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Borrowing heavily from last week, but refining things a bit:
1 Indianapolis - Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2 Washington - Robert Griffin QB Baylor
3 Minnesota - Ryan Kalil OT USC I think the Vikings would love to trade back and take Claiborne, but I don't see any of the next couple of teams being eager to
trade up, and I don't think Minnesota wants to trade back any furthur than 6. In the end, they can't talk themselves into Claiborne here. Kalil's the pick, the rest is smoke.
4 Cleveland - Trent Richardson RB Alabama. Again, I think they'd prefer to trade back, but will be unable to.
5 Tampa Bay - Morris Claiborne CB LSU. A no-brainer if the draft works out this way.
6 St. Louis - Will Blackmon WR Oklahoma St
7 Jacksonville - Trade. For all Miami's bluster, it is worth the piece of mind to give Jacksonville a 5th round pick in order to move up one spot and guarantee they get Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M.
8 Jacksonville (from Miami) Trade. Jacksonville trades #8 and their brand spankin' new 5th round pick to Dallas for #15 and #45. Dallas selects Mark Barron S Alabama.
9 Carolina - Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame
10 Buffalo - Since they can't get Kalil, they'll take Luke Kuechley LB Boston College and worry about OT later.
11 Kansas City - David DeCastro G Stanford
12 Seattle - Quinton Coples DE North Carolina
13 Arizona - Fletcher Cox DL Mississippi St
14 Jacksonville (from Dallas) - Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina
15 Philadelphia - Melvin Ingram DE South Carolina
16 NY Jets - Dontari Poe NT Memphis
17 Cincinnati (from Oakland) - Cordy Glenn G Georgia.
18 San Diego - The Chargers have needs everywhere, and can take the best player available here. Who is that? For the system they run, probably Courtney Upshaw LB Alabama.
19 Chicago - Reilly Reiff OT Iowa. He's slipped a bit. Good for the Bears.
20 Tennessee - Michael Brockers DL LSU
21 Cincinnati - Janoris Jenkins CB North Alabama. Marvin Lewis never met a lost soul he didn't think he could reclaim.
22 Cleveland (from Atlanta) - The Browns need to find out if McCoy is legit. The way to do that is to get him some help. First was Richardson, now it's Stephen Hill WR Georgia Tech.
23 Detroit - Trade with Houston. Houston gets Donta Hightower LB Alabama before Pittsburgh does. Detroit gets #26 and other considerations that don't matter
in a 2-round mock. Let's say Houston's two 4th rounders go to Detroit in the swap.
24 Pittsburgh - Mike Adams OT Ohio St.
25 Denver - Peter Konz C Wisconsin. The Broncos are a center away from having a dominant OL. Fox and Manning seem like guys who would want that.
26 Detroit (from Houston) - Dre' Kirkpatrick CB Alabama
27 New England (from New Orleans) Well, who you got? The choice of Mercilus, Perry, and McClellin is here. Or would you rather go for Still or Worthy? Or Wright? Because Mercilus, McClellin, and Perry are all still available, Belichick could trade down. Buffalo didn't have enough juice to get Kalil, but they certainly have enough to trade into here and get the LT they really need. Buffalo trades #41 and a 2013 2nd rounder for #27 and selects Jon Martin OT Stanford
28 Green Bay - Whitney Mercilus LB Illinois
29 Baltimore - The Ravens have some critical needs along the O-line and at linebacker and in an ideal world would like to trade back for some more picks, but I don't see that happening. We'll give them Chandler Jones LB Syracuse here to play with his brother Arthur.
30 San Francisco - Kevin Zeitler G Wisconsin
31 New England - Here's a thought exercise. Tome Dimitroff's on the horn, and offering #55 and next year's #1 for this pick. Shea McClellin and Nick Perry, among others, are still available. Do you, as Patriots' GM, make that trade. If so, NE doesn't draft until #41. Can you count on getting a difference maker then? I'm going to say no. Turn down this trade and pick up Shea McClellin OLB Boise St
32 New York Giants - Trade. The Falcons make their trade here. Giants get #55 and a 1st in 2013, the Falcons get Coby Fleener TE Stanford.
Second round
33 St. Louis - Devin Still DT Penn St
34 Indianapolis - Nick Perry OLB USC
35 Minnesota - Jerel Worthy DT Michigan St
36 Tampa Bay - Doug Martin RB Boise St
37 Cleveland - Amini Silatolu OL Midwestern St
38 Jacksonville - Kendall Wright WR Baylor
39 St. Louis (from Washington) - Bobby Massie OT Mississippi
40 Carolina - Brandon Thompson DT Clemson
41 New England (from Buffalo) - Kendall Reyes DE Connecticut
42 Miami - Andre Branch DE Clemson
43 Seattle - Vinny Curry LB Marshall
44 Kansas City - Trade. Arizona gives up its 3rd and its 2013 2nd rounder to get Brandon Weedon QB Oklahoma St
45 Jacksonville (from Dallas) - Derek Wolfe DE Cincinnati
46 Philadelphia - Jayron Hosley CB Virginia Tech
47 NY Jets - Lavonte David LB Nebraska
48 New England (from Oakland) - Dennard has slugged his way down the board. Instead, the Patriots will draft Brandon Boykin CB Georgia, who is rising. If he does nothing else, Boykin will improve our return game a hundredfold. I'll bet he can cover the slot just fine too.
49 San Diego -Jeff Allen OT Illinois
50 Chicago - Alshon Jeffery WR South Carolina
51 Philadelphia (from Arizona) - Harrison Smith S Notre Dame
52 Tennessee - Trumaine Johnson CB Montana
53 Cincinnati - Mychal Kendricks LB California
54 Detroit - David Wilson RB Virginia Tech
55 New York Giants (from Atlanta) - Lamar Miller RB Miami of Florida
56 Pittsburgh - Brandon Brooks G Miami of Ohio
57 Denver - Alameda Ta'amu DT Washington
58 Houston - Bruce Irvin OLB West Virginia
59 Green Bay - Josh Robinson CB Central Florida
60 Baltimore - Ben Jones C Georgia
61 San Francisco - Kelechi Osemele OT Iowa St
62 New England - This seems to be a good place for a young WR. There's a lot of guys I like here, but for me it comes down to Sanu and Jones. Both seem to be really level-headed, non-diva WRs from good NCAA systems. I'm going to give the edge to Marvin Jones WR California for his role versatility and return ability.
63 New York Giants - Jared Crick DE Nebraska seems to be a perfect replacement for Tolleson along the front line.
In sum, the Patriots get Shea McClellin, Kendall Reyes, Brandon Boykin, Marvin Jones, and a 2013 #2 from Buffalo. Next round I'm looking at Markelle Martin, Alfonzo Dennard, Chase Minnifield, and another WR, since there seems to be good depth (Sanu, Childs, Adams, Givens, Jenkins, etc)
1 Indianapolis - Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2 Washington - Robert Griffin QB Baylor
3 Minnesota - Ryan Kalil OT USC I think the Vikings would love to trade back and take Claiborne, but I don't see any of the next couple of teams being eager to
trade up, and I don't think Minnesota wants to trade back any furthur than 6. In the end, they can't talk themselves into Claiborne here. Kalil's the pick, the rest is smoke.
4 Cleveland - Trent Richardson RB Alabama. Again, I think they'd prefer to trade back, but will be unable to.
5 Tampa Bay - Morris Claiborne CB LSU. A no-brainer if the draft works out this way.
6 St. Louis - Will Blackmon WR Oklahoma St
7 Jacksonville - Trade. For all Miami's bluster, it is worth the piece of mind to give Jacksonville a 5th round pick in order to move up one spot and guarantee they get Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M.
8 Jacksonville (from Miami) Trade. Jacksonville trades #8 and their brand spankin' new 5th round pick to Dallas for #15 and #45. Dallas selects Mark Barron S Alabama.
9 Carolina - Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame
10 Buffalo - Since they can't get Kalil, they'll take Luke Kuechley LB Boston College and worry about OT later.
11 Kansas City - David DeCastro G Stanford
12 Seattle - Quinton Coples DE North Carolina
13 Arizona - Fletcher Cox DL Mississippi St
14 Jacksonville (from Dallas) - Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina
15 Philadelphia - Melvin Ingram DE South Carolina
16 NY Jets - Dontari Poe NT Memphis
17 Cincinnati (from Oakland) - Cordy Glenn G Georgia.
18 San Diego - The Chargers have needs everywhere, and can take the best player available here. Who is that? For the system they run, probably Courtney Upshaw LB Alabama.
19 Chicago - Reilly Reiff OT Iowa. He's slipped a bit. Good for the Bears.
20 Tennessee - Michael Brockers DL LSU
21 Cincinnati - Janoris Jenkins CB North Alabama. Marvin Lewis never met a lost soul he didn't think he could reclaim.
22 Cleveland (from Atlanta) - The Browns need to find out if McCoy is legit. The way to do that is to get him some help. First was Richardson, now it's Stephen Hill WR Georgia Tech.
23 Detroit - Trade with Houston. Houston gets Donta Hightower LB Alabama before Pittsburgh does. Detroit gets #26 and other considerations that don't matter
in a 2-round mock. Let's say Houston's two 4th rounders go to Detroit in the swap.
24 Pittsburgh - Mike Adams OT Ohio St.
25 Denver - Peter Konz C Wisconsin. The Broncos are a center away from having a dominant OL. Fox and Manning seem like guys who would want that.
26 Detroit (from Houston) - Dre' Kirkpatrick CB Alabama
27 New England (from New Orleans) Well, who you got? The choice of Mercilus, Perry, and McClellin is here. Or would you rather go for Still or Worthy? Or Wright? Because Mercilus, McClellin, and Perry are all still available, Belichick could trade down. Buffalo didn't have enough juice to get Kalil, but they certainly have enough to trade into here and get the LT they really need. Buffalo trades #41 and a 2013 2nd rounder for #27 and selects Jon Martin OT Stanford
28 Green Bay - Whitney Mercilus LB Illinois
29 Baltimore - The Ravens have some critical needs along the O-line and at linebacker and in an ideal world would like to trade back for some more picks, but I don't see that happening. We'll give them Chandler Jones LB Syracuse here to play with his brother Arthur.
30 San Francisco - Kevin Zeitler G Wisconsin
31 New England - Here's a thought exercise. Tome Dimitroff's on the horn, and offering #55 and next year's #1 for this pick. Shea McClellin and Nick Perry, among others, are still available. Do you, as Patriots' GM, make that trade. If so, NE doesn't draft until #41. Can you count on getting a difference maker then? I'm going to say no. Turn down this trade and pick up Shea McClellin OLB Boise St
32 New York Giants - Trade. The Falcons make their trade here. Giants get #55 and a 1st in 2013, the Falcons get Coby Fleener TE Stanford.
Second round
33 St. Louis - Devin Still DT Penn St
34 Indianapolis - Nick Perry OLB USC
35 Minnesota - Jerel Worthy DT Michigan St
36 Tampa Bay - Doug Martin RB Boise St
37 Cleveland - Amini Silatolu OL Midwestern St
38 Jacksonville - Kendall Wright WR Baylor
39 St. Louis (from Washington) - Bobby Massie OT Mississippi
40 Carolina - Brandon Thompson DT Clemson
41 New England (from Buffalo) - Kendall Reyes DE Connecticut
42 Miami - Andre Branch DE Clemson
43 Seattle - Vinny Curry LB Marshall
44 Kansas City - Trade. Arizona gives up its 3rd and its 2013 2nd rounder to get Brandon Weedon QB Oklahoma St
45 Jacksonville (from Dallas) - Derek Wolfe DE Cincinnati
46 Philadelphia - Jayron Hosley CB Virginia Tech
47 NY Jets - Lavonte David LB Nebraska
48 New England (from Oakland) - Dennard has slugged his way down the board. Instead, the Patriots will draft Brandon Boykin CB Georgia, who is rising. If he does nothing else, Boykin will improve our return game a hundredfold. I'll bet he can cover the slot just fine too.
49 San Diego -Jeff Allen OT Illinois
50 Chicago - Alshon Jeffery WR South Carolina
51 Philadelphia (from Arizona) - Harrison Smith S Notre Dame
52 Tennessee - Trumaine Johnson CB Montana
53 Cincinnati - Mychal Kendricks LB California
54 Detroit - David Wilson RB Virginia Tech
55 New York Giants (from Atlanta) - Lamar Miller RB Miami of Florida
56 Pittsburgh - Brandon Brooks G Miami of Ohio
57 Denver - Alameda Ta'amu DT Washington
58 Houston - Bruce Irvin OLB West Virginia
59 Green Bay - Josh Robinson CB Central Florida
60 Baltimore - Ben Jones C Georgia
61 San Francisco - Kelechi Osemele OT Iowa St
62 New England - This seems to be a good place for a young WR. There's a lot of guys I like here, but for me it comes down to Sanu and Jones. Both seem to be really level-headed, non-diva WRs from good NCAA systems. I'm going to give the edge to Marvin Jones WR California for his role versatility and return ability.
63 New York Giants - Jared Crick DE Nebraska seems to be a perfect replacement for Tolleson along the front line.
In sum, the Patriots get Shea McClellin, Kendall Reyes, Brandon Boykin, Marvin Jones, and a 2013 #2 from Buffalo. Next round I'm looking at Markelle Martin, Alfonzo Dennard, Chase Minnifield, and another WR, since there seems to be good depth (Sanu, Childs, Adams, Givens, Jenkins, etc)
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