2015 NFL Mock Drafts

mayoclinic · Feb 17, 2015

patsfaninpa said:
I'm real curious where Ogbuehi slides to. He'd prob start at LG immediately.

I'm not sure that Ogbuehi projects well inside, or that he'll be ready to step in and contribute much in 2015 coming off a late ACL tear. But he's definitely someone to keep an eye on in terms of potential value and upside. I'm more turned off by reports that he wasn't a hard worker than I am by his injury.

nickw308810 · Feb 17, 2015

Thanks Mayo and patsfaninpa for your comments. I do like what you said, it is a meat and potatoes type draft and that is the type of opportunity that BB will have with this draft with (hopefully) the comp pick and the TB pick. The pats are going to have to start saving money in the future with Collins, Hightower, Jones, etc becoming free agents in the not so distant future. They will need to hit on some of these picks to be able to afford our difference makers in the future.

Ochmed Jones · Feb 17, 2015

Just watched some tape on duke Johnson of Miami. He kind of reminds me of vereen.

JerseyShore99 · Feb 18, 2015

Ochmed Jones said:
Just watched some tape on duke Johnson of Miami. He kind of reminds me of vereen.

A smaller, shiftier, way faster and quicker Vereen with lesser hands, size, and the cuts move of Pittsburgh Penguins Jaromir Jagr

BobDigital · Feb 18, 2015

This is the mock I think the Patriots will do. Not the one i would prefer. My current best guess. Also assuming FA goes as I think it will.

#32 TRADE DOWN - If Todd Gurley fell here the Pats would pick him. He will not though and they will not trade up for him. The Pats look at the board and see no one demanding to be taken so they will trade down for a 2nd and 4th. This is gonna make me scream a bit at the TV. (#42 & 110 or so)

#42 -Tevin Coleman - RB - Some will call this a reach as maybe his injury should push him down more but besides Gurley he is probably the most complete back in the draft. His pass protection is also very solid which is a bit reason he is picked here. His injury will probably knock him lower than he would otherwise be and I think this is decent value. He is a bit small at 210 but to me comes off as a fairly complete RB.

#64 - Nate Orchard - DE/OLB - at 6'3 and 250 he is a bit undersized but I envision him in the Ayers role of being a good DE and able to move to OLB. Also I think he can easily had a little more weight if need be.

#78 - TRADE UP #96 & our 4th - Jeremiah Poutasi - G - I threw out his name but it can really be any number of guards. I simply think we can not wait for pick 96 if we want one that can challenge for a starting spot early in the year. The Pats already have more than enough picks so using one to move up won't hurt them.

3rd round comp - Ellis McCarthy - DT - 6'5 330 lbs. The injuries knock him down. But his talent is undeniable. A Big DT with some athetism to replace Branch who i think is gone. As well as next year maybe he can be a possible solution for the Wilfork who might leave (though picking another DT that year could make sense too).

I will stop there cause I am having a hard time thinking of what they will do after this. Maybe WR, OG, DB. Hard to say and really depends on the board.

KDPPatsfan85 · Feb 19, 2015

Just did a Patriots 7 Round Mock. Let me know what you think.

32. Traded to Bears for #39, #103
39. Carl Davis DT Iowa
64. Tre' Jackson OG Florida State
96. Nick O'Leary TE Florida State
98. Lynden Trail DE Norfolk State
103. Traded to Cardinals for #120, #151, #216
120. Ali Marpet OG Hobart
128. Ibraheim Campbell SS Northwestern
151. Deontay Greenberry WR Houston
162. Taiwan Jones ILB Michigan State
193. Tayo Fabuluje OT TCU
216. Malcolm Brown RB Texas

goheels22002 · Feb 19, 2015

The two biggest "needs" are understudies for Dan Connolly at G/C, and for Vince Wilfork at interior DL.

At pick 32, I like G/C/T Cameron Erving out of Florida State for his size 6-6, 308 and versatility, and because he played alongside Stork in 2013. He's played all of the OL positions, and has the height to slide over to Tackle when needed.

At pick 63 I like Terry Williams from ECU - enormous fire plug 6'1" 353 who anchored a defense that made a bowl game and held their own against an unusually poor Florida team. Williams needs to get stronger, but where else could a guy of his size get NFL ready than working with Vince for a year?

All these prognosticators predicting that the Patriots will draft a WR first haven't been paying attention. The receiving corps is fine. Several have the Patriots selecting a TE, but I don't see that as a need unless they've given up on Tim Wright. The tandem of Hooman and Wright is a fine balance for Gronk.

Patriots1364life · Feb 19, 2015

I really like erving but I wonder if he will be there at 32. We need players in the trenches. We need some athleticism on the dline as well. Alot of people here think easley will bounce back. I never liked the easley pick because of the injuries. We will see.

patsfaninpa · Feb 19, 2015

Reports are Poutasi looked a little sloppy. 335lb. 18PCT body fat. I like the rest of the picks.

goheels22002 said:
The two biggest "needs" are understudies for Dan Connolly at G/C, and for Vince Wilfork at interior DL.

At pick 32, I like G/C/T Cameron Erving out of Florida State for his size 6-6, 308 and versatility, and because he played alongside Stork in 2013. He's played all of the OL positions, and has the height to slide over to Tackle when needed.

At pick 63 I like Terry Williams from ECU - enormous fire plug 6'1" 353 who anchored a defense that made a bowl game and held their own against an unusually poor Florida team. Williams needs to get stronger, but where else could a guy of his size get NFL ready than working with Vince for a year?

All these prognosticators predicting that the Patriots will draft a WR first haven't been paying attention. The receiving corps is fine. Several have the Patriots selecting a TE, but I don't see that as a need unless they've given up on Tim Wright. The tandem of Hooman and Wright is a fine balance for Gronk.

I think Erving would be fine at 32. I think he would replace Connolly this year. And, allow you to let Wendell walk when his contract is up after 2015. That pick might allow you to upgrade a position. And, save money. Williams can be had in the late rounds. His substance issues make it tough to count on him.

goheels22002 · Feb 19, 2015

patsfaninpa said:
Reports are Poutasi looked a little sloppy. 335lb. 18PCT body fat. I like the rest of the picks.

I think Erving would be fine at 32. I think he would replace Connolly this year. And, allow you to let Wendell walk when his contract is up after 2015. That pick might allow you to upgrade a position. And, save money. Williams can be had in the late rounds. His substance issues make it tough to count on him.

I noticed a reference to a suspension for Williams, but it wasn't detailed in the profile I read. Was it a big deal, or was it college kid stuff? Those things are hard to measure. Johnny Clipboard's substance abuse issues were "boys being boys" around and after the 2014 draft. It turns out, he's got real problems.

patsfaninpa · Feb 19, 2015

He was suspended for two years earlier in the career. Probably marijuana. Got suspended at the end of this season too. I'd take him in the 7th. That's about it. I do like his film though.

manxman2601 · Feb 19, 2015

Terry Williams' biggest problem is that he's only 5'11" - short for a DT. He only got invited to one of the smaller all-star games and didn't get a combine invite - I'd suggest he's a late day three/UDFA guy.

And I speak as his biggest fan.

patsfaninpa · Feb 22, 2015

Early mock. We can cut VW and still be slightly over if it's at 143m. That's without; McCourty, Gostkowski, Vereen, Branch, Casillas, Ridley or Connolly. We've got some work to do. Not dire. But, a little challenging. Extending Revis allows me to keep McCourty, Branch and Casillas. First year hit on DMAC lower with a longer pact. I'd slow play RB and see what's available. We have a lot of in-house candidates. And, I like a guy like Ahmad Bradshaw if he's cleared medically. Broke his foot. I think Vereen and Ayers flashed enough to get bigger deals elsewhere. Torn on Gostkowski. He's really good. But, we kicked one FG in our playoff run. A chippy against Indy.

Here's my horizontal board. Top 31. These guys will be gone when we're on the clock at 32.

QB - Winton and Mariota
RB - Gurley and Gordon
WR - Cooper, White, Parker, DGB and Devon Smith.
TE - None
OL - Scherff, Peat, Collins, Flowers, Fisher and Erving

DT - L. Williams, Shelton, Goldman and M. Brown.
DE - D. Fowler, Armstead and Dupree
LB - Gregory, Ray, McKinney, Beasley and Shaq Thompson
CB - Waenes, PJ Williams and J. Collins
S - L. Collins

Who ya picking? I want 6 positions in the first 4 rounds. DE, G, DT, WR, and G.
1. I've been mocking Odighizuwa because he'd be strong vs the run. Could go more of the pass-rusher type in Orchard or Harold. Gil Brandt thinks Harold is a 4-3 de. Clemmings is still there too. Along with Cann. Or, a couple of dt's like Davis and Phillips. Diggy or a trade back for me.

QB - B. Hundley
RB - T. Coleman, A. Abdullah and Duke Johnson
TE - M. Williams
WR - J. Strong, S. Coates, B. Perriman, N. Ogholar and P. Dorsett
OL - Clemmings, Humphries, Cann, Ogbuehi, Grasu and Donovan Smith

DE - N. Orchard, M. Edwards, Preston Smith
DT - C. Davis, J. Phillips, M. Bennett
LB - E. Harold. D. Perryman, E. Kendricks, P. Dawson
CB - M. Peters, A. Carter, Ekpre-Olumu
S - A. Harris and G. Holiman

I'd probably go guard here. Poutasi, Tomlinson and T. Jackson are there. I think Tomlinson would be an anchor at one of the guard spots for 7-8 years.

Still on the board headed into the third. I rank em L-R. So, the guys on the right won't be there at 96, 97 and 102 IMO.

QB - B. Petty, Grayson - Maybe neither go in 3rd
RB - J. Ajayi, TJ Yeldon, D. Johnson, D. Cobb, M. Davis - Some good players here
WR - R. Greene, T. Lockett, J. Harper, J. Hardy, T. Montgomery, T. McBride
TE - D. Funchess, C. Walford, J. James, J. Heuerman
OL - J. Poutasi, R. Dismukes, A. Kouandijo, T. Jackson, T. Sambrailo, R. Havenstein, A. Marpet

DE - D. Hunter, T. Flowers, M. Golden, H. Anderson, M. Valles
DT - E. McCarthy, J. Mbu, M. Hardison, X. Cooper
LB - H. Kikaha,
CB - Q. Rollins, K. Johnson, DJoun Smith, J. Glenn, S. Nelson
S - C. Prewitt, C. Hackett, J. Tartt,

That's 40 names. How bout?
3 - 96 - M. Hardison - DT - Arizona St
3-97 - T. Lockett - WR - K-St
4 - 102 - A. Marpet - OL - Hobart
4. 132 - J. Heuerman - TE - Ohio ST

Not flashy. But, I think we're a lot tougher on both lines and at TE. Lockett is Amendola's replacement. I'm giving him another year before he's cut.

manxman2601 · Feb 22, 2015

patsfaninpa said:
Early mock. We can cut VW and still be slightly over if it's at 143m. That's without; McCourty, Gostkowski, Vereen, Branch, Casillas, Ridley or Connolly. We've got some work to do. Not dire. But, a little challenging. Extending Revis allows me to keep McCourty, Branch and Casillas. First year hit on DMAC lower with a longer pact. I'd slow play RB and see what's available. We have a lot of in-house candidates. And, I like a guy like Ahmad Bradshaw if he's cleared medically. Broke his foot. I think Vereen and Ayers flashed enough to get bigger deals elsewhere. Torn on Gostkowski. He's really good. But, we kicked one FG in our playoff run. A chippy against Indy.

Here's my horizontal board. Top 31. These guys will be gone when we're on the clock at 32.

QB - Winton and Mariota
RB - Gurley and Gordon
WR - Cooper, White, Parker, DGB and Devon Smith.
TE - None
OL - Scherff, Peat, Collins, Flowers, Fisher and Erving

DT - L. Williams, Shelton, Goldman and M. Brown.
DE - D. Fowler, Armstead and Dupree
LB - Gregory, Ray, McKinney, Beasley and Shaq Thompson
CB - Waenes, PJ Williams and J. Collins
S - L. Collins

Who ya picking? I want 6 positions in the first 4 rounds. DE, G, DT, WR, and G.
1. I've been mocking Odighizuwa because he'd be strong vs the run. Could go more of the pass-rusher type in Orchard or Harold. Gil Brandt thinks Harold is a 4-3 de. Clemmings is still there too. Along with Cann. Or, a couple of dt's like Davis and Phillips. Diggy or a trade back for me.

QB - B. Hundley
RB - T. Coleman, A. Abdullah and Duke Johnson
TE - M. Williams
WR - J. Strong, S. Coates, B. Perriman, N. Ogholar and P. Dorsett
OL - Clemmings, Humphries, Cann, Ogbuehi, Grasu and Donovan Smith

DE - N. Orchard, M. Edwards, Preston Smith
DT - C. Davis, J. Phillips, M. Bennett
LB - E. Harold. D. Perryman, E. Kendricks, P. Dawson
CB - M. Peters, A. Carter, Ekpre-Olumu
S - A. Harris and G. Holiman

I'd probably go guard here. Poutasi, Tomlinson and T. Jackson are there. I think Tomlinson would be an anchor at one of the guard spots for 7-8 years.

Still on the board headed into the third. I rank em L-R. So, the guys on the right won't be there at 96, 97 and 102 IMO.

QB - B. Petty, Grayson - Maybe neither go in 3rd
RB - J. Ajayi, TJ Yeldon, D. Johnson, D. Cobb, M. Davis - Some good players here
WR - R. Greene, T. Lockett, J. Harper, J. Hardy, T. Montgomery, T. McBride
TE - D. Funchess, C. Walford, J. James, J. Heuerman
OL - J. Poutasi, R. Dismukes, A. Kouandijo, T. Jackson, T. Sambrailo, R. Havenstein, A. Marpet

DE - D. Hunter, T. Flowers, M. Golden, H. Anderson, M. Valles
DT - E. McCarthy, J. Mbu, M. Hardison, X. Cooper
LB - H. Kikaha,
CB - Q. Rollins, K. Johnson, DJoun Smith, J. Glenn, S. Nelson
S - C. Prewitt, C. Hackett, J. Tartt,

That's 40 names. How bout?
3 - 96 - M. Hardison - DT - Arizona St
3-97 - T. Lockett - WR - K-St
4 - 102 - A. Marpet - OL - Hobart
4. 132 - J. Heuerman - TE - Ohio ST

Not flashy. But, I think we're a lot tougher on both lines and at TE. Lockett is Amendola's replacement. I'm giving him another year before he's cut.

Diggy and Hardison? Where do I sign up?There isn't a name I don't like there so I'd love the mock. I only have two critiques and one of them only minor.

1. The bigger criticism. And bear in mind, this is purely a matter of interpretation. You prioritised RG over LG with Tomlinson ahead of Marpet. Firstly, I'm not convinced Marpet is someone who can start from day one which leaves a big hole at LG. How do you propose to fill it? Tomlinson, Wendell and Fleming are all RG types. Pas much as I think Tomlinson is a very good RG prospect I do think LG/LT should be the priority.

2. Second minor criticism. No Mcbride over Lockett. Damn you!

It's a mock I'd be very happy with. Well done.

Luxusdk · Feb 22, 2015

manxman2601 said:
1. The bigger criticism. And bear in mind, this is purely a matter of interpretation. You prioritised RG over LG with Tomlinson ahead of Marpet. Firstly, I'm not convinced Marpet is someone who can start from day one which leaves a big hole at LG. How do you propose to fill it? Tomlinson, Wendell and Fleming are all RG types. Pas much as I think Tomlinson is a very good RG prospect I do think LG/LT should be the priority.

You raise a nice point here Manx about LG vs RG
There are few "LG" out there and I with you on Tomlinson, and I have some of the same thoughts on Cann.
LGs as I see it: Scherff, Collins, Erving, Fisher, Sambrailo and Marpet - Some im on/off on: Clemmings, Humphies, Ogbuehi, Smith and Poutasi.
There are others but this is the top dogs for me. Of that list Marpet, Smith, Poutasi and Ogbuehi could be found later day 2 or early day 3.
And of this list, alot will be picked before Patriots has a chance.

manxman2601 · Feb 22, 2015

I think Cann can play LG comfortably personally - he actually looks to be a nice fit for our system, but he's also limited to that one spot - I'd like some LT versatility from our LG. So for me, Clemmings, Fisher, Erving, Sambrailo, Humphries as my premier LT/LG prospects and Marpet, Ogbuehi, Poutasi, Jamil Douglas, Donovan Smith in my second tier (not in order).

mrbean · Feb 22, 2015

I know Tre Jackson didn't exactly kill it at the combine, but I think he'll make a really solid RG in the league. He's a much better player than his numbers indicate. Something tells me we are going to end up with at least one Florida State OL in this draft. Heck, an Erving, Stork, Jackson interior OL sounds intriguing provided they are available with the first two picks. If Erving can not be had, maybe a Cann, Stork, Jackson interior trio. We could also maybe go with Diggy in the first and go for a guy like Jamil Douglas later on for the LG spot.

32 - Diggy
64 - Jackson
96 - Hardison
comp - McBride
4th - Jamil Douglas
4th - Max Valles
6+7 used to move up a few spots to grab Valles.

Gimme this draft and I'm doing backflips, though I'm probably a round off one a few of them.

Luxusdk · Feb 22, 2015

mrbean said:
I know Tre Jackson didn't exactly kill it at the combine, but I think he'll make a really solid RG in the league. He's a much better player than his numbers indicate. Something tells me we are going to end up with at least one Florida State OL in this draft. Heck, an Erving, Stork, Jackson interior OL sounds intriguing provided they are available with the first two picks. If Erving can not be had, maybe a Cann, Stork, Jackson interior trio. We could also maybe go with Diggy in the first and go for a guy like Jamil Douglas later on for the LG spot.

32 - Diggy
64 - Jackson
96 - Hardison
comp - McBride
4th - Jamil Douglas
4th - Max Valles
6+7 used to move up a few spots to grab Valles.

Gimme this draft and I'm doing backflips, though I'm probably a round off one a few of them.

Same Again here - You target a RG in round 2 and wait with LG to round 4...

manxman2601 · Feb 22, 2015

mrbean said:
I know Tre Jackson didn't exactly kill it at the combine, but I think he'll make a really solid RG in the league. He's a much better player than his numbers indicate. Something tells me we are going to end up with at least one Florida State OL in this draft. Heck, an Erving, Stork, Jackson interior OL sounds intriguing provided they are available with the first two picks. If Erving can not be had, maybe a Cann, Stork, Jackson interior trio. We could also maybe go with Diggy in the first and go for a guy like Jamil Douglas later on for the LG spot.

32 - Diggy
64 - Jackson
96 - Hardison
comp - McBride
4th - Jamil Douglas
4th - Max Valles
6+7 used to move up a few spots to grab Valles.

Gimme this draft and I'm doing backflips, though I'm probably a round off one a few of them.

Diggy, Hardison, McBride - Yea Baby! You see @patsfaninpa it's not hard

Just like the mock above yours, I love it but I still have the same concern as PatsfaninPa's, more invested in the RG than the LG. I'm really hoping that Cam Fleming is the answer at RG so it's not a position I'm overly worried about, especially as Wendell can still play it for another year if Fleming doesn't pan out. Personally I'd use the 3rd to trade up for Jake Fisher, Cam Erving or, at a stretch, Ty Sambrailo or AJ Cann. We can then use a later day three pick on someone like Bobby Hart for some youth at RG.

However, despite my LG over RG niggles, it's a draft I'd be delighted with.

patsfaninpa · Feb 22, 2015

I read that we would like a RG 325 ish and a LG 305 ISH. I believe Wendell can play LG in 2015. Gives Marpet a year to learn the system. He's got a big jump in competition he's playing against to figure out.

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