This is my first mock of the year. It's very rough and includes no trades. The whole Abraham situation is simulated in the worst way: He leaves as a UFA without gettting traded. Two compensation picks are given to the Jets (3rd and 7th). The players you see in Rounds 4-7 were ones that I remember watching in College and looked pretty good... However those players could go earlier or later than I have them going. So here it is.... 1. Houston Texans- Reggie Bush RB USC 2. New Orleans Saints- Matt Leinart QB USC 3. Tennessee Titans- Jay Cutler QB Vanderbilt 4. New York Jets- D?Brickshaw Ferguson OT Virginia 5. Green Bay Packers- Mario Williams DE N.C. State 6. Oakland Raiders- AJ Hawk OLB Ohio State 7. San Francisco 49ers- Jimmy Williams CB/S Virginia Tech 8. Buffalo Bills- Haloti Ngata DT Oregon 9. Detroit Lions- Vince Young QB Texas 10. Arizona Cardinals- DeAngelo Williams RB Memphis 11. St. Louis Rams- Michael Huff S Texas 12. Cleveland Browns- Chad Greenway OLB Iowa 13. Baltimore Ravens- LenDale White RB USC 14. Philadelphia Eagles- Tamba Hali DE Penn State 15. Atlanta Falcons- Winston Justice OT USC 16. Miami Dolphins- Demeco Ryans OLB Alabama 17. Minnesota Vikings- Laurence Maroney RB Minnesota 18. Dallas Cowboys- Santonio Holmes WR Ohio State 19. San Diego Chargers- Ko Simpson S South Carolina 20. Kansas City Chiefs- Brodrick Bunkley DT Florida State 21. New England Patriots- Abdul Hodge ILB Iowa 22. Denver Broncos- Mathias Kiwanuka DE Boston College 23. Tampa Bay Buccaneers ? Marcus McNeil OT Auburn 24. Cincinnati Bengals- Vernon Davis TE Maryland 25. New York Giants- Tye Hill CB Clemson 26. Chicago Bears- Leonard Pope TE Georgia 27. Carolina Panthers ? Gabe Watson DT Michigan 28. Jacksonville Jaguars- Ashton Youboty CB Ohio State 29. Denver Broncos- Chad Jackson WR Florida 30. Indianapolis Colts- Bobby Carpenter OLB Ohio State 31. Seattle Seahawks- Sinorice Moss WR Miami 32. Pittsburgh Steelers- Antonio Cromartie CB Florida State ROUND 2 33. Houston Texans- Eric Winston OT Miami 34. New Orleans Saints- Ernie Sims OLB Florida State 35. New York Jets- Claude Wroten DT LSU 36. Green Bay Packers- Thomas Howard OLB UTEP 37. Oakland Raiders- Charles Spencer OG Pittsburgh 38. San Francisco 49ers- Manny Lawson DE/OLB NC State 39. Tennessee Titans- D?Qwell Jackson ILB/OLB Maryland 40. Detroit Lions- Donte Whitner S Ohio State 41. Arizona Cardinals- Jonathan Joseph CB South Carolina 42. Buffalo Bills- Taitusi Lutui OG USC 43. Cleveland Browns- Eric Winston OT Miami 44. Baltimore Ravens- Nick Mangold C Ohio State 45. Philadelphia Eagles- Maurice Stovall WR Notre Dame 46. St. Louis Rams- Marcedes Lewis TE UCLA 47. Atlanta Falcons- Kamerion Wimbley DE Florida State 48. Minnesota Vikings- Max-Jean Gilles OG Georgia 49. Dallas Cowboys- Daniel Bullocks FS Nebraska 50. San Diego Chargers- Jonathan Scott OT Texas 51. Miami Dolphins- Richard Marshall CB Fresno State 52. New England Patriots- Danieal Manning CB Abilene Christian 53. Washington Redskins- Martin Nance WR Miami (Ohio) 54. Kansas City Chiefs- DeMario Minter CB Georgia 55. Cincinnati Bengals- Jason Allen S/CB Tennessee 56. New York Giants- Roger McIntosh OLB/ILB New York Giants 57. Chicago Bears- Kelly Jennings CB Miami 58. Carolina Panthers- Anthony Fasano TE Notre Dame 59. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Derek Hagan WR Arizona State 60. Jacksonville Jaguars- Davin Joseph OG Oklahoma 61. Denver Broncos- John McCargo DT NC State 62. Indianapolis Colts- Alan Zematis CB Penn State 63. Seattle Seahawks- Jason Spitz OG Louisville 64. Pittsburgh Steelers- Jason Avant WR Michigan JETS PICKS: Rd.1- D?Brickshaw Ferguson OT Virginia- The team could go with Young here, but they can?t pass up this guy here. This will allow the FO to cut Gragg and Fabini with no problems. Rd.2- Claude Wroten DT LSU- This pick will get a lot of criticism, but with Abraham likely leaving and no true starter opposite Robertson, the team picks up a pass rushing DT. The pass rush struggles without Abraham it seems. Rd.3a- Brodie Croyle QB Alabama- Is almost a Joe Namath clone. Has a strong arm which is something the team?s QBs have lacked recently. Is injury prone and this makes him a huge risk. If he stays healthy, we could have a steal Rd.3b (Comp.) - Maurice Drew RB UCLA- Very productive in college. This backfield has lacked a breakway player like this for a while. Could provide a great 1-2 punch with Cedric Houston someday. Rd.4a- Hank Baskett WR New Mexico- Is big, physical and could be a starter. Gives whomever our QB is a big target who can jump. Rd.4b (KC) - Tim Jennings CB Georgia- A speedy nickel/dimeback. Rd.5- Donovan Raiola C Wisconsin- Backup behind Mawae; A starter someday? Rd.6- Troy Bienemann TE Washington State- Jolley could get released and Baker is a UFA. Depth could be needed. Rd.7a- Clint Ingram OLB Oklahoma- An underrated player to provide depth. Rd.7b (Det)- Jovon Bouknight WR Wyoming- Could go higher? Has good size/speed. Rd.7c (Comp.) - Jahri Evans OG Bloomsburg- A Division II player who was dominant at that level. A big time sleeper.
I'd take it, but Jahri Evans will go higher and we need to address outside linebacker before the seventh. I also think that Claude Wroten could have a very similar road to Antaj Hawthorne only he won't fall THAT far.
I dont see how (or why) the Titans could pass up on Vince Young. McNairs retiring and Volek really is nothing more than a solid #2. Its a match made in heaven. But if he did fall to us, and we were deadset on picking up a QB (people are speculating we are) then Id take this guy. Thats only IF Mangini was deadset on picking him, to be honest if I was the HC Id give Penny one final year
Yeah, I didn't think the compensation picks through thoroughly. The "Vince Young not going to Tennessee" thing is just to make things a little intresting. I think that he is more a of a developmental prospect and Tennessee might want the true drop back passer... Than again, he's very similar to McNair of course and Young has ties to him. I felt the Raiders had greater needs on defense. They did draft Andrew Walter in either the late 2nd or early 3rd in last season's draft though. So maybe they'll see what he can do.
I probably could have given them another OG pick a little higher... But I do have D'Brick at 4, Raiola in the 5th and Evans in the 7th.
if the titants pass on Vince Young they wont be taking cutler with the 3rd pick, there is no way cutler will go that high and he shouldnt either. They may trade down or go with a different player with that pick
great draft. love it. there's only one problem-I CAN'T PLAY RT, RG, C, and LG ALL AT THE SAME TIME!! You can't go into the draft and not take at least 3 O-Lineman before round 7! D'Brick won't open every hole. You need other o lineman. Gosh!
I probably could have given them another OG pick a little higher... But I do have D'Brick at 4, Raiola in the 5th and Evans in the 7th. But I made this before I knew that Fabini and Kendal were gone. Had I known there would have been a few changes made.
Vince Young = NOT 9th pick! but the rest is very good i dont know about the broncos taking chad jackson, they are looking like the front runners for TO
Not a fan of Drew. He weighed in at 5'6. Also Croyle is an interesting pick he wouldnt be bad but Id be way concered about how fragile he is. He looks like Gumby out there. Also I would hope we draft Mangold, Gean-Jiles, or Spencer ahead of Wrotten. Baskett looked terrible at the Senior Bowl, practices and games. Hope we stay far away from him. He doesnt really bring the speed that we need. I like the Brick pick though. I can totally see Cutler going to the Titans too. Sorry if it seemed as if I ripped on your draft, I hope you didnt take it that way. Just saying what I would do if I was the GM, a man can dream cant he... nice job though!!!
I like your mock a lot, you have Eric Winston going twice in the second round i think though(texans and browns maybe?) God help the AFC if Vernon "the duke" Davis falls the Bengals and they get another cog in their offense.
I like it, JFIPA ... it's different, but I like different ... I don't like when all mocks follow each other in unison, with no ballsy projections ... one thing we know for sure about the draft is there are always a number of surprises, cats who go higher than the consensus projections, and ditto cats who go lower ... so while my mock would look a lot different than yours, I still liked reading yours
