The 2024 NFL Draft is already yielding great production for certain teams. Let's try to re-draft it to see what we would change in hindsight. Re-drafts are always fun to see what we think teams would do if they got another shot. It would be like if the 2024 NFL Season stopped now and each prospect had to go through the draft process again.
For some teams, the NFL Draft can totally change the course of a franchise for the best - just look at the Kansas City Chiefs after taking Patrick Mahomes. But sometimes, the NFL Draft can set a team back for years, like what has happened with the New York Giants.
We whipped up a 2024 NFL re-draft, and there has been a ton of movement that differs from the real thing!
2024 NFL Re-Draft: Bears pass on Caleb, Bo Nix going in the top-5?
1. Chicago Bears - Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU
The Chicago Bears may have to consider going with Jayden Daniels and passing on Caleb Williams in this 2024 NFL re-draft. Williams has looked flustered lately, and a lot of the issues that plagued him in college are what is holding him down in the NFL.
Daniels might be the pick if they got another shot.
2. Washington Commanders - Drake Maye, QB, UNC
With Daniels off the board, the Washington Commanders pivot to Drake Maye in this re-draft. Maye has done about as much as you can ask given how horrible this personnel situation is on offense for the Patriots. In my opinion, Maye is going to work out for the long-term, so I would anticipate that he'd do even better if he was taken by the Commanders.
3. New England Patriots - Bo Nix, QB, Oregon
And with Drake Maye off the board, the New England Patriots pivot to Bo Nix, who has surged lately and is clearly the best rookie QB in the NFL at the moment. Nix has been decisive with the football and has a great ability to make some plays with his legs.
Nix is making strides each week, which is exactly what you want to see from a rookie QB. The Patriots stay with the third pick and take Nix.
4. Arizona Cardinals - Malik Nabers, WR, LSU
It seems like Malik Nabers may have a higher ceiling in the NFL as a wide receiver than Marvin Harrison Jr does. You have to wonder if the Arizona Cardinals would re-think their selection of Marvin Harrison Jr if they did get another crack at it. This team is now 6-4 on the season and lead the competitive NFC West. Would they be a better team with Malik Nabers?
5. Los Angeles Chargers - Joe Alt, OT, Notre Dame
I cannot imagine that the Los Angeles Chargers would do anything different than taking Joe Alt. Winning football teams are built with the QB and then from the inside, out, so Alt is the right selection in every single scenario you can possibly think of.
6. New York Giants - Caleb Williams, QB, USC
Caleb Williams falling all the way to the sixth overall pick? This could end up saving the job of General Manager Joe Schoen if this actually happened. Unfortunately, the Giants made the wrong selection and took WR Malik Nabers. Nabers is a very good player, but come on man. How can you pass on Michael Penix Jr, Bo Nix, and JJ McCarthy for a wide receiver?
It was a horrific process from Schoen and the rest of the Giants front office, so a re-draft taking a QB is the right move. It's a shame I am not their GM (kidding).
7. Tennessee Titans - JJ McCarthy, QB, Michigan
I am not sure the Tennessee Titans take OT JC Latham if they got another shot given how Will Levis has looked this season. Levis just is not the answer, and he was not a very highly-ranked prospect coming out of college, either, so the Titans take the 21-year-old JJ McCarthy and will hope to develop him for thel long-term.
8. Atlanta Falcons - Braden Fiske, DT, Florida State
Braden Fiske has five sacks on the season and is just playing his tail off for the Los Angeles Rams. The Atlanta Falcons took QB Michael Penix Jr here, and while that may be a great long-term play, they may reconsider if you ask me. Getting an enforcer in the middle of the defense was probably the right way to go, as Kirk Cousins can hold the fort down for a few years.
This may be very high for Braden Fiske, but he seems to be a great candidate to win the Defensive Rookie of the Year.
9. Chicago Bears - Olu Fashanu, OT, Penn State
The Chicago Bears offensive line, on paper, was not too great heading into the 2024 NFL Season. With Caleb Williams being a QB who does take a lot of sacks, this issue is magnified.
It may be best in this 2024 NFL re-draft for the Bears to not only pass on Williams for Jayden Daniels, but to use their second first-round pick on OT Olu Fashanu from Penn State. Rome Odunze is a good player, but it seems like Bears GM Ryan Poles got a bit carried away with the WR room and could have brought in another starter along the OL.
That's my justification for taking Fashanu here.
10. New York Jets - Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia
The New York Jets could have taken a QB here, but in the real thing, the Minnesota Vikings moved up a slot, and the Jets took Olu Fashanu. With how dysfunctional they have been this year, I am not sure there would have been a prospect in the 2024 NFL Draft in their range who could have fixed their issues, but Brock Bowers would have helped.
He may end up having a historic season for a rookie TE and may end up being one of the all-time greats when it's all said and done. Aaron Rodgers being able to throw to someone like Bowers could have made it so even Nathaniel Hackett couldn't mess this thing