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2020 NFL Mock Draft: Jalen Hurts goes to Colts, Dolphins pair Tua with Jeudy

By Cody Williams

NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 28: Quarterback Jalen Hurts #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners looks to throw against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 28, 2019 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Red Raiders 55-16. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 28: Quarterback Jalen Hurts #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners looks to throw against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 28, 2019 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Red Raiders 55-16. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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WR. Miami Dolphins. Jerry Jeudy. 5. player. 59.

Pick via Steelers

One of the biggest criticisms seen around the 2020 NFL Draft and Tua Tagovailoa specifically has been regarding the quarterback potentially being a product of the elite wide receiver corps that surrounds him in Tuscaloosa. Critics with this line of thinking ask what he’s going to do with a team like the Dolphins if he doesn’t have elite pass-catchers to make his life easy for him. While I’m not among those who think like this, I’ll answer the question for them in this mock draft anyway.

With the pick owed to them by the Steelers, the Dolphins take Tagovailoa’s best target at Alabama, wide receiver Jerry Jeudy. Jeudy is everything you want from a game-changing wide receiver, checking physical boxes across the board while also being as technically refined of a college receiving prospect as you’re going to ever see. He’s the real deal and Tua doesn’t have to worry about playing with those weapons in the NFL.

A.J. Epenesa. 6. player. 44. . EDGE. Atlanta Falcons

It’s honestly baffling that the Atlanta Falcons are as bad as they’ve been in the 2019 NFL season. A team led by former MVP Matt Ryan at quarterback, with Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley at wide receiver and with numerous other weapons around them is 1-4 to start the year. That’s a referendum on how poor of a job head coach Dan Quinn has done with this team and he might not be long for this job.

Regardless, one thing that’s blatantly missing right now in Atlanta is a game-changer on the defensive front outside of Grady Jarrett. Taking A.J. Epenesa out of Iowa helps with that. A freak athlete for a player his size, Epenesa has versatile potential to be a force both off the edge and occasionally moving to the interior and bein a game-wrecker. He could be the star that the Falcons need to help move forward defensively, likely without Quinn at the helm.

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