Shake's Updated Mock Draft

by shake n bake on Apr 18, 2009 1:09 PM EDT

Two trades since my first mock, so I really should update it.

Pick#	Team	Player	Position	School
1	Detroit	Matt Stafford	QB	Georgia
2	St. Louis	Jason Smith	OT	Baylor
3	Kansas City	Aaron Curry	LB	Wake Forest
4	Seattle	Mark Sanchez	QB	USC
5	Cleveland	Micheal Crabtree	WR	Texas Tech
6	Cincinnati	Eugene Monroe	OT	Virginia
7	Oakland	Jeremy Maclin	WR	Missouri
8	Jacksonville	Micheal Oher	OT	Mississippi
9	Green Bay	B.J. Raji	DT	Boston College
10	San Fransisco	Everette Brown	RushLB	Florida St.
11	Buffalo	Brian Orakpo	DE	Texas
12	Denver	Tyson Jackson	DE	LSU
13	Washington	Andre Smith	OT	Alabama
14	New Orleans	Chris Wells	HB	Ohio State
15	Houston	Brian Cushing	LB	USC
16	San Diego	Malcolm Jenkins	CB/FS	Ohio State
17	NY Jets	Josh Freeman	QB	Kansas State
18	Denver	Rey Malualuga	LB	USC
19	Tampa Bay	Percy Harvin	WR	Florida
20	Detroit (from Dallas)	Eben Britton	OT	Arizona
21	Philadelphia	Knowshon Moreno	RB	Georgia
22	Minnesota	Vonte Davis	CB	Illinois
23	New England	Clay Matthews Jr.	LB	Southern Cal
24	Atlanta	Brandon Pettigrew	TE	Oklahoma St.
25	Miami	Sean Smith	CB	Utah
26	Baltimore	Hakeem Nicks	WR	North Carolina
27	Indianapolis	Peria Jerry	DT	Mississippi
28	Buffalo (from CAR via PHI)	William Beatty	OT	UConn
29	NY Giants	Darrius Heyward-Bey	WR	Maryland
30	Tennessee	Alphonso Smith	CB	Wake Forest
31	Arizona	"Shady" McCoy	RB	Pittsburgh
32	Pittsburgh	Alex Mack	C	California

Pick#	Team	Player	Position	School
33	Detroit	James Laurinatis	LB	Ohio State
34	New England (from KC)	Darrius Butler	CB	Connecticut
35	St. Louis	"Ziggy" Hood	DT	Missouri
36	Cleveland	Donald Brown	RB	Connecticut
37	Seattle	Josh Freeman	QB	Kansas State
38	Cincinnati	Max Unger	OC	Oregon
39	Jacksonville	D.J. Moore	CB	Vanderbilt
40	Oakland	Phil Loadholt	OT	Oklahoma
41	Green Bay	Aaron Maybin	DE	Penn State
42	Buffalo	Duke Robinson	OG	Oklahoma
43	San Fransisco	Clint Sintim	OLB	Virgina
44	Miami (from WAS)	Kenny Britt	WR	Rudgers
45	NY Giants (from NO)	Louis Delmas	FS	Western Mich.
46	Houston	Micheal Johnson	DE	Georgia Tech
47	New England	Patrick Chung	SS	Oregon
48	Denver	Larry English	LB	Northern Illinois
49	Chicago	Conner Barwin	DE	Cincinnati
50	Cleveland (from TB)	Mike Mickens	CB	Cincinnati
51	Dallas	William Moore	S	Missouri
52	NY Jets	Shonn Greene	RB	Iowa
53	Philadelphia	Chase Coffman	TE	Missouri
54	Minnesota	Juaquin Inglesias	WR	Oklahoma
55	Atlanta	Jarrius Byrd	CB	Oregon
56	Miami	Robert Ayers	DE	Tennessee
57	Baltimore	Fili Moala	DT	USC
58	New England	Jamon Meredith	OT	South Carolina
59	Carolina	Jarron Gilbert	DT	San Diego St.
60	NY Giants	Asher Allen	CB	Georgia
61	Indianapolis	Brian Robiskie	WR	Ohio State
62	Tennessee	Paul Kruger	DE	Utah
63	Arizona	Ron Brace	DT	Boston College
64	Pittsburgh	Dorell Scott	DT	Clemson

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Um…I think you need to revise it again. You didn’t even have anyone drafting Vontae Davis first off. Secondly, D.J. Moore is not a first round prospect, Alphonso Smith is on the fence. But how could you draft both of those guys before Darius Butler?

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Also, what’s up with McCoy going in the first, and Donald Brown dropping to the 36th? Your mock is nuts man.

Btw, I like the Chargers first round pick, heh.

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by KingRichard on Apr 18, 2009 1:26 PM EDT reply actions

If I forgot Davis there's a double in there somewhere

I had it done, then accidentally deleted the 1st round while moving the 2nd to after the jump.

For most of the year McCoy has been rated higher than Donald Brown. I think it was right then.

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by shake n bake on Apr 18, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

ok got it

I think I lost Vontae when I re-did the second and brought Freeman into the first round.

by shake n bake on Apr 18, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't man, I spent a some time looking over both guys for the Cards pick.

I thought that I have found more sites that had Brown rated higher then McCoy, but, as I keep looking it starts to even out.
Sites that have Brown over McCoy
http://walterfootball.com/draft2009RB.php
http://football.about.com/cs/positionalranking/a/nfldraftrbrank.htm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/nfldraft/chi-12-nfl-draft-running-backs,0,832705.story
http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/top64.php?draftyear=2009

Sites with McCoy rated higher:
http://www.draftcountdown.com/rankings/rb.php
http://cfn.scout.com/2/840193.html
http://www.fftoolbox.com/nfl_draft/profile_display.cfm?Prospect_ID=1878

this dumbass didn’t have Brown on there at all.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/750964.html

Walter’s site is the site I probably use the most, or at the very least a starting point to get more info. He seems to keep his site up to date better then most.
I personally like Brown a little more, he’s a multidimensional back, great athletism, and good character. One other thing that swaye me toward Brown>McCoy is the combine. Brown finished in the combine as a top 5 finisher in every event except the 3 cone drill and the Benchpress. His 40 time was 5th fastest at 4.51. His 41.5" vert. was 1.5" higher then 2nd place. He had the fasted time in the 60yrd shuttle and 2nd fastest time in the short shuttle.
Hell I think he’d fit in fine as a Colt, I’d have no problem if BP picked him up

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by BetterD on Apr 19, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll add my two favorites

who both have McCoy over Brown
http://www.mockingthedraft.com/pages/2009-nfl-draft-running-bac

http://www.newerascouting.com/running-back-rankings/

by shake n bake on Apr 19, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions

and I never disagreed with the pick

that whole shitstorm was over the Cromartie sucks reasoning. Jenkins can be the FS, which they need.

by shake n bake on Apr 18, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Man, talk about your dream drafts. Jerry and Robiskie? Be still my heart.

by slash196 on Apr 18, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions

That would be nice though, wouldn't it?

by coltsfanawalt on Apr 18, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Do you really really think Robiskie will fall to the Colts in the 2nd Round?

I’ve have heard talks that hey could land late in the first round, if not early second. After hearing that and watching him as a guest on the NFL Network, I wouldn’t be suprised if the Colts selected him with their first pick. Comes from a football family (his dasd is the receiving coach for the Atlanta?), great route running, and has that size the Colts could use.

by ColtsFanNChiTown on Apr 19, 2009 12:40 PM EDT reply actions

I really really hope

I think it’s not any less likely than Jerry falling to Indy.

by shake n bake on Apr 19, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

typo with the really really part

I would be more suprised if the Colts got him in the 2nd than in the 1st round just because I don’t think he will last that long. I don’t know what to think of Jerry though or where he’ll go in the first. There’s no question about his talent, but his age and “injury history” could scare some teams thus dropping him more towards the late first round. I wouldn’t be at all suprised if that happened. But if Robiskie does drop to the Colts in the 2nd and I hope thats the case, that would be a complete steal then.

by ColtsFanNChiTown on Apr 19, 2009 3:20 PM EDT reply actions

Swap out Buffalo’s picks for Andre Smith (11), Robert Ayers (28) and Andy Levitre (42) and you’re doing better from Buffalo’s end. :)

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by Brian Galliford on Apr 19, 2009 6:46 PM EDT reply actions

those just preferences or did I have fit problems on the picks?

by shake n bake on Apr 19, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions

shake-

I would like to know since polian has been with the colts, how many times have they drafted an underclassmen compared to a senior in the first round. I know dallas clark was the first hawkeye to declare early for the draft, which is kind of unbelievable to me. since then shonn greene has and I believe one more player did. but back to my point of drafting underclassmen vs. players who graduated and got that extra year of maturity in. do you think it makes a difference. as far as dallas clark. IMO no it didnt make a difference. he was a great pick and usual to wr and te’s picked it takes a couple. dallas it took one to adjust and he was off. peyton manning. I know people will not agree with me but I think it made a world of difference peyton staying 4 years thus being able to accept being thrown into a team with nothing and I think that had alot to do with this team turning its fortunes around very fast. marvin harrison. was he a senior when he was drafted?

Id love to see the colt first round picks of what year they were when they were picked in the first round. thank you

by kinnickcolt on Apr 20, 2009 8:27 AM EDT reply actions

1999-2008 (couldn't get a list for 1998)

1st rounders: Edge, Clark, Gonzo

others: Rodregis Brooks (7th round), Idrees Bashir (2nd round)

that’s not a lot, but there are usually only 25-35 underclassmen in the draft out of 256.

roughly 1 in 12 players drafted are underclassmen. Indy took 5 out of 81 picks, but 3 out of 8 first rounders.

by shake n bake on Apr 20, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions

thanks for the quick response

and all 3 first round picks of underclassmen were successful (Im saying gonzo is a successful pick even though its still early) and funny its two recievers and a rb….the very thing of the focus.

just trying to see if drafting underclassman in the first round is a big risk or myth. mainly the recievers and running backs in this years draft

by kinnickcolt on Apr 20, 2009 10:15 AM EDT reply actions

I don't remember any research on age/class with NFL players

I know in the MLB draft, college players were way better bets at the time moneyball was being written (mostly because those players had a larger sample size and more even competition for their performance).

and I remember a pretty persuasive piece on the NBA draft showing that older players are less likely to be successful (probably because the basis of their success is already physically developed, rather than the younger successes who are doing it on talent, and will improve as they develop).

by shake n bake on Apr 20, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions

also I think it would be very interesting to see the kings of evaluating…polian, pioli, belicheat, the steelers also are among great drafters, drafting and not the likes of jax and detroit, the pawns of evaluating talent and drafting ……disecting the drafting of underclassman as opposed to drafting the graduated in the first round.

by kinnickcolt on Apr 20, 2009 10:21 AM EDT reply actions