Here is my first mock, with the combine over I decided to one. I won't project trades, so even though there probably will be some, this is how I think it would play out without them. What do you think? 1. Hou--RB Reggie Bush, USC 2. NO--QB Matt Leinart, USC 3. TEN--QB Jay Cutler, Vanderbilt 4. NYJ--T D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Virginia 5. GB--LB A.J. Hawk, Ohio St. 6. SF--DE Mario Williams, NC St. 7. OAK--LB Chad Greenway, Iowa 8. BUF--DT Haloti Ngata, Oregon 9. DET--TE Vernon Davis, Maryland 10. ARI--QB Vince Young, Texas 11. STL--S Michael Huff, Texas 12. CLE--DE Tamba Hali, Penn St, 13. BAL--RB DeAngelo Williams, Memphis 14. PHI--WR Chad Jackson, Florida 15. ATL--CB Jimmy Williams, Virginia Tech 16. MIA--T Winston Justice, USC 17. MIN--RB LenDale White, USC 18. DAL--T Marcus McNeil, Auburn 19. SD--WR Santonio Holmes, Ohio St. 20. KC--CB Tye Hill, Clemson 21. NE--LB DeMeco Ryans, Alabama 22. DEN--DE Mathias Kiawanuka, BC 23. TB--S Darnell Bing, USC 24. CIN--S Ko Simpson, Southern Cal 25. NYG--CB Ashton Youboty, Ohio St. 26. CHI--TE Leonard Pope, Georgia 27. CAR--DT Broderick Bunkley, FSU 28. JAC--CB Antonio Cromartie, FSU 29. DEN--DT Gabe Watson, Michigan 30. IND--RB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota 31. SEA--LB Bobby Carpenter, Ohio St. 32. PIT--T Eric Winston, Miami Just Missed: Nick Mangold, Max Jean-Giles, Jonathan Scott, Ernie Simms, Sinorice Moss, Manny Lawson Points on some picks (before I get killed for them) --Greenway may be a slight reach at 7, but has major potential, and Raiders really need help at OLB --I don't think we like Young, so if Cutler goes three, which I think he will, I see Young slipping a bit, with the Lions giving Harrington one more chance, the Raiders liking Walter and the Bills giving Losman another shot --Hali was listed himself as a DE and OLB at the combine, so thats why I have him to the Browns even though they play a 3-4. They badly need a pass rusher, and Hali played DT for a while so I think he's tough enough for a 3-4 end. --I think Gabe Watson and Laurence Maroney should go higher, but the teams ahead of where I have them going had bigger needs so they slipped a little bit
I just realized I probably should've waited until after cuts to do this to see team needs, so I might edit this a little over the next few days.
To have Vince be pass on by the Jets, Lions, and Raiders is crazy. I'd love him in AZ, but it won't happen. Eagles passing on Holmes for Chad? Uhhhh..... no.
I think, after the way Jackson performed in the combine yesterday, he moved himself past Holmes on most draft boards and will go higher in the draft than Holmes IMO. Vince could possibly fall. I don't think the Jets like him very much, if they don't get Cutler I think they will go D-Brick. Mike Martz has already said he wants to give Harrington another chance and the Lions are giving him one more shot with Martz as his OC. The Raiders drafted a QB in the 3rd round last year, Andrew Walter, who they like a lot and has a good arm, so I don't see them taking a QB with so many needs on defense. Of course, it's very possible that VY could go to any of those teams, I'm just not sure where he stands on most draft boards. I think Cutler's moved ahead of him.
Absolutely no reason that Watson should be in the first round and Bunkley shouldn't. Bunkley is not only ten times the player Watson is, he put up a ridiculous 44 reps at 225 (one short of all time record) and a 4.9 40. Speed, power, and the production to back it, he's deserving of the top DT spot.
I put Bunkley to the Panthers and Watson to the Broncos, who could use a big DT, at the expense of Mangold. Better?
