2010 NFL Mock Draft XVI (03/06)

I first need to bring to your attention the fact that we are planning our interactive fan mock draft, where we will be looking for you, the readers, to represent your favorite team and make the picks for them. To see what teams have been claimed already and read more about it all just click here.

It’s only been a few days since my last mock draft, but a lot has happened between then and now plus I’m getting ready to go out of town for about ten days so this one will make up for the fact that there won’t be one next week. I bumped it up to four rounds this time. I realize this is rather pointless because the compensatory picks haven’t been distributed yet, but I felt like putting up one more round, so I did. Like last time, I will be taking into account the input of the commenters for this one, and will do the same for the next one. I know you’re excited. I will again be providing my reasoning and thoughts on some of the picks at the bottom, after the actual mock itself. To see how things have progressed with my 2010 mock drafts take a look back at I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, and XV. Here is the sixteenth:

Rnd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	School
1	1	St Louis	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska
1	2	Detroit	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma
1	3	Tampa Bay	Eric Berry	SS	Tennessee
1	4	Washington	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma State
1	5	Kansas City	Rolando McClain	ILB	Alabama
1	6	Seattle	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma
1	7	Cleveland	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame
1	8	Oakland	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa
1	9	Buffalo	Trent Williams	OT	Oklahoma
1	10	Jacksonville	Joe Haden	CB	Florida
1	11	Denver	Dez Bryant	WR	Oklahoma State
1	12	Miami	C.J. Spiller	RB	Clemson
1	13	San Francisco	Bruce Campbell	OT	Maryland
1	14	Seattle	Anthony Davis	OT	Rutgers
1	15	NY Giants	Mike Iupati	OG	Idaho
1	16	Tennessee	Derrick Morgan	DE	Georgia Tech
1	17	San Francisco	Taylor Mays	SS	USC
1	18	Pittsburgh	Earl Thomas	FS	Texas
1	19	Atlanta	Jason Pierre-Paul	DE	South Florida
1	20	Houston	Patrick Robinson	CB	Florida State
1	21	Cincinnati	Jermaine Gresham	TE	Oklahoma
1	22	New England	Carlos Dunlap	DE	Florida
1	23	Green Bay	Charles Brown	OT	USC
1	24	Philadelphia	Everson Griffen	DE	USC
1	25	Baltimore	Jared Odrick	DE	Penn State
1	26	Arizona	Brandon Graham	OLB	Michigan
1	27	Dallas	Golden Tate	WR	Notre Dame
1	28	San Diego	Corey Wootton	DE	Northwestern
1	29	NY Jets	Ricky Sapp	DE	Clemson
1	30	Minnesota	Kyle Wilson	CB	Boise State
1	31	Indianapolis	Dan Williams	DT	Tennessee
1	32	New Orleans	Sean Weatherspoon	OLB	Missouri
* * * * * * * * ROUND 2 * * * * * * * *
2	33	St Louis	Jonathan Dwyer	RB	Georgia Tech
2	34	Detroit	Maurkice Pouncey	OG	Florida
2	35	Tampa Bay	Brian Price	DT	UCLA
2	36	Kansas City	Vladimir Ducasse	OG	Massachusetts
2	37	Washington	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas
2	38	Cleveland	Devin McCourty	CB	Rutgers
2	39	Oakland	Sergio Kindle	OLB	Texas
2	40	Seattle	Jahvid Best	RB	California
2	41	Buffalo	Brandon Spikes	ILB	Florida
2	42	Tampa Bay	Jerry Hughes	DE	TCU
2	43	Miami	Brandon LaFell	WR	LSU
2	44	New England	Aaron Hernandez	TE	Florida
2	45	Denver	Dominique Franks	CB	Oklahoma
2	46	NY Giants	Daryl Washington	ILB	TCU
2	47	New England	Jason Worilds	OLB	Virginia Tech
2	48	Carolina	Damian Williams	WR	USC
2	49	San Francisco	Dexter McCluster	WR	Mississippi
2	50	Kansas City	Chad Jones	SS	LSU
2	51	Houston	Ryan Mathews	RB	Fresno State
2	52	Pittsburgh	Terrence Cody	DT	Alabama
2	53	New England	Arrelious Benn	WR	Illinois
2	54	Cincinnati	Nate Allen	FS	South Florida
2	55	Philadelphia	Chris Cook	CB	Virginia
2	56	Green Bay	Kareem Jackson	CB	Alabama
2	57	Baltimore	Brandon Ghee	CB	Wake Forest
2	58	Arizona	Tim Tebow	QB	Florida
2	59	Dallas	Rodger Saffold	OT	Indiana
2	60	San Diego	Syd’Quan Thompson	CB	California
2	61	NY Jets	John Jerry	OG	Mississippi
2	62	Minnesota	Tyson Alualu	DT	California
2	63	Indianapolis	Navorro Bowman	OLB	Penn State
2	64	New Orleans	Koa Misi	DE	Utah
* * * * * * * * ROUND 3 * * * * * * * *
3	65	St Louis	Greg Hardy	DE	Mississippi
3	66	Detroit	Jared Veldheer	OT	Hillsdale
3	67	Tampa Bay	Demaryius Thomas	WR	Georgia Tech
3	68	Kansas City	Jon Asamoah	OG	Illinois
3	69	Oakland	Mike Johnson	OG	Alabama
3	70	Philadelphia	Larry Asante	OLB	Nebraska
3	71	Cleveland	Morgan Burnett	SS	Georgia Tech
3	72	Buffalo	Tony Pike	QB	Cincinnati
3	73	Miami	Cam Thomas	DT	North Carolina
3	74	Jacksonville	Taylor Price	WR	Ohio
3	75	Chicago	Reshad Jones	SS	Georgia
3	76	NY Giants	Rob Gronkowski	TE	Arizona
3	77	Tennessee	Perrish Cox	CB	Oklahoma State
3	78	Carolina	Alex Carrington	DE	Arkansas State
3	79	San Francisco	Matt Tennant	OG	Boston College
3	80	Denver	J.D. Walton	C	Baylor
3	81	Houston	Sean Lee	ILB	Penn State
3	82	Pittsburgh	Toby Gerhart	RB	Stanford
3	83	Atlanta	Eric Norwood	OLB	South Carolina
3	84	Cincinnati	Marshawn Gilyard	WR	Cincinnati
3	85	Oakland	Dan LeFevour	QB	Central Michigan
3	86	Green Bay	Joe McKnight	RB	USC
3	87	Philadelphia	Donovan Warren	CB	Michigan
3	88	Arizona	Donald Butler	ILB	Washington
3	89	Arizona	Selvish Capers	OT	West Virginia
3	90	Dallas	Jerome Murphy	CB	South Florida
3	91	San Diego	Montario Hardesty	RB	Tennessee
3	92	Cleveland	Carlton Mitchell	WR	South Florida
3	93	Minnesota	Jarrett Brown	QB	West Virginia
3	94	Indianapolis	Jimmy Graham	TE	Miami
3	95	New Orleans	Anthony Dixon	RB	Mississippi State
* * * * * * * * ROUND 4 * * * * * * * *
4	96	St Louis	Jeremy Williams	WR	Tulane
4	97	Detroit	Akwasi Owusu-Ansah	CB	Indiana (PA)
4	98	Tampa Bay	Rennie Curran	OLB	Georgia
4	99	Kansas City	Anthony McCoy	TE	USC
4	100	Washington	Ben Tate	RB	Auburn
4	101	Seattle	Geno Atkins	DT	Georgia
4	102	Cleveland	Jason Fox	OT	Miami
4	103	Oakland	Lamarr Houston	DT	Texas
4	104	Buffalo	George Selvie	OLB	South Florida
4	105	Jacksonville	T.J. Ward	SS	Oregon
4	106	Chicago	Ciron Black	OT	LSU
4	107	Miami	Brandon Lang	OLB	Troy
4	108	Tennessee	Arthur Jones	DT	Syracuse
4	109	Carolina	Ed Dickson	TE	Oregon
4	110	San Francisco	Javier Arenas	CB	Alabama
4	111	Denver	Kyle Calloway	OT	Iowa
4	112	NY Giants	Joshua Moore	CB	Kansas State
4	113	Pittsburgh	Jermaine Cunningham	OLB	Florida
4	114	Atlanta	Jacoby Ford	WR	Clemson
4	115	Houston	Austen Lane	DE	Murray State
4	116	New England	Darrell Stuckey	SS	Kansas
4	117	Cincinnati	Amari Spievey	CB	Iowa
4	118	Philadelphia	Willie Young	DE	North Carolina State
4	119	Green Bay	Mitch Petrus	OG	Arkansas
4	120	Arizona	Major Wright	FS	Florida
4	121	Arizona	Alterraun Verner	CB	UCLA
4	122	Dallas	Sam Young	OT	Notre Dame
4	123	San Diego	Eric Decker	WR	Minnesota
4	124	Philadelphia	D’Anthony Smith	DT	Louisiana Tech
4	125	Minnesota	LeGarrette Blount	RB	Oregon
4	126	New Orleans	Zane Beadles	OT	Utah
4	127	Indianapolis	Shay Hodge	WR	Mississippi

Now for my thoughts.

• Yes, I finally decided to go away from having Eric Berry as the #1 pick. I believe he is the best player in the draft, but if I’m honest with myself about it, a safety going first overall is just not ever going to happen. Instead the Rams take Suh with the first pick. This causes Berry to fall to the Bucs at 3.
• I’m having the Browns go quarterback this time to mix it up a bit. I still really don’t know what to do with this pick and loved it when the Browns fans were duking it out in the comments, debating over what they should do with their first round pick.
• Taylor Mays climbed a little bit higher this time, staying in California, being picked by the 49ers.
• Dan Williams has been slipping down a few draft boards and I would love it if he fell all the way down to the Colts in the actual draft.
• Sean Weatherspoon just barely finds his way back into the first round, getting grabbed by the Saints. He’s another player I’d love to see in Speed Blue next year.
• There was a commenter on the last draft that said the Bucs shouldn’t take an OLB in the third round, so instead I have them taking one in the fourth round. I wonder if the said commenter will find this more acceptable…
• Tim, a Seahawks fan, said last time that he thought they would be drafting an offensive lineman with one of their first three picks, so I had them draft an OT in the first round this time.

Rnd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	School
1	1	St Louis	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska
1	2	Detroit	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma
1	3	Tampa Bay	Eric Berry	SS	Tennessee
1	4	Washington	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma State
1	5	Kansas City	Rolando McClain	ILB	Alabama
1	6	Seattle	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma
1	7	Cleveland	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame
1	8	Oakland	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa
1	9	Buffalo	Trent Williams	OT	Oklahoma
1	10	Jacksonville	Joe Haden	CB	Florida
1	11	Denver	Dez Bryant	WR	Oklahoma State
1	12	Miami	C.J. Spiller	RB	Clemson
1	13	San Francisco	Bruce Campbell	OT	Maryland
1	14	Seattle	Anthony Davis	OT	Rutgers
1	15	NY Giants	Mike Iupati	OG	Idaho
1	16	Tennessee	Derrick Morgan	DE	Georgia Tech
1	17	San Francisco	Taylor Mays	SS	USC
1	18	Pittsburgh	Earl Thomas	FS	Texas
1	19	Atlanta	Jason Pierre-Paul	DE	South Florida
1	20	Houston	Patrick Robinson	CB	Florida State
1	21	Cincinnati	Jermaine Gresham	TE	Oklahoma
1	22	New England	Carlos Dunlap	DE	Florida
1	23	Green Bay	Charles Brown	OT	USC
1	24	Philadelphia	Everson Griffen	DE	USC
1	25	Baltimore	Jared Odrick	DE	Penn State
1	26	Arizona	Brandon Graham	OLB	Michigan
1	27	Dallas	Golden Tate	WR	Notre Dame
1	28	San Diego	Corey Wootton	DE	Northwestern
1	29	NY Jets	Ricky Sapp	DE	Clemson
1	30	Minnesota	Kyle Wilson	CB	Boise State
1	31	Indianapolis	Dan Williams	DT	Tennessee
1	32	New Orleans	Sean Weatherspoon	OLB	Missouri
* * * * * * * * ROUND 2 * * * * * * * *
2	33	St Louis	Jonathan Dwyer	RB	Georgia Tech
2	34	Detroit	Maurkice Pouncey	OG	Florida
2	35	Tampa Bay	Brian Price	DT	UCLA
2	36	Kansas City	Vladimir Ducasse	OG	Massachusetts
2	37	Washington	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas
2	38	Cleveland	Devin McCourty	CB	Rutgers
2	39	Oakland	Sergio Kindle	OLB	Texas
2	40	Seattle	Jahvid Best	RB	California
2	41	Buffalo	Brandon Spikes	ILB	Florida
2	42	Tampa Bay	Jerry Hughes	DE	TCU
2	43	Miami	Brandon LaFell	WR	LSU
2	44	New England	Aaron Hernandez	TE	Florida
2	45	Denver	Dominique Franks	CB	Oklahoma
2	46	NY Giants	Daryl Washington	ILB	TCU
2	47	New England	Jason Worilds	OLB	Virginia Tech
2	48	Carolina	Damian Williams	WR	USC
2	49	San Francisco	Dexter McCluster	WR	Mississippi
2	50	Kansas City	Chad Jones	SS	LSU
2	51	Houston	Ryan Mathews	RB	Fresno State
2	52	Pittsburgh	Terrence Cody	DT	Alabama
2	53	New England	Arrelious Benn	WR	Illinois
2	54	Cincinnati	Nate Allen	FS	South Florida
2	55	Philadelphia	Chris Cook	CB	Virginia
2	56	Green Bay	Kareem Jackson	CB	Alabama
2	57	Baltimore	Brandon Ghee	CB	Wake Forest
2	58	Arizona	Tim Tebow	QB	Florida
2	59	Dallas	Rodger Saffold	OT	Indiana
2	60	San Diego	Syd’Quan Thompson	CB	California
2	61	NY Jets	John Jerry	OG	Mississippi
2	62	Minnesota	Tyson Alualu	DT	California
2	63	Indianapolis	Navorro Bowman	OLB	Penn State
2	64	New Orleans	Koa Misi	DE	Utah
* * * * * * * * ROUND 3 * * * * * * * *
3	65	St Louis	Greg Hardy	DE	Mississippi
3	66	Detroit	Jared Veldheer	OT	Hillsdale
3	67	Tampa Bay	Demaryius Thomas	WR	Georgia Tech
3	68	Kansas City	Jon Asamoah	OG	Illinois
3	69	Oakland	Mike Johnson	OG	Alabama
3	70	Philadelphia	Larry Asante	OLB	Nebraska
3	71	Cleveland	Morgan Burnett	SS	Georgia Tech
3	72	Buffalo	Tony Pike	QB	Cincinnati
3	73	Miami	Cam Thomas	DT	North Carolina
3	74	Jacksonville	Taylor Price	WR	Ohio
3	75	Chicago	Reshad Jones	SS	Georgia
3	76	NY Giants	Rob Gronkowski	TE	Arizona
3	77	Tennessee	Perrish Cox	CB	Oklahoma State
3	78	Carolina	Alex Carrington	DE	Arkansas State
3	79	San Francisco	Matt Tennant	OG	Boston College
3	80	Denver	J.D. Walton	C	Baylor
3	81	Houston	Sean Lee	ILB	Penn State
3	82	Pittsburgh	Toby Gerhart	RB	Stanford
3	83	Atlanta	Eric Norwood	OLB	South Carolina
3	84	Cincinnati	Marshawn Gilyard	WR	Cincinnati
3	85	Oakland	Dan LeFevour	QB	Central Michigan
3	86	Green Bay	Joe McKnight	RB	USC
3	87	Philadelphia	Donovan Warren	CB	Michigan
3	88	Arizona	Donald Butler	ILB	Washington
3	89	Arizona	Selvish Capers	OT	West Virginia
3	90	Dallas	Jerome Murphy	CB	South Florida
3	91	San Diego	Montario Hardesty	RB	Tennessee
3	92	Cleveland	Carlton Mitchell	WR	South Florida
3	93	Minnesota	Jarrett Brown	QB	West Virginia
3	94	Indianapolis	Jimmy Graham	TE	Miami
3	95	New Orleans	Anthony Dixon	RB	Mississippi State
* * * * * * * * ROUND 4 * * * * * * * *
4	96	St Louis	Jeremy Williams	WR	Tulane
4	97	Detroit	Akwasi Owusu-Ansah	CB	Indiana (PA)
4	98	Tampa Bay	Rennie Curran	OLB	Georgia
4	99	Kansas City	Anthony McCoy	TE	USC
4	100	Washington	Ben Tate	RB	Auburn
4	101	Seattle	Geno Atkins	DT	Georgia
4	102	Cleveland	Jason Fox	OT	Miami
4	103	Oakland	Lamarr Houston	DT	Texas
4	104	Buffalo	George Selvie	OLB	South Florida
4	105	Jacksonville	T.J. Ward	SS	Oregon
4	106	Chicago	Ciron Black	OT	LSU
4	107	Miami	Brandon Lang	OLB	Troy
4	108	Tennessee	Arthur Jones	DT	Syracuse
4	109	Carolina	Ed Dickson	TE	Oregon
4	110	San Francisco	Javier Arenas	CB	Alabama
4	111	Denver	Kyle Calloway	OT	Iowa
4	112	NY Giants	Joshua Moore	CB	Kansas State
4	113	Pittsburgh	Jermaine Cunningham	OLB	Florida
4	114	Atlanta	Jacoby Ford	WR	Clemson
4	115	Houston	Austen Lane	DE	Murray State
4	116	New England	Darrell Stuckey	SS	Kansas
4	117	Cincinnati	Amari Spievey	CB	Iowa
4	118	Philadelphia	Willie Young	DE	North Carolina State
4	119	Green Bay	Mitch Petrus	OG	Arkansas
4	120	Arizona	Major Wright	FS	Florida
4	121	Arizona	Alterraun Verner	CB	UCLA
4	122	Dallas	Sam Young	OT	Notre Dame
4	123	San Diego	Eric Decker	WR	Minnesota
4	124	Philadelphia	D’Anthony Smith	DT	Louisiana Tech
4	125	Minnesota	LeGarrette Blount	RB	Oregon
4	126	New Orleans	Zane Beadles	OT	Utah
4	127	Indianapolis	Shay Hodge	WR	Mississippi