2023 NFL mock draft: Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers blockbuster deals
22. Baltimore Ravens: O’Cyrus Torrence, OL, Florida
After trading Lamar Jackson in this wild 2023 NFL mock draft scenario, the Baltimore Ravens commit to dominating on the ground by adding Florida’s O’Cyrus Torrence. Torrence also just so happens to be a college teammate of Anthony Richardson, who the Ravens also took earlier in this scenario.
The Ravens are going to have to continue dominating on the gound and with back-to-back years of picking Tyler Linderbaum and O’Cyrus Torrence? That’s something we could see a lot of…
Guard O’Cyrus Torrence
— Cover 1 (@Cover1) January 1, 2023
Gets hand leverage for feed blocks
Pries holes open w/ torque
DRIVER and finisher
Good balance in run game
A wall once he leverages his gap
STRONG hands and placement
Stymies stunts w/ length and pop in his handspic.twitter.com/W97E2dVWjW
23. Minnesota Vikings: Cam Smith, CB, South Carolina
The Minnesota Vikings won a whopping 11 games by one score in the 2022 season. Their one loss in a one-score game? That came in the playoffs at the hands of the New York Giants. The scapegoat for the Vikings this year was defensive coordinator Ed Donatell, who was let go after the season.
The Vikings need to get younger and more talented in the secondary. While this is a team that can score points in bunches, they can also be very susceptible to giving up points on the back end. They ranked 31st in the league in passing yards allowed, and 10 of the team’s 15 interceptions on the season came from safety Harrison Smith and corner Patrick Peterson.
The team needs to get younger at corner, and they do exactly that here with Cam Smith.