My early Mock Draft

by BlueVol03 on Mar 3, 2009 11:41 AM EST Comment 20 comments

A lot will change in only a month but here's what I have:

1	Detroit Lions	Aaron Curry	LB	Wake Forest
2	St. Louis Rams	Jason Smith	OT	Baylor
3	Kansas City Chiefs	Eugene Monroe	OT	Virginia
4	Seattle Seahawks	Matt Stafford	QB	Georgia
5	Cleveland Browns	Everette Brown	OLB	Florida State
6	Cincinnati Bengals	Brian Orakpo	DE	Texas
7	Oakland Raiders	Michael Crabtree	WR	Texas Tech
8	Jacksonville Jaguars	BJ Raji	DT	Boston College
9	Green Bay Packers	Brian Cushing	LB	USC
10	San Francisco 49ers	Rey Maualuga	LB	USC
11	Buffalo Bills	Brandon Pettigrew	TE	Oklahoma State
12	Denver Broncos	Jeremy Maclin	WR	Missouri
13	Washington Redskins	Andre Smith	OT	Alabama
14	New Orleans Saints	Malcolm Jenkins	S	Ohio State
15	Houston Texans	Vontae Davis	CB	Illinois
16	San Diego Chargers	Aaron Maybin	OLB	Penn State
17	New York Jets	Chris Wells	RB	Ohio State
18	Chicago Bears	Darrius Heyward-Bey	WR	Maryland
19	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Peria Jerry	DT	Ole Miss
20	Detroit Lions (DAL)	Michael Oher	OT	Ole Miss
21	Philadelphia Eagles	Louis Delmas	S	Western Michigan
22	Minnesota Vikings	DJ Moore	CB	Vanderbilt
23	New England Patriots	Michael Johnson	OLB	Georgia Tech
24	Atlanta Falcons	James Laurainitis	LB	Ohio State
25	Miami Dolphins	Tyson Jackson	DE	LSU
26	Baltimore Ravens	Clint Sintim	OLB	Virginia
27	Indianapolis Colts	Kenny Britt	WR	Rutgers
28	Philadelphia Eagles (CAR)	LeSean McCoy	RB	Pitt
29	New York Giants	Hakeem Nicks	WR	North Carolina
30	Tennessee Titans	Percy Harvin	WR	Florida
31	Arizona Cardinals	Knowshon Moreno	RB	Georgia
32	Pittsburgh Steelers	William Beatty	OT	Connecticut
R2
33	Detroit Lions	Mark Sanchez	QB	USC
34	St. Louis Rams	Alex Mack	C	California
35	New England Patriots (KC)	Paul Kruger	DE	Utah
36	Seattle Seahawks	Duke Robinsin	OG	Oklahoma
37	Cleveland Browns	Donald Brown	RB	Connecticut
38	Cincinnati Bengals	Max Unger	OL	Oregon
39	Oakland Raiders	Clay Matthews	LB	USC
40	Jacksonville Jaguars	Jamon Meredith	OT	South Carolina
41	Green Bay Packers	Ron Brace	DT	Boston College
42	San Francisco 49ers	Josh Freeman	QB	Kansas State
43	Buffalo Bills	Larry English	DE	Northern Illinois
44	Denver Broncos	Connor Barwin	OLB	Cincinnati
45	Miami Dolphins (Was)	Sean Smith	S	Utah
46	New York Giants (NO)	Jared Cook	TE	South Carolina
47	Houston Texans	Robert Ayers	DE	Tennessee
48	New England Patriots (SD)	Darius Butler	CB	Connecticut
49	New York Jets	Brian Robiskie	WR	Ohio State
50	Chicago Bears	Jonathan Luigs	C	Arkansas
51	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Gerald McRath	LB	Southern Miss
52	Dallas Cowboys	Patrick Chung	S	Oregon
53	Philadelphia Eagles	Phil Loadholt	OL	Oklahoma
54	Minnesota Vikings	Evander Hood	DT	Missouri
55	New England Patriots	Andy Levitre	OG	Oregon State
56	Atlanta Falcons	William Moore	S	Missouri
57	Miami Dolphins	Alphonso Smith	CB	Wake Forest
58	Baltimore Ravens	Louis Murphy	WR	Florida
59	Indianapolis Colts	Jason Phillips	LB	TCU
60	Carolina Panthers	Fili Moala	DT	USC
61	New York Giants	Rashad Jennings	RB	Liberty
62	Tennessee Titans	Sen'Derrick Marks	DT	Auburn
63	Arizona Cardinals	Lawrence Sidbury	OLB	Richmond
64	Pittsburgh Steelers	Rashad Johnson	S	Alabama

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I don't know when you did this,

but there’s no way the Rams take Mack now that they’ve signed Jason Brown. Good stuff, though!

Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.

by 3k on Mar 3, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

but of course

thanks for mentioning that as I totally forgot about that. I will make that change whenever I get around to updating.

by BlueVol03 on Mar 3, 2009 7:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

word

Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.

by 3k on Mar 4, 2009 8:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Love the Connor Barwin pick for Denver

He’s smart, versatile, and he has loads of upside. McXanders and co. have to be looking at him thinking about teh second coming of Mike Vrabel…

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 3, 2009 10:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

On the other hand

I think Evander Hood might be closer to reality since they need loads of help on the dline…

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by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 3, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

agreed. What do you think the chances are the trade back, maybe to 18 with Chicago who could snag Maclin, to take Peria Jerry? Or would they move around the 2nd round to go after Brace?

Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.

by 3k on Mar 4, 2009 8:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm hoping Jerry goes to a 4-3 team

like the Colts, where he can really star. But Denver would be HUGELY interested in the availability of a trade-back scenario. And if NE history follows McDaniels to Denver, I think they would be happy with an early 2nd round pick, and pick(s) next year for their #12. I am of the mind that Brace in the 2nd is too early, but I won’t fight about it, and would be happy for Denver to get him. DE, DT witht eh first two picks should go a long ways towards setting up some future defensive success.

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by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 4, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And while I'm talking Broncos

the Jeremy Maclin at #12 is questionable. Even if Bmarsh gets suspended, I don’t think the team will consider parting with him until next year. I would say to target Malcolm Jenkins, see if he can beat out FA Renaldo Hill, or better yet, beat out Andre Goodman and play across from Champ Bailey, or in the slot.

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by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 4, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Pettigrew that high?

I like him, and think he’s a good prospect, but not a top 12 pick.

And I’m looking for some input here, not criticizing. Explain the Stafford to Seattle pick.

I will say, though, the hardest thing about doing mocks is not including trades. I mostly understand why you’d have Sanchez going where he goes, but a team will trade up to grab him if he falls like that, I imagine.

by Mocking Dan on Mar 4, 2009 10:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Aaron Curry at number 1....

…is the biggest reach in the draft since Mario Williams. The Lions have no one at QB and Sanchez being from USC will have someone reaching for him before we’re even approaching the twenties.

Despite what you may think you know about football, Stafford’s probably the safer pick at number 1.

by Marik on Mar 4, 2009 4:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

And how much of a reach did Mario Williams actually turn out to be? Seems like a reach worth making on that one.

by Mocking Dan on Mar 4, 2009 5:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll say

Houston definitley made the right choice on that one, and for as much grief as their fans took, its almost another Alamo for them… They’ll never forget!

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by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 4, 2009 5:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Williams a Reach?

Have you been watching the NFL the last couple of years? Williams was the concensus #1 Defensive player on the board that year, so the only way he was a “reach” was because the Texans took him before Reggie Bush and Vince Young. Last time I checked VY is a backup QB and Williams has more sacks in the last two years (26) than Bush has games played (22). The Texans’ pass rush outside of Williams has been terribe, so he gets double-teamed on almost every year but he has still produced Pro Bowl quality play.

What were they thinking?

Let's get the Texans a better fight song.

by Jake on Mar 15, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think Denver would take Maclin, they are going Defense first or drop back

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by Broncoman on Mar 5, 2009 6:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hate To Say It, But...

I hate the Maclin pick for Denver. If for some odd reason we go WR that early, I’d almost prefer they reach for Heyward-Bey. I’d gladly take Jenkins or Davis as DBs there, or someone like Tyson Jackson or Aaron Maybin. I don’t mind the second round pick, but I’m not high on barwin either.

by ejruiz on Mar 6, 2009 1:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I want Denver to trade down and snag Knoshon Moreno

"I am not trying to start anything I am just saying that i think if you take Knowshon and draft D later you guys will be hella good next year" ...IamtheGreatest - The smartest Chiefs fan I ever had the priviledge of reading!

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by Steve O' on Mar 6, 2009 8:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'd think that one of the Giants second round picks is used on a LB.

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by squid92 on Mar 9, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Why doesn’t anyone on here realize Sanchez’s stock is soaring? there’s no way he lasts until the 2nd round

by Ozone on Apr 4, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

this mock is a month old

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Winter hatin' on me cuz I'm colder than Y'all. And I will never, I will never, I will never Fall.
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by shake n bake on Apr 4, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs