1st round mock
 

It's a work in progress.

1.1. Houston: QB Teddy "Pest sucks his father's dingdong" Bridgewater, Louisville
1.2. St Louis: OT Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
1.3. Jacksonville: QB Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
1.4. Cleveland: QB Blake Bortles, Central Florida
1.5. Oakland: DE Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
1.6. Atlanta: DT Louis Nix, Notre Dame
1.7. Tampa Bay: DE Anthony Barr, UCLA
1.8. Minnesota: QB Derek Carr, Fresno State
1.9. Buffalo: WR Sammy Watkins, Clemson
1.10. Detroit: WR Mike Evans, Texas A&M
1.11. Tennessee: DE Stephen Tuitt, Notre Dame
1.12. NY Giants: OT Greg Robinson, Auburn
1.13. St Louis: S HaHa Clinton-Dix, Alabama
1.14. Chicago: DE Khalil Mack, Buffalo
1.15. Pittsburgh: DE Kony Ealy, Missouri
1.16. Baltimore: OT Taylor Lewan, Michigan
1.17. Dallas: OLB C.J. Mosley, Alabama
1.18. NY Jets: WR Marqise Lee, USC
1.19. Miami: OT Antonio Richardson, Tennessee
1.20. Arizona: OT Cyrus Kouandjio, Alabama
1.21. Green Bay: OLB Vic Beasley, Clemson
1.22. Philadelphia: CB Justin Gilbert, Oklahoma State
1.23. Kansas City: TE Eric Ebron, North Carolina
1.24. Cincinnati: OT Zack Martin, Notre Dame
1.25. San Diego: OLB Trent Murphy, Stanford
1.26. Cleveland: WR Kelvin Benjamin, Florida State
1.27. New Orleans: CB Marcus Roberson, Florida
1.28. Carolina: OG Xavier Su'a-Filo, UCLA
1.29. New England: DT Ra'Shede Hageman, Minnesota
1.30. San Francisco: DT Timmy Jernigan, Florida State
1.31. Denver: CB Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State
1.32. Seattle: TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington

Who is Terry Bridgewater?

You know. The guy. From the thing.

Shut up.

Of course this year there is a ton of QB's going in the first round. :banghead:

I dig his nickname but it might be too long for the pros.

:D

I think if the chiefs want a starting safety through the draft they need to pick one in the first. Pryor wont make it out of the second round

To be fair, I think I probably overdrafted them.

But I'm banking on teams reaching for QBs. Something like 8 or 9 teams desperately need QBs.

Bridgewater is the only thing that separates 2013 and 2014 in my opinion. If he decided to stay for his senior season, we'd be complaining just as ruddily about the QB quality as we did in 2013.

I have no clue why pro teams are in love with Manziel. I don't see any of that shit he does translating to the NFL. Bortles is a wildcard, and I'm not a fan of Carr at all.

Direckshun, do you have an opinion on what separates Ebron from Amaro?

I actually prefer Amaro just slightly more than Ebron, but it's not by much at all.

Not much. I have the exact same grade on them.

I think the Chiefs like Ebron more, because I'm going on Dorsey's trends from 2013 draft (admittedly a small sample): he prefers athletes the Chiefs can coach up, rather than readymade talent with less impressive measurables. And to be fair, I think that's generally the NFL's preference anyway, with very few exceptions.

I think that makes Ebron more highly sought. He really does have fantastic speed and I think his arms will measure as longer -- just a guess there. When he blows up the Combine, I think he'll project to the teens.

Amaro is very impressive compared to most other TEs, but he's coming out in a year with two freaks -- Ebron and Seferian-Jenkins. But I think that means he has a better chance of being great value for a team lucky enough for him to fall to.

Amaro, however, is a wonderful route-runner. Great hands, but the route-running is what really, really stands out to me. You cannot go wrong with Amaro, but again, Ebron gives you a higher ceiling.

Gun to my head, I guess I'd go with Ebron. I'm also higher on Seferian-Jenkins than most, too, however. I currently have him about equal to these two guys.

Whose nickname?

Freddy Bilgewater?

Can't we just draft Marcel Jensen in the fourth/fifth round and get the exact same thing?

so then what's the difference between Kelse and Jensen?

I would say that you would not be getting the "exact same thing," no.

Okay, so Jensen is bigger with better hands.

If you're suggesting Jensen is in the same universe as Amaro's ability to separate and get open...

Why drop Darqueze Dennard so far? Best shut down corner in the draft, IMO. If he's there, I'm taking him and waiting until later to address the offense. Honestly though, if he runs under a 4.5 at the combine he won't last past pick 15.

With the way the NFL is TE happy will the top two even be available when we pick, we can only hope teams go QB crazy in the first, but are the Chiefs looking for a TE in the first or BBA.

The early word is Browns are Johnny football happy they could move up to the #2 spot easily.
The faiders should also be looking QB

With no number two we should look to trade out or down in the first and pick up moar picks WR talent is deep this year, sucks not having a number two, but happy with AS so far.
Lets hope Dorsey can find moar picks somehow at least someone who can stay on the field in this years draft.

Ebron isn't a crap route runner. What separates him is his ability to stretch the field, his rac ability, and his fearless nature with which he will go over the middle.

When the Browns traded Richardson for a 1st I knew damn good and well it was so they'd have ammo to get Manziel. And Manziels career will be ruined . Maybe he'll pull a Manning and refuse to play for them. I hope the Texans take him .

Anyone got good footage on Jensen? Can't find much worth looking at. He does look interesting as a somewhat unrefined prospect. And is also tempting since we just dropped a three on a tight end. Use a 1 on a wideout or a pass rusher have two solid guys developing. Call me a sucker but I like Dorsey's game, find the guy with the high ceiling and let your staff polish him into the diamond they want. It's worked fairly well in Green Bay.

He was better in 2012 than he was in 2013. Character concerns will drop him out of the first round, maybe to the 3rd. Speaking of TEs with character concerns who would otherwise be 1st/2nd round talents, anyone take a look at Colt Lyerla? He may drop to the 6-FA rounds but has top talent as a receiving TE and held his own as a blocker in the Oregon system. Very good speed and RAC ability for a TE as well, good hands and body control. If he could get on the straight and narrow, he could be a steal due to his off the field issues.

No, but he's very athletic in his own right and has better hands. He's also as good if not better in-line blocker and has improved on that aspect due to the fact that Fresno State went to a four WR set and kept him back in protection a lot.

Remember the 2010 draft, when guys like Jimmy Graham, Dennis Pitta and Aaron Hernandez were still available going into the fourth round?

While this class isn't as deep as that one (and I've said that that was the single best TE class ever), it's a pretty deep class for the position and you don't necessarily need to spend a first rounder to get a very, very good guy at that position - especially after the Chiefs just spent a very high third rounder on Travis Kelce last season. (And yes, I do know he was injured, but he was that "explosive, complete TE" of that draft.)

I'm not completely sold on either Amaro or Ebron, and I think we took last years version of Amaro in last years draft with the Kelce pick. It smacks of redundancy to do it again the following year.

Aha...the whole "we don't need a tight end because we already drafted Kele" response.

That's like saying we didnt need Eric Berry because we already had Bernard Pollard (who I wouldn't be opposed to bringing back if we feel Berry can help at FS and put Pollard into Berrys role...something he would absolutely excel at.

I think you are confused. He's asking about Fresno State's Marcel Jensen.

He's got zero character concerns. Married with a kid.

Here's a couple snippets on him:



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I'm not saying we don't need a TE. What I'm saying is that we don't need to spend a first round draft pick on one right after Kelce was drafted high.

I'd be happy with Marcel Jensen, or an athletic guy like Utah's Jake Murphy, in the 4/5 area. (And Murphy is a stud. He's a junior who has declared after missing time with an injury this past season, but he was the standout on the Utes offense and is the son of former perennial MLB All-Star Dale Murphy. Kid can play.)

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However, with the quality season that they got out of Duck McGrath, who was playing as a rookie after only one season of college ball at Henderson State, a healthy Fasano and Kelce, I just don't see them drafting one high in 2014.

Personally, I could see them bringing in a guy like Ed Dickson in free agency before they spent another high round draft choice on the position.

Ahh, yeah, I thought he just mispelled Jenkins, lol. On Jensen though, he is a BFN= Big for Nothing. With his measurables and athleticism, he should be dominating against the defenses that Fresno State played against. He wouldn't be an upgrade over McGrath or anyone else.

When they (Fresno State) went to a full spread system utilizing 4 and 5 receiver sets, they basically nullified the tight end position. (It's also why I'd be a little leery of Derek Carr and his numbers/effectiveness this past season.)

When they did use Jensen, it was primarily as an in-line blocker versus a receiving option. (And he's a very good blocker.) However, he is quite athletic for a guy his size and has very good hands. He is as complete a tight end as anybody in this draft.

He's accepted a Senior Bowl invite and he should do well. It will be a good comparison for him on the same practice field as Iowa's C.J. Fiedorowicz.

I'm sorry - was Travis Kelce's knee what caused him to miss the Senior Bowl? Do we actually have a good reason to think he's another Brokeaki? It doesn't appear that he was ever injury prone before this microfracture issue.

I don't think there is a single position on this team that we can afford not to draft for depth at.