This a set of three scenarios of our drafts. Ideally, is scenario III involving a trade down with Dallas. Worst case is scenario II where we are pretty stuck. Take a look through and let me know what you think. We have a second 7th round pick because the Draft requires a minimum of 255 picks and if compensation choices don't fulfill them, than the highest-picking teams get choices and I assume we will get one just for the heck of it.... Scenario I: Darren McFadden is on the board, but Vernon Gholston, Chris Long & Jake are gone 1. Darren McFadden RB Arkansas If the other three guys are gone and we can’t trade down, than this has to be the choice. McFadden wouldn’t fill a major need, but he simply is the BPA here and is the type of game-changer we could use. If the scouts decide this guy’s off-field issues are not too serious, than he is the choice. 2. Antoine Cason CB Arizona or Patrick Lee CB Auburn or Tracy Porter CB Indiana CB opposite Revis has become a problem and there are a handful of good ones here with this choice. My personal choice is Antoine Cason, but there is a pair of other good players in Lee and Porter. Take your pick. Mine is Cason. 4a. Eddie Royal WR Virginia Tech or Donnie Avery WR Houston or Jerome Simpson WR Coastal Carolina WR might be an even bigger need than this, but we don’t have too many picks. All of these guys have speed and can stretch the field. Eddie Royal is smaller, but very strong and tough and has the makings of an NFL starter. If he makes it this far, he has to be the guy. Avery is a burner and slot-type as well and Simpson is a solid sleeper. 4b. Curtis Johnson OLB/DE Clark-Atlanta or Ezra Butler OLB/DE Nevada At the very least, depth is still needed at OLB. Hopefully one of these guys can replace Bryan Thomas. Johnson is my choice as he’s a small-school sleeper and dominated his level of play. Butler looks like a nice fit as well. 6. Robert Felton OG Arkansas A depth pick here. Felton is a mauler and is worth a shot here. 7a. Jeremy Lehman ILB Illinois or Red Keith ILB Central Michigan Lehman seems like a nice fit on this team and should make it this far since he doesn’t project as well to the NFL. Keith would be a backup plan. 7b. Bryan Mattison DE Iowa or Keilen Dykes DE West Virginia Both guys are ideal fits as Ends in the 3-4. Mattison is my choice, but Dykes would also be a nice option. Scenario II: Darren McFadden, Vernon Gholston, Chris Long & Jake Long are gone 1. Dominique Rogers-Cromartie CB Tennessee St or Leodis McKelvin CB Troy I’m not crazy over McKelvin and I’d rather rake a shot at Cromartie here if we got stuck in this least ideal position. Cromartie has some major upside though and would be well worth the spot here. There really aren’t many good options here. 2. Curtis Lofton ILB Oklahoma Eric Barton is a very solid player, but this spot can be upgraded and his level of play could fall off. Lofton is a thumper and is a big presence in the middle at 6-0 246 and would improve this team defensively even more. 4a. Eddie Royal WR Virginia TechorDonnie Avery WR Houston or Jerome Simpson WR Coastal Carolina WR might be an even bigger need than this, but we don’t have too many picks. All of these guys have speed and can stretch the field. Eddie Royal is smaller, but very strong and tough and has the makings of an NFL starter. If he makes it this far, he has to be the guy. Avery is a burner and slot-type as well and Simpson is a solid sleeper. 4b. Curtis Johnson OLB/DE Clark-Atlanta or Ezra Butler OLB/DE Nevada At the very least, depth is still needed at OLB. Hopefully one of these guys can replace Bryan Thomas. Johnson is my choice as he’s a small-school sleeper and dominated his level of play. Butler looks like a nice fit as well. 6. Marcus Griffin S Texas or Jamie Silva S Boston College Griffin falls for one reason only: A 4.75 40-time. He’s a steal here. Silva might be a reach, but he’s the type of player that is great to have on your roster 7a. Xavier Omon RB NW Missouri St or Jalen Parmalee RB Toledo Depth here... Omon and Parmalee are both sleepers and are power-type backs. We could go offensive line here as well, but hopefully the RB here pans out. 7b. Bryan Mattison DE Iowa or Keilen Dykes DE West Virginia Both guys are ideal fits as Ends in the 3-4. Mattison is my choice, but Dykes would also be a nice option. Scenario III: Darren McFadden is on the board and Dallas has offered a trade up which includes picks #22 and #28 and their 2008 3rd round pick. 1a. Quentin Groves OLB/DE Auburn Talk about an ideal scenario… Groves is a potential game-changing player that projects well to a 3-4 defense. This could put the front-7 over the top. 1b. Devin Thomas WR Michigan St or Malcolm Kelly WR Oklahoma or James Hardy WR Indiana Any of these guys have great size and speed for their size. WR is a question mark for this team and any one of the three here would be a major boost to this team. Hopefully one will make it to this spot. 2. Antoine Cason CB Arizona or Patrick Lee CB Auburn or Tracy Porter CB Indiana CB opposite Revis has become a problem and there are a handful of good ones here with this choice. My personal choice is Antoine Cason, but there is a pair of other good players in Lee and Porter. Take your pick. Mine is Cason. 3. Jonathan Goff ILB Vanderbilt A potential starter at ILB with great size, strength and intangibles, Goff would be a value here and could be the guy opposite Dave Harris. 4a. Kirk Barton OT Ohio St Barton recently turned in a sub-5.00 40-time at his pro day, so he might be taken earlier. His lack of big athleticism and projection as a RT only makes him available here. 4b. Kenny Iwebema DE Iowa or Kendall Langford DE Hampton Both of these guys project well to a 3-4 scheme and could at least be good rotational guys. Ideally, one could be the heir to Shaun Ellis, but that doesn’t always work out 6. Marcus Griffin S Texas or Jamie Silva S Boston College Griffin falls for one reason only: A 4.75 40-time. He’s a steal here. Silva might be a reach, but he’s the type of player that is great to have on your roster 7a. Xavier Omon RB NW Missouri St or Jalen Parmalee RB Toledo Depth here... Omon and Parmalee are both sleepers and are power-type backs. We could go offensive line here as well, but hopefully the RB here pans out. 7b. Sam Keller QB Nebraska or Dennis Dixon QB Oregon A developmental QB to work with and both have considerable upside. Keller has connections with Bill Callahan and Dennis Dixon is mobile and has some similarities to Aaron Brooks in terms of size, athleticism, round of projection and accuracy consistency. I'd love choice III ideally, but I'd be more likely to see either of the other two IMO. I put a over an hour into this, so I'd appreciate to here some feedback...
Nice job man...I still don't like the idea of taking a corner at 6. You put a lot of work into this though, and it's good work.
i really like scenario 3 but i dont like how u give options...(this player or this player) idk, its just me but i just think it would be better if you picked who you thought it was best...you know
Well my top choice is the first guy, the other guys are there as backup in case the first choice isn't around.
I would love for scenario 3 to play out, but if Dre Moore was around I'd rather take him than a corner in the second, I don't think CB is that important of a position and I truly believe you can get by with an average secondary.
Obviously scenario 3 would be ideal. Everything plays out excellently there, I'd have no qualms with it. Scenario 2 is the most interesting to me because I believe it to be the most likely at this point. I'm not sure how much I like taking another CB early in the first, but DRC has immense potential and is a beast. Our hand is basically forced to take the player with the most value to us here and PRC fits the bill. If this happens though and either James Hardy or Early Doucet are there in the second, I think we should go in that direction rather than Lofton. I'd also take Dre Moore if available there as well. However, I'm really too lazy at this point to figure out what to do in round 4 if we went that way, so I'll just move on. By the way I don't hate the scenario presented there, I just like the above guys better as prospects. With scenario 1, I go with Cason if he's there, but go with one of the above 3 guys if he's not rather than another CB, and sub a CB into the 4th in place of Royal/Avery/Simpson. I just honestly don't really like the guys rated after Cason very much and there should be more value elsewhere. Overall, very solid group of mocks. Scenario 3 would without a doubt be a dream, but I could get by with either of the others too, especially with the minor changes I said above. Good job man, I appreciate the effort put into these.
scenario that isn't there has us taking gholston which would be my first choice out of everything. witht the 3 u presented, i like #3, and like the others, would go with groves and hardy for the first 2 picks and then would go dre moore if hes there in the 2nd. if the jets really liked him, id take him in the first and then get someone like doucet, thomas or even sweed if he falls a little in the 2nd. like goff alot and would go for a OL, CB, QB and OLB in the later rounds. Nice job though
scenario 3 is the ideal, but I'm still extremely skeptical of Dallas trading both #1s (let alone throwing in a #3 as well) for McFadden. Here's another scenario I could see and would be curious how you would draft for: Trading down with Denver or the Bengals. Both have swung and missed multiple times in acquiring an impact DT this offseason. Plus if Gholston/McFadden are gone, odds are that Ellis and/or Dorsey is the BPA at #6.
Thanks for putting this together, takes a lot to come up with stuff like this.I doubt Dallas does any trade to move up.
Yeah that would definately be a possibility if either DT Glenn Dorsey or Sedrick Ellis is around. Denver, New Orleans and Cincinnati would all be interested in one of these elite talents.
Qb Don't underestimate the ability to trade down into the middle of the 1st round if Ryan is still around at 6. Carolina and Chicago may be looking for a QB and they will need to get in front of Baltimore to have a shot at Ryan. With a 13 or 15 pick, a whole other set of options is available.
Yeah that's another possibility for trading up. I would say that Atlanta MIGHT throw their three 2nd round picks to move up for Matt Ryan if they like him enough. Maybe they go with Glenn Dorsey at #3 and are very high on Ryan, who is around at #6 or vise versa... There are plenty of opportunities for us to move down if the two elite DTs (Dorsey and Ellis), Matt Ryan or Darren McFadden is around. These are the types of guys that teams may trade up to acquire...
