While Mel Kiper said what he said in his first mock of 2025 two weeks on the NFL on ESPN YouTube Channel, NFL on CBS was the next on the list to drop their Top 18 mock draft last week.

Both hosts Ryan Wilson and Mike Renner alternated playing general manager for the NFL franchises with the top 18 picks. Renner opened the proceedings as the Tennessee Titans by taking Miami Hurricanes All-American Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Cam Ward first overall staying with the consensus in the media. Wilson picked Colorado quarterback Sheduer Sanders to head to the Cleveland Browns second overall (This was before headlines of his father and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders potentially blocking the Browns from making this pick came out).

With the two top quarterbacks in the draft off the board immediately, Renner shattered the hopes of “Travis hunters” within the Duval Devout as he drafted the Colorado Buffaloes Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter to the New York Giants third overall. “I’m taking Travis Hunter — the wide receiver Travis Hunter to pair with Malik Nabers”, he explained. “I think that could be a special wide receiver duo. . .”

He elaborated on why that would happen despite the Giants’ quarterback needs. “You can go sign Sam Darnold, you can go sign Jameis Winston because I think [free agency] is the route [the Giants] are going to take.” Any patchwork field general New York acquires on the market would instantly have a pair of explosive weapons to help get them competitive again in the NFC East.

Wilson had the New England Patriots select Texas Longhorns offensive tackle Kelvin Banks fourth overall before Renner was on the clock to represent the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Renner made the unorthodox move of selecting Tetairoa McMillan from the Arizona Wildcats fifth overall. If this happened it would be the second straight year the Jags drafted a wide receiver having snagged Brian Thomas Jr. in the 2024 Draft.

Renner first justified the selection citing Trent Baalke’s love of players with size. He also recognizes what quarterback Trevor Lawrence was able to achieve (when healthy) when a receiver that isn’t just a slot guy like Jones is on the field and what a second weapon of that ilk could do.

“You got BTJ last year,” said Renner. “You gave [Lawrence] one wide receiver in that mold in a bigger, speedier wide receiver and all of a sudden that guy explodes in that offense — Give [Lawrence] a second wide receiver in the mold and I think you finally see the Trevor Lawrence that was promised on draft day. . . ”

While any quarterback would most assuredly do better with a second target who is tall and fast, what that doesn’t address is Lawrence staying protected and uninjured. That being said, there’s an argument to be made that if Tet McMillan is the best available player on the board you make the pick. It’s quite possible that Trent Baalke (or whoever that Jags general manager is come April) trades back and still secures a McMillan. Yet another way this would be similar to BTJ’s selection last year.