2012 Draft...Early Horizontal Board

[patsfaninpa]

1st Round
QB - A. Luck - Stanford, M. Barkley - USC, L. Jones - Oklahoma
R. Tanneyhill - Texas A&M

RB T. Richardson - Alabama
TE None

WR J. Blackmon - Ok. St, A. Jeffrey - So. Carolina, M. Floyd - ND
J. Fuller - Texas A&M, R. Broyles - Oklahoma

OL M. Kalil - T- USC, R. Reiff - T- Iowa, J. Martin - T - Stanford
P. Konz - C - Wisconsin, D. DeCastro - G - Stanford
A.Datko-T-FSU

DL Q. Coples - DE - UNC, J. Crick - E/T - Nebraska A. Ta'amu - dt - Washington, B. Jenkins - de - FSU, B. Thompson - DT - Clemson, Devin Taylor - DE - So. Carolina

LB L. Kuechly - BC, V. Burfict - Ariz St, M. Te'o - N Dame
R. Lewis - olb - Oklahoma

CB D. Kirkpatrick - Alabama, A. Dennard - Nebraska, Morris Claiborne - LSU, C. Harris - Oregon, S. Gilmore - So. Carolina
C. Minnifield - Virginia

2nd Round
QB - K. Cousins - Mich St, N. Foles - Arizona

RB - L. James - Oregon, C. Gray - Texas A&M

WR - G. Childs - Arkansas, Lance Lewis - E Carolina, J. Boykin - Va Tech, C. Owusu - Stanford, J. Criner - Arizona

TE - M. Agnew - Mizzou

OL - M. Brewster - C - OSU, M. Reynolds - T - BYU, K. Osemele - G - Iowa St, L. Ad**** - T - Ok. St, B. Jones - C - Georgia, N. Potter - T - Boise St

DL - K. Randall - DT - Texas, B. Winn - DT - Boise St, Vinny Curry - DE - Marshall, Devon Still - DT - PSU, J. Worthy - DT - Mich St
J. Chapman - NG - Alabama

LB - T. Lewis - Oklahoma, D. Hightower - Alabama, B. Irvin - WVU,
C. Upshaw - Alabama, N. Bradham - FSU

CB J. Jenkins - N. Alabama(Formerly Florida) C. Judie - Texas A&M

S - R. Lester - Alabama, TJ McDonald - USC, M. Martin - Ok St

Early Pats Picks
1a 28th from NO - Peter Konz - C Wisonsin
We need a replacement eventually and saves us a nice chunk by not having to re-up Koppen. What a big, young, tough OL!!
Solder - Mankins - Konz - Cannon/Waters - Vollmer

1b 32 - J. Fuller - WR - Texas A&M - I'm sure we'll trade down. Showing some age at this position. He played extremely well against Patrick Peterson in their Bowl game last year. That big wr we've been craving. 6'4" 215lb.

2a 48 fm Oak V. Curry - DE - Marshall - Hope Oakland is worse than 8-8. But, I feel the non-playoff teams in the AFC Stink. All except; Pats, Balt, Pitt, NYJ, SD and South Winner(Prob Houston). One of Box's binkies from last year. May not be there but hey, it's my mock.

2b Nigel Bradham - OLB - FSU - Would give us some athleticism at that position. I'm not against moving Mayo to MLB if Spikes/Fletcher don't work out. I'm real curious to see him against OU tomorrow night. They will test him. A hurry-up, spread team that can run the ball. Sounds like the Pats.

[MrNathanDrake]

I saw one video of Alameda Ta'amu. He got BLOWN off the LOS every play. Very weak at the Point of Attack.

Maybe it was a bad game. Or an off day. I dont know. But he looked horrible.

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That said. Robert Lester FS from Alabama is intriguing as a prospect. He's 6'2 with a knack for INTs. With all the tall WR's coming into the league, we could use someone like that.

[patsfaninpa]

Originally Posted by MrNathanDrake

I saw one video of Alameda Ta'amu. He got BLOWN off the LOS every play. Very weak at the Point of Attack.

Maybe it was a bad game. Or an off day. I dont know. But he looked horrible.

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That said. Robert Lester FS from Alabama is intriguing as a prospect. He's 6'2 with a knack for INTs. With all the tall WR's coming into the league, we could use someone like that.

Rankings are very fluid at this point. Haven't seen UW yet this year. I used a combination of players I've seen. CBS Sports, ESPN Board and Mel's Big Board. I saw Lester at the Alabama/PSU game. Bama's secondary looked very good. I just have a hunch we go for a veteran FS this off-season. Dream guy would be Laron Landry - Wash. More realistic option could be Reggie Nelson - Cincy. I really liked him coming out of Florida. Watched a little of the Cincy/Cleve game this week and he looked good when I was watching.

[MrNathanDrake]

I know you didnt list him, but most places do.

Marcus Forston is another player I don't like. He's listed at 6'3 300, but I think in reality he's closer to 6'2 290. Very small build. Not strong. And isnt fast enough to make up for those other deficiencies.

[Ochmed Jones]

Originally Posted by patsfaninpa

1st Round
CB D. Kirkpatrick - Alabama, A. Dennard - Nebraska, Morris Claiborne - LSU, C. Harris - Oregon, S. Gilmore - So. Carolina
C. Minnifield - Virginia

Wow! What an outstanding set of CB's.

Kirkpatrick is an outstanding CB and Dennard played better than Amukamura last season. Claiborne had a nice night last night and I really like Gilmore's game.

It would not surprise me if BB took another CB early in the 2012 draft, especially if we are drafting at #32.

[Ochmed Jones]

Originally Posted by patsfaninpa

Early Pats Picks
1a 28th from NO - Peter Konz - C Wisonsin
We need a replacement eventually and saves us a nice chunk by not having to re-up Koppen. What a big, young, tough OL!!
Solder - Mankins - Konz - Cannon/Waters - Vollmer

1b 32 - J. Fuller - WR - Texas A&M - I'm sure we'll trade down. Showing some age at this position. He played extremely well against Patrick Peterson in their Bowl game last year. That big wr we've been craving. 6'4" 215lb.

2a 48 fm Oak V. Curry - DE - Marshall - Hope Oakland is worse than 8-8. But, I feel the non-playoff teams in the AFC Stink. All except; Pats, Balt, Pitt, NYJ, SD and South Winner(Prob Houston). One of Box's binkies from last year. May not be there but hey, it's my mock.

2b Nigel Bradham - OLB - FSU - Would give us some athleticism at that position. I'm not against moving Mayo to MLB if Spikes/Fletcher don't work out. I'm real curious to see him against OU tomorrow night. They will test him. A hurry-up, spread team that can run the ball. Sounds like the Pats.

Tremendous effort on this. Absolutlely love the mock. Four very solid choices if Konz declares. I read on the Wisconsin board that he said he wants to come back next season and finish his career. (Good for him, sad for us.)

I have the DVR set for the FSU-Oklahoma game, can't wait to see how Bradham does against superior talent and a stacked team like Oklahoma.

[patsfaninpa]

Originally Posted by MrNathanDrake

I know you didnt list him, but most places do.

Marcus Forston is another player I don't like. He's listed at 6'3 300, but I think in reality he's closer to 6'2 290. Very small build. Not strong. And isnt fast enough to make up for those other deficiencies.

I'm leery of the present day Canes. They are living off of the reps of that motherload of talent they had up until about 04. Portis, McGahee, Gore, Winslow Jr. , Shockey, A. Johnson, V. Wilfork, Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Reggie Wayne.

I can live with Brewster if Konz stays at Wisky. Can prob get him in early 2nd. Move back a little from 32. Get an extra pick.

[Peachhead]

I'd like to put major draft resources into FS early next draft. Perhaps Mark Barron, Alabama or Kenny Tate, Maryland (move him back to S).

BB frequently takes two guys at a position to make extra sure it gets filled. Past examples are Vereen and Ridley at RB, and Gronk and Hernandez at TE. This next draft I seeing him doing that for an OC. (But not using a 1st). With the added benefit that the guy who doesn't ultimately end up at OC should be able to transition to RG very easily. So far I don't particularly like B. Jones, Georgia and I haven't seen enough of P. Konz, Wisc to have an opinion yet. Two guys I've watched a little and like are D. Molk, Michigan and especially B. Cave, Notre Dame. The dude seems to have more pancakes than IHOP.

For WRs I really like R. Broyles, Okla. But it's early in the college season. I'm sure others will catch my eye by year's end.

I also think we should be on the lookout for an MLB/ILB in case the smoke emanating from Brandon Spikes' twitter account turns into a fire. Although I don't have any names to cite at the moment.

Just generally speaking. I'm leery of current Ohio St players and very leery of current U of Miami players.

[Off The Grid]

Originally Posted by MrNathanDrake

I saw one video of Alameda Ta'amu.

He got BLOWN off the LOS every play.

And not in a GOOD way, I gather??

[Metaphors]

Originally Posted by Peachhead

So far I don't particularly like B. Jones, Georgia

He looked pretty bad against Boise. Fine in pass pro (though Boise attacked mainly from the edges) but he was constantly on the ground when run blocking. Just baffling so I gave him another shot before I took him off my radar. MUCH better against SCarolina. Still no issues in protection but stayed on his feet and attacked the 2nd level in the running game.

Hard to evaluate Jones since Georgia is anemic at the skill positions. Also the Bulldog schedule is odd this year (their toughest roadie all year is Ole Miss). I'll keep my eye on Jones but probably won't be sold on him completely until after the UF and Auburn games.

Originally Posted by Peachhead

For WRs I really like R. Broyles, Okla. But it's early in the college season. I'm sure others will catch my eye by year's end.

Dwight Jones (and no I don't have a "Jones" issue) has been absolutely sick so far. Big, strong and fast with the ability to line up everywhere and attack all areas of the field. Would like to see him snatch like Larry Fitzgerald does and has been going against weak competition...though the UNC schedule is pretty sad except for the Clemson and VaTech games. Could struggle at some point with a soph QB but so far so good.