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I might do a version 2 during the week, but this will do for now. Two rounder, no trades:
Round 1
1. Detroit Lions select Jason Smith - OT - Baylor.
I think the Lions follow what the Browns started the other year - get your Franchise LT before you take the Franchise QB. Not quite the same talent as Joe Thomas or Jake Long, but a legit top 3 pick and a tremendous building block for the future. The Lions will love him.
2. St Louis Rams select Eugene Monroe - OT - Virginia
With Orlando Pace now in Chicago, for me this is now a no brainer. The Rams will be hoping that the Lions have fallen in love with Stafford so that Jason Smith is still there, but Monroe is probably the best pass protector in the class and the most NFL ready. They have options certainly, but you have to protect the Franchise, whether that be Marc Bulger, or A.N.Other
3. Kansas City Chiefs select Aaron Curry - LB - Wake Forest
The safest pick in the draft kicks off the Pioli era in the mid-west. Curry is worthy of going first overall, and still could, but it's 21 years since a Linebacker was selected first overall, and I don't see it happening this year, even though he's got the talent. He'll be a team captain this time next year.
4. Seattle Seahawks select Michael Crabtree - WR - Texas Tech
Yes the Seahawks signed TJ Houshmandzadeh, but they still have a big need on the outside with the age, injuries and lack of production affecting the rest of the receiving corps. If Monroe or Smith falls, they might go in that direction with the advancing years of Walter Jones, but this is where my money lies. Crabtree was insanely good in college, and should fit the WCO employed in Seattle.
5. Cleveland Browns select Brian Orakpo - DE - Texas
The Mangenius will be hoping that Curry is still around at this point, but Orakpo is the next best thing. The Browns were starved of a pass rush last year, producing only 17, and with Willie McGinest unlikely to return, they need new blood. Mangini will hope he has more success with Orakpo than he did Vernon Gholston.....
6. Cincinnatti Bengals select Andre Smith - OT - Alabama
I personally wouldn't take Smith in the top 20, after the shenanigans at the Combine and his less than impressive pro-day, I don't think he's worthy of the mega-bucks a top 10 pick will get. If there's one thing he's got though it's potential. By the bucket load. The Bengals have shed the bad boy tag somewhat over the last year, but I think Smith will represent too much of a good thing to pass up on.
7. Oakland Raiders select Michael Oher - OT - Ole Miss
A few months ago, he might have gone first overall, but has dropped down draft boards due to concern over mental capacity to make it at the next level. I think it's trash myself, the kid has worked his **** off to earn himself the right to go in the top 10. He's a great package, and with the Raiders desperately needing O-line help, he's a good fit. The steadily improving JaMarcus Russell will love him.
8. Jacksonville Jaguars select Mark Sanchez - QB- USC
Much like our own Mock Draft Game, I think if Stafford doesn't go first overall to Detroit, he could fall out of the top 10 largely due to team needs. The Jags may have David Garrard who has performed well, but he's not a QB who'll lift the team onto his shoulders and carry them when the D cant get a stop - and that's exactly what happened last year. The Jaguars are repotedly hot on Sanchez who fits their O, and I think they'll take about a nano-second to write his name and hand it to the commish on Draft Day.
9. Green Bay Packers select B.J. Raji - DT - Boston College
Another safe pick. The Pack are transitioning to a 3-4, and have few players that fit the system. Ryan Pickett could play NT, but Raji looks your archetypal NT and would represent excellent value at this spot and is simply too good to pass up.
10. San Francisco 49ers select Everette Brown - DE - Florida State
In a Mock Draft Game I was doing as the 49ers GM, I traded out of this spot even though I had Brown at the top of my board. I doubt the 9ers would do the same with the desperate need they have for a quality sack artist. Brown was exceptional last year, and will slot in nicely outside Patrick Willis. If a top tackle drops though, don't be surprised to see them pull the trigger.
11. Buffalo Bills select Aaron Maybin - DE - Penn State
There were options here, Robert Ayers being one, and ideally Everette Brown would fall, but I think Maybin will be difficult to let pass, even if he is still a tad raw. They need to give the aging Aaron Schobel some help.
12. Denver Broncos select Rey Maualuga - LB - USC
This might be a little high for him, but he fills a need. He's a fine fit for the 3-4, and Nolan will try to utilise him as he utilised Patrick Willis. They can't wait to see if he's still there at #18 and must take him here.
13. Washington Redskins select Matt Stafford - QB - Georgia
The first shock. I wouldn't have dreamed this up until last week, the Skins were seemingly very happy with Jason Campbell (who I'm a fan of) and I was all set to give them a LB here. Not now. Their entry into the Cutler sweepstakes was a fair old shock, and I just don't see Campbell having a future in DC. They could sit Stafford for a year, or they might even start him and let Campbell walk st some point, although ideally they'd get something in return.
14. New Orleans Saints select Malcom Jenkins - CB - Ohio
BPA and massive value here, plus the filling of a big need. As always the Saints suck on D, and need help. Lots of it. It's a problem though without that many picks. Ideally they will trade down and add to the measly four picks they have this year, but since I'm doing a non-trade mock, they'll have to go this route.
15. Houston Texans select Clay Matthews III - LB - USC
Jenkins would be an option here if he's on the board, but with him gone they add to a less than stellar LB corps. Matthews has ties with the Franchise already and adds a presence alongside rising star DeMeco Ryans.
16. San Diego Chargers select Tyson Jackson - DE - LSU
I know many Chargers fans aren't convinced about him, and you'll probably see this as a rather uninspiring pick, but he's the best 3-4 End in the class and fills a need now that Olshansky is in Dallas. If I'd have picked a running back for you, most of you would have flipped out, and there's no ILB worth the pick.
cont.....
Round 1
1. Detroit Lions select Jason Smith - OT - Baylor.
I think the Lions follow what the Browns started the other year - get your Franchise LT before you take the Franchise QB. Not quite the same talent as Joe Thomas or Jake Long, but a legit top 3 pick and a tremendous building block for the future. The Lions will love him.
2. St Louis Rams select Eugene Monroe - OT - Virginia
With Orlando Pace now in Chicago, for me this is now a no brainer. The Rams will be hoping that the Lions have fallen in love with Stafford so that Jason Smith is still there, but Monroe is probably the best pass protector in the class and the most NFL ready. They have options certainly, but you have to protect the Franchise, whether that be Marc Bulger, or A.N.Other
3. Kansas City Chiefs select Aaron Curry - LB - Wake Forest
The safest pick in the draft kicks off the Pioli era in the mid-west. Curry is worthy of going first overall, and still could, but it's 21 years since a Linebacker was selected first overall, and I don't see it happening this year, even though he's got the talent. He'll be a team captain this time next year.
4. Seattle Seahawks select Michael Crabtree - WR - Texas Tech
Yes the Seahawks signed TJ Houshmandzadeh, but they still have a big need on the outside with the age, injuries and lack of production affecting the rest of the receiving corps. If Monroe or Smith falls, they might go in that direction with the advancing years of Walter Jones, but this is where my money lies. Crabtree was insanely good in college, and should fit the WCO employed in Seattle.
5. Cleveland Browns select Brian Orakpo - DE - Texas
The Mangenius will be hoping that Curry is still around at this point, but Orakpo is the next best thing. The Browns were starved of a pass rush last year, producing only 17, and with Willie McGinest unlikely to return, they need new blood. Mangini will hope he has more success with Orakpo than he did Vernon Gholston.....
6. Cincinnatti Bengals select Andre Smith - OT - Alabama
I personally wouldn't take Smith in the top 20, after the shenanigans at the Combine and his less than impressive pro-day, I don't think he's worthy of the mega-bucks a top 10 pick will get. If there's one thing he's got though it's potential. By the bucket load. The Bengals have shed the bad boy tag somewhat over the last year, but I think Smith will represent too much of a good thing to pass up on.
7. Oakland Raiders select Michael Oher - OT - Ole Miss
A few months ago, he might have gone first overall, but has dropped down draft boards due to concern over mental capacity to make it at the next level. I think it's trash myself, the kid has worked his **** off to earn himself the right to go in the top 10. He's a great package, and with the Raiders desperately needing O-line help, he's a good fit. The steadily improving JaMarcus Russell will love him.
8. Jacksonville Jaguars select Mark Sanchez - QB- USC
Much like our own Mock Draft Game, I think if Stafford doesn't go first overall to Detroit, he could fall out of the top 10 largely due to team needs. The Jags may have David Garrard who has performed well, but he's not a QB who'll lift the team onto his shoulders and carry them when the D cant get a stop - and that's exactly what happened last year. The Jaguars are repotedly hot on Sanchez who fits their O, and I think they'll take about a nano-second to write his name and hand it to the commish on Draft Day.
9. Green Bay Packers select B.J. Raji - DT - Boston College
Another safe pick. The Pack are transitioning to a 3-4, and have few players that fit the system. Ryan Pickett could play NT, but Raji looks your archetypal NT and would represent excellent value at this spot and is simply too good to pass up.
10. San Francisco 49ers select Everette Brown - DE - Florida State
In a Mock Draft Game I was doing as the 49ers GM, I traded out of this spot even though I had Brown at the top of my board. I doubt the 9ers would do the same with the desperate need they have for a quality sack artist. Brown was exceptional last year, and will slot in nicely outside Patrick Willis. If a top tackle drops though, don't be surprised to see them pull the trigger.
11. Buffalo Bills select Aaron Maybin - DE - Penn State
There were options here, Robert Ayers being one, and ideally Everette Brown would fall, but I think Maybin will be difficult to let pass, even if he is still a tad raw. They need to give the aging Aaron Schobel some help.
12. Denver Broncos select Rey Maualuga - LB - USC
This might be a little high for him, but he fills a need. He's a fine fit for the 3-4, and Nolan will try to utilise him as he utilised Patrick Willis. They can't wait to see if he's still there at #18 and must take him here.
13. Washington Redskins select Matt Stafford - QB - Georgia
The first shock. I wouldn't have dreamed this up until last week, the Skins were seemingly very happy with Jason Campbell (who I'm a fan of) and I was all set to give them a LB here. Not now. Their entry into the Cutler sweepstakes was a fair old shock, and I just don't see Campbell having a future in DC. They could sit Stafford for a year, or they might even start him and let Campbell walk st some point, although ideally they'd get something in return.
14. New Orleans Saints select Malcom Jenkins - CB - Ohio
BPA and massive value here, plus the filling of a big need. As always the Saints suck on D, and need help. Lots of it. It's a problem though without that many picks. Ideally they will trade down and add to the measly four picks they have this year, but since I'm doing a non-trade mock, they'll have to go this route.
15. Houston Texans select Clay Matthews III - LB - USC
Jenkins would be an option here if he's on the board, but with him gone they add to a less than stellar LB corps. Matthews has ties with the Franchise already and adds a presence alongside rising star DeMeco Ryans.
16. San Diego Chargers select Tyson Jackson - DE - LSU
I know many Chargers fans aren't convinced about him, and you'll probably see this as a rather uninspiring pick, but he's the best 3-4 End in the class and fills a need now that Olshansky is in Dallas. If I'd have picked a running back for you, most of you would have flipped out, and there's no ILB worth the pick.
cont.....