Mel Kipers 1st round mock

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Mel Kiper's first round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	College
1	Detroit	Matthew Stafford	QB	Georgia
2	St. Louis	Andre Smith	OT	Alabama
3	Kansas City	Mark Sanchez	QB	USC
4	Seattle	Michael Crabtree	WR	Texas Tech
5	Cleveland	Aaron Curry	LB	Wake Forest
6	Cincinnati	Jason Smith	OT	Baylor
7	Oakland	Jeremy Maclin	WR	Missouri
8	Jacksonville	Eugene Monroe	OT	Virginia
9	Green Bay	Malcolm Jenkins	CB	Ohio St.
10	San Francisco	Aaron Maybin	DE/OLB	Penn St.
11	Buffalo	Brandon Pettigrew	TE	Oklahoma St.
12	Denver	B.J. Raji	DT	Boston College
13	Washington	Brian Orakpo	DE	Texas
14	New Orleans	Vontae Davis	CB	Illinois
15	Houston	Everette Brown	DE	Florida St.
16	San Diego	Knowshon Moreno	RB	Georgia
17	New York Jets	Percy Harvin	WR	Florida
18	Chicago	Tyson Jackson	DE	LSU
19	Tampa Bay	Josh Freeman	QB	Kansas St.
20	Detroit (from Dallas)	Rey Maualuga	LB	USC
21	Philadelphia	Chris "Beanie" Wells	RB	Ohio St.
22	Minnesota	Hakeem Nicks	WR	North Carolina
23	New England	Brian Cushing	LB	USC
24	Atlanta	Larry English	DE/OLB	No. Illinois
25	Miami	Darrius Heyward-Bey	WR	Maryland
26	Baltimore	D.J. Moore	CB	Vanderbilt
27	Indianapolis	Peria Jerry	DT	Mississippi
28	Philadelphia (from Carolina)	Michael Oher	OT	Mississippi
29	New York Giants	James Laurinaitis	LB	Ohio St.
30	Tennessee	Michael Johnson	DE	Georgia Tech
31	Arizona	LeSean McCoy	RB	Pittsburgh
32	Pittsburgh	Alex Mack	C	California

[crimedog]

I'd imagine we'd snag one of the USC 'backers if they fell.

I'm not sure how TD views our OLine but if Mike Oher is still on the board, I'd take a long hard look at him... I read The Blind Side though so I just think he'd be a cool guy to have on the team.

[coachx]

I'd be thrilled with any of:

LB Cushing

LB Maualuga

LB Lauruniatis (Why has he fallen so bad in 1 year ?)

DE M. Johnson (Why has he fallen so far ?)

DT Jerry

or that little CB from Wake Forest the Kiper does not list but Mike Mayock LOVES this kid.

Lauruniatis did not show for the Senior Bowl.....What gives ? He would have been playing for the North so its not like he would have been made to look bad vs. USC players and SEC players when the South team practiced vs. one another. I thought that kid was competitor !

Wow ! Detroit is in a sweet spot....I had no idea they had pick #20 (from the R. Williams trade) with the #1 pick ! I could see them copying the Falcons and going QB #1 and best LT available at #20.

[atlien]

I still like Pettigrew or Raji if they fall to us.

[Admin]

I'd imagine we'd snag one of the USC 'backers if they fell.

I'm not sure how TD views our OLine but if Mike Oher is still on the board, I'd take a long hard look at him... I read The Blind Side though so I just think he'd be a cool guy to have on the team.

One thing I remember seeing in the "Falcons Draft Thread" was that Sultan mentioned Dimitroff came from the Patriots and that he thought you guys would go OL in the 1st but if the Falcons draft the way that the Patriots do you're a lot more likely to look at DL, TE, and skill positions in the 1st round and OL later in the draft.

Look at their recent 1st round draft history since 2001 which I believe was Dimitroff's 1st year with the Pats. In the 1st round since 2001 they went DE (2001), TE (2002), DT (2003), DT (2004), TE (2004), G (2005), RB (2006), S (2007), LB (2008)

2008 - Jerod Mayo (LB) 10th pick

No offensive lineman selected

2007 - Brandon Meriweather (S) 24th pick

First offensive lineman taken was in the 5th round

2006 - Laurence Maroney (RB) 21st pick

First offensive lineman taken was in the 5th round

2005 - Logan Mankins (G) 25th pick

Also selected Nick Kaczur in the 3rd round

2004 - Vince Wilfork (DT) 21st pick

2004 - Benjamin Watson (TE) 32nd pick

No offensive lineman selected

2003 - Ty Warren (DT) 13th pick

First offensive lineman taken was in the 5th round

2002 - Daniel Graham (TE) 21st pick

No offensive lineman selected

2001 - Richard Seymour (DE) 6th pick

First offensive lineman taken was in the 2nd round

Patriots starting offensive line

LT - Matt Light - 2nd round pick, 2001

LG - Logan Mankins - 1st round pick , 2005

C - Dan Koppen - 5th round pick, 2003

RG - Stephen Neal - Rookie free agent 2001

RT - Nick Kaczur - 3rd round pick, 2005

[buckeye242424]

One thing I remember seeing in the "Falcons Draft Thread" was that Sultan mentioned Dimitroff came from the Patriots and that he thought you guys would go OL in the 1st but if the Falcons draft the way that the Patriots do you're a lot more likely to look at DL, TE, and skill positions in the 1st round and OL later in the draft.

Look at their recent 1st round draft history since 2001 which I believe was Dimitroff's 1st year with the Pats. In the 1st round since 2001 they went DE (2001), TE (2002), DT (2003), DT (2004), TE (2004), G (2005), RB (2006), S (2007), LB (2008)

2008 - Jerod Mayo (LB) 10th pick

No offensive lineman selected

2007 - Brandon Meriweather (S) 24th pick

First offensive lineman taken was in the 5th round

HOMER ALERT!! Three Buckeyes in the first round, NICE! Too bad they can't win a BCS game.

2006 - Laurence Maroney (RB) 21st pick

First offensive lineman taken was in the 5th round

2005 - Logan Mankins (G) 25th pick

Also selected Nick Kaczur in the 3rd round

2004 - Vince Wilfork (DT) 21st pick

2004 - Benjamin Watson (TE) 32nd pick

No offensive lineman selected

2003 - Ty Warren (DT) 13th pick

First offensive lineman taken was in the 5th round

2002 - Daniel Graham (TE) 21st pick

No offensive lineman selected

2001 - Richard Seymour (DE) 6th pick

First offensive lineman taken was in the 2nd round

Patriots starting offensive line

LT - Matt Light - 2nd round pick, 2001

LG - Logan Mankins - 1st round pick , 2005

C - Dan Koppen - 5th round pick, 2003

RG - Stephen Neal - Rookie free agent 2001

RT - Nick Kaczur - 3rd round pick, 2005

[coachx]

Lauruniatis did not show for the Senior Bowl.....What gives ? He would have been playing for the North so its not like he would have been made to look bad vs. USC players and SEC players when the South team practiced vs. one another. I thought that kid was competitor !

Todd McKShay (Sp ?) was just on ESPN......................He was saying Lauruniatis got some bad advise from the OSU coaching staff..............they told him he had no reason to go to the Senior Bowl b/c had nothing to gain.....(News to OSU, smaybe you have something to lose ?)........Well, b/c of that the USC LBs have really impressed and shined (vs. SEC and Big 12 South Competion) at Senior Bowl practice with the South team.

McKshay says Lauruniatis will now likely be the 3rd or 4th LB taken when he could have comepeted to be the 1st LB taken. He says teams in the top 10 fear he is trying to hide something about his game. The drop in being picked 5th and 25th is a ton of dough !

Edited January 23, 2009 by coachx

[frosgrim]

Todd McKShay (Sp ?) was just on ESPN......................He was saying Lauruniatis got some bad advise from the OSU coaching staff..............they told him he had no reason to go to the Senior Bowl b/c had nothing to gain.....(News to OSU, smaybe you have something to lose ?)........Well, b/c of that the USC LBs have really impressed and shined (vs. SEC and Big 12 South Competion) at Senior Bowl practice with the South team.

McKshay says Lauruniatis will now likely be the 3rd or 4th LB taken when he could have comepeted to be the 1st LB taken. He says teams in the top 10 fear he is trying to hide something about his game. The drop in being picked 5th and 25th is a ton of dough !

Bad for Lauruniatis, good for the Falcons! I would love to have that guy take over for Brooking.

[DrReality]

Those USC guys look like they are pro before they graduate. One of them would be a nice addition but I gotta think he goes DL and there are a coupld of good ones.

What do you guys think of Michael Johnson from Tech. Got a big motor but needs to bulk up.

[uga2006]

Just say no to all the USC linebackers. Mualauga(sp) will not be able to cover anyone and will be mediocre. Cushing is not as bad but he's not that good either. English seems like a good pick and I wouldn't mind Jerry or Oher if that's how the draft went. I've heard alot of comparissons of English to Abraham. He seems to be a pretty athletic DE just goes to a small school. I have total faith in Dimitroff whoever he picks. The guy does his homework like no other as last years draft showed you.