is Saints CB Marshon Lattimore. Similar size, speed, and explosiveness so far. Banks has yet to perform at his pro day so we don’t know if his agilities will match him up with someone else.https://t.co/nR1Y7vsy7f pic.twitter.com/0Vsis5znub
— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) March 20, 2023
Wisconsin offensive lineman Joe Tippmann (75)
Tippmann is an absolute mauler and has said he would be willing to play left guard. Dallas drafting him allows them to play their Top 5 lineman as he could also stay at his original spot as a center and upgrade from Tyler Biadasz who was a down-line replacement Pro Bowler. Dallas having six starter-level players in their OL group (Tyler Smith, Tyron Smith, Biadasz, Zack Martin, Terence Steele) is the bare minimum and Tippman gets them there. New OL coach Mike Solari likely wants to shop for some groceries of his own and Tippman is a good jump…
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