Sdmb nfl mock draft

[Gray_Ghost]

Thanks for the commentary earlier about the Cowboys.

I’ll pick up the Cardinals and keep things moving. Sure am learning a lot about different teams.

I understand the Cardinals would like OT help. With Saffold off the board, this pick feels like kissing your sister, and so the Cardinals with the 88th pick take Tony Washington, OT, Abilene Christian. (Too bad that Pink Taco didn’t win the naming rights after all…) In all seriousness, I understand he’s got some skills and size (walter football wrote that he was a first-round talent, FWIW), but is handicapped by playing for Abilene Christian and, well, you know.

My cheat sheet says the next need for the Cardinals is TE. So, with the 89th pick, the Cardinals take Jimmy Graham, TE, the U. Yet another basketball player, but with middle 4.5 speed, he’s a gamble given that he hasn’t been playing football all that long. I don’t believe the Cardinals have used a lot of TE as receiver in the past though, but perhaps with his speed and hands that could change?

For the Cowboys, the 90th pick will be Carlton Mitchell, WR, South Florida. Couldn’t find a DE or OG I wanted instead. Supposed to be speedy, if a bit raw.

[EllisDee]

@It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery

All, right, time for me to defend this pick.

Consider the speed and size of Taylor Mays. He’s 6-3, 231, yet runs a 4.48 40. My intent (and I’d be pretty happy if they did this in real life) would be to move Mays to outside LB. Some of the top OLBs in this draft:

Sergio Kindle 6-4, 236, 4.74
Dekoda Watson 6-1 1/2 232, 4.64
Sean Weatherspoon 6-0 241 4.61

Mays is within 1-10 pounds of all of them, but is significantly faster. In recent years, the Giants have had a devil of a time covering the 3 TEs they face 2x a year (Witten, Cooley, and Celek) with their questionable LB staff. Picking Mays and putting him at OLB would directly address that problem.

If the Giants needed an OLB, that would be reasonable logic in the second round. You don’t take out-of-position conversion projects in the first.

But that’s moot anyway because the Giants don’t need OLB. They desperately need a MLB. You recall that they released Antonio Pierce, right? Who’s the starter, Chase Blackburn?

Of course they take Weatherspoon in the first if McClain is off the board. There is no other sane option. Ignoring the MLB position to bring in two OLBs – one being a first round pick who didn’t even play LB in college – is just plain crazy.

@Hamlet

I would rather have Mays playing out of position at LB than Sean Weatherspoon at 15. Weatherspoon, to me, could develop into an OK LB in the right system, but he’s not versatile and not a gamechanger. But to each their own.

Come on, you know you don’t really believe this. You honestly think a safety would be a better MLB than Weatherspoon? For real?

[Hamlet]

@EllisDee

Come on, you know you don’t really believe this. You honestly think a safety would be a better MLB than Weatherspoon? For real?

No. I think Mays will be a better football player than Weatherspoon.

[Hamlet]

New page, so I’ll repost and update:

Round 1

1 (1) Rams - Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma - Omniscient
2 (2) Lions - Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska - Least Original User Name Ever
3 (3) Buccaneers - Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma - garygnu
4 (4) Redskins - Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma State
5 (5) Chiefs - Eric Berry, S, Tennessee
6 (6) Seahawks - Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma Omniscient
7 (7) Browns - Joe Haden, CB, Florida - Senor Beef
8 (8) Raiders - C.J. Spiller, RB, Clemson
9 (9) Bills - Brian Bulaga, OT, Iowa
10 (10) Jaguars - Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre Dame
11 (11) Broncos - Rolando McClain, ILB, Alabama
12 (12) Dolphins - Dan Williams, NT, Tennessee - Omniscient
13 (13) 49ers - Mike Iupati, G, Idaho - garygnu
14 (14) Seattle Seahawks - Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, South Florida - Omniscient
15 (15) New York Giants - Taylor Mays, S, USC - It’s Not Rocket Surgery!
16 (16) Tennessee Titans - Derrick Morgan, DE, Georgia Tech
17 (17) 49ers - Kyle Wilson, CB, Boise State - garygnu
18 (18) Steelers - Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma State - Stink Fish Pot
19 (19) Texans - Earl Thomas, S, Texas1 - Grey Ghost
20 (20) Falcons - Brandon Graham, DE/OLB, Michigan1
21 (21) Bengals - Jermaine Gresham, TE, Oklahoma - It’s not Rocket Surgery
22 (22) Patriots - Sergio Kindle, OLB, Texas - Omniscient
23 (23) Packers - Anthony Davis, LT, Rutgers - Hamlet
24 (24) Eagles - Maurkice Pouncey, OG/C, Florida - Jules Andre
25 (25) Ravens - Jared Odrick, DT/DE, Penn State.
26 (26) Cardinals - Sean Weatherspoon, OLB/ILB, Missouri
27 (27) Cowboys - Bruce Campbell, LT, Maryland - Grey Ghost
28 (28) Chargers - Ryan Matthews, RB, Fresno State.
29 (29) Jets - Jerry Hughes, DE/OLB, TCU - Grey Ghost
30 (30) Vikings - Devin McCourty, CB, Rutgers
31 (31) Colts - Charles Brown, OT, Colts
32 (32) Saints - Everson Griffin, DE, USC Oakminster

1 - Trade: Houston gives a 1st (20) and 5th (150) to Atlanta for a 1st (19).

Round 2
1 (33) Rams - Demaryius Thomas, WR, Georgia Tech - Omniscient
2 (34) Lions - Carlos Dunlap, DE, Florida Least Original User Name Ever
3 (35) Buccaneers - Golden Tate, WR, Notre Dame
4 (36) Chiefs - Brian Price, NT, UCLA
5 (37) Eagles - Kareem Jackson, CB, Alabama
6 (38) Browns - Colt McCoy, QB, Texas
7 (39) Raiders - Patrick Robinson, CB, Florida State
8 (40) Chargers - Terrence Cody, DT, Alabama - TheBoltEater
9 (41) Bills - Rodger Saffold, OT, Indiana - Omniscient
10 (42) Buccaneers - Daryl Washington, LB, TCU
11 (43) Broncos - Tyson Alualu, DL, California
12 (44) Patriots - Arrelius Benn, WR, Illinois
13 (45) Broncos - Damian Williams, WR, USC
14 (46) Patriots - Vladimir Ducasse, OG/OT, Massachusetts
15 (47) Patriots - Jahvid Best, RB, California
16 (48) Panthers - Lamar Houston, DT, Texas.
17 (49) 49ers - Brandon Spikes, ILB, Florida.
18 (50) Chiefs - Koa Misi, OLB, Utah
19 (51) Raiders - Sean Lee, ILB, Penn State.
20 (52) Steelers - Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, CB, IUP
21 (53) Patriots - Rob Gronkowski, TE, Arizona
22 (54) Bengals - Nate Allen, S, South Florida
23 (55) Eagles - Navorro Bowman, OLB, Penn State
24 (56) Packers - Chris Cook, CB, Virginia
25 (57) Ravens - Brandon Ghee, CB, Wake Forest
26 (58) Cardinals - Linval Joseph, DL, East Carolina
27 (59) Cowboys - Morgan Burnett, FS, Georgia Tech
28 (60) Seahawks - Eric Decker, WR, Minnesota
29 (61) Jets - Jon Asamoah, G, Illinois.
30 (62) Vikings - Tim Tebow, QB, Florida
31 (63) Colts - Corey Wooten, DE, Northwestern
32 (64) Saints - Ricky Sapp, DE/OLB, Clemson

ROUND 3

1 (65) Chiefs (from Rams) - Jared Veldheer, OT/OG, Hillsdale
2 (66) Lions - Dexter McCluster, KR/Gnat, Mississippi
3 (67) Buccaneers - Chad Jones, FS, LSU
4 (68) Rams (from Chiefs) - Zane Beadles, OG, Utah
5 (69) Raiders - Arthur Jones, DT, Syracuse
6 (70) Eagles - Perrish Cox, CB, Oklahoma State
7 (71) Browns - John Jerry, OG, Mississippi
8 (72) Redskins (from Bills) - Eric Norwood, LB, South Carolina Bills get Jason Campbell
9 (73) Dolphins - Thaddeus Gibson, OLB, Ohio State
10 (74) Jaguars - Jerome Murphy, CB, South Florida
11 (75) Bears - Mike Johnson, OG, Alabama
12 (76) Redskins (from Giants) - Selvish Capers, OT, West Virginia. Giants get Chris Cooley
13 (77) Titans - Dominque Franks, CB, Oklahoma
14 (78) Panthers - Brandon LaFell, WR, LSU
15 (79) 49ers - Greg Hardy, DE, Mississippi
16 (80) Broncos - Matt Tennant, C, Boston College.
17 (81) Oakland (from Texans) - Reshard Jones, S, Georgia.
18 (82) Steelers - Cam Thomas, DT, North Carolina
19 (83) Falcons - Torrel Troup, DT, Central Florida
20 (84) Bengals - Donald Butler, ILB, Washington
21 (85) Browns - Alex Carrington, DE, Arkansas State.
22 (86) Packers - Jason Worilds, OLB/DE, Virginia Tech
23 (87) Eagles - Dezmon Briscoe, WR, Kansas
24 (88) Cardinals - Tony Washington, OT, Abilene Christian
25 (89) Cardinals - Jimmy Graham, TE, U of Miami
26 (90) Cowboys - Carlton Mitchell, WR, South Florida
27 (91) Chargers
28 (92) Browns
29 (93) Vikings
30 (94) Colts
31 (95) Saints
32 (96) Bengals (Compensatory selection)
33 (97) Titans (Compensatory selection)
34 (98) Falcons (Compensatory selection)

The Chargers (Roland or TheBoltEater) are up. We’ll give them a couple hours, then the Brownies.

[Hamlet]

No word from the Chargers.

San Diego Chargers select Javier Arenas, CB, Alabama.

The Browns (Senor Beef, who is around), is on the clock.

[SenorBeef]

I had a tough time here, this is a pretty savvy mock. I wanted a receiver here but my top choices have all gone since my last pick. The guys I wanted at safety are gone too.

I’ll take Jordan Shipley, WR, Texas to continue his good chemistry with McCoy.

[Hamlet]

Minnesota Vikings select Myron Lewis, CB/S Vanderbilt.

Indianapolis Colts select Al Woods, DT, LSU.

The Saints (Oakminster) have lost all the guys on their proxy list, so they’re up. The Bengals (It’s not Rocket Surgery) are next, then the Titans and Falcons. Then, onto Round 4.

[Oakminster]

Working on my pick now.

[SenorBeef]

I didn’t realize we’d be doing a round 4 - are we going to try to do the entire draft?

[Hamlet]

@SenorBeef

I didn’t realize we’d be doing a round 4 - are we going to try to do the entire draft?

I’m going until I’m bored, or the real draft catches up. These are the picks I find most interesting. You better get back online and find out which 4th tier QB prospect wets your whistle.

[Oakminster]

With the 95th pick in the 2010 SDMB NFL Mock Draft, the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints select…
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Anthony Dixon, RB, Mississippi State**

[It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery]

The Cincinnati Bengals select:

D’Anthony Smith, DT/DE, Louisiana Tech

[Hamlet]

@Oakminster

With the 95th pick in the 2010 SDMB NFL Mock Draft, the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints select…

Anthony Dixon, RB, Mississippi State

Interesting. I have Dwyer, Gerhart, McKnight, and Hardesty all rated higher.

Bengals up.

[SenorBeef]

Does anyone want to grade this somehow? I was thinking adding up the differentials between where a player was selected in the mock and the actual draft would provide an interesting score (ie if someone drafted a player at slot 50 for their team and he actually went at slot 56 in the draft, it would score a 6 - lower is better). But that isn’t connected inherently for drafting for your team, just predicting where players will go.

[garygnu]

@SenorBeef

Does anyone want to grade this somehow? I was thinking adding up the differentials between where a player was selected in the mock and the actual draft would provide an interesting score (ie if someone drafted a player at slot 50 for their team and he actually went at slot 56 in the draft, it would score a 6 - lower is better). But that isn’t connected inherently for drafting for your team, just predicting where players will go.

That sounds reasonable, and not hard to do. We’ll have to make sure the right Doper gets credit.

[SenorBeef]

Yeah, on second thought, that system doesn’t really work right for scoring, although it would be interesting information. Let’s say for instance there’s a player I thought would be mid-2nd round talent but in our mock he somehow slipped into the 4th round. I snatch him right up based on value - but then in the actual draft he goes in round 2. I get penalized with a big gap because he went 2 rounds earlier than I predicted, but it was a great mock pick for me.

[Hamlet]

Tennesse Titans select Mardy Gilyard, WR, Cincinnatti.

Atlanta Falcons select Ed Dickson, TE, Oregon.

So here we are:

Round 1

1 (1) Rams - Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma - Omniscient
2 (2) Lions - Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska - Least Original User Name Ever
3 (3) Buccaneers - Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma - garygnu
4 (4) Redskins - Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma State
5 (5) Chiefs - Eric Berry, S, Tennessee
6 (6) Seahawks - Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma Omniscient
7 (7) Browns - Joe Haden, CB, Florida - Senor Beef
8 (8) Raiders - C.J. Spiller, RB, Clemson
9 (9) Bills - Brian Bulaga, OT, Iowa
10 (10) Jaguars - Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre Dame
11 (11) Broncos - Rolando McClain, ILB, Alabama
12 (12) Dolphins - Dan Williams, NT, Tennessee - Omniscient
13 (13) 49ers - Mike Iupati, G, Idaho - garygnu
14 (14) Seattle Seahawks - Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, South Florida - Omniscient
15 (15) New York Giants - Taylor Mays, S, USC - It’s Not Rocket Surgery!
16 (16) Tennessee Titans - Derrick Morgan, DE, Georgia Tech
17 (17) 49ers - Kyle Wilson, CB, Boise State - garygnu
18 (18) Steelers - Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma State - Stink Fish Pot
19 (19) Texans - Earl Thomas, S, Texas1 - Grey Ghost
20 (20) Falcons - Brandon Graham, DE/OLB, Michigan1
21 (21) Bengals - Jermaine Gresham, TE, Oklahoma - It’s not Rocket Surgery
22 (22) Patriots - Sergio Kindle, OLB, Texas - Omniscient
23 (23) Packers - Anthony Davis, LT, Rutgers - Hamlet
24 (24) Eagles - Maurkice Pouncey, OG/C, Florida - Jules Andre
25 (25) Ravens - Jared Odrick, DT/DE, Penn State.
26 (26) Cardinals - Sean Weatherspoon, OLB/ILB, Missouri
27 (27) Cowboys - Bruce Campbell, LT, Maryland - Grey Ghost
28 (28) Chargers - Ryan Matthews, RB, Fresno State.
29 (29) Jets - Jerry Hughes, DE/OLB, TCU - Grey Ghost
30 (30) Vikings - Devin McCourty, CB, Rutgers
31 (31) Colts - Charles Brown, OT, Colts
32 (32) Saints - Everson Griffin, DE, USC Oakminster

1 - Trade: Houston gives a 1st (20) and 5th (150) to Atlanta for a 1st (19).

Round 2
1 (33) Rams - Demaryius Thomas, WR, Georgia Tech - Omniscient
2 (34) Lions - Carlos Dunlap, DE, Florida Least Original User Name Ever
3 (35) Buccaneers - Golden Tate, WR, Notre Dame
4 (36) Chiefs - Brian Price, NT, UCLA
5 (37) Eagles - Kareem Jackson, CB, Alabama
6 (38) Browns - Colt McCoy, QB, Texas
7 (39) Raiders - Patrick Robinson, CB, Florida State
8 (40) Chargers - Terrence Cody, DT, Alabama - TheBoltEater
9 (41) Bills - Rodger Saffold, OT, Indiana - Omniscient
10 (42) Buccaneers - Daryl Washington, LB, TCU
11 (43) Broncos - Tyson Alualu, DL, California
12 (44) Patriots - Arrelius Benn, WR, Illinois
13 (45) Broncos - Damian Williams, WR, USC
14 (46) Patriots - Vladimir Ducasse, OG/OT, Massachusetts
15 (47) Patriots - Jahvid Best, RB, California
16 (48) Panthers - Lamar Houston, DT, Texas.
17 (49) 49ers - Brandon Spikes, ILB, Florida.
18 (50) Chiefs - Koa Misi, OLB, Utah
19 (51) Raiders - Sean Lee, ILB, Penn State.
20 (52) Steelers - Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, CB, IUP
21 (53) Patriots - Rob Gronkowski, TE, Arizona
22 (54) Bengals - Nate Allen, S, South Florida
23 (55) Eagles - Navorro Bowman, OLB, Penn State
24 (56) Packers - Chris Cook, CB, Virginia
25 (57) Ravens - Brandon Ghee, CB, Wake Forest
26 (58) Cardinals - Linval Joseph, DL, East Carolina
27 (59) Cowboys - Morgan Burnett, FS, Georgia Tech
28 (60) Seahawks - Eric Decker, WR, Minnesota
29 (61) Jets - Jon Asamoah, G, Illinois.
30 (62) Vikings - Tim Tebow, QB, Florida
31 (63) Colts - Corey Wooten, DE, Northwestern
32 (64) Saints - Ricky Sapp, DE/OLB, Clemson

ROUND 3

1 (65) Chiefs (from Rams) - Jared Veldheer, OT/OG, Hillsdale
2 (66) Lions - Dexter McCluster, KR/Gnat, Mississippi
3 (67) Buccaneers - Chad Jones, FS, LSU
4 (68) Rams (from Chiefs) - Zane Beadles, OG, Utah
5 (69) Raiders - Arthur Jones, DT, Syracuse
6 (70) Eagles - Perrish Cox, CB, Oklahoma State
7 (71) Browns - John Jerry, OG, Mississippi
8 (72) Redskins (from Bills) - Eric Norwood, LB, South Carolina Bills get Jason Campbell
9 (73) Dolphins - Thaddeus Gibson, OLB, Ohio State
10 (74) Jaguars - Jerome Murphy, CB, South Florida
11 (75) Bears - Mike Johnson, OG, Alabama
12 (76) Redskins (from Giants) - Selvish Capers, OT, West Virginia. Giants get Chris Cooley
13 (77) Titans - Dominque Franks, CB, Oklahoma
14 (78) Panthers - Brandon LaFell, WR, LSU
15 (79) 49ers - Greg Hardy, DE, Mississippi
16 (80) Broncos - Matt Tennant, C, Boston College.
17 (81) Oakland (from Texans) - Reshard Jones, S, Georgia.
18 (82) Steelers - Cam Thomas, DT, North Carolina
19 (83) Falcons - Torrel Troup, DT, Central Florida
20 (84) Bengals - Donald Butler, ILB, Washington
21 (85) Browns - Alex Carrington, DE, Arkansas State.
22 (86) Packers - Jason Worilds, OLB/DE, Virginia Tech
23 (87) Eagles - Dezmon Briscoe, WR, Kansas
24 (88) Cardinals - Tony Washington, OT, Abilene Christian
25 (89) Cardinals - Jimmy Graham, TE, U of Miami
26 (90) Cowboys - Carlton Mitchell, WR, South Florida
27 (91) Chargers - Javier Arenas, CB, Alabama
28 (92) Browns - Jordan Shipley, WR, Texas
29 (93) Vikings - Myron Lewis, CB/FS, Vanderbilt
30 (94) Colts - Al Woods, DT, LSU
31 (95) Saints - Anthony Dixon, RB, Mississippi
32 (96) Bengals (CS) - D’Anthony Smith, DT/DE, Louisiana Tech
33 (97) Titans (CS) - Mardy Gilyard, WR, Cincinnatti
34 (98) Falcons (CS) - Eric Dickson, TE, Oregon.

ROUND 4

1 (99) Rams
2 (100) Lions
3 (101) Buccaneers
4 (102) Chiefs
5 (103) Redskins
6 (104) Seahawks
7 (105) Eagles
8 (106) Raiders
9 (107) Bills
10 (108) Jaguars
11 (109) Bears
12 (110) Dolphins
13 (111) Titans
14 (112) Panthers
15 (113) 49ers
16 (114) Broncos
17 (115) Giants
18 (116) Steelers
19 (117) Falcons
20 (118) Texans
21 (119) Patriots
22 (120) Bengals
23 (121) Eagles
24 (122) Packers
25 (123) Cardinals (From Ravens)
26 (124) Jets (From Cardinals)
27 (125) Cowboys
28 (126) Chargers
29 (127) Seahawks
30 (128) Vikings
31 (129) Colts
32 (130) Saints
33 (131) Bengals (Compensatory selection)

Rams (Omni) is up. I’ll be gone for a couple hours, if any picks come due, feel free to select.

[Oakminster]

@Hamlet

Interesting. I have Dwyer, Gerhart, McKnight, and Hardesty all rated higher.

Bengals up.

I think Dixon may be the best back that nobody ever saw last year. He played for the lowly Bulldogs, so he didn’t get much publicity, but the guy had a good year running the ball in the SEC. Tough, durable, and a nasty runner. Likes to hit people.

[Hamlet]

@Oakminster

I think Dixon may be the best back that nobody ever saw last year. He played for the lowly Bulldogs, so he didn’t get much publicity, but the guy had a good year running the ball in the SEC. Tough, durable, and a nasty runner. Likes to hit people.

That’s part of the problem, I think. Guys like that don’t tend to last too long, spend too much time with little dings, and will be running into bigger, stronger guys. It’s the third round, so it’s not really a big deal, but I’m concerned that Dixon already has a ton of mileage on his tires and, while he’ll be a good complementary back, Dwyer has more shake and better vision, Gerhart is faster, McKnight is more explosive. Of course, I haven’t seen Dixon play, so take it for what its worth.

[Omniscient]

The Rams finally look to the defensive side of the ball and you know Spags likes his pass rushers and he finds a really good value here.

St Louis Rams
99) George Selvie, DE, South Florida

Selvie played opposite Jason Pierre-Paul and was the more consistent and productive of the two players. He lacks the raw athleticism but makes up for it in skills, effort, consistency and leadership. If not for Pierre-Paul getting so much hype and taking away some of the numbers in his senior season Selvie probably would have been talked about as a 1st rounder, if he’d have come out last year he’d probably have been a top 15 pick.