1st Round Mock Draft v.1.0

before everyone starts:

I really believe that Sanchez won’t be as impressive at the combine, thus his absence from this list. Someone may bite on Sanchez out of desperate need, but we’ll see how the rest of the pre-draft festivities go.

Second, Freeman definitely isn’t worthy of a 1st round selection.

Other than Crabtree, there’s no other players worth trading up to get.

gotta get the oline in place

It all starts up front. Also glad you explained the Sanchez leave out. I have a feeling even if he did bad someone would take him in the first and Kiper and all those guys would be stressing things like “Well he has the strongest arm!” and “He has the most upside!” maybe a team with a veteran that isn’t sure about the long term stability (i.e. Jets if Farve were back or Bucs or Seahawks or even the Rams (Most likely second round for the last two there…)

I think the Packers would draft a lineman or LB to play in Dom Capers’ 3-4.

might as well have have the bears drafting stafford, crabtree or tebow…. oher will not be on the board at 18.

at 18 i think Harvin, duke robinson or rey mualaga are possibilities and i want them in that order.

i doubt mualaga falls to 18, but if he does hes too good to pass up. dude would start over nic roach or HH in the 4-3 which gives us an instant starter and possible stud/gamechanger for a good % of snaps on defense. He reminds me of troy polamalu for obvious reasons, but mainly the way he tackles. Could he play SS? Even if not our SLB position is wide open and we play a base 4-3 d…

- Knowshon would be a huge reach at #5, especially considering they need help on defense. They could probably get better value at RB later on in the draft.

- there’s no way the Packers should even think about drafting outside of d-line and LB in the first a) they have no true OLB pass rusher and b) they pretty much only have three players that could be true a 3-4 fit. Brown, Maybin or Tyson Jackson would all be better fits (besides, a secondary of Tramon, Woodson, Collins and Rouse isn’t too shabby either)

- Pettigrew to the Bills has been so overplayed that I have a feeling they’ll probably just end up picking someone else to fix one of their needs (ie: Bears and Leonard Pope a few years ago)

- do the Chargers really need another 3-4 pass rusher when they already have Phillips and Merrimen?

- Wells would be a fine pick for the Bucs, but I don’t see RB as one of their biggest needs at all

- the Falcons have absolutely no need for a WR, especially this high in the draft. they’d be much better off reaching for LB or a CB

- Do the Colts really even need a RB?

- the Eagles have spent three first day picks in the past few years on DT (Patterson, Bunkley, Laws), do they really need another one?

- unless the Giants plan on moving to a 3-4 scheme to move him to OLB, i don’t see any reason to take Johnson. they have a ton of depth on the d-line and have needs at other positions that they could better address with that pick

That’s pretty much it.

I do think you have to switch the Colts and Eagles picks. It’s an easy fix and everybodies needs get addressed. Colts need a DT, Eagles need a RB of the future. Persoanlly though I tries to put together a mock last year, and it is alot tougher than you think. And as soon as you get it done, it needs to be updated. Thats why I read other peoples.

you can never have enough linebackers.