Sunday, April 21, 2013

Defensive Big Board (ILB and DB)

Round                      ILB                              CB                             S
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   1                    Olgetree, A.                    Milliner, D.               Vaccaro, K.
                            Te'o, M.                        Rhodes, X.               Cyprien, J.
                           Minter, K.                     Trufant, D.
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   2                      Bostic, J.                    Wreh-Wilson, B.            Elam, M.
                                                                  Hayden, DJ               Thomas, S.
                                                                    Banks, J.                   Reid, E.

Defensive Big Board (DL and OLB)


Round                  DE                              DT                              OLB
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   1                     Ansah, E.                   Floyd, S.                     Jordan, D.
                         Werner, B.                Lotulelei, S.                  Mingo, B.
                           Hunt, M.                Richardson, S.                Jones, J.
                                                            Jenkins, J.      
                                                           Williams, S.     
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   2                    Jones, D.                    Hankins, J.                    Moore, S.
                         Moore, D.                  Williams, J.                   Brown, A.
                       Carradine, T.

Offensive Big Board (Skill Players)

Round              QB                               WR                             RB                              TE
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    1                                                   Austin, T.                      Lacy, E.                    Eifert, T.
                                                        Patterson, C.                                                     Ertz, Z.                 

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    2             Smith, G.                      Hunter, J.           
                   Nassib, R.                     Allen, K.
                  Barkley, M.                  Woods, R. 
                   Manuel, E.J.                 Patton, Q.

Offensive Big Board (Line)


Round                        OT                              OG                                C
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     1                     Joeckel, L.                     Cooper, J.                                            
                            Fisher, E.                      Warmack, C.
                            Johnson, L.
                             Fluker, DJ.                          
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     2                     Pugh, J.                        Warford, L.                    Frederick, T.         
                            Watson, M.                                                          Jones, B.
                             Long, K.         
                            Armstead, T.

2013 Mock Draft

1. Kansas City - Luke Joeckel, OT - Andy likes the big boys.

2. Jacksonville - Dion Jordan, DE/OLB - worst pass rush in football looks to improve with best pass rusher in the draft.  Will fit Bradley's system like Bruce Irvin last year.

3. Oakland - Sharif Floyd, DT - Oakland needs everything, starting on the middle on defense is a good place to start

4. Philadelphia - Lane Johnson, OT - the more athletic, higher ceiling OT of the three.  Kelly makes his bold move with Howie to get athletic up front.

5. Detroit - Eric Fisher, OT - Lions sprint to the podium to take the player they think should go #1 overall.  Stafford weeps with joy.

6. Miami - TRADE - Browns trade No. 6 to Miami for No. 12 and No. 77. - Dee Milliner, CB -- With two second round picks, Dolphins ship their 3rd round pick and No. 12 to Browns to get the best CB on the board.  Best player available and fills a need.

7. Arizona - Ziggy Ansah, DE/Freak - Arizona needs pass rush, and they gamble on the latest "just like JPP".  Would Mingo be a better fit (though a reach at 7)?

8. Buffalo - Jonathan Cooper, OG - best inside player in the draft.  One of the best graded OG in the last decade.  A perfect match, although I could be convinced to take Nassib here.

9. New York Jets - Tavon Austin, WR - Jets need playmakers, Austin can give defenses lots to worry about.

10. Tennessee - Chance Warmack, OG - classic overreach by the Titans.  With Lotulelei, Mingo, and Eifert all on the board, they take a mid- to late-round OG to fill a need.  I pulled this one on what I think they will do vs. what they should do.

11. San Diego - DJ Fluker, OT - San Diego reaches, too.  Teams that don't have good OL don't get anything done on offense, and SD hopes to squeeze some more wins out of Rivers.

12. Cleveland (from Miami) - Star Lotulelei, DT - a monster for the middle of the Browns defense and a steal at No. 12. 

13. New York Jets - Jarvis Jones, LB - As per superscout Ron Hillman "Jones is better than Mingo".  Who am I to argue.

14. Carolina - Sheldon Richardson, DT - they improved up the middle last year with Kuechly, now they need to improve in front of him.  Only other consideration here is Patterson at WR. 

15. New Orleans - Kiki Mingo, LB - Pass rush must be improved, Kiki Mingo gets to stay in the Bayou.

16. St. Louis - Cordarelle Patterson, WR - they need receiving options for Bradford and Patterson has the chance to be a good one.  Size alone is great.  Good hands.  Refine his routes and boom!

17. Pittsburgh - Kenny Vaccaro, S - Steelers go for best player on the board in a position of semi-need. Dallas is unhappy.

18. Dallas - Justin Pugh, OT/OG - with all the top guards and tackles gone, Dallas would love to trade back but I cannot identify a solid place, so they simply take the highest rated O-lineman on their board a little bit higher than where he should go. 

19. New York Giants - Bjoern Werner, DE - Good value at corner later on, OL remaining all reaches.  Could be another DE (Datone or Tank), but I think they value production from the German destroyer.

20. Chicago - Manti Te'o, ILB - i have nothing to say about this except, take the kid that played 4 years in our backyard. 

21. Cincinnati - Alec Ogletree, LB - It's kind of a cliche, but he seems like a Bengal pick (5 cent head)

22. St. Louis - DJ Hayden, CB - he is the sexy pick flying up boards.  Personally, I prefer someone like Xavier Rhodes myself, but I'll step out on a limb and take him here.

23. Minnesota - Xavier Rhodes, CB - Slide ends for big CB, run on DBs into round 2 starts?

24. Indianapolis - Desmond Trufant, CB - bing bang boom.  I can't see any other CBs going now.  Colts get a solid CB and someone I think other teams may have higher rated than No. 24.

25. Minnesota - Tyler Eifert, TE - Need to replace some weapons after losing Harvin.

26. Green Bay - Eddie Lacy, RB - they have lacked a home run hitter for so long.  With OL options dwindling, they look to improve the offense.  Eddie has very little wear on his tread and makes a perfect addition to Rodgers and company.

27. Houston - DeAndre Hopkins, WR - Hot receiver, also good at trashing hotel rooms if you need that.

28. Denver - Margus Hunt, DE - with no viable CB available at this pick, they look to replace the lost production from Elvis Dumervil.  Hunt this late for the Broncos would be a welcome addition.

29. New England - Justin Hunter, WR - Brady can't do it all himself, and Gronk may miss more time than expected.  Hunter is a big target with lots of upside.

30. Atlanta - Zach Ertz, TE - devastated they do not land Eifert, they take the next best TE because Tony G. can unretire only so many times.  Note:  I would not be surprised to see them trade up or down -- up to get Eifert; down to get Ertz.

31. San Francisco - Matt Elam, S - They sniff but don't quite buy the hype on Cyprien, we'll see if he goes next.  Elam is a football player.

32. Baltimore - Johnathn Cyprien, S - The Ravens thank the 49ers for passing on the better safety prospect for the one that played at a bigger school.