| QC's 2nd ANNUAL DRAFT TO DESIGN MOCK
DRAFT |
No.
|
Team
|
Pick |
Position |
College
|
Comments |
1
|
Cleveland
|
Myles Garrett
|
DE
|
Texas A&M
|
New DC Gregg Willams turned Jevon Kearse into the "Freak"
(14.5 sacks; 8 forced fumbles) in his rookie year in 1999.
|
2
|
San Francisco
|
O.J. Howard
|
TE
|
Alabama
|
New HC Kyle Shannahan is a brilliant play designer and a generational TE
is too tasty an ingredient to pass up.
|
3
|
Chicago
|
Reuben Foster
|
LB
|
Alabama
|
DC Vic Fangio did wonders in SF with multi-talented LBs Patrick Willis
and Navarro Bowman.
|
4
|
Jacksonville
|
Ryan Ramczyk
|
OL
|
Wisconsin
|
New HC Doug Marrone knows blocking design and Ramczyk is a versatile
player with big upside. (Howard is the pick if he is still available otherwise
Jags should try to trade down and take Ramczyck.)
|
5
|
Tennessee
|
Jamal Adams
|
S
|
LSU
|
DC Dick LeBeau is a master with fast, aggressive, versatile safeties.
|
6
|
NY Jets
|
Marshon Lattimore
|
CB
|
Ohio St.
|
HC Todd Bowles' blitz designs only work if he has at least one lock down
corner.
|
7
|
LA Chargers
|
Malik Hooker
|
S
|
Ohio St.
|
New DC Gus Bradley's designs require a rangy centerfielder at the back
end.
|
8
|
Carolina
|
Fabian Moreau
|
CB
|
UCLA
|
Panthers HC Ron Rivera starts with D and the secondary is the area of
his D that needs the most attention.
|
9
|
Cincinnati
|
Solomon Thomas
|
DE
|
Stanford
|
DC Paul Guenther likes to play a lot guys up front and they are starting
to show their age.
|
10
|
Buffalo
|
Jonathan Allen
|
DT
|
Alabama
|
New HC Sean McDermott saw what loading up on the D-line can do when he
was in Carolina.
|
11
|
New Orleans
|
Derek Barnett
|
DE
|
Tennessee
|
If DC Dennis Allen's designs are going to stop anyone, he needs super
pass rushers (and Sean Payton loves a D that forces TOs).
|
12
|
Cleveland
|
DeMarcus Walker
|
DT
|
Florida St.
|
Quick gut pressure from Walker inside could make QBs easy targets for
outside rushers Garrett, Ogbah and Nassib.
|
13
|
Arizona
|
Pat Mahomes II
|
QB
|
Texas Tech
|
HC Bruce Arians likes a gunslinger and Mahomes seems to have more
'slinger in him than any other QB prospect in this class.
|
14
|
Philadelphia
|
Dalvin Cook
|
RB
|
Florida St.
|
Sophomore QB Carson Wentz needs weapons and HC Doug Pederson saw what
Zeke Elliott did for Dak Prescott in Dallas.
|
15
|
Indianapolis
|
Forrest Lamp
|
G
|
Western Kentucky
|
OC Rob Chudzinski is a Norv Turner disciple who wants to throw deep
routes; he needs solid core protection to do so and not get Andrew Luck killed.
|
16
|
Baltimore
|
Haason Redick
|
LB
|
Temple
|
Ravens pass rush is not what it was so DC Dean Pees gets an ingredient
to soup up pressure.
|
17
|
Washington
|
Tra-Davious White
|
CB
|
LSU
|
Former Wash LB Greg Manusky is now the DC and he will need some cover
corners if his D designs are going to slow anyone down.
|
18
|
Tennessee
|
Jabrill Peppers
|
S
|
Michigan
|
Doubling down on versatile safeties for Dick LeBeau is a great way to
play your cards.
|
19
|
Tampa Bay
|
Garrett Bolles
|
T
|
Utah
|
QB Jameis Winston is lethal when he has protection... and a TO-machine
when he does not, so HC Dirk Koetter should beef up the OL.
|
20
|
Denver
|
David Njoku
|
TE
|
Miami
|
New OC Mike McCoy has to fix an offense that fell apart at the end of
2016 and a TE that can threaten the middle of the field is a good place to
start.
|
21
|
Detroit
|
Leonard Fournette
|
RB
|
LSU
|
As QC said last year when he recommended Darrick Henry to the Lions: How
would Matt Stafford look if he had a RB who a D had to respect on first down?
|
22
|
Miami
|
Marlon Humphrey
|
CB
|
Alabama
|
New DC Matt Burke is an design unknown, so a cover corner taught by Nick
Saban seems like a good idea.
|
23
|
NY Giants
|
Cam Robinson
|
T
|
Alabama
|
HC Ben McAdoo designed around poor O-line play in his first year;
Robinson could help mitigate the need to do so in YR2.
|
24
|
Oakland
|
Zach Cunningham
|
LB
|
Vanderbilt
|
HC Jack Del Rio took over D design early in 2016, but he still needs
improved ingredients in the middle of the field for the Raiders to improve.
|
25
|
Houston
|
Mitchell Trubisky
|
QB
|
North Carolina
|
A low maintenance (he sat his first 3 years in college), accurate, NE
Ohio grinder is just the antidote for Bill O'Brien and the Texans' failed Brock
Osweiler experiment.
|
26
|
Seattle
|
Gaeron Conley
|
CB
|
Ohio St.
|
HC Pete Carroll is a master designer, particularly with rangy, tall
cover corners.
|
27
|
Kansas City
|
Christian McCaffrey
|
RB
|
Stanford
|
How excited woud you be to see this guy in Andy Reid's screen game?
Yeah, QC too!
|
28
|
Dallas
|
Taco Charlton
|
DE
|
Michigan
|
Remember what DC Rod Marinelli did with Julius Peppers in Chicago?
Charlton (6-5+) is the tallest pass rush prospect left on the board.
|
29
|
Green Bay
|
Mike Williams
|
WR
|
Clemson
|
With Jordy Nelson getting older, HC Mike McCarthy and OC Tom Clements
need to start breaking in a new No. 1 WR for Aaron Rogers.
|
30
|
Pittsburgh
|
Budda Baker
|
S
|
Washington
|
DC Keith Butler still remembers how Tom Brady and Chris Hogan shredded
his back end in the 2016 AFC Championship Game.
|
31
|
Atlanta
|
Adoree Jackson
|
CB
|
USC
|
HC Dan Quinn is committed to making the Falcons D faster and more
athletic and dangerous; no ingredient in this draft checks all the boxes in
that recipe more than Jackson.
|
32
|
New Orleans
|
Corey Davis
|
WR
|
Western Michigan
|
It is hard to image that HC Sean Payton would not see the big and fluid
Davis as an upgrade from the diminutive Brandin Cooks who was traded for this
pick.
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