Post Shrine game Mock Draft 09′

Since the shrine game has occured there has been some player movement not to mention that many players that were thought could become draft eligible will not. So here is my newest mock draft.

 

1 Detroit Lions
Andre Smith T Alabama
Smith is one of the ‘can’t miss prospects in this draft. If the Lions want to actually start winning and stop pretending to try to win they need to hit on their first round draft picks not hit a few and by the time the 0thers come around the last good one has been traded to Dallas. Smith will make an impact immediately.

2 St Louis Rams
Eugene Monroe T Virginia
IF Andre Smith is off the board i don’t see St Louis Stressing too much. Monroe is only a slight down grade and the biggest position of need for this team is offensive line.

3 Kansas City Chiefs
QB Mathew Stafford Georgia
I have gone back and forward with the idea of the Chiefs keeping Thigpin and going forward with an improved defense or Oline, the fact is that with Pioli and likely Shanahan in power now they will want a completely new regime. though i think Curry would be the wise choice here going with Stafford will give the franchise hope of a franchise QB that the chiefs have rarely had.

4 Seatle Seahawks
Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech
This might be the most obvious pick of the first round. The seattle Seahawks have lacked a legit number 1 reciever for years and aquiring Dieon Branch didn’t remedy that. Statistically Seneca Wallace had a great year with little to no running game so it might make more sense to reach and grab Knowshon Moreno or Beanie Wells here. But with Crabtree and a plethora of good 2nd and 3rd round running backs the Seahawks stand in position to take back the division.

5 Cleveland Browns
Aaron Curry LB Wake Forest
Curry is on many boards as the can’t miss player. hes the Patrcik Willis of this draft and no one should think about passing on him. The fact that he could fall to 5 to a team that already has impressive talent on defense is just sad. If the Browns can get Curry they will have one of the most talented Defenses in the AFC.

6 Cincinatti Bengals
Jason Smith T Baylor
Smith is this years Joe Staley, he is a tackle that was once a TE has blocked well agianst inferior competition and has imcredible athletic ability for his position. He will fly up draft boards as the draft approaches just as Staley did. And with Staley’s success in the NFL Smith will go even higher. The Bengal’s biggest need is protection. they have the talent almost to be a high scoring team. In a conference devoid of scorers this makes the Bengals a threat in any game. As long as Carson can stay off the IR. drafting Oline will help with that.

7 Oakland Raiders
Jeremy Maclin WR Missourri
Running back, Bush and Mcfadden. QB Jamarcus Russel, now they get their big name wideout and speedster. Will this turn the Raiders into an offensive power house. No. Not until they address problems on their Oline will the raiders ever compete in that division but now they have a ton of money invested in skill position players that will never get the blocking to reach their potential.

8 Jacksonville Jaguars
Malcolm Jenkins CB Ohio State
this is where i will begin to Diverge from the ESPN mock drafts. Jacksonville’s biggest need is tackle but their defense faltered last season as well. With a lack of a great can’t miss DT i think jacksonville will go after a CB that had he come out last year would have been top 10. Jenkins is the most successful CB in the Big-ten over the last 4 years. This will be create a great tendem of Corners in Jacksonville to compete with the multi faceted throwing attacks of the Colts and the Texans.

9 Green Bay Packers
Brian Erakpo DE Texas
The packers were lacking a combo pass rush next to Kampmann last season, i think the size of Erakpo would slide him slightly ahead of Maybin in the draf especially in the Packers 4-3 scheme. Many have the packers drafting a corner, but they believe that their corners are good enough to win right now and that overall defensive play need to improve. I think bringing in a Passrush first end to create 1 on 1 situations for Kampmann would help the defense imeasurably.

10 San Francisco 49ers
BJ Raji DT Boston College
Raji may rise or fall depending on his play in the Senior Bowl but he is the only top prospect defensive lineman with the size to play in a 3-4. As the niners found last season pass rush was hard to come by but in order to stop the run they will need a legit starting defensive tackle. And as the Charger’s know a passrusher is much easier to find than Dline for that system.

11 Buffalo Bills
Rey Maualuga LB USC
With London Fletcher nearing the end and this type of talent at linebacker in the draft it would be silly not to consider drafting a player that could cleary change the way they play defense for years.

12 Denver Broncos
Aaron Maybin DE/LB Penn State
With maybe the worst total defense in the NFL the Broncos need to basically draft the best available defensive player. With them not being settled on what type of defense they should even run having 2 undersized tweener pass rushers on the team might help necessitate a change to a 3-4.

13 Washington Redskins
Percy Harvin WR/SB Florida
The redskins had one of the highest rated defenses in the league. Many have them draftign defense here and they might but with such a solid unit why address depth issues in the first round when what was ailing them was on offense, not enough matchup problems were caused by their recieving corp that’s made up of 1 number 1 reciever and about 5 number 4s. Harvin could be the Burner opposite the burner to make it impossible to cover Moss deep and open up throws to Cooley one very play.

14 New Orleans Saints
Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia
Moreno has the talent and the track record to be a top back that runs between the tackles. Something that the Saints didn’t have on offense. Many feel like Pierre Thomas is the guy but at 215 he is still undersized to  carry the full load and Duece has slowed down considerably. The Saints were the number 1 team in every offensive category but rushing. With a balanced attack they could be nearly unstoppable. Sharing carries between Thomas and Moreno whil moving Bush to more of a reciever roll could help that.

15 Houston Texans
Vontae Davis CB Illinois
A freak athlete Davis also led the NCAA in interceptions. Whether or Not Dunta Robinson comes back healthy next season the Texans need to get turnovers to keep their high powered offense on the field and turn the tide for their interception prone QBs

16 San Diego Chargers
Brian Cushing LB USC
Cushing would play inside on the 3-4 scheme that is employed by the Chargers and would be the big fast athletic defender that could make the tackles agaisnt the run. Many believe the chargers will draft a runningback here. I completely disagree, unless there was a sure fire can’t miss back at this point (and there isn’t in this draft) AJ Smith wouldn’t pick one in the first round. This is the guy that has found the last 2 LT backups in the 3rd and later rounds. My guess is thats where Smith will get LTs replacement.

17 New York Jets
Mark Sanchez QB USC
Very few people with in the Jets organization believe that Clemons is the future but if he is its still good to have a QB there to push him. Favre was the reason the Jets failed to make the playoffs last season, he couldn’t throw deep, led the league in interceptions, everyone that thinks hes the reason the team was so improved doesn’t understand football. So even if Favre doesn’t come back the Jets are still a force with a solid running great oline and Dline play.

18 Chicago Bears
Everette Brown DE Florida St
The bears have one of the most overated defenses in the NFL. They were completely middle of the pack or lower in every statistical category on defense and poor to non existant on offense. That said their new found running game will keep them in games if their defense can play better against the pass. Brown will give them a new found pass rush oposite Ogunleye

19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Chris Wells RB Ohio State
Many believe the Bucs will reach to sortof cool off the revolving door at QB here but i believe that would be a mistake. anyone that they draft to play QB here will be a temporary fix and i think the biggest weakness on offense was not QB it was a lack of a consistant rushingn attack. with new play calling and a replacement for oft injured Cadilac Williams, Wells may be the next Ap. if that happens the Buc’s will be in the playoffs regardless who is playing QB.

20 Detroit Lions
TE Brandon Pettigrew Oklahoma State
Though i feel Pettigrew is a little overated He is a first round talent and having Pettigrew would take the preasure off of the only really great position that Detroit has on the fieldright now at WR. Pettigrew would also increase the amount of 2 TE sets that are run in Detroit and help lessen the impact of bad QB play.

21 Philidelphia Eagles
Michael Oher T Ole Miss
Oher would be a steal here by the eagles that need desperately to replace their aging tackles in Runyan and Thomas.

22 Minnisota Vikings
Hakeem Nix WR North Carolina
Though the biggest need on the field for the Vikings across the board is QB its unlikely that they will take a risk on Freeman when he has the same exact question marks as Jackson did coming out of college. More likely is they will jump into the sweepstakes with many other teams to try to land Nate Davis int he 2nd round. Nix though has crazy potential and could end up being a legit number 1 reciever for the Vikings something they really lack.

23 New England
Tyson Jackson DE LSU
Jackson has the size to play DE ina  3-4 which is a rare find with his type of athleticm and with Seymore slowing down more and more each year a legit back up is needed immediately.

24 Atlanta Falcons
James Laurenitis LB Ohio State
The biggest weakness last season for the falcon’s was their run defense but without a legit jun stuffing defensive end might as well get a LB that will scare offenses for years.

25 Miami Dolphins
Peria Jerry DT Ole Miss
Athletic enough to play DE or DT for Sparano he would be the replacement for Jason Ferguson who was really a spot fit for the defense. He will help keep the Dolphins defense stopping the run and help to open up holes for pass rushers.

26 Baltimore Ravens
DJ Moore CB Vanderbilt
Moore is the best Db left on the board and right now that is the only questionablr position for the Ravens. Fabian Washington is not a starting CB. Moore might be and with aging Corners Mccalister and Rolle they need to start replacing.

27 Indianapolis Colts
Clint Sintim LB Virginia
The colts have lacked talent on Defense for years. They need to start addressing these issues through the draf especially at linebacker where they have not had real talent since Cato june.

28 Philidelphia Eagles
William Moore S Missouri
Moore could be the replacement for Dawkins that has kept that defense on top for years, with one of the top defenses in the league and with no legit recievers on the board the Eagles will turn to replace another aging superstar

29 New York Giants
Brandon La Fell WR LSU
Replacing Plaxico or getting a player to be the numbe 2 reciever is the most important offseason priority, if they don’t replace him thorugh freagency they need to here.

30 Tennessee Titans
Darius Heyward-Bey WR Maryland
The biggest need for the Titans is also WR and with La Fell off the board expect the Titans to reach and get the next best WR on their boards.

31 Arizona Cardinals
Paul Kruger DE Utah
Kruger is the motor that the Cardinals defense has lacked since they lost Vanden Bosh. With Kruger they can go back to having the pass rush they once hd in the days of Simeon Rice.

32 Pittsburgh Steelers
C Alex Mack Cal
The best Oline men left on the board and the biggest position of need, at a point thats not a reach fr Pittsburgh its a slam dunk pick.

~ by martinwil on January 24, 2009.