The Final Mock Draft…thank God

This almost feels like work.  I can’t imagine doing this for a living.  Mock draftologist?  Good lord.  I’d be into the liquor and nose candy in no time.  Let’s just get on with this final mock draft alright?

FIRST ROUND

1		Kyler Murray, QB (Oklahoma)
2		Quinnen Williams, DT (Alabama)
3		Nick Bosa, DE (Ohio State)
4		Josh Allen, LB (Kentucky)
5		Montez Sweat, DE (Mississippi State)
6		Drew Lock, QB (Missouri)
7		Rashan Gary, DT (Michigan)
8		Ed Oliver, DT (Houston)
9		Jawaan Taylor, T (Florida)
10		Greedy Williams, CB (LSU)
11		T.J. Hockenson, TE (Iowa)
12		Brian Burns, DE (Florida State)
13		Dwayne Haskins, QB (Ohio State)
14		Christian Wilkins, DT (Clemson)
15		D.K. Metcalf, WR (Ole Miss)
16		Andre Dillard, T (Washington State)
17		Clelin Farrell, DE (Clemson)
18		Jonah Williams, T (Alabama)
19		Mack Wilson, LB (Alabama)
20		Devin Bush, LB (Michigan)
21		Dalton Risner, T (Kansas State)
22		Jachai Polite, DE (Florida)
23		Erik McCoy, C (Texas A&M)
24		Trayvon Mullen, CB (Clemson)
25		Deandre Baker, CB (Georgia)
26		Dexter Lawrence, DT (Clemson)
27		Johnathan Abram, S (Mississippi State)
28		Cody Ford, T (Oklahoma)
29		Byron Murphy, CB (Washington)
30		Jeffery Simmons, DT (Mississippi State)
31		Devin White, LB (LSU)
32		Dre’Mont Jones, DT (Ohio State)

SECOND ROUND

33		Chris Lindstrom. G (Boston College)
34		Marquise Brown, WR (Oklahoma)
35		Zach Allen, DE (Boston College)
36		Taylor Rapp, S (Washington)
37		Parris Campbell, WR (Ohio State)
38		Daniel Jones, QB (Duke)
39		Nasir Adderley, S (Delaware)
40		Amani Oruwariye, CB (Penn State)
41		Noah Fant, TE (Iowa)
42		Rock Ya-Sin, CB (Temple)
43		Jaylon Ferguson, DE (Louisiana Tech)
44		Kelvin Harmon, WR (NC State)
45		Charles Omenihu, DE (Texas)
46		Will Grier, QB (West Virginia)
47		Deionte Thompson, S (Alabama)
48		Garrett Bradbury, C (NC State)
49		A.J. Brown, WR (Ole Miss)
50		Renell Wren, DT (Arizona State)
51		Riley Ridley, WR (Georgia)
52		Julian Love, CB (Notre Dame)
53		Joshua Jacobs, RB (Alabama)
54		Juan Thornhill, S (Virginia)
55		Damien Harris, RB (Alabama)
56		Deebo Samuel, WR (South Carolina)
57		Greg Little, T (Ole Miss)
58		Irv Smith Jr., TE (Alabama)
59		Justin Layne, CB (Michigan State)
60		Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, S (Florida)
61		Jerry Tillery, DT (Notre Dame)
62		N’Keal Harry, WR (Arizona State)
63		Benny Snell Jr., RB (Kentucky)
64		Ryan Finley, QB (NC State)

A bit more analysis this time around

• I still believe it’s all a ruse by the Cardinals and they are definitely going for Kyler Murray.
• The biggest wild card in the draft is, of course, the Raiders.  Who the hell knows what kind of crazy plan Gruden has.  I am sure he has concocted one trade where he sends every pick to some team to get like one roster player and more picks next year.  And Mike Mayock gets a front seat for it.  Ho boy.
• There are a lot of rumblings about Dwayne Haskins.  I mean who knows what that means but I figured I would jump on it.  The Giants will pick a quarterback, that is almost certain.  But now, instead of Haskins, I have them selecting Drew Lock out of Missouri.  Honestly, neither quarterback is a Top 5 guy so this may end up being a moot point as to who they end up picking.
• I have Ed Oliver back in the Top 10.  All I can safely say about this guy is that he will be drafted.  Beyond that, who knows.
• The Daniel Jones hype is odd.  I have seen a Twitter post about it and agree that Jones isn’t exactly a guy who looks like a solid first round pick.  I think he goes in the second round but with Will Grier and Ryan Finley probably still around then, he may drop further than that.  I have him going to the Jags for now but that could easily change.
• Yes I have the Patriots picking a quarterback.  At some point they have to draft a guy (AND KEEP HIM) so that he can eventually replace Tom Brady.  Could this be his last season?  Probably not.
• As for the Dolphins, they end up getting Dwayne Haskins in their lap which could be a good thing or a bad thing, I don’t know.

OK that’s enough analysis.  I just want this thing to start.

I got nothing else.  I have got the schedules almost done and will be ranking the games and telling you, the reader, about the best games every week….and some of the worst.  We are (does calculation in head) 123 days away from college football season.  I am glad I will be busy this summer.

Have a great week everyone and enjoy the draft…or don’t.  I don’t care.

Mock Draft…..4 I think?

It’s not like I lost count.  It’s kind of like I don’t care.  But I don’t want to be going over a month without posting anything. So consider this filler of sorts.  I mean I put work into it but it wasn’t my best effort.  Let’s just get to the mock draft shall we?

FIRST ROUND

1		Kyler Murray, QB (Oklahoma)
2		Quinnen Williams, DT (Alabama)
3		Nick Bosa, DE (Ohio State)
4		Josh Allen, LB (Kentucky)
5		Montez Sweat, DE (Mississippi State)
6		Dwayne Haskins, QB (Ohio State)
7		Rashan Gary, DT (Michigan)
8		Devin White, LB (LSU)
9		Jawaan Taylor, T (Florida)
10		Drew Lock, QB (Missouri)
11		Byron Murphy, CB (Washington)
12		Brian Burns, DE (Florida State)
13		D.K. Metcalf, WR (Ole Miss)
14		Clelin Farrell, DE (Clemson)
15		Jonah Williams, T (Alabama)
16		Dalton Risner, T (Kansas State)
17		Andre Dillard, T (Washington State)
18		Ed Oliver, DT (Houston)
19		Greedy Williams, CB (LSU)
20		Mack Wilson, LB (Alabama)
21		Christian Wilkins, DT (Clemson)
22		Devin Bush, LB (Michigan)
23		Cody Ford, T (Oklahoma)
24		Trayvon Mullen, CB (Clemson)
25		Deandre Baker, CB (Georgia)
26		Jeffery Simmons, DT (Mississippi State)
27		Jachai Polite, DE (Florida)
28		Dre’Mont Jones, DT (Ohio State)
29		Dexter Lawrence, DT (Clemson)
30		Marquise Brown, WR (Oklahoma)
31		Johnathan Abram, S (Mississippi State)
32		Parris Campbell, WR (Ohio State)

SECOND ROUND

33		Erik McCoy, C (Texas A&M)
34		Kelvin Harmon, WR (NC State)
35		Nasir Adderley, S (Delaware)
36		Taylor Rapp, S (Washington)
37		Zach Allen, DE (Boston College)
38		Chris Lindstrom, G (Boston College)
39		Renell Wren, DT (Arizona State)
40		Riley Ridley, WR (Georgia)
41		T.J. Hockenson, TE (Iowa)
42		Noah Fant, TE (Iowa)
43		Rock Ya-Sin, CB (Temple)
44		Jerry Tillery, DT (Notre Dame)
45		Gerald Willis III, DT (Miami)
46		Will Grier, QB (West Virginia)
47		Jaylon Ferguson, DE (Louisiana Tech)
48		Daniel Jones, QB (Duke)
49		Amani Oruwariye, CB (Penn State)
50		Greg Little, T (Ole Miss)
51		Germaine Pratt, LB (NC State)
52		Julian Love, CB (Notre Dame)
53		Damien Harris, RB (Alabama)
54		Joshua Jacobs, RB (Alabama)
55		Deionte Thompson, S (Alabama)
56		Charles Omenihu, DE (Texas)
57		Justin Layne, CB (Michigan State)
58		Irv Smith Jr., TE (Alabama)
59		A.J. Brown, WR (Ole Miss)
60		Juan Thornhill, S (Virginia)
61		Benny Snell Jr., RB (Kentucky)
62		Deebo Samuel, WR (South Carolina)
63		Jamel Dean, CB (Auburn)
64		D’Andre Walker, LB (Georgia)

Some crap

• Despite the fact the Cards are meeting with Bosa, that seems like a red herring.  They plan on picking Murray and they plan on trading Josh Rosen.  That seems like a 98.5% guarantee right now.  Meaning that there’s still a chance they pick Bosa.
• The Giants still seem to be in for Dwayne Haskins at their first pick but there are some rumours floating around that they may stick with Eli Manning for the coming season.  The only thing I could see here is they draft Haskins and protect him by getting Manning to be the punching bag for the season.  Otherwise, not picking a QB would make little sense.  This is the Giants we’re talking about though.
• I have the Redskins getting Will Grier in the second round but a lot depends on what they do before the draft to deal with their own QB situation.  With Alex Smith out for the year (and possibly forever), the Skins are in play for Josh Rosen when the Cards decide to make a trade.  If that’s the case, Grier might drop in the Dolphins’ lap and Daniel Jones falls out of the top 2 rounds.  Or Grier falls out of the top 2 rounds.  Either way, it is showing that quarterbacks aren’t nearly as important this draft compared to last year’s.
• I don’t think I will talk about steals of the draft either.  No point until the draft is over.
• Remember when I said Ed Oliver is rocketing up the draft board.  Yeah he has kind of dipped a bit.  Still a mid-first rounder but not a Top 10 guy like I had him.  I can see people going nuts over that issue he had, on national TV, with then-Houston head coach Major Applewhite.  Because scouts need to find SOMETHING or else they aren’t looking hard enough.

I will do one more mock draft right before the draft.  Maybe this time I will actually get some of the picks right.  Yeah, probably not.

So RIP to the AAF.  I think I may actually do a column with this involved so won’t go into much depth here.  Sucks for the men and women involved in the league but not fully surprising.

Draft is three weeks away.  Still working on the college football schedule.  Tweaking it, if you will.  Especially when updated info comes up.  Honestly contemplating a move to some sort of IPTV in the next few months.  Don’t worry though: I would still do the schedules for all of you.  It still keeps me organized (somewhat).  Have a great rest of the week everyone!

Back to Mock Drafts now that the Kreepy Kombine is over

I don’t watch the Combine.  I’ve said this before and I will say it again: I think it’s really fucking weird some of the stuff that happens there.  It would be like having closed circuit cameras in my gym and in some weird interview area and I get to watch it at home in my jammies.  The physical tests are just that: physical tests.  It’s not a Strongman competition or the Crossfit Games or anything like that.  It’s just watching guys do physical tests.  That’s odd enough.  But hearing about all the interview stuff makes it go from slightly crazy to full-on insane.  The questions these scouts ask are messed.  Can you imagine getting a question like some of these players have to endure in an interview for a job?  “So do you think your own mom is hot?”  “Was there time when you became obsessed with someone’s feet?”  “Do you enjoy the company of women or men or both?”  “What’s your favourite kind of toothpaste?”  “If you lit yourself on fire, how long do you think you last before you die?”  If I got anything like this at an interview I would wonder what kind of cult I was trying to be employed by.  Just completely nuts.  And everyone on the networks thinks it normal.  Seriously?

So now since this ridiculous exercise is done I go into one of my own: Mock Draft V3.  I know you are all excited.  To be honest I don’t know how much I am excited since I know much of this will be wrong but, hey, it’s how Kiper and McShay et al  make their living so let’s see how my predictions go (Spoiler alert: my predictions will change by the end of the month):

FIRST ROUND

1		Kyler Murray, QB (Oklahoma)
2		Nick Bosa, DE (Ohio State)
3		Quinnen Williams, DT (Alabama)
4		Josh Allen, LB (Kentucky)
5		Rashan Gary, DT (Michigan)
6		Dwayne Haskins, QB (Ohio State)
7		Jonah Williams, T (Alabama)
8		Montez Sweat, DE (Mississippi State)
9		Ed Oliver, DT (Houston)
10		Orlando Brown, T (Oklahoma)
11		Byron Murphy, CB (Washington)
12		Brian Burns, DE (Florida State)
13		D.K. Metcalf, WR (Ole Miss)
14		Clelin Farrell, DE (Clemson)
15		Dalton Risner, T (Kansas State)
16		Devin White, LB (LSU)
17		Greedy Williams, CB (LSU)
18		Jawaan Taylor, T (Florida)
19		Jeffery Simmons, DT (Mississippi State)
20		Mack Wilson, LB (Alabama)
21		Trayvon Mullen, CB (Clemson)
22		Marquise Brown, WR (Oklahoma)
23		Deandre Baker, CB (Georgia)
24		Jachai Polite, DE (Florida)
25		Andre Dillard, T (Washington State)
26		Dexter Lawrence, DT (Clemson)
27		Jaylon Ferguson, DE (Louisiana Tech)
28		Johnathan Abram, S (Mississippi State)
29		Joshua Jacobs, RB (Alabama)
30		Kelvin Harmon, WR (NC State)
31		Christian Wilkins, DT (Clemson)
32		Devin Bush, LB (Michigan)

SECOND ROUND

33		Cody Ford, T (Oklahoma)
34		Riley Ridley, WR (Georgia)
35		Nasir Adderley, S (Delaware)
36		Renell Wren, DT (Arizona State)
37		Dre’Mont Jones, DT (Ohio State)
38		N’Keal Harry, WR (Arizona State)
39		Julian Love, CB (Notre Dame)
40		Garrett Bradbury, C (NC State)
41		Parris Campbell, WR (Ohio State)
42		Noah Fant, TE (Iowa)
43		T.J. Hockenson, TE (Iowa)
44		Taylor Rapp, S (Washington)
45		Chris Lindstrom, G (Boston College)
46		Daniel Jones, QB (Duke)
47		Charles Omenihu, DE (Texas)
48		Erik McCoy, C (Texas A&M)
49		David Edwards, T (Wisconsin)
50		Jerry Tillery, DT (Notre Dame)
51		Amani Oruwariye, CB (Penn State)
52		Rock Ya-Sin, CB (Temple)
53		Oshane Kimines, DE (Old Dominion)
54		Deionte Thompson, S (Alabama)
55		Damien Harris, RB (Alabama)
56		Will Grier, QB (West Virginia)
57		Elijah Holyfield, RB (Georgia)
58		Zach Allen, DE (Boston College)
59		Joejuan Williams, CB (Vanderbilt)
60		Greg Little, T (Ole Miss)
61		Juan Thornhill, S (Virginia)
62		Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, S (Florida)
63		Austin Bryant, DE (Clemson)
64		Gerald Willis III, DT (Miami)

Random Info

• Two rounds now.  I am about as excited as you are…as in only somewhat moderately excited.  How does Mel Kiper do this every damn day for like three months?
• Normally I wouldn’t buy into the hype now that Kyler Murray could very well be the number one pick in the draft.  But then the news came that Josh Rosen is on the trading block and that changed my mind.  Murray is probably more the style of QB that Kute Kliff Kingsbury (Pro Edition) covets so this makes a lot of sense
• This may now work out great for the 49ers.  If the Cards pick up Murray than the jewel of the draft (up until the Combine), Nick Bosa, would fall in their laps.  With a full season of Jimmy Garoppolo and Bosa anchoring the D-line, the Niners could make a serious run to the playoffs this coming season.
• I don’t put trades in at all.  It doesn’t make sense to.  My mock draft is a bit of a crapshoot already.  Adding trades and getting them right would be like throwing three straight bullseyes in darts.  Honestly I am sure the Raiders will do something since Gruden’s gonna Gruden.  Also the Colts have quite a few picks so it wouldn’t surprise me to see them move up a bit if there’s a player they absolutely want.
• Ed Oliver is also rocketing up my mock draft list.  He has moved into the top 10 now and I have him going to the Bills at 9.  I could see him possibly getting into the top 5 since he is a monster of a defensive player.
• Alright look I know someone may ask why I have the Patriots drafting Will Grier in the second round.  I know Tom Brady wants to play until he’s 88 years old but at some point soon his skills will start to deteriorate.  Who knows, he may be done after the 2019 season.  Picking up Grier, a guy who seems like he has a good shot at being a starter in the NFL, would be a good move by the Pats here in my opinion.

Another mock draft in the books.  Even I’m not that excited.  But it does keep me in “football mode” so to speak.  I mean I try to watch some AAF but I almost never do.  Weekends are busy now and I have to use them to my advantage since come late August those weekends (especially the Saturdays) are taken up by copious amounts of football.

Should I do a few What-if posts in the Spring?  I am contemplating it since there’s not a whole lot else to talk about.  I don’t want to flood my blog with mock drafts since I would get burned out from that.  We shall see how things progress.  I mean I’d love to at least do a post a week until late Spring but that might not have a chance of happening.

I am working on the college schedule now that a lot of it is out.  Mapping it out and such.  It takes a while so I never do more than a bit at a time because even I would get bored and possibly confused with it.  I will ramp up quite a bit once the draft is complete in late April (God it’s still a month-and-a-half away).  Until then, have a good end of the Winter and hopefully the weather starts turning for the better.  Enjoy your week everyone!