Starting last Monday, Dan Kadar, Brian Galliford, and the other writers at Mocking the Draft, SB Nation's NFL Draft blog, began hosting the 2011 SB Nation NFL Writers Mock Draft.
We've done this draft for one, two, three, four... uh, wow. We've done this for five years! In previous mock drafts, I took Justin Harrell in 2007, Matt Forte in 2008, Mark Sanchez in 2009 (it was later changed to Ziggy Hood after the Jay Cutler trade forced a re-draft; Sanchez went to the Vikings), and Charles Brown in 2010.
Not bad, right! My only busted pick was Justin Harrell, which I made up for by taking Ziggy Hood two years later.
The way this works is the site managers from the 32 SBN NFL sites draft for their team in the first two rounds. MtD is running three picks a day (9 a.m., 12 p.m., and 3 p.m.). The draft will take the weekends off. There are no trades in this mock and you'll get to instantly grade the pick.
When pick no. 22 gets close, I will solicit advice from the community as to who I should pick. And, yes, the opinions of this community will factor into my decision.
The draft is already through pick no. 6. After the jump, check out who has been taken already.
With that, the San Francisco 49ers - and our friends at Niners Nation - are now on the clock.
Mocking the Draft's Top 5 Remaining Prospects
| OVR | Name | Pos. | College | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Da'Quan Bowers | DE | Clemson | scouting report |
| 4 | Nick Fairley | DT | Auburn | scouting report |
| 5 | Julio Jones | WR | Alabama | scouting report |
| 7 | Prince Amukamara | CB | Nebraska | scouting report |
| 8 | Robert Quinn | DE | North Carolina | scouting report |
2011 SB Nation NFL Writers' Mock Draft - RESULTS
| Rd. | No. | Team | Player | Pos. | College | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Carolina Panthers | Blaine Gabbert | QB | Missouri | story |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Von Miller | OLB | Texas A&M | story | |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Patrick Peterson | CB | LSU | story | |
| 4 | Cincinnati Bengals | A.J. Green | WR | Georgia | story | |
| 5 | Arizona Cardinals | Cam Newton | QB | Auburn | story | |
| 6 | Cleveland Browns | Marcell Dareus | DT | Alabama | story | |
| 7 | San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| 8 | Tennessee Titans | |||||
| 9 | Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| 10 | Washington Redskins | |||||
| 11 | Houston Texans | |||||
| 12 | Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| 13 | Detroit Lions | |||||
| 14 | St. Louis Rams | |||||
| 15 | Miami Dolphins | |||||
| 16 | Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||
| 17 | New England Patriots | |||||
| 18 | San Diego Chargers | |||||
| 19 | New York Giants | |||||
| 20 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| 21 | Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| 22 | Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| 23 | Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| 24 | New Orleans Saints | |||||
| 25 | Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| 26 | Baltimore Ravens | |||||
| 27 | Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| 28 | New England Patriots | |||||
| 29 | Chicago Bears | |||||
| 30 | New York Jets | |||||
| 31 | Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| 32 | Green Bay Packers |