2010 NFL Mock Draft XIX (04/07)

I first want to recommend that everyone goes and checks out the fan mock draft where we are having each NFL team represented by a different person and seeing how the draft plays out.

The actual NFL draft is only about two-and-a-half weeks away and a huge trade went down yesterday that sent Donovan McNabb to the Redskins and this Skins second round pick for this year back to the Eagles. All this made me think it was a good time for me to go ahead and do my first full, seven-round mock draft for 2010. I also don’t have class today so it provides for the perfect opportunity to sit down and really think through all seven rounds. I’m taking into account the comments from the mock draft I put up about a week ago and will do the same thing again next week, taking into account the comments on this mock draft. Be sure to check out my thoughts and comments on some of the picks below the mock draft it self.

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, XV, XVI, XVII, and XVIII. Here is the nineteenth:

Rnd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	School
1	1	St Louis	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma
1	2	Detroit	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska
1	3	Tampa Bay	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma
1	4	Washington	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma State
1	5	Kansas City	Eric Berry	SS	Tennessee
1	6	Seattle	Derrick Morgan	DE	Georgia Tech
1	7	Cleveland	Brandon Graham	OLB	Michigan
1	8	Oakland	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa
1	9	Buffalo	Trent Williams	OT	Oklahoma
1	10	Jacksonville	Joe Haden	CB	Florida
1	11	Denver	Rolando McClain	ILB	Alabama
1	12	Miami	Dez Bryant	WR	Oklahoma State
1	13	San Francisco	Bruce Campbell	OT	Maryland
1	14	Seattle	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame
1	15	NY Giants	Dan Williams	DT	Tennessee
1	16	Tennessee	Devin McCourty	CB	Rutgers
1	17	San Francisco	Taylor Mays	FS	USC
1	18	Pittsburgh	Mike Iupati	OG	Idaho
1	19	Atlanta	Jason Pierre-Paul	DE	South Florida
1	20	Houston	Kyle Wilson	CB	Boise State
1	21	Cincinnati	Jermaine Gresham	TE	Oklahoma
1	22	New England	Everson Griffen	OLB	USC
1	23	Green Bay	C.J. Spiller	RB	Clemson
1	24	Philadelphia	Earl Thomas	FS	Texas
1	25	Baltimore	Carlos Dunlap	DE	Florida
1	26	Arizona	Sergio Kindle	OLB	Texas
1	27	Dallas	Anthony Davis	OT	Rutgers
1	28	San Diego	Ryan Mathews	RB	Fresno State
1	29	NY Jets	Jerry Hughes	OLB	TCU
1	30	Minnesota	Maurkice Pouncey	OG	Florida
1	31	Indianapolis	Sean Weatherspoon	OLB	Missouri
1	32	New Orleans	Jared Odrick	DT	Penn State
* * * * * * * * ROUND 2 * * * * * * * *
2	33	St Louis	Golden Tate	WR	Notre Dame
2	34	Detroit	Patrick Robinson	CB	Florida State
2	35	Tampa Bay	Corey Wootton	DE	Northwestern
2	36	Kansas City	Daryl Washington	ILB	TCU
2	37	Philadelphia	Kareem Jackson	CB	Alabama
2	38	Cleveland	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas
2	39	Oakland	Brian Price	DT	UCLA
2	40	San Diego	Terrence Cody	DT	Alabama
2	41	Buffalo	Arrelious Benn	WR	Illinois
2	42	Tampa Bay	Demaryius Thomas	WR	Georgia Tech
2	43	Miami	Ricky Sapp	OLB	Clemson
2	44	New England	Damian Williams	WR	USC
2	45	Denver	Rodger Saffold	OG	Indiana
2	46	NY Giants	Charles Brown	OT	USC
2	47	New England	Aaron Hernandez	TE	Florida
2	48	Carolina	Brandon LaFell	WR	LSU
2	49	San Francisco	Dominique Franks	CB	Oklahoma
2	50	Kansas City	Vladimir Ducasse	OG	Massachusetts
2	51	Houston	John Jerry	OG	Mississippi
2	52	Pittsburgh	Chris Cook	CB	Virginia
2	53	New England	Sean Lee	ILB	Penn State
2	54	Cincinnati	Nate Allen	FS	South Florida
2	55	Philadelphia	Alex Carrington	DE	Arkansas State
2	56	Green Bay	Brandon Ghee	CB	Wake Forest
2	57	Baltimore	Akwasi Owusu-Ansah	CB	Indiana (PA)
2	58	Arizona	Eric Norwood	ILB	South Carolina
2	59	Dallas	Dexter McCluster	WR	Mississippi
2	60	Seattle	Jahvid Best	RB	California
2	61	NY Jets	Jon Asamoah	OG	Illinois
2	62	Minnesota	Tim Tebow	QB	Florida
2	63	Indianapolis	Tyson Alualu	DT	California
2	64	New Orleans	Jonathan Dwyer	RB	Georgia Tech
* * * * * * * * ROUND 3 * * * * * * * *
3	65	St Louis	Jason Worilds	DE	Virginia Tech
3	66	Detroit	Toby Gerhart	RB	Stanford
3	67	Tampa Bay	Chad Jones	SS	LSU
3	68	Kansas City	Cam Thomas	DT	North Carolina
3	69	Oakland	Dan LeFevour	QB	Central Michigan
3	70	Philadelphia	Thaddeus Gibson	OLB	Ohio State
3	71	Cleveland	Morgan Burnett	SS	Georgia Tech
3	72	Buffalo	Koa Misi	OLB	Utah
3	73	Miami	Reshad Jones	FS	Georgia
3	74	Jacksonville	Taylor Price	WR	Ohio
3	75	Chicago	Matt Tennant	OG	Boston College
3	76	NY Giants	Brandon Spikes	ILB	Florida
3	77	Tennessee	Navorro Bowman	ILB	Penn State
3	78	Carolina	Lamarr Houston	DT	Texas
3	79	San Francisco	Mike Johnson	OG	Alabama
3	80	Denver	J.D. Walton	C	Baylor
3	81	Houston	Montario Hardesty	RB	Tennessee
3	82	Pittsburgh	Darrell Stuckey	FS	Kansas
3	83	Atlanta	Larry Asante	OLB	Nebraska
3	84	Cincinnati	Greg Hardy	DE	Mississippi
3	85	Cleveland	Jared Veldheer	OT	Hillsdale
3	86	Green Bay	Selvish Capers	OT	West Virginia
3	87	Philadelphia	Austen Lane	DE	Murray State
3	88	Arizona	Rob Gronkowski	TE	Arizona
3	89	Arizona	Carlton Mitchell	WR	South Florida
3	90	Dallas	Donald Butler	ILB	Washington
3	91	San Diego	Jason Fox	OT	Miami
3	92	Cleveland	Perrish Cox	CB	Oklahoma State
3	93	Minnesota	Joe McKnight	RB	USC
3	94	Indianapolis	T.J. Ward	FS	Oregon
3	95	New Orleans	Brandon Lang	DE	Troy
3	96	Cincinnati	Geno Atkins	DT	Georgia
3	97	Tennessee	Tony Pike	QB	Cincinnati
3	98	Atlanta	Anthony McCoy	TE	USC
* * * * * * * * ROUND 4 * * * * * * * *
4	99	St Louis	Jerome Murphy	CB	South Florida
4	100	Detroit	Jimmy Graham	TE	Miami
4	101	Tampa Bay	Rennie Curran	OLB	Georgia
4	102	Kansas City	Jacoby Ford	WR	Clemson
4	103	Washington	Ben Tate	RB	Auburn
4	104	Seattle	Eric Decker	WR	Minnesota
4	105	Philadelphia	Dekoda Watson	OLB	Florida State
4	106	Oakland	Mitch Petrus	OG	Arkansas
4	107	Buffalo	Mike Neal	DE	Purdue
4	108	Jacksonville	Major Wright	SS	Florida
4	109	Chicago	Javier Arenas	CB	Alabama
4	110	Miami	Amari Spievey	CB	Iowa
4	111	Tennessee	Jeremy Williams	WR	Tulane
4	112	Carolina	Jermaine Cunningham	DE	Florida
4	113	San Francisco	George Selvie	OLB	South Florida
4	114	Denver	Riley Cooper	WR	Florida
4	115	NY Giants	Ed Dickson	TE	Oregon
4	116	Pittsburgh	Anthony Dixon	RB	Mississippi State
4	117	Atlanta	Arthur Jones	DT	Syracuse
4	118	Houston	Dennis Pitta	TE	BYU
4	119	New England	Dorin Dickerson	TE	Pittsburgh
4	120	Cincinnati	Jamar Chaney	OLB	Mississippi State
4	121	Philadelphia	Kyle Calloway	OT	Iowa
4	122	Green Bay	Willie Young	OLB	North Carolina State
4	123	Arizona	Jarrett Brown	QB	West Virginia
4	124	NY Jets	Kam Chancellor	FS	Virginia Tech
4	125	Dallas	Syd’Quan Thompson	CB	California
4	126	San Diego	John Skelton	QB	Fordham
4	127	Seattle	Torrell Troup	DT	Central Florida
4	128	Minnesota	Alterraun Verner	CB	UCLA
4	129	Indianapolis	Lindsey Witten	DE	Connecticut
4	130	New Orleans	A.J. Edds	OLB	Iowa
4	131	Cincinnati	Ciron Black	OG	LSU
* * * * * * * * ROUND 5 * * * * * * * *
5	132	St Louis	Pat Angerer	OLB	Iowa
5	133	Detroit	Zane Beadles	OG	Utah
5	134	Cleveland	Garrett Graham	TE	Wisconsin
5	135	Washington	Brandon Carter	OG	Texas Tech
5	136	Kansas City	Tony Moeaki	TE	Iowa
5	137	Philadelphia	D’Anthony Smith	DT	Louisiana Tech
5	138	Oakland	Clay Harbor	FB	Missouri State
5	139	Seattle	Ed Wang	OT	Virginia Tech
5	140	Buffalo	Jeff Owens	DT	Georgia
5	141	Chicago	Myron Lewis	FS	Vanderbilt
5	142	Kansas City	Donovan Warren	CB	Michigan
5	143	Jacksonville	Jevan Snead	QB	Mississippi
5	144	Kansas City	James Starks	RB	Buffalo
5	145	San Francisco	Marshawn Gilyard	WR	Cincinnati
5	146	Cleveland	Linval Joseph	DE	East Carolina
5	147	NY Giants	Trevard Lindley	CB	Kentucky
5	148	Tennessee	Dezmon Briscoe	WR	Kansas
5	149	Atlanta	Jordan Shipley	WR	Texas
5	150	Houston	C.J. Wilson	DE	East Carolina
5	151	Pittsburgh	Rahim Alem	OLB	LSU
5	152	Cincinnati	A.J. Jefferson	CB	Fresno State
5	153	Tampa Bay	Marshall Newhouse	OG	TCU
5	154	Green Bay	Eric Olsen	OG	Notre Dame
5	155	NY Jets	Mike Williams	WR	Syracuse
5	156	Baltimore	Colin Peek	TE	Alabama
5	157	Baltimore	Sam Young	OT	Notre Dame
5	158	Oakland	Phillip Dillard	ILB	Nebraska
5	159	San Diego	O’Brien Schofield	OLB	Wisconsin
5	160	Cleveland	Shay Hodge	WR	Mississippi
5	161	Minnesota	Kevin Basped	DE	Nevada
5	162	Indianapolis	Walter Thurmond	CB	Oregon
5	163	St Louis	Joique Bell	RB	Wayne State
5	164	Pittsburgh	Kevin Haslam	OT	Rutgers
5	165	Atlanta	Jonathan Crompton	QB	Tennessee
5	166	Pittsburgh	Clifton Geathers	DE	South Carolina
5	167	Minnesota	Ted Larsen	C	North Carolina State
5	168	San Diego	Perry Riley	ILB	LSU
5	169	Green Bay	LeGarrette Blount	RB	Oregon
* * * * * * * * ROUND 6 * * * * * * * *
6	170	St Louis	Kavell Conner	OLB	Clemson
6	171	Atlanta	Brian Jackson	FS	Oklahoma
6	172	Tampa Bay	Charles Scott	RB	LSU
6	173	Miami	Myron Rolle	SS	Florida State
6	174	Miami	Travis Ivey	DT	Maryland
6	175	Carolina	Mike Kafka	QB	Northwestern
6	176	Seattle	Roddrick Muckelroy	OLB	Texas
6	177	Cleveland	Shawn Lauvao	OG	Arizona State
6	178	Buffalo	John Estes	C	Hawaii
6	179	Miami	Andre Roberts	WR	Citadel
6	180	Jacksonville	Daniel Te’o-nesheim	DE	Washington
6	181	Chicago	Shelley Smith	OT	Colorado State
6	182	San Francisco	Lonyae Miller	RB	Fresno State
6	183	Denver	Robert Johnson	FS	Utah
6	184	NY Giants	Rashawn Jackson	FB	Virginia
6	185	Tennessee	Jeff Byers	C	USC
6	186	Cleveland	Darryl Sharpton	ILB	Miami
6	187	Houston	Earl Mitchell	DT	Arizona
6	188	Pittsburgh	Blair White	WR	Michigan State
6	189	Atlanta	Kurt Coleman	SS	Ohio State
6	190	New England	Harry Coleman	SS	LSU
6	191	Cincinnati	Micah Johnson	ILB	Kentucky
6	192	Buffalo	Sean Canfield	QB	Oregon State
6	193	Green Bay	Vince Oghobaase	DE	Duke
6	194	Baltimore	Antonio Brown	WR	Central Michigan
6	195	Arizona	Jamar Wall	CB	Texas Tech
6	196	Dallas	Terrell Skinner	FS	Maryland
6	197	Houston	David Pender	FS	Purdue
6	198	NY Jets	Joshua Moore	CB	Kansas State
6	199	Minnesota	Derek Hardman	OT	Eastern Kentucky
6	200	Philadelphia	Danario Alexander	WR	Missouri
6	201	New Orleans	Nick Polk	FS	Indiana
6	202	Carolina	Chris Marinelli	OT	Stanford
6	203	Jacksonville	E.J. Wilson	DT	North Carolina
6	204	Carolina	Nate Byham	TE	Pittsburgh
6	205	New England	Andre Anderson	RB	Tulane
6	206	San Francisco	David Gettis	WR	Baylor
6	207	Tennessee	Chris DeGeare	OG	Wake Forest
* * * * * * * * ROUND 7 * * * * * * * *
7	208	St Louis	Andrew Quarless	TE	Penn State
7	209	Buffalo	Chris Scott	OT	Tennessee
7	210	Tampa Bay	Mike McLaughlin	ILB	Boston College
7	211	Washington	Marcus Easley	WR	Connecticut
7	212	Miami	Chris Brown	RB	Oklahoma
7	213	Seattle	Kevin Thomas	CB	USC
7	214	Detroit	Dexter Davis	DE	Arizona State
7	215	Oakland	Walter McFadden	CB	Auburn
7	216	Buffalo	Sergio Render	OG	Virginia Tech
7	217	Tampa Bay	Adam Ulatoski	OT	Texas
7	218	Chicago	Freddie Barnes	WR	Bowling Green
7	219	Miami	Boris Lee	ILB	Troy
7	220	Denver	Deji Karim	RB	Southern Illinois
7	221	NY Giants	Zac Robinson	QB	Oklahoma State
7	222	Tennessee	Tony Washington	OT	Abilene Christian
7	223	Carolina	Antonio Coleman	OLB	Auburn
7	224	San Francisco	Arthur Moats	OLB	James Madison
7	225	Pittsburgh	John Conner	FB	Kentucky
7	226	St Louis	Brandon Deaderick	DT	Alabama
7	227	Houston	Seyi Ajirotutu	WR	Fresno State
7	228	Cincinnati	Leigh Tiffin	K	Alabama
7	229	New England	John Fletcher	DE	Wyoming
7	230	Green Bay	Chris Hawkins	FS	LSU
7	231	New England	Richard Dickson	FB	LSU
7	232	Tampa Bay	Joe Hawley	C	UNLV
7	233	Arizona	Drew Davis	OT	Alabama
7	234	Dallas	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	SMU
7	235	San Diego	Jeron Mastrud	TE	Kansas State
7	236	NY Jets	Larry Hart	ILB	Central Arkansas
7	237	Minnesota	Corey Peters	DT	Kentucky
7	238	Indianapolis	David Reed	WR	Utah
7	239	New Orleans	Kion Wilson	ILB	South Florida
7	240	Indianapolis	Thomas Welch	OT	Vanderbilt
7	241	Pittsburgh	Al Woods	DT	LSU
7	242	Philadelphia	Andre Dixon	RB	Connecticut
7	243	Philadelphia	Hall Davis	DE	Louisiana-Lafayette
7	244	Seattle	Kyle McCarthy	SS	Notre Dame
7	245	Tennessee	Cameron Sheffield	DE	Troy
7	246	Indianapolis	Kenny Alfred	C	Washington State
7	247	New England	Devin Ross	CB	Arizona
7	248	New England	Jeromy Miles	FS	Massachusetts
7	249	Carolina	Patrick Stoudamire	CB	Western Illinois
7	250	New England	Matt Nichols	QB	Eastern Washington
7	251	Oakland	Armanti Edwards	WR	Appalachian State
7	252	Miami	Matt Kopa	OT	Stanford
7	253	Tampa Bay	Pat Paschall	RB	North Dakota State
7	254	St Louis	Barry Church	SS	Toledo
7	255	Detroit	Van Eskridge	SS	East Carolina

Now for my thoughts and reasoning on some of the picks:

• It’s very clear now that unless some other team (most likely the Bucs) is desperate to trade up for the top spot and offers a good deal, then the Rams will be picking Sam Bradford.
• There seem to be a lot of people recently that have the Lions taking Okung instead of Suh. I think that’s just crazy, and doubt it will happen, so Suh is solid at #2.
• After that the top five seem to be pretty consensus, though there are rumors that the Chiefs want to grab Dan Williams. I would think that if that is indeed their plan then they will trade down to do it. I think the Bucs are crazy for not wanting Eric Berry more than they do, but it appears DT is definitely the way they’re going to pick.
• Two draft ago I had people commenting say there was no way Seattle would take Morgan with sixth pick and Clausen with the 14th, but I just can’t get away from that. Morgan is by far the best DE in the draft and I don’t think they can pass on him there. And they need a quarterback for the future, which would be why they take Clausen at 14.
• Joe Haden to Jacksonville makes sense. The majority of the Jags fans are also gator fans. He’s a position of need and it makes the fans happy.
• Similarly, Taylor Mays gets to stay relatively close to where he played his college ball, going to the 49ers. He’ll also be going up against his college coach twice each year.
• On the last draft we had a commenter, who seemed to be a Steelers fan and he didn’t like who I had Pittsburgh drafting at all. So this time around I switched it up completely. He said he wanted Iupati in the first, so that’s who they got.
• The Texans grab a corner in the first round which is a wise move as they will need to add more talent and depth at that position to stop the Colts firepower.
• The Bengals are said not to be happy with their tight end situation despite drafting Chase Coffman last year, so this year they grab another Big 12 tight end, Jermaine Gresham, in the first round.
• The Packers get lucky by having CJ Spiller slip down to them at 23. Spiller is a great player but he’s really only a change of pace back and I don’t think any of the teams dropping earlier on in the first can afford to use a first rounder on that type of player.
• Philly looks to replace Brian Dawkins, who the parted ways with a year ago, by grabbing Earl Thomas in the first round. When all is said and done, with Eric Berry, Taylor Mays and Earl Thomas this might end up being known as the best safety draft ever.
• The Cardinals biggest need on either side of the ball is at linebacker, both inside and outside linebacker, so they take Sergio Kindle with the 26th pick. I believe he has the capability to step in and play immediately.
• The Cowboys recently released left tackle, Adams, recently and need to replace him, so they snag Anthony Davis with their first round pick.
• The Jets add to what could end up being the best defense in football by taking Jerry Hughes, a stud linebacker out of TCU.
• This would be a tough decision for the Colts at 31. With Sean Weatherspoon, Jared Odrick and Charles Brown all still on the board. All three players are at positions of need and all three could likely step in and contribute on day 1. I think however, that Weatherspoon is the best player of the three and it’s the position that would most likely to have a rookie come in and start at. I would be happy with any of the three of them here but if Weatherspoon fell to us it would be hard to understand passing on him. Brown would be a little bit of a reach, Odrick would be right at where he’s listed on most big boards and Weatherspoon would be a steal. So Weatherspoon it is.
• This is the first time in a while that I’ve had the Rams take a player other than a defensive end in the second round. I think if Tate is there then that’s who it’ll be. He will be a nice compliment to Donnie Avery and both are young receivers that will have time to grow with Sam Bradford.
• The Browns snag Colt McCoy which I think could end up being the best pick of the draft. I’m not sold on any of the quarterbacks in this year’s draft but for the record, I think McCoy is the one who will end up being the best pro quarterback. I’m sure there must be a reason that nobody else (other than Tony Dungy) agrees with me, but I think he’ll step in and steal the starting spot away from Brady Quinn, who will continue to make his living doing EAS Myoplex commercials.
• There are a lot of guards taken in the second round: Saffold to Denver, Ducasse to Kansas City, Jerry to Houston, and Asamoah to the Jets. And the Vikings grabbed Pouncey as a guard at the end of the first. I think there is a good chance at this actually playing out similarly to this. There are a lot of good guards in this draft but I don’t see many of the teams seeing it worth it to take on in the first round.
• The Steelers take Chris Cook. This isn’t who the previously mentioned Pittsburgh fan specifically said who he wanted here, but he did mention a corner among the names he wanted in the first round, so hopefully his likes this pick.
• The Chargers take Mt. Cody to challenge Ian Scott for the starting spot at nose tackle. Similar to offensive guard, this is an extremely deep draft at defensive tackle. There are ten DTs that I could see pushing for a starting spot next year.
• Speaking of DTs pushing for a starting spot, the Colts take Tyson Alualu out of California at about the same spot that they took Fili Moala at last year. Those two along with Daniel Muir and Antonio Johnson will all be competing throughout the off season and preseason for the two starting DT spots.
• The Vikings take Tim “New-Throwing-Motion” Tebow with their second round pick. If Favre returns he’ll be able to show Timmy a thing or two. If he doesn’t then Teblow will likely start on day 1… Better hope Favre returns.
• I mentioned that I didn’t have the Rams taking a DE in the second round, but I still think they need one to replace Leonard Little, so they pick up Jason Worilds out of Virginia Tech in the third round.
• If Brandon Spikes and Navorro Bowman do end up getting pick back-to-back like this then I could see them being compared for years down the line. Both played at big name universities and both have the potential to be third round gems, and both are going to teams that are on the rise and have high expectations for next year.
• We had a Houston commenter who said he couldn’t see how they would take a tight end before a running back. Well this time around they don’t. Monatrio Hardesty would be a great fit in Houston, teaming up with Steve Slaton.
• The same Steerlers commenter mentioned wanting Stuckey in the third round, so that’s who he got. I think this is a slight reach, but it makes sense.
• Cincinnati pick Greg Hardy in the third, another player that I could see ending up as a third rounder who goes on to have a great NFL career.
• The Colts snag T.J. Ward here. This might be unnecessary With Bob Sanders, Antoine Bethea and Melvin Bullitt already on the roster but the Colts have had serious injury problems in the secondary over the past few years (and no, I’m not just talking about Bob Sanders) and Ward could provide some great depth.
• The Bengals take Geno Atkins at the end of the third, taking the final DT of the ten I mentioned before. If things go ideally then they would have Atkins and Hardy as a great defensive line duo for a ways into the future.
• The Redskins snag Ben Tate in the fourth round, who would help take a lot of the pressure off of Clinton Portis. I heard some talk recently of the Colts possibly taking Tate. That would be weird to me, but I could also be convinced that it’s the right pick, but I wouldn’t want him any earlier than the third round.
• Again, the Jets add to their already studly-lookin defense by grabbing Kam Chancellor in the fourth round. He could potentially surprise some people and step in to start almost immediately. Safety is one of the few weaknesses the Jets will have next year if the don’t address it in the draft.
• The Colts add some depth to the DE spot with Lindsey Witten here. He could step in and learn from Freeney and Mathis and he also has the frame (6’4″) to bulk up some more to become a great defensive end for running situations.
• The Jaguars jump on Jevan Snead in the fifth round. If Snead can find some of that potential that everyone seemed to think he had a year ago, then this could be an absolute steal of a pick. He could come in and compete immediately with Garrard for the starting job.
• The 49ers get Mardy Gilyard, which is just a phenomenal pick at this point. He could be a great duo with Crabtree for years and plus he can come in right now and be who they were hoping Isaac Bruce would be last year. Gilyard is almost the exact same build and type of player that Bruce was.
• Remember when Trevard Lindley was supposed to be the best defensive back in the draft? What happened to that? Now he’s being drafted in the fifth round by the Giants. If he finds that first round potential again then the Giants just grabbed a great corner.
• Dezmon Briscoe goes to the Titans in round five. I don’t see him being the boost to the receiving corps that they might hope, but it’s only a fifth round pick. It’s worth the gamble.
• The Colts take Walter Thurmond, a cornerback out of Oregon, in the fifth round. Yes, I realize I had the Colts take five defensive players with their first five picks. Do I really see that happening? No, not really… but I do if this is actually how the draft plays out. The only offensive position that needs to be addressed is the offensive line, and the way things have played out in this mock it just hasn’t been worth reaching for an offensive linemen when there was a defensive player at a position you also need to address that is also good value, not a reach. The only spot that I thought it might be kind of worth it (other than Charles Brown in the first) was in the fourth round, when taking Ciron Black would have also made sense, but the Colts also like the best-player-available mindset so I feel like these first five picks all being on defense really does make sense.
• The Falcons select Jonathan Crompton with their fifth round compensatory pick. At this point in the draft they’d addressed all of their biggest needs (DE, OLB, WR, TE, DT) except for o-line, and with no o-linemen being available at this point that wouldn’t be a huge reach, they go for Crompton. He’s a great practice quarterback and could serve as a decent third-string our scout team quarterback.
• Danario Alexander gets drafted by the Eagles in the sixth round, where he would rejoin his college teammate at Mizzou, Jeremy Maclin. He wouldn’t play very often but I do see it as being a good fit for both him and the Eagles.
• In the seventh round the Bills grab Chris Scott, the offensive tackle from Tennessee. I have a good friend who is a Bills fan and a Vols fan, so I’m sure he’d be really happy about this pick.
• The Bengals take the only kicker of the draft, selecting Leigh Tiffin, who I believe is Alabama’s all-time leading scorer.
• The Colts take two offensive linemen in the seventh round, both solid, smart players that would be able to learn the Colts offense after sitting as backups for a couple years. We also grabbed David Reed, wide receiver out of Utah. He can return some kicks and is the prototypical size for a receiver in the Colts offense. He’s 6’0″ and 192 lbs. Reggie Wayne, Austin Collie, Pierre Garcon, and Anthony Gonzalez are all six feet tall and range from 190 to 210 lbs. Even Marvin Harrison was 6-foot and about 190.

Rnd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	School
1	1	St Louis	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma
1	2	Detroit	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska
1	3	Tampa Bay	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma
1	4	Washington	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma State
1	5	Kansas City	Eric Berry	SS	Tennessee
1	6	Seattle	Derrick Morgan	DE	Georgia Tech
1	7	Cleveland	Brandon Graham	OLB	Michigan
1	8	Oakland	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa
1	9	Buffalo	Trent Williams	OT	Oklahoma
1	10	Jacksonville	Joe Haden	CB	Florida
1	11	Denver	Rolando McClain	ILB	Alabama
1	12	Miami	Dez Bryant	WR	Oklahoma State
1	13	San Francisco	Bruce Campbell	OT	Maryland
1	14	Seattle	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame
1	15	NY Giants	Dan Williams	DT	Tennessee
1	16	Tennessee	Devin McCourty	CB	Rutgers
1	17	San Francisco	Taylor Mays	FS	USC
1	18	Pittsburgh	Mike Iupati	OG	Idaho
1	19	Atlanta	Jason Pierre-Paul	DE	South Florida
1	20	Houston	Kyle Wilson	CB	Boise State
1	21	Cincinnati	Jermaine Gresham	TE	Oklahoma
1	22	New England	Everson Griffen	OLB	USC
1	23	Green Bay	C.J. Spiller	RB	Clemson
1	24	Philadelphia	Earl Thomas	FS	Texas
1	25	Baltimore	Carlos Dunlap	DE	Florida
1	26	Arizona	Sergio Kindle	OLB	Texas
1	27	Dallas	Anthony Davis	OT	Rutgers
1	28	San Diego	Ryan Mathews	RB	Fresno State
1	29	NY Jets	Jerry Hughes	OLB	TCU
1	30	Minnesota	Maurkice Pouncey	OG	Florida
1	31	Indianapolis	Sean Weatherspoon	OLB	Missouri
1	32	New Orleans	Jared Odrick	DT	Penn State
* * * * * * * * ROUND 2 * * * * * * * *
2	33	St Louis	Golden Tate	WR	Notre Dame
2	34	Detroit	Patrick Robinson	CB	Florida State
2	35	Tampa Bay	Corey Wootton	DE	Northwestern
2	36	Kansas City	Daryl Washington	ILB	TCU
2	37	Philadelphia	Kareem Jackson	CB	Alabama
2	38	Cleveland	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas
2	39	Oakland	Brian Price	DT	UCLA
2	40	San Diego	Terrence Cody	DT	Alabama
2	41	Buffalo	Arrelious Benn	WR	Illinois
2	42	Tampa Bay	Demaryius Thomas	WR	Georgia Tech
2	43	Miami	Ricky Sapp	OLB	Clemson
2	44	New England	Damian Williams	WR	USC
2	45	Denver	Rodger Saffold	OG	Indiana
2	46	NY Giants	Charles Brown	OT	USC
2	47	New England	Aaron Hernandez	TE	Florida
2	48	Carolina	Brandon LaFell	WR	LSU
2	49	San Francisco	Dominique Franks	CB	Oklahoma
2	50	Kansas City	Vladimir Ducasse	OG	Massachusetts
2	51	Houston	John Jerry	OG	Mississippi
2	52	Pittsburgh	Chris Cook	CB	Virginia
2	53	New England	Sean Lee	ILB	Penn State
2	54	Cincinnati	Nate Allen	FS	South Florida
2	55	Philadelphia	Alex Carrington	DE	Arkansas State
2	56	Green Bay	Brandon Ghee	CB	Wake Forest
2	57	Baltimore	Akwasi Owusu-Ansah	CB	Indiana (PA)
2	58	Arizona	Eric Norwood	ILB	South Carolina
2	59	Dallas	Dexter McCluster	WR	Mississippi
2	60	Seattle	Jahvid Best	RB	California
2	61	NY Jets	Jon Asamoah	OG	Illinois
2	62	Minnesota	Tim Tebow	QB	Florida
2	63	Indianapolis	Tyson Alualu	DT	California
2	64	New Orleans	Jonathan Dwyer	RB	Georgia Tech
* * * * * * * * ROUND 3 * * * * * * * *
3	65	St Louis	Jason Worilds	DE	Virginia Tech
3	66	Detroit	Toby Gerhart	RB	Stanford
3	67	Tampa Bay	Chad Jones	SS	LSU
3	68	Kansas City	Cam Thomas	DT	North Carolina
3	69	Oakland	Dan LeFevour	QB	Central Michigan
3	70	Philadelphia	Thaddeus Gibson	OLB	Ohio State
3	71	Cleveland	Morgan Burnett	SS	Georgia Tech
3	72	Buffalo	Koa Misi	OLB	Utah
3	73	Miami	Reshad Jones	FS	Georgia
3	74	Jacksonville	Taylor Price	WR	Ohio
3	75	Chicago	Matt Tennant	OG	Boston College
3	76	NY Giants	Brandon Spikes	ILB	Florida
3	77	Tennessee	Navorro Bowman	ILB	Penn State
3	78	Carolina	Lamarr Houston	DT	Texas
3	79	San Francisco	Mike Johnson	OG	Alabama
3	80	Denver	J.D. Walton	C	Baylor
3	81	Houston	Montario Hardesty	RB	Tennessee
3	82	Pittsburgh	Darrell Stuckey	FS	Kansas
3	83	Atlanta	Larry Asante	OLB	Nebraska
3	84	Cincinnati	Greg Hardy	DE	Mississippi
3	85	Cleveland	Jared Veldheer	OT	Hillsdale
3	86	Green Bay	Selvish Capers	OT	West Virginia
3	87	Philadelphia	Austen Lane	DE	Murray State
3	88	Arizona	Rob Gronkowski	TE	Arizona
3	89	Arizona	Carlton Mitchell	WR	South Florida
3	90	Dallas	Donald Butler	ILB	Washington
3	91	San Diego	Jason Fox	OT	Miami
3	92	Cleveland	Perrish Cox	CB	Oklahoma State
3	93	Minnesota	Joe McKnight	RB	USC
3	94	Indianapolis	T.J. Ward	FS	Oregon
3	95	New Orleans	Brandon Lang	DE	Troy
3	96	Cincinnati	Geno Atkins	DT	Georgia
3	97	Tennessee	Tony Pike	QB	Cincinnati
3	98	Atlanta	Anthony McCoy	TE	USC
* * * * * * * * ROUND 4 * * * * * * * *
4	99	St Louis	Jerome Murphy	CB	South Florida
4	100	Detroit	Jimmy Graham	TE	Miami
4	101	Tampa Bay	Rennie Curran	OLB	Georgia
4	102	Kansas City	Jacoby Ford	WR	Clemson
4	103	Washington	Ben Tate	RB	Auburn
4	104	Seattle	Eric Decker	WR	Minnesota
4	105	Philadelphia	Dekoda Watson	OLB	Florida State
4	106	Oakland	Mitch Petrus	OG	Arkansas
4	107	Buffalo	Mike Neal	DE	Purdue
4	108	Jacksonville	Major Wright	SS	Florida
4	109	Chicago	Javier Arenas	CB	Alabama
4	110	Miami	Amari Spievey	CB	Iowa
4	111	Tennessee	Jeremy Williams	WR	Tulane
4	112	Carolina	Jermaine Cunningham	DE	Florida
4	113	San Francisco	George Selvie	OLB	South Florida
4	114	Denver	Riley Cooper	WR	Florida
4	115	NY Giants	Ed Dickson	TE	Oregon
4	116	Pittsburgh	Anthony Dixon	RB	Mississippi State
4	117	Atlanta	Arthur Jones	DT	Syracuse
4	118	Houston	Dennis Pitta	TE	BYU
4	119	New England	Dorin Dickerson	TE	Pittsburgh
4	120	Cincinnati	Jamar Chaney	OLB	Mississippi State
4	121	Philadelphia	Kyle Calloway	OT	Iowa
4	122	Green Bay	Willie Young	OLB	North Carolina State
4	123	Arizona	Jarrett Brown	QB	West Virginia
4	124	NY Jets	Kam Chancellor	FS	Virginia Tech
4	125	Dallas	Syd’Quan Thompson	CB	California
4	126	San Diego	John Skelton	QB	Fordham
4	127	Seattle	Torrell Troup	DT	Central Florida
4	128	Minnesota	Alterraun Verner	CB	UCLA
4	129	Indianapolis	Lindsey Witten	DE	Connecticut
4	130	New Orleans	A.J. Edds	OLB	Iowa
4	131	Cincinnati	Ciron Black	OG	LSU
* * * * * * * * ROUND 5 * * * * * * * *
5	132	St Louis	Pat Angerer	OLB	Iowa
5	133	Detroit	Zane Beadles	OG	Utah
5	134	Cleveland	Garrett Graham	TE	Wisconsin
5	135	Washington	Brandon Carter	OG	Texas Tech
5	136	Kansas City	Tony Moeaki	TE	Iowa
5	137	Philadelphia	D’Anthony Smith	DT	Louisiana Tech
5	138	Oakland	Clay Harbor	FB	Missouri State
5	139	Seattle	Ed Wang	OT	Virginia Tech
5	140	Buffalo	Jeff Owens	DT	Georgia
5	141	Chicago	Myron Lewis	FS	Vanderbilt
5	142	Kansas City	Donovan Warren	CB	Michigan
5	143	Jacksonville	Jevan Snead	QB	Mississippi
5	144	Kansas City	James Starks	RB	Buffalo
5	145	San Francisco	Marshawn Gilyard	WR	Cincinnati
5	146	Cleveland	Linval Joseph	DE	East Carolina
5	147	NY Giants	Trevard Lindley	CB	Kentucky
5	148	Tennessee	Dezmon Briscoe	WR	Kansas
5	149	Atlanta	Jordan Shipley	WR	Texas
5	150	Houston	C.J. Wilson	DE	East Carolina
5	151	Pittsburgh	Rahim Alem	OLB	LSU
5	152	Cincinnati	A.J. Jefferson	CB	Fresno State
5	153	Tampa Bay	Marshall Newhouse	OG	TCU
5	154	Green Bay	Eric Olsen	OG	Notre Dame
5	155	NY Jets	Mike Williams	WR	Syracuse
5	156	Baltimore	Colin Peek	TE	Alabama
5	157	Baltimore	Sam Young	OT	Notre Dame
5	158	Oakland	Phillip Dillard	ILB	Nebraska
5	159	San Diego	O’Brien Schofield	OLB	Wisconsin
5	160	Cleveland	Shay Hodge	WR	Mississippi
5	161	Minnesota	Kevin Basped	DE	Nevada
5	162	Indianapolis	Walter Thurmond	CB	Oregon
5	163	St Louis	Joique Bell	RB	Wayne State
5	164	Pittsburgh	Kevin Haslam	OT	Rutgers
5	165	Atlanta	Jonathan Crompton	QB	Tennessee
5	166	Pittsburgh	Clifton Geathers	DE	South Carolina
5	167	Minnesota	Ted Larsen	C	North Carolina State
5	168	San Diego	Perry Riley	ILB	LSU
5	169	Green Bay	LeGarrette Blount	RB	Oregon
* * * * * * * * ROUND 6 * * * * * * * *
6	170	St Louis	Kavell Conner	OLB	Clemson
6	171	Atlanta	Brian Jackson	FS	Oklahoma
6	172	Tampa Bay	Charles Scott	RB	LSU
6	173	Miami	Myron Rolle	SS	Florida State
6	174	Miami	Travis Ivey	DT	Maryland
6	175	Carolina	Mike Kafka	QB	Northwestern
6	176	Seattle	Roddrick Muckelroy	OLB	Texas
6	177	Cleveland	Shawn Lauvao	OG	Arizona State
6	178	Buffalo	John Estes	C	Hawaii
6	179	Miami	Andre Roberts	WR	Citadel
6	180	Jacksonville	Daniel Te’o-nesheim	DE	Washington
6	181	Chicago	Shelley Smith	OT	Colorado State
6	182	San Francisco	Lonyae Miller	RB	Fresno State
6	183	Denver	Robert Johnson	FS	Utah
6	184	NY Giants	Rashawn Jackson	FB	Virginia
6	185	Tennessee	Jeff Byers	C	USC
6	186	Cleveland	Darryl Sharpton	ILB	Miami
6	187	Houston	Earl Mitchell	DT	Arizona
6	188	Pittsburgh	Blair White	WR	Michigan State
6	189	Atlanta	Kurt Coleman	SS	Ohio State
6	190	New England	Harry Coleman	SS	LSU
6	191	Cincinnati	Micah Johnson	ILB	Kentucky
6	192	Buffalo	Sean Canfield	QB	Oregon State
6	193	Green Bay	Vince Oghobaase	DE	Duke
6	194	Baltimore	Antonio Brown	WR	Central Michigan
6	195	Arizona	Jamar Wall	CB	Texas Tech
6	196	Dallas	Terrell Skinner	FS	Maryland
6	197	Houston	David Pender	FS	Purdue
6	198	NY Jets	Joshua Moore	CB	Kansas State
6	199	Minnesota	Derek Hardman	OT	Eastern Kentucky
6	200	Philadelphia	Danario Alexander	WR	Missouri
6	201	New Orleans	Nick Polk	FS	Indiana
6	202	Carolina	Chris Marinelli	OT	Stanford
6	203	Jacksonville	E.J. Wilson	DT	North Carolina
6	204	Carolina	Nate Byham	TE	Pittsburgh
6	205	New England	Andre Anderson	RB	Tulane
6	206	San Francisco	David Gettis	WR	Baylor
6	207	Tennessee	Chris DeGeare	OG	Wake Forest
* * * * * * * * ROUND 7 * * * * * * * *
7	208	St Louis	Andrew Quarless	TE	Penn State
7	209	Buffalo	Chris Scott	OT	Tennessee
7	210	Tampa Bay	Mike McLaughlin	ILB	Boston College
7	211	Washington	Marcus Easley	WR	Connecticut
7	212	Miami	Chris Brown	RB	Oklahoma
7	213	Seattle	Kevin Thomas	CB	USC
7	214	Detroit	Dexter Davis	DE	Arizona State
7	215	Oakland	Walter McFadden	CB	Auburn
7	216	Buffalo	Sergio Render	OG	Virginia Tech
7	217	Tampa Bay	Adam Ulatoski	OT	Texas
7	218	Chicago	Freddie Barnes	WR	Bowling Green
7	219	Miami	Boris Lee	ILB	Troy
7	220	Denver	Deji Karim	RB	Southern Illinois
7	221	NY Giants	Zac Robinson	QB	Oklahoma State
7	222	Tennessee	Tony Washington	OT	Abilene Christian
7	223	Carolina	Antonio Coleman	OLB	Auburn
7	224	San Francisco	Arthur Moats	OLB	James Madison
7	225	Pittsburgh	John Conner	FB	Kentucky
7	226	St Louis	Brandon Deaderick	DT	Alabama
7	227	Houston	Seyi Ajirotutu	WR	Fresno State
7	228	Cincinnati	Leigh Tiffin	K	Alabama
7	229	New England	John Fletcher	DE	Wyoming
7	230	Green Bay	Chris Hawkins	FS	LSU
7	231	New England	Richard Dickson	FB	LSU
7	232	Tampa Bay	Joe Hawley	C	UNLV
7	233	Arizona	Drew Davis	OT	Alabama
7	234	Dallas	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	SMU
7	235	San Diego	Jeron Mastrud	TE	Kansas State
7	236	NY Jets	Larry Hart	ILB	Central Arkansas
7	237	Minnesota	Corey Peters	DT	Kentucky
7	238	Indianapolis	Armanti Edwards	WR	Appalachian State
7	239	New Orleans	Kion Wilson	ILB	South Florida
7	240	Indianapolis	Thomas Welch	OT	Vanderbilt
7	241	Pittsburgh	Al Woods	DT	LSU
7	242	Philadelphia	Andre Dixon	RB	Connecticut
7	243	Philadelphia	Hall Davis	DE	Louisiana-Lafayette
7	244	Seattle	Kyle McCarthy	SS	Notre Dame
7	245	Tennessee	Cameron Sheffield	DE	Troy
7	246	Indianapolis	Kenny Alfred	C	Washington State
7	247	New England	Devin Ross	CB	Arizona
7	248	New England	Jeromy Miles	FS	Massachusetts
7	249	Carolina	Patrick Stoudamire	CB	Western Illinois
7	250	New England	Matt Nichols	QB	Eastern Washington
7	251	Oakland	David Reed	WR	Utah
7	252	Miami	Matt Kopa	OT	Stanford
7	253	Tampa Bay	Pat Paschall	RB	North Dakota State
7	254	St Louis	Barry Church	SS	Toledo
7	255	Detroit	Van Eskridge	SS	East Carolina