2020 NFL Mock Draft: Raiders score Isaiah Simmons, Eagles address secondary

Harold Landry has enjoyed a quietly fantastic season for the Titans and they’ve had plenty of others step up. However, signing Cameron Wake this offseason — even if he was effective when on the field — showed the need for long-term help coming off the edge. Enter Yetur Gross-Matos, a stud athlete from Penn State who’s able to win at the college level by just overwhelming offenses with that athleticism. He needs to be coached up with technique but his potential is obvious and great.

A strength for the Vikings for quite some time all of a sudden turned into an obvious weakness in 2019 as the secondary performed quite poorly for the majority of the year. They need to get stronger there and perhaps move on from Xavier Rhodes.

The pick at No. 26 is Paulson Adebo, a player out of Stanford who can surely improve the Minnesota defensive backs as he arrives. He did not have the final season in Palo Alto many wanted him to but his abilities are obvious and address the suddenly glaring need for the Vikes.

Pick via Texans

With the Dolphins final first-round pick, they again don’t look to the offensive line and also don’t go to the defense. Instead, they try to spark the run game with Jonathan Taylor out of Wisconsin. Miami was the worst rushing team in the NFL last season and Taylor can help spark them, assuming they improve in the trenches. He’s a dynamic and proven runner from his time at Wisconsin and can be a focal point of the Dolphins offense moving forward.

The need on the Seahawks offensive line is not a new development but it’s about time they address it. And there are few prospects as fun to address that need with than Mekhi Becton from Louisville. An absolute mountain of a man, Becton has strength and athleticism that make him a dominant physical force in any matchup. While his technique still needs to be coach, Becton has the potential to be a long-time starter for Seattle.