With the 53rd Pick in the 2010 Stampede Blue Community Mock Draft, the New England Patriots select...

by mgrex03 on Apr 19, 2010 8:08 PM EDT in Community Mock Draft

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Jared Veldheer, OT - Hillsdale

Pick made by Richard Hill:

Veldheer is a player with tremendous upside. With Veldheer coming out of a division II school, teams have little knowledge if his skill set will translate to the NFL level due to the lack of top caliber competition. That said, Veldheer is a monster who could play opposite of Sebastian Vollmer for years to come.

Why Veldheer:
The Patriots starting LT Matt Light is in the last year of his contract. His play has dropped off considerably and should be delegated to a back-up role, much like Nick Kaczur (who got bumped to back up RT when Vollmer stepped up). Taking Veldheer would allow the Patriots to groom him early in the season and not throw him into NFL speed from the get-go.

Why not someone else:
The only other player I was considering at this position was LSU WR Brandon LaFell, but I believe the Patriots can get #2 or #3 quality WRs later in the draft. The Patriots tend to draft OTs early so I thought taking Veldheer would both follow the Patriots MO and allow us to grab a big WR later in this draft. Also, next year is known to have some of the best WRs in years, so saving a top pick for a top WR until next year might be the best course of action.

Veldheer's Scouting Report from Mocking the Draft

First/Second Round picks for the Patriots: Jared Odrick, Brandon Spikes, Koa Misi

The Bengals, and FineClub, are on the clock...

First Round:

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	School	Drafter
1	St. Louis	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame	TouchdownColts
2	Detroit	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma St.	coltsfan723
3	Tampa Bay	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska	TheAngelsColts
4	Washington	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma	Colts Homer
5	Kansas City	Eric Berry	S	Tennessee	sanders_fan89
6	Seattle	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma	shake n bake
7	Cleveland	Earl Thomas	S	Texas	2ndBlueGeneration
8	Oakland	Bruce Campbell	OT	Maryland	LovinBlue
9	Buffalo	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa	Cassieper
10	Jacksonville	Rolando McClain	LB	Alabama	peytonsthebest
11	Denver	Derrick Morgan	DE	Georgia Tech	JPBarnett
12	Miami	Dez Bryant	WR	Oklahoma St.	fpacheco
13	San Francisco	Joe Haden	CB	Florida	BlueVol03
14	Seattle	Charles Brown	OT	USC	shake n bake
15	N.Y. Giants	C.J. Spiller	RB	Clemson	gizzardfanny
16	Tennessee	Jason Pierre-Paul	DE	South Florida	Addai Another Day
17	San Francisco	Mike Iupati	G	Idaho	BlueVol03
18	Pittsburgh	Kyle Wilson	CB	Boise St.	LV Steelers Fan
19	Atlanta	Brandon Graham	DE	Michigan	fiftycal2004
20	Houston	Dan Williams	DT	Tennessee	Aerostar193
21	Cincinnati	Sean Weatherspoon	OLB	Missouri	FineClub
22	New England	Jared Odrick	DE	Penn State	skywalker
23	Green Bay	Trent Williams	OT	Oklahoma	bracketismyboy
24	Philadelphia	Jerry Hughes	OLB	TCU	TehRhino
25	Baltimore	Jermaine Gresham	TE	Oklahoma	SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs
26	Arizona	Sergio Kindle	DE/OLB	Texas	NYKings
27	Dallas	Anthony Davis	OT	Rutgers	SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs
28	San Diego	Ryan Mathews	RB	Fresno State	chad72
29	N.Y. Jets	Golden Tate	WR	Notre Dame	diagenesis
30	Minnesota	Maurkice Pouncey	G/C	Florida	DClark#44
31	Indianapolis	Devin McCourty	CB	Rutgers	mgrex03
32	New Orleans	Carlos Dunlap	DE	Florida	palco

Second Round:

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	School	Drafter
33	St. Louis	Ricky Sapp	DE	Clemson	TouchdownColts
34	Detroit	Jahvid Best	RB	California	coltsfan723
35	Tampa Bay	Everson Griffen	DE	USC	TheAngelsColts
36	Kansas City	Terrence Cody	DT	Alabama	sanders_fan89
37	Philadelphia	Taylor Mays	S	USC	TehRhino
38	Cleveland	Jonathan Dwyer	RB	Georgia Tech	2ndBlueGeneration
39	Oakland	Tyson Alualu	DT	California	LovinBlue
40	San Diego	Rob Gronkowski	TE	Arizona	chad72
41	Buffalo	Eric Norwood	OLB	South Carolina	Cassieper
42	Tampa Bay	Damian Williams	WR	USC	TheAngelsColts
43	Miami	Nate Allen	FS	South Florida	fpacheco
44	New England	Brandon Spikes	LB	Florida	skywalker
45	Denver	Brian Price	DT	UCLA	JPBarnett
46	N.Y. Giants	Daryl Washington	LB	TCU	gizzardfanny
47	New England	Koa Misi	LB	Utah	skywalker
48	Carolina	Corey Wootton	DE	Northwestern	Bullard47
49	San Francisco	Mardy Gilyard	WR	Cincinnati	BlueVol03
50	Kansas City	Rodger Saffold	OT	Indiana	sanders_fan89
51	Houston	Kareem Jackson	CB	Alabama	Aerostar193
52	Pittsburgh	Arrelious Benn	WR	Illinois	LV Steelers Fan
53	New England	Jared Veldheer	OT	Hillsdale	skywalker
54	Cincinnati				FineClub
55	Philadelphia				TehRhino
56	Green Bay				bracketismyboy
57	Baltimore				SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs
58	Arizona				NYKings
59	Dallas				jules62
60	Seattle				shake n bake
61	N.Y. Jets				diagenesis
62	Minnesota				Dclark#44
63	Indianapolis				mgrex03
64	New Orleans				palco

Poll

What do you think of pick #53?

Correct Pick. I guess Patriot fans know what they are doing.

23 votes

Right Position, Wrong Player.

4 votes

OK Pick, but a bit of a reach for Veldheer.

19 votes

Wrong Pick. You'd think a Pats fan would know what's best for the Pats, right?

20 votes

What, no jokes from Richard this time?

7 votes

73 votes | Poll has closed

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Sorry i couldn't get my pick in :(

Busy week. Fine job though Mr. Hill

As long as we have Peyton (and no surprise gay onside kicks are made) we will always have a chance to win.

by skywalker on Apr 19, 2010 8:30 PM EDT reply actions

good job mgrx

i love all your picks for the pats

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by NinjaZX6R on Apr 19, 2010 11:02 PM EDT reply actions

Psssssssssst..........

Mgrex didn’t pick for the Pats.

"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir

Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: After waiting seemingly forever, it is finally draft week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and the schedule for next season is being released or something like that this week.

by Cassieper on Apr 19, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions