I wouldn't select Peterson #1 overall anyway. But he's the best talent.

I would have gone Newton or Dareus.

I'm not taking a player that has one year of work.

Right because that would be a poor use of your franchise's payroll, right? Unless making NFL history by selecting a WR without elite size or speed #1 overall.

Dude....where exactly are you getting this elite size and speed shit?

Height: 6-4. Weight: 211.
Combine 40 Time: 4.48.

That's good size/speed. That ain't Calvin Johnson.

You can have elite size without having CJ size. Green has that. Besides, it's not his size/speed that makes him a rare talent, it's his ability to control his body in space for his size.

Give it up already.

Have you never heard of Keyshawn Johnson?

Anyone else find it funny that Hootie bitched out of the other mock?

This.

I hate when these early picks turn into holy wars. The guy didn't draft Jon Baldwin #1 overall.

If you want to snipe on someone for a pick you thought was a reach, fine, but it doesn't need to go on endlessly.

Relative to the needs of the team and the talent on the board, it's a perfectly logical pick. In pads, the guy looks like the best player in the class. Stop making the draft a referendum on whether or not people followed your board.

I found it hilarious.

The dish washer quit this week now Hootie is a hybrid between bus boy and diswahser.

Pick #11 is ****ing wrong.

Son of a bitch.

I did not see the Peterson pick to the Bengals coming at all.

I thought for sure the way this was unfolding that the 49ers would have one of either Von Miller or Patrick Peterson on the board at 7. ****.

Just don't draft who I'm going to draft and you'll be good.

One of the drafturbators accosting other discussants of the draft for being abrasive or aggressive. Hysterical.

It's a discussion, for shit's sakes. Set the rules so that we all golf clap after each selection, or accept that a dispute or two is going to break out in a mock draft.

You've talked pretty highly about Newton to go the Peterson/Von Miller route, even if they were on the board.

I almost regret leaving, just so I could beat Direckshun in the draft again.

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FpE_STh3E8I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Yay, more straw men.

There's a difference between an active discussion and a Hootification of the draft that seems to happen with these early picks almost every year.

Sorry, mang. Just didn't trust Fairley, Dareus, or Newton enough.

I'm sure I royally screwed up everyone's boards by taking AJ Green at #1.

Yeah, I love Newton. I love him in a vertical offense.

Not sure I love him so much in Harbaugh's West Coast Offense that places such a value on accuracy.

I would have taken him if I had the Cardinals though. And he is one of 3 I am now looking at for the 7 pick.

No, I don't blame you for that. Just didn't see it coming, since one of the strengths of the Bengals is their CB play.

What would an active discussion entail? Perhaps a critique of the player selected? Perhaps a requisite mention of whom the critiquer would have preferred? Perhaps comparing the draft to previous drafts?

You're right, I should have considered doing any of those things.

The Browns really need to boost the shit out of their front seven.

I think this pick is a no-brainer.

Cam Newton is the next Lebron James. :D

They also desperately need a receiver. Quinn, Dareus or Jones.

This is funny. When I was discussing Peterson you basically told me to stop.

I basically told you you were stupid.

He actually could be in terms of PR, assuming he ends up as a pretty good QB.

That alone should drive the Bills or Jags to get him.

Wouldn't shock me if they went with Jones.

Am I alone in thinking Cleveland should be in the market for a QB? I seem to be. No way Colt McCoy is anything but a flash in the pan.

What a constructive conversation and yet nearly everyone in here agreed with me that Pest made a good pick. You sir are a hypocrite.

And perhaps that could be done across two posts, rather than twenty.

He held his own against a brutal schedule with no offensive weapons. He'll fit the WCO that Holmgren wants to run.

This.

McCoy is the perfect QB for Holmgren's team.

Colt McHasselbeck.

Shurmur will do wonders for McCoy.

I think J. Jones would be perfect as well.

Oh I agree. McCoy needs another weapon.

I'm not terribly concerned with how many people agree or disagree with me. This isn't a democracy.

I'm also not terribly concerned with your anal herpes.

Quibbles. :D

I feel my pick coming. Can't wait.

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LGZCKlonx78" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

5 picks in two days. Yikes!

No shit.

Who's directing this ****ing trainwreck?

:p

Little under 3.5 hours to go.

WTF, Boss?

yeah that kinda caught me off guard...sorry guys for holding this up a bit.

Ill shoot the reasoning behind the pick this afternoon but I want to get my pick in so:

With the 6th pick in the 2011 NFL draft the Cleveland Browns select:

Julio Jones WR Alabama

You ****ers are lucky I left ClaybornFairley on the board!

Make sure to PM the next owner.

did it as soon as I made my pick, playa

Duh, winning.

I feel like the 49ers are in a weird spot. I love Cam Newton, and should probably just pick him here because I think he'll be a hell of a quarterback, but I just don't think he fits Harbaugh's scheme. So, I'll go with the best player available.

With the 7th pick, the 49ers select Marcell Dareus. This is a guy who is very versatile, and could likely man the nose or end in the 3-4. For the 49ers, it gives them one of the best defensive lines in football with Franklin on the nose and Justin Smith and Dareus on the ends.

Really wanted this pick to be Peterson or Miller, but Dareus is a nice get here.

I'm on my phone, so can someone PM whoever is up next please?

Done.

I think the Titans should pick Ponder here.

Titans have a few major needs defensive tackle being one of them and Fairley is still on the board. I was hoping Doomy would pick Newton so I wouldn't have to make this decision because the Titans badly need a QB. Newton has a lot of tools and even though I think the guy is an asshole......

With the 8th pick in the Chiefsplanet Mock Draft Titans Select QB Cam Newton

Probably will happen, but bad idea. Christian Ponder is a good idea.

I like Ponder but not at 8 not even sure he's a first round pick and I know he wouldn't be there by the time I pick again.

Not that it matters, but I sure figured we'd be on the same page for this pick. I don't think Cam is going to be a franchise QB. I would've taken your boy Prince had it been me picking here. Great need for TN, and awesome value. Time will tell though.

I don't see why not Ponder at eight. It's not that bad of a reach and like you said, he won't be there next time you're up. So you take him. Newton isn't a guy you want leading your team. Ponder is.

Because I would've drafted Jake Locker in the 2nd and listened to everyone laugh at me. :D

Titans take the QB who draws a lot of comparisons to the one they just dumped, after he dumped on them. Irony.

Not saying it's the wrong pick, but this is probably the one team who is scared as hell of having to make that selection.

Vikings need a QB. Does it have to be between those two? Ugh.

I thought about Prince too he was option #3. However I don't think he'd help the team win right away and like I said I felt if I didn't draft a QB now I likely wouldn't get one by the time I picked in the 2nd or 3rd round.

If I recall Young was somewhat lazy and suicidal. Newton is more Jim Jones than the village followers so I think he'll be ok in that aspect. The only thing that could lead to his downfall is his cockiness. I think he's a better passer than Young was and you can't go into the season with Rusty Smith as your QB. Yea it was a ballsy pick Chiefsplanet should love me for picking a QB :)

CC PM'd me his pick this morning, and I just walked back in the door.

The Cowboys select:

Prince Amukamara, CB, Nebraska


Marco Polo has been PM'd.

Typical.

I think the next pick is clear for Washington, and the Rat would probably JIHP if the draft fell this way.

If you're sold on Cam being a franchise QB, this was a money pick.

Sorry, I haven't been able to check in over the last 30 hours. Nonetheless, I'm back and good to go.

Brian Orakpo was the only Washington player to record more than 2.5 sacks in 2010. The Redskins select North Carolina DE/OLB Robert Quinn.

This has to be the slowest start to the CP mock draft since its inception, right?

I think we should blame the assclowns running it.

:p

I'm not going to be on much next Saturday, so if we don't make it to #23 in the next week, I'll PM my picks to someone.

Usually the first round flies by.

Come on, Direckshun. I've got an awesome draft-winning pick to make and I can't do it until you shit your pants like you usually do

LMAO

This isn't surprising. People just aren't as in to the draft this year. We aren't picking nearly as high, so interest wanes. We didn't expand to 7 rounds until 2008 which was the year in which we also had a top 5 pick for the first time since the 80s. Now that we're picking in the 20's again, the entire tenor of the board is less focused on the draft. Far fewer posts in the combine thread, almost no draft debates out in the main forum.

People think we are on the verge of competing rather than rebuilding and the talk of acquiring a QB through the draft has all but been given up or deemed not necessary.

There is definitely a lot of truth to this post. Part of it also probably has to do with the difficulty of projecting who will be available in the 20s. When you're drafting in the top 5 like we have been, people spend so much time on what if scenarios for those first few picks.

And certainly the QB debates created much of the draft discussion the past couple years.

I'm interested in the draft as always but I think the looming lockout has put a damper on things. I also think the overall talent in this draft class sucks compared to others.

2009 was a worse class than this.

If anything, a potential lockout would get you more interested in the potential football-related things that actually still will happen.

I agree. The 09 class was garbage. Worst ****ing year to have a top 3 pick. Well, it was after we made a certain trade anyways.

No, it was still a perfectly fine year for a top 3 pick even if we weren't going to take a QB. We just picked the wrong guy at the wrong position. There are several guys who would have lived up to that pick.

Where that class really suffered was in the middle rounds. That's where you can always tell good drafts ('10, '08) from bad ones ('09, '11).