Silverphin
Chairman of the 'Owned! Awards' Commitee
This is my first ever draft mock. Seeing as I know more about the fins than I know about the 31 other teams in the league, I'll keep the draft within our own team.
Assumptions made: We don't land Brees. Gus is again our starter. The top three QB prospects are gone before we pick.
Round 1-
Manny Lawson 4-3 DE/3-4 LB North Carolina State - The bad news is, we don't even have a snowball's chance in hell to land Lienart, Young or Cutler without trading a good amount of picks. The good news? We can draft a Defensive End/Linebacker that has the measurables similar our own hybrid player, Jason Taylor. Would he need some work? Of course. But with Kevin Carter and Jason Taylor showing him the ropes, there's almost no doubt he'll suceed. With Matt Roth looking like he'll be less of the Jason Taylor type DE and more of a Kevin Carter type DE, Manny Lawson will have us set for DE for years.
Round 2-
Antonio Cromartie CB Florida State - He has the height (6'3") to go up against tall receivers like Plaxico Burress. He has speed (4.37 in the 40 according to NFL Draft Countdown). Of course, he needs work like any other prospect. But the biggest problem is that he is coming off a knee injury. While it may dissuade quite a few teams, we took it a risk with Channing Crowder despite his injury history. So why not on Cromartie?
Round 3-
Omar Jacobs QB Bowling Green - He'll be a project. Quite a few people knock his throwing motion, though apparently he has been working on it. Which is good - that means he's willing to learn. Now check his positives from NFL Draft Countdown.
Sounds a lot like Donovan McNabb, no?
Round 4 -
Babatunde Oshinowo DT Stanford - Okay, before I start, his name is pronounced ba-ba-TOON-day OH-shi-no-who.
Now that I got that out of the way, Keith Traylor isn't getting any younger and Manuel Wright, despite the BRIGHT (not bright, BRIGHT) future he as with this team, is too tall to be a Nose Tackle. While the likes of Ngata and Watson are gone, Babatunde can be our future two gapper, our Tim Bowenian-type pick up. Plus "The Truck" can place him under his wing. In the future, our D-Line could look something like this.
4-3 (from Left End to Right End): Matt Roth, Manuel Wright, Kevin Vickerson, Manny Lawson
3-4 (Same order): Matt Roth, Babatunde Oshinowo, Kevin Vickerson
7a - Thomas Parker WR Florida Atlantic University - Weird pick? Maybe. But the last two years, he has really stepped his game up for Owls (29 catches for 584 yards and 20.1 yards per reception). And we do need some receivers. While our top three receivers (Chambers, Booker, and Welker) have been proven keepers, there is a huge drop off after that.
7b - BPA
7c - BPA
Assumptions made: We don't land Brees. Gus is again our starter. The top three QB prospects are gone before we pick.
Round 1-
Manny Lawson 4-3 DE/3-4 LB North Carolina State - The bad news is, we don't even have a snowball's chance in hell to land Lienart, Young or Cutler without trading a good amount of picks. The good news? We can draft a Defensive End/Linebacker that has the measurables similar our own hybrid player, Jason Taylor. Would he need some work? Of course. But with Kevin Carter and Jason Taylor showing him the ropes, there's almost no doubt he'll suceed. With Matt Roth looking like he'll be less of the Jason Taylor type DE and more of a Kevin Carter type DE, Manny Lawson will have us set for DE for years.
Round 2-
Antonio Cromartie CB Florida State - He has the height (6'3") to go up against tall receivers like Plaxico Burress. He has speed (4.37 in the 40 according to NFL Draft Countdown). Of course, he needs work like any other prospect. But the biggest problem is that he is coming off a knee injury. While it may dissuade quite a few teams, we took it a risk with Channing Crowder despite his injury history. So why not on Cromartie?
Round 3-
Omar Jacobs QB Bowling Green - He'll be a project. Quite a few people knock his throwing motion, though apparently he has been working on it. Which is good - that means he's willing to learn. Now check his positives from NFL Draft Countdown.
Sounds a lot like Donovan McNabb, no?
Round 4 -
Babatunde Oshinowo DT Stanford - Okay, before I start, his name is pronounced ba-ba-TOON-day OH-shi-no-who.
Now that I got that out of the way, Keith Traylor isn't getting any younger and Manuel Wright, despite the BRIGHT (not bright, BRIGHT) future he as with this team, is too tall to be a Nose Tackle. While the likes of Ngata and Watson are gone, Babatunde can be our future two gapper, our Tim Bowenian-type pick up. Plus "The Truck" can place him under his wing. In the future, our D-Line could look something like this.
4-3 (from Left End to Right End): Matt Roth, Manuel Wright, Kevin Vickerson, Manny Lawson
3-4 (Same order): Matt Roth, Babatunde Oshinowo, Kevin Vickerson
7a - Thomas Parker WR Florida Atlantic University - Weird pick? Maybe. But the last two years, he has really stepped his game up for Owls (29 catches for 584 yards and 20.1 yards per reception). And we do need some receivers. While our top three receivers (Chambers, Booker, and Welker) have been proven keepers, there is a huge drop off after that.
7b - BPA
7c - BPA
