Sac's February NFL Mock - Four Rounds

[Saccopoo]

Four rounder based on best available talent at positions of need. (Chiefs fourth rounder was a bit of a homer pick, but I really think that Taylor will be jumping up the charts when he kills it at the combine along with his NFLPA game/practices where he basically threw around anyone in front of him.)

So, this is how it should look like come draft day:

1. Carolina Panthers
- Patrick Peterson, CB; LSU
- A very rare talent at the corner position. Has every tool and intangible with amazing football instincts. A Calvin Johnson/Ndamukong Suh type of prospect. Has gone against the best WR’s in this draft (Green and Jones) and locked them down. Strong (purportedly squats over 500 lbs.), with a 40” vertical and 4.35 speed. You don’t pass on that type of guy.

2. Denver Broncos
- DaQuan Bowers, DE; Clemson
- Has the potential to be a dominating 4-3 left defensive end in the Julius Peppers mold. Will immediately upgrade both the run and pass defense of the Broncos.

3. Buffalo Bills
- Von Miller, LB; Texas A&M
- The Bills loaded up on the DL in the 2010 draft, but need a strong pass rush presence at the ROLB spot. Miller is the best that this draft class has to offer and has an elite first step and pursuit ability. You don’t find that very often and with Williams and Co. plugging the middle, he’s going to be an absolute terror off the edge for the Bills and new linebacker coach Dave Wannstedt.

4. Cincinatti Bengals
- Nick Fairley, DT; Auburn
- Fairley is coming off an amazing 2010 season and would immediately upgrade the Bengals defensive front.

5. Arizona Cardinals
- Blaine Gabbert, QB; Missouri
- While the initial depression of having Miller and Bowers off the board stings a bit, there is a little silver lining in the fact that the Cards get a shot at Gabbert. While it might be a bit of a reach, Gabbert has all the tools to project into a franchise level quarterback. It isn’t a secret that the Cards are looking for a QB. They get one right here.

6. Cleveland Browns
- A.J. Green, WR; Georgia
- The Browns luck into a phenom level talent in Green. It’s also a position that they could stand an upgrade at. They’ve got the offensive line and running back set and McCoy looks like their guy at the QB spot. They need weapons on the outside to make this a really nice looking, young offensive team. Green is a helluva weapon to have.

7. San Francisco 49ers
- Prince Amukamara, CB; Nebraska
- The Niners desperately need to upgrade their pass defense and Amukamara is a very talented cornerback prospect.

8. Tennessee Titans
- Robert Quinn, DE; North Carolina
- With the likely departure of Jason Babin, the Titans will need to find a pass rusher sooner rather than later. Quinn has the size and speed to be a potential beast in a 4-3 defense as a defensive end.

9. Dallas Cowboys
- Cameron Jordan, DE; California
- The Cowboys defensive ends, in entirety, managed to accumulate an abysmal 2.5 sacks for the entire season. Jordan was dominating in 2010 and is coming off a Senior Bowl where he was basically a man amongst boys.

10. Washington Redskins
- Julio Jones, WR; Alabama
- Santana Moss is an unrestricted free agent and the Skins won’t pursue a new contract with him. Shanahan has a hard-on for big receivers and Jones has all the tools to be very effective in this offense.

11. Houston Texans
- Marcell Dareus, DT/DE; Alabama
- The Texans are moving to a 3-4 scheme and will need a guy that can man the five tech spot. Dareus played that position for the Tide and will help the Texans transition into their new defensive alignment.

12. Minnesota Vikings
- Cam Newton, QB; Auburn
- The Vikings have made no secrets about looking to find a quarterback in this draft and Newton is fresh off his National Championship and Heisman season. His big arm, huge frame and amazing physical skills are too much to pass on here.

13. Detroit Lions
- Nate Solder, OT; Colorado
- Linebacker Zach Follett just described his quarterback as a “china doll,” but it’s really hard to stay healthy when 290 lbs. defensive lineman are crushing you with regularity. All three of Detroit’s quarterbacks ended up on the IR this past season due to getting hammered because of horrible pass protection. The Lions need to take the best offensive lineman in this draft and Solder looks to be it at this point.

14. St. Louis Rams
- Mike Pouncey, OG; Florida
- With the two top receivers off the board and no outside linebacker worth a mid-first round pick, the Rams look to bolster their offensive line with Pouncey. He’s a pure guard and it might be a little high, but he showed all the athleticism and power for the Gators in 2010 that propelled his twin brother to a Pro Bowl in his rookie season.

15. Miami Dolphins
- Mark Ingram, RB; Alabama
- Williams is in his mid-30’s and Ronnie Brown wasn’t really effective in 2010. Ingram is a similar type/style runner to these guys and has superb field vision.

16. Jacksonville Jaguars
- Gabe Carimi, OT; Wisconsin
- Jordan “I-65” Black was just handed his walking papers and a quality replacement needs to be found. Carimi was the 2010 Outland Trophy winner and would be an immediate upgrade at RT. In all honesty, this team’s roster has more holes than a 250 lb. round of swiss cheese and could stand upgrades at a number of positions.

17. New England Patriots
- Anthony Costanzo, OT; Boston College
- Tom Brady was hammered by the Jets in their playoff game. Upgrading the position is necessary, especially with Logan Mankins as a potential free agent who had that long, nasty holdout to start the 2010 season. If he leaves, Light would slide over to LG creating a need for a player like Costanzo.

18. San Diego Chargers
- Akeem Ayers, LB; UCLA
- Larry English hasn’t progressed in the Chargers system creating a talent void at the LB spot. Ayers is a prototypical 3-4 OLB with a lot of athleticism.

19. New York Giants
- Derrick Sherrod, OT; Mississippi State
- Smart and experienced, Sherrod would be able to play either tackle slot for the Giants, who could stand an upgrade at either.

20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Ryan Kerrigan, DE; Purdue
- Kerrigan is coming off an All-American season where he accumulated 26 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks. Great first step and good pass rush moves. Never stops on a play and goes through the whistle.

21. Kansas City Chiefs
- Aldon Smith, OLB; Missouri
- Smith is raw as sushi, but his athletic ability is off the charts. Excellent size and a high motor, Crennel will make this kid a force sooner rather than later.

22. Indianapolis Colts
- Corey Liuget, DT; Illinois
- While Mathis and Freeney were, once again, very good on the edges, the Colts interior defensive line was porous at best. Liuget is versatile and can play either tackle spot in a 4-3.

23. Philadelphia Eagles
- Danny Watkins, OT; Baylor
- Waktins is a massive right tackle that drove people all over the Senior Bowl practice field. Fits the mold of a Andy Reid offensive lineman and would fill the void at the right tackle spot for the Eagles.

24. New Orleans Saints
- Cameron Heyward, DT/DE; Ohio State
- The versatile Heyward can play numerous positions along the defensive front and would give the Saints a legitimate run stopper in their front four.

25. Seattle Seahawks
- Jake Locker, QB; Washington
- A former potential #1 overall pick, his numbers for his senior season weren’t overly impressive due to a real lack of talent around him. Extremely athletic with a big arm, he’s a legit franchise level quarterback that Seattle lands on the cheap. Has a lot of the same tools as current Packers QB Aaron Rogers.

26. Baltimore Ravens
- Brandon Harris, CB; Miami
- If the Ravens defense had a weak spot, it was definitely their cornerback position. Teams routinely took advantage of them there. Harris is a talented and athletic player.

27. Atlanta Falcons
- Greg Jones, LB; Michigan State
- It’s going to come down to who the Falcons think will need replacing first between Mike Peterson and Tony Gonzalez. Gonzalez still looked solid this past season while Peterson looked like he’s lost a step. Jones is the best 4-3 linebacker in this draft.

28. New England Patriots
- J.J. Watt, DE; Wisconsin
- Watt is a prototype for a five tech 3-4 defensive end. Big and strong, he’s a gap plugging, run stuffer.

29. Chicago Bears
- Tyron Smith, OT; USC
- Smith might be a little light in the pants at this point, but he’s got a lot of room to grow and might end up the best offensive linemen out of his draft class when everything is said and done. The Bears offensive tackles couldn’t block a bunny rabbit in 2010 and were responsible for their teams demise in the playoffs.

30. New York Jets
- Justin Houston, OLB; Georgia
- The Jets need an upgrade at the OLB spot and Houston was a beast in 2010 with 18.5 tackles for loss and ten sacks.

31. Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jimmy Smith, CB; Colorado
- One thing that came out of the Super Bowl was that the Steelers cornerbacks were suspect. If the Green Bay receivers hadn’t drop so many passes, the final score might have been pretty lopsided. Smith is a big, smart corner that has a passion for the game.

32. Green Bay Packers
- Adrian Clayborn, DE; Iowa
- Clayborn is stout against the run and looks to be a solid 3-4 five tech at the next level.

Round 2:

33. New England Patriots
- Mikel LeShoure, RB; Illinois

34. Buffalo Bills
- Stefan Wisniewski, OG; Penn State

35. Cincinatti Bengals
- Ryan Mallet, QB; Arkansas

36. Denver Broncos
- Rahim Moore, S; UCLA

37. Cleveland Browns
- Kyle Rudolph, TE; Notre Dame

38. Arizona Cardinals
- Bruce Carter, LB; North Carolina

39. Tennessee Titans
- Marvin Austin, DT; North Carolina

40. Dallas Cowboys
- Ben Ijalana, OL; Villanova

41. Washington Redskins
- Phil Taylor, DT; Baylor

42. Houston Texans
- Aaron Williams, CB; Texas
43. Minnesota Vikings
- Jon Baldwin, WR; Pittsburgh

44. Detroit Lions
- Rodney Hudson, OG; Florida State

45. San Francisco 49ers
- Ras-I Dowling, CB; Virginia

46. Denver Broncos
- Stephen Paea, DT; Oregon State

47. St. Louis Rams
- Torrey Smith, WR; Maryland

48. Oakland Raiders
- Colin Kaepernick, QB; Nevada

49. Jacksonville Jaguars
- Mason Foster, LB; Washington

50. San Diego Chargers
- Martez Wilson, LB; Illinois

51. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Jason Pinkston, OL; Pittsburgh

52. New York Giants
- Muhammed Wilkerson, DT; Temple

53. Indianapolis Colts
- DeMarcus Love, OT; Arkansas

54. Philadelphia Eagles
- Jabaal Sheard, DE; Pittsburgh

55. Kansas City Chiefs
- Leonard Hankerson, WR; Miami

56. New Orleans Saints
- Ryan Williams, RB; Virginia Tech

57. Seattle Seahawks
- Drake Nevis, DT; LSU

58. Baltimore Ravens
- Titus Young, WR; Boise State

59. Atlanta Falcons
- Jerrel Jerinigan, WR Troy

60. New England Patriots (Jesus…how many picks do they have?)
- Brooks Reed, OLB; Arizona

61. San Diego Chargers
- Marcus Cannon, OL; TCU

62. Chicago Bears
- Jurrell Casey, DT; USC

63. Pittsburgh Steelers
- Christian Ballard, DE; Iowa

64. Green Bay Packers
- DeMarco Murray, RB; Oklahoma

Round 3:

65. Carolina Panthers
- Luke Stocker, TE; Tennessee

66. Cincinnati Bengals
- Randall Cobb, WR; Kentucky

67. Denver Broncos
- Dontay Moch, LB; Nevada

68. Buffalo Bills
- Allen Bailey, DE; Miami

69. Arizona Cardinals
- Tandon Doss, WR; Indiana

70. Cleveland Browns
- Quan Sturdivant, LB; North Carolina

71. Dallas Cowboys
- Kendrick Ellis, DT; Hampton

72. New Orleans Saints
- Brandon Burton, CB; Utah

73. Houston Texans
- Sam Acho, LB/DE; Texas

74. New England Patriots
- Ahmad Black, S; Florida

75. Detroit Lions
- Davon House, CB; New Mexico State

76. San Francisco 49ers
- Pat Devlin, QB; Delaware

77. Tennessee Titans
- Christian Ponder, QB; Florida State

78. St. Louis Rams
- Kendall Hunter, RB; Oklahoma State

79. Miami Dolphins
- Jake Kirkpatrick, C; TCU

80. Jacksonville Jaguars
- DeAndre McDaniel, S; Clemson

81. Oakland Raiders
- Curtis Brown, CB; Texas

82. San Diego Chargers
- Jarvis Jenkins, DL; Clemson

83. New York Giants
- Daniel Thomas, RB; Kansas State

84. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Colin McCarthy, LB; Miami

85. Philadelphia Eagles
- Chimdi Chekwa, CB; Ohio State

86. Kansas City Chiefs
- Jerrell Powe, DT; Ole Miss

87. Indianapolis Colts
- Austin Pettis, WR; Boise State

88. New Orleans Saints
- Tyler Sash, S; Iowa

89. San Diego Chargers
- Jacquizz Rogers, RB; Oregon State

90. Baltimore Ravens
- Orlando Franklin, OL; Miami

91. Atlanta Falcons
- D.J. Williams, TE; Arkansas

92. New England Patriots
- Johnny Patrick, CB; Louisville

93. Chicago Bears
- Terrence Toliver, WR; LSU

94. New York Jets
- Vincent Brown, WR; San Diego State

95. Pittsburgh Steelers
- Joseph Barksdale, OT; LSU

96. Green Bay Packers
- John Moffitt, OG; Wisconsin

Round 4:

97. Carolina Panthers
- Ricky Stanzi, QB; Iowa

98. Seattle Seahawks
- Kris O’Dowd, C; USC

99. Buffalo Bills
- Lee Ziemba, OT; Auburn

100. Cincinnati Bengals
- James Brewer, OT; Indiana

101. Cleveland Browns
- Pierre Allen, DE; Nebraska

102. Arizona Cardinals
- Lance Kendricks, TE; Wisconsin

103. Philadelphia Eagles
- Mark Herzlich, LB; Boston College

104. Houston Texans
- Quinton Carter, S; Oklahoma

105. Minnesota Vikings
- Sione Fua, DT; Stanford

106. Detroit Lions
- Owen Marecic, FB/LB; Stanford

107. San Francisco 49ers
- Lawrence Guy, DT; Arizona State

108. Tennessee Titans
- Clint Boling, OG; Georgia

109. Dallas Cowboys
- Jaiquawn Jarrett, S; Temple

110. Miami Dolphins
- Jerrard Tarrant, S; Georgia Tech

111. St. Louis Rams
- Shareece Wright, CB; USC

112. Oakland Raiders
- James Carpenter, OT; Alabama

113. Jacksonville Jaguars
- Pernell McPhee, DE; Mississippi State

114. San Francisco 49ers
- Lawrence Wilson, LB; Connecticut

115. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Shane Vereen, RB; California

116. New York Giants
- Tim Barnes, C; Missouri

117. Kansas City Chiefs
- Zane Taylor, C; Utah

118. Indianapolis Colts
- Stephen Schilling, OG; Michigan

119. Philadelphia Eagles
- Marcus Gilbert, OT; Florida

120. Jacksonville Jaguars
- Andy Dalton, QB; TCU

121. Buffalo Bills
- Rashard Carmichael, CB; Virginia Tech

122. Baltimore Ravens
- Chris Conte, S; California

123. Atlanta Falcons
- Ricky Elmore, DE; Arizona

124. New England Patriots
- Niles Paul, WR; Nebraska

125. New York Jets
- Kelvin Sheppard, LB; LSU

126. Chicago Bears
- Chris Hairston, OT; Clemson

127. Pittsburgh Steelers
- Greg Little, WR; North Carolina

128. Green Bay Packers
- Curtis Marsh, CB; Utah State

[Tribal Warfare]

Personally, as I stated before I believe the 1st rounder will be Phil Taylor because the Chiefs don't have a true NT and the functionality of the 3-4 is dependent on that position.

This is all based off of Parcell's philosophy and Pioli's drafting tendencies in being its disciple.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Thanks for the effort, but this is yet another in a long line of mocks that pushes a lot of prospects down far past where they would go in order to make the Chiefs' draft look far better than it has any possibility of being. Each of your first three picks are pipe dreams.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Thanks for the effort, but this is yet another in a long line of mocks that pushes a lot of prospects down far past where they would go in order to make the Chiefs' draft look far better than it has any possibility of being. Each of your first three picks are pipe dreams.

If I wanted the Chiefs draft to look far better than it has any possibility of it being, I'd have Costanzo, Ponder, Powe, Pettis and Taylor in the first five rounds.

Personally, I'm not that high on Smith. He's got an injury history and doesn't have any real experience operating as a stand up outside linebacker. I really don't know if the guy will be able to effectively play the strong side backer position in a 3-4. I don't like him as much as I do guys like Mark Herzlich, Jeremy Beal or Akeem Ayers for that spot. He's a project that you take because he's got elite level athleticism and hope that you can coach him up to the point where his on the field production/skill mirrors his athleticism. He hasn't shown Curry level capabilities of covering the pass or filling the gaps on runs. He's been a pure pass rush guy. I took him in my mock because it was a BPA/BAA situation. I really wasn't happy about it.

I also know that you think that Hankerson is a first rounder, but he isn't going to set any land speed records and has a bad habit of catching the ball with his chest versus his hands. He's a second rounder and will most likely last until the mid-way point of that round.

Powe...eh...It depends on who like who. Like I stated in another thread, there are only three teams with dire needs at the nose tackle position: Houston, Washington and the Chiefs. Everyone else would pick a guy as a luxury pick/depth at this point. Powe hasn't blown anyone away this year and it will depend on who likes who at that spot. There is a very good chance him or Lewis will be there in the third.

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Thanks for the effort, but this is yet another in a long line of mocks that pushes a lot of prospects down far past where they would go in order to make the Chiefs' draft look far better than it has any possibility of being. Each of your first three picks are pipe dreams.

Surprised it took so long for somebody to point this out. Not surprised it was you.

Smith I'll give to you b/c the 1st rnd can be crazy and that's not too far down. Hankerson with our second? Did something happen? Did he rape a baby? Last I knew he was a former late second round prospect who's stock had been skyrocketing, moving him to late 1st early 2nd.

There has been talk though that Powe could last until the 3rd, but I doubt he'd last until our third. I won't throw a huge fit here though.

What's with moving your obligatory 6th-7th round Zane Taylor pick up to the fourth round? I know he impressed at the NFLPA game/practice, but there have been a few Centers who have been impressing and quieting their doubters lately. Has he jumped ahead of them all?

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by aturnis

Surprised it took so long for somebody to point this out. Not surprised it was you.

Smith I'll give to you b/c the 1st rnd can be crazy and that's not too far down. Hankerson with our second? Did something happen? Did he rape a baby? Last I knew he was a former late second round prospect who's stock had been skyrocketing, moving him to late 1st early 2nd.

There has been talk though that Powe could last until the 3rd, but I doubt he'd last until our third. I won't throw a huge fit here though.

What's with moving your obligatory 6th-7th round Zane Taylor pick up to the fourth round? I know he impressed at the NFLPA game/practice, but there have been a few Centers who have been impressing and quieting their doubters lately. Has he jumped ahead of them all?

He'll have a very nice Combine and an exceptional Utah Pro Day. The center class is nice, but a bit thin and once a couple come off the board there will be teams looking to fill that position sooner rather than later. I think that he'll be a riser in the next couple of months. He's very experienced at the position, has good size, is a very smart guy and strong as an ox. His game tape is really good and once teams really start evaluating it, he'll end up a lot like Beadles did last year and move up rapidly on a lot of teams depth charts.