Glacially Paced, Sloth-like Tempo Mock (1 Viewer)

[massraider]

#44 New Orleans Saints:

ELi Harold, OLB, Virginia

A perfect confluence of need meeting one of the better players available, and kind of a big drop off at the position after Harold.

Harold steps in across from Junior Galette, replacing......let me check here..........Parys Harylson. Yeah. Parys Harylson.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

Eli Harold was taken by Soulfly3 for Cleveland with the #19 pick of the first round.

Here is the updated list so people don't have to toggle between pages to see who has been taken:

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Round 2

33) TEN -Marcus Mariota, QB Oregon Williams, P.J. CB 6'0" 194 Florida St.

34) TB - - Jameis Winston, QB Florida St Fisher, Jake OT 6'6" 306 Oregon

35) OAK -Amari Cooper, WR Bama DE Owamagbe Odighizuwa 6-3/267/4.53 UCLA
36) JAX -Leonard Williams, DE USC Ajayi, Jay RB 6'0" 221 Boise St.
37) NYJ -Vic Beasley, LB Clemson Perriman, Breshad WR 6'2" 212 Central Florida
38) WAS -Dante Fowler, DE/LB Florida Cann, A.J. OG 6'3" 313 South Carolina
39) CHI -Danny Shelton, DT Washington Grayson, Garrett QB 6'2" 213 Colorado St.
40) NYG -Brandon Scherff, G/T Iowa Anthony, Stephone ILB 6'3" 243 Clemson
41) STL -Kevin White, WR W. Virginia Tomlinson, Laken OG 6'3" 323 Duke
42) ATL -Randy Gregory, DE Nebraska Thompson, Shaq OLB 6'0" 228 Washington
43) CLE -DGB, WR = Eli Harold, LB Virginia - Goldman, Eddie DT 6'4" 336 Florida St.

44) NO -La'el Collins, G/T LSU = (from SEA) - Jalen Collins, CB LSU

45) MIN -DeVante Parker, WR Louisville
46) SF -Alvin "Bud" Dupree, LB Kentucky
47) MIA -Trae Waynes, CB Michigan St.
48) SD -Andrus Peat, OT Stanford
49) KC -Ereck Flowers, OT Miami
50) BUF - *
51) HOU -Erick Kendricks, LB UCLA
52) PHI -Shane Ray, LB Missouri
53) CIN -D.J. Humphries, OT Florida
54) DET -Todd Gurley, RB Georgia
55) ARI -Malcom Brown, DT Texas
56) PIT -Marcus Peters, CB Washington
57) CAR -T.J. Clemmings, OT Pittsburgh
58) BAL -Landon Collins, S Alabama
59) DEN -Kevin Johnson, CB Wake Forest
60) DAL -Melvin Gordon, RB Wisconsin
61) IND -Cameron Erving, C/G/OT Florida St.
62) GB -Arik Armstead, DE Oregon
63) SEA -*
64) NE - Jordan Phillips, DT Oklahoma

 

[massraider]

Well, no wonder I was surprised he was available! Reach by Soulfly, great pick by me.

 

[Bob Magaw]

#44 New Orleans Saints:

ELi Harold, OLB, Virginia

A perfect confluence of need meeting one of the better players available, and kind of a big drop off at the position after Harold.

Harold steps in across from Junior Galette, replacing......let me check here..........Parys Harylson. Yeah. Parys Harylson.

Alas, just not a perfect confluence factoring in availability. EG did some admirable "legwork" already and identified some stellar PK and long snapper-types, if you are in a PICKle.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Cue obligatory Jeopardy intermission music.

Obscure, great moments in draft history fun fact: Johnny Manziel may have been the first pick in draft history for which a hobo had input.*

In fairness, a hobo could have made better picks for the Rams than Trung Canidate and Eric Crouch.

 

[massraider]

Preston Smith gone? If not, going there.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Preston Smith gone? If not, going there.

All yours, MIN up, SF on deck.

* Just for the thread, posts are up to date through NO second round pick in the first post of the thread, and there are periodic running updates on most pages.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Colts gladly select Cameron Erving, OL, FSU.

Protecting the franchise QB trumps all. With last year's UDFA Harrison at C, a beat down Herremans at RG, and overpaid Cherilus at RT, Erving may start day 1. Love his positional flexibility.

I'm now expecting the Chargers to pick Erving at 17. Need meets best center in the draft.

Chargers OL position coach reportedly conducted drills for Erving and others at the FSU pro day today.

* Though the Chargers also just had dinner with top guard prospect Tre Jackson.

 

[Bob Magaw]

The zippy, frenetic, official theme song for the Glacial, Sloth Mock.

Brian Eno - Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960 (from Ambient 4: On Land '82)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH3t3ua68Qg

 

[Biabreakable]

I am feeling torn as far as what would be the best pick for the Vikings at this point and I would like to open up the pick for discussion before I or someone else makes the decision. I did pm Donnybrook earlier about this, but I guess he has been busy today.

What I would like the Vikings to focus on is improving at cornerback. However most of the top corners are gone. Right now the prospects available for consideration are Ronald Darby who certainly has the athletic ability but not as highly regarded as teammate Williams. Others to consider would be Byron Jones mentioned earlier in the thread, Quinton Rollins converted basketball player with great ball skills but limited speed and experience. Eric Rowe who is a bit of a corner/safety tweener.

Defensive end is another area to address but the players available at this point lack pass rushing skills or are perhaps better fits as 3-4 DE or DE/DT tweeners.

There are some offensive linemen I think worth the pick such as Tre Jackson, Cedrick Ogbuehi might be the best available lineman at this point if not for his ACL injury late in the season. While it would be preferable to get a player who can start right away and not carry the injury risk. In the long term the team who selects him may be getting some outstanding value. It is not clear to me how well he would transition to guard at this time.

What do people think would be the best player for the Vikings at this point of the draft? It would be easier to take Jaelen Strong or an offensive lineman at this point if the Vikings had already addressed defense in round one.

 

[Donnybrook]

I made my recommendations to Biabreakable but the pick is his.to make.

I am hoping to used my second pick on some other team that people seem less interested in making. Bob is being incredible patient with us.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I'd like to see Denzel Perryman here.

 

[Bob Magaw]

As good a value as Strong would be, if they draft Parker in the first after already adding Wallace, WR would seem like it can be scrubbed from the to do list in the remaining early round picks. That doesn't account for '13 first round pick Patterson, who they may not have given up on yet. Donovan Smith and Tre Jackson (and Ogbuehi if the knee is on track) would be among the best OL, but they might drop another round? OT might get the command override if the pick was not defense, Loadholt is 29, coming off a torn pect injury and has limitations at RT, may not be worth his contract.

On defense, they do need a CB opposite Rhodes. The broad jump world record holder is insanely athletic, but don't know how he stacks up with his peers and positional counterparts as an actual football player, in coverage and run support, ball skills, etc. Also not sure if there is a pass rusher that would be a good fit (there is one from LSU, but he may be more of a 3-4 OLB than 4-3 DE?). Didn't see LB metioned, but Greenway is getting up there, and the current MLB may be a stop gap, McKinney and Perryman (hadn't seen Andy's comment yet while writing this*) still avail. It seems like the Vikings have sloughed the position since E.J. Henderson was in his prime, pre-broken femur. The Barr pick was a home run, he looks like a future star. He is another freak athlete, if the front office and coaching staff weigh that heavily, that could point back to the combine super star CB? That might be the position they most need, though OL could be up there, too.

* Perryman sounds good (not sure how realistic it might be that he could drop to the third, think more of a second or even late first round prospect in some mocks I've seen). Biabreakable already said it was OK for someone else to make the pick, and did a great job generating discussion. Also helped shape the pick by steering it towards defense, the right call, imo. Donnybrook is OK picking for another team, next time just note your thoughts for the current pick under discussion, so they can be factored in. Andy is a known marauder from the frozen wastelands of the North, and his pick had some overlap with my thinking, so I'm going to go with Perryman to move things along.

No hurry (I took some time myself on the second round pick I found difficult, OL or developmental QB for the Rams), really, other than taking a pick or two per day may cause interest to dwindle, but we are doing better than that. Partly because sometimes we move on rather than dwelling on one pick too long, that doesn't generate a lot interest to at least merit a wider discussion. The advantage, as long as there is a balance of not taking too long, is obviously being able to discuss and reflect on multiple options and perspectives, and the format facilitating the possibility of weighing them more carefully.

DENZEL PERRYMAN, MLB MIAMI

SF OTC, MIA on deck

 

[Faust]

"With the 46th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft the San Francisco 49ers select wide receiver Jaelen Strong, Arizona State."

While the 49ers have additional needs at CB, DL, and OL the fall of Strong ends here. Projected to be long gone by the majority of mock drafts it is a pleasant surprise for the 49ers to find this talented player still available at this stage of our mock draft.

The 49ers do have a hole at WR with the departures of Crabtree and Johnson from their roster and Boldin is a tad long in the tooth - so this pick does fit at a combination of need and BPA.

 

[Bob Magaw]

MIA up

Yeah, I was thinking LB or OL. First rounder was a LB, but OLB Dupree. They lost Willis and Borland. McKinney is still there, and they also lost 3 X Pro Bowler Iupati, with Tre Jackson remaining.

But Strong is killer value, I've been mentioning him for a good part of the second round. They added Torrey Smith, but he may be a somewhat one-dimensional deep threat, until proven otherwise (not too dissimilar from Mike Wallace). They have the rookie fourth rounder that is a great athlete, Bruce Ellington, he played college hoops, too (cousin Andre is the ARI RB), and he could evolve into a dangerous slot WR, but isn't close to the prospect Strong is. Patton is a question mark, and Simpson had a stunted development and than had off field trouble, later underwhelming in MIN after one late career season in CIN, not a career arc or trajectory that inspires much confidence. I think Davis has been underused and could have a few more good seasons left if more involved, but he is 31 and at some point the price/performance ratio may render him expendable.

 

[Biabreakable]

Good catch Andy.

You could have just bumped us down to the next pick Bob. It has happened before.

There is the opportunity to draft a WR for value in Strong, as well as several more WR I like being available here and possibly in the third round as well .This leads me to think the Vikings will pass at WR in the first round

 

[Bob Magaw]

Local product Dorsett might be a replacement for Wallace, not sure if that would be good value in the second, or if they already have that player in Stills, from the NO trade. Maybe they need LBs? OL still?

They got Waynes in the first round, a pick that made a lot of sense.

 

[Slapdash]

Guard is the biggest hole and I believe Tre Jackson is on the board, he'd be a good fit. Could also see LB or WR here.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Let's go with Florida St. guard Tre Jackson in round two with input from a regional Dolphin fan perspective, seems like a reasonable BPA/team need intersection. Just today, DJ on Path to the Draft remarked that he could be an immediate NFL starter.

SD up (which marks the midway point of the second stanza), KC on deck.

 

[JonB86]

SD - Ameer Abdullah, RB, Nebraska, I don't think they want to go into the season with Oliver/Woodhead as the top 2 options on their depth chart, Abdullah makes sense in this range to me!

 

[Bob Magaw]

SOLD!

I was thinking RB for SD, since they didn't grap Gurley or Gordon, instead opting for OT Peat.

KC next, followed by BUF.

The Chiefs took OT Ereck Flowers, for the Bills it will be their first pick in the draft (they traded their first rounder in the Sammy Watkins trade last year).

Addendum to the 2014 hobo Manziel scout misadventure...

Owner Haslam has acknowedged the mistake last year, NOT so much in seeking counsel from a hobo, but only ONE hobo. So in case Mariotta drops, he was accompanied to the pro day by a large retinue of hobo scouts and personnel advisors. A Cleveland hobo community outreach project is being organized, as well as a hobo focus group to help foster better hobo scout and personnel exec training methods going forward, including elite hobo scout mentoring programs.

In an exciting adjunct line of research with potential military applications, the Browns are deep into the development of a DARPA-funded initiative, a HOBOTEK proprietary neural interface virtual reality consensual hallucination engine (see prototype below*), so when one of them receives fortified wine-enhanced scouting inspiration, they all will, in a kind of group mental communion and psychic rapport, like a collaboratively augmented and amplified, NFL personnel evaluation version of Theodore Sturgeon's More Than Human.

* http://www.oocities.org/southbeach/keys/8404/videodrome_helmet.jpg

 

[Andy Dufresne]

SD - Ameer Abdullah, RB, Nebraska, I don't think they want to go into the season with Oliver/Woodhead as the top 2 options on their depth chart, Abdullah makes sense in this range to me!

I was thinking either Abdullah or Tevin Coleman, so...

 

[Crippler]

SD - Ameer Abdullah, RB, Nebraska, I don't think they want to go into the season with Oliver/Woodhead as the top 2 options on their depth chart, Abdullah makes sense in this range to me!

I was thinking either Abdullah or Tevin Coleman, so...

I was gong McKinney at ILB since theirs sucked and could still get a nice RB in the 3rd. I dont mind the core they have at all.

But I was beaten to the punch

 

[FUBAR]

#43. Cleveland Browns select

Goldman, Eddie DT 6'4" 336 Florida St.

Highest rated player available 6.2, at a position of need.

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#43. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS UP NOW

Great pick, he goes in the first round in the majority of mocks I've seen. Not a sexy position, but critically important to a 3-4. In some ways, the hardest to fill in the scheme, just a rare size/skill set combo. Lots of mammoth fat dudes, but good ones with dancing bear agility, great functional power, the requisite intensity and toughness, stamina and endurance to play more than a few snaps a game, and the selflessness and pride in their assignment to eat blocks so teammates can make plays? You can maybe count on one hand in the NFL. Phil Taylor is in a contract year and had knee surgery last season.

I'd lay money on him being gone in the first, but yeah - that's a great pick here.

 

[Bob Magaw]

KC depth chart

http://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/depthchart/KC

Even with Maclin, after Bowe departed, they have little else (at least Kelce looks like a developing receiving weapon from the TE position). Dorsett might be reminiscent of DeSean Jackson? Someone (Curtis Conway?) was talking about how he wasn't a track guy happening to play football, but a football player who happened to run track. Very good releases and subtle moves to gain separation at Senior Bowl practices (think that is where the clips being broken down originated from).

Their DEs (3-4 scheme) aren't very inspiring, but not sure if any around this juncture that would be approx BPA fit?

Derrick Johnson turns 33 and isn't as explosive as he used to be, might be time to groom an eventual successor. McKinney still available.

They could probably use a CB, "world record" avail., and Eric Berry's battle with lymphoma has been a blow (usually treatable with a favorable prognosis if detected early, but no idea if or when he would be able to play again, let alone at his formerly high level). This just isn't a good safety class by all reports, I haven't paid attention after consensus first rounder Collins.

 

[Biabreakable]

DE Mario Edwards would likely be a good fit for their defense. I was looking at him for Denver awhile back. Danielle Hunter could play OLB if they are concerned about Hali getting older.

They could use a corner also. I listed four guys earlier who could be considered there.

I agree they need a WR. But with Alex Smith at QB I see players like Devin Smith or Phillip Dorsett's talents being wasted.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Good point about the QB/WR skill set mismatch, it would be like giving a slow, strictly possession WR to Daryl "Mad Bomber" Lamonica.

 

[Don Quixote]

Someone like McBride may be a better fit than Dorsett/Smith, but, even as the forum's conductor of the McBride train, probably too early for him.

They drafted Dee Ford in the first last year, so they do have someone behind Hali that they seem high on.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Maybe narrow it down to DE Edwards, LB McKinney or a CB.

Big DEs* that can man the 3-4 edge are tough to find (especially in a league with proliferating 3-4s), but not sure what his overall grade is relative to the LB and remaining CBs?

* Essentially a hybrid DE/DT position, bigger than a typical 4-3 DE, more athletic than a typical run stuffing DT, ideally can pressure the QB on occasion.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Chiefs should roll the dice on Paul Dawson here.

He had a comeback performance at his pro-day (he said he tweaked his hammy at the Combine) and the Chiefs' best ILB is coming off a torn achilles.

I think he'd be a monster in a 3-4.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Paul Dawson, LB TCU.

He ran a seemingly ponderous 4.8 at the Combine, but reportedly so did Bowman and Sean Lee. I think he is the best TCU LB since Daryl Washington.

BUF up. They are looking stacked on offense, except for QB. Have McCoy, Watkins, Harvin and Clay. Hundley and Petty avail.* Not sure about state of the OL.

They had to trade Alonso to get McCoy, maybe McKinney? They do have other LBs.

* Not sure how they grade them, but if the organization viewed either or both of the QBs as potential starters, the positional value would seem to trump the others. If not, that would render the point irrelevant.

** Ringo Starr in the film A Hard Days Night, during a cocktail party interview. "Are you a mod, or a rocker? I'm a mocker.

 

[massraider]

1st round steals:

PHI-Shane Ray

IND-Cam Erving

GB-Arik Armsted

1st round reaches:

CLE-DGB (was this shtick?)

Chicago, New Orleans, Cleveland and the Giants, one could make an argument that all should have taken the best corner in the draft over their picks.

 

[Biabreakable]

BUF up. They are looking stacked on offense, except for QB. Have McCoy, Watkins, Harvin and Clay. Hundley and Petty avail.* Not sure about state of the OL.

I think it would make sense for them to draft a QB here. It might be a bit like throwing good money after bad, but either Hundley, Petty or Grayson I think have a shot to become their best QB by 2016.

 

[Bob Magaw]

BUF up. They are looking stacked on offense, except for QB. Have McCoy, Watkins, Harvin and Clay. Hundley and Petty avail.* Not sure about state of the OL.

I think it would make sense for them to draft a QB here. It might be a bit like throwing good money after bad, but either Hundley, Petty or Grayson I think have a shot to become their best QB by 2016.

I agree, Grayson went to CHI already.

Your pick, do you like Hundley or Petty more?

 

[Biabreakable]

BUF up. They are looking stacked on offense, except for QB. Have McCoy, Watkins, Harvin and Clay. Hundley and Petty avail.* Not sure about state of the OL.

I think it would make sense for them to draft a QB here. It might be a bit like throwing good money after bad, but either Hundley, Petty or Grayson I think have a shot to become their best QB by 2016.

I agree, Grayson went to CHI already.

Your pick, do you like Hundley or Petty more?

Hundley.

 

[Bob Magaw]

1st round steals:

PHI-Shane Ray

IND-Cam Erving

GB-Arik Armsted

1st round reaches:

CLE-DGB (was this shtick?)

Chicago, New Orleans, Cleveland and the Giants, one could make an argument that all should have taken the best corner in the draft over their picks.

CHI just took Fuller in the top half of the first round last year. That wouldn't rule out doing it again, but I think they would prioritize Shelton over Waynes.

 

[Bob Magaw]

I like Hundley's upside, too.

BUF - Brett Hundley, QB UCLA

Which gets us through pick 50.

Next - HOU (Erick Kendricks), PHI (Shane Ray), first round picks shown.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

Houston team needs:

http://walterfootball.com/offseason2015hou.php

Team Needs:

1. Quarterback: As mentioned the season summary, the Texans were a good quarterback away from contending for the Super Bowl. I don't know how they're going to land a franchise-caliber signal-caller; they may have to take a shot on a second-day prospect. Signed Brian Hoyer; re-signed Ryan Mallett
   
   
2. Center: Long-time center Chris Myers was released because of financial A replacement is needed.

• Defensive End: J.J. Watt is the best player in the NFL, but he's the only talented five-technique Houston has, as the team never found a replacement for Antonio Smith. Jared Crick was fine, but he's just a rotational-type player.
• Rush Linebacker: Pass-rushing depth is needed, especially with Brooks Reed heading into free agency.

 

[Don Quixote]

I picked Kendricks for HOU in the first, so I guess I can pick for them again... They need someone opposite Hopkins (better than Cecil Shorts). I didn't think WR value was there in the first, but I think it is there now.

I'll go for Devin Smith, WR, Ohio State. I think he's better overall than Dorsett.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

I picked Kendricks for HOU in the first, so I guess I can pick for them again... They need someone opposite Hopkins (better than Cecil Shorts). I didn't think WR value was there in the first, but I think it is there now.

I'll go for Devin Smith, WR, Ohio State. I think he's better overall than Dorsett.

I like it Don-Qx. Uber deep speed combined with the big arm of Mallett could be a deadly combo.

PHILLY UP NOW.

 

[Bob Magaw]

PHI DOESN'T need a RB. Or ILB (surprisingly just extended DeMeco Ryans rehabbing from a ruptured Achilles tendon, traded McCoy for Alonso, and have '12 second rounder Kendricks, unless they now intend to trade him, but I'm not assuming that, how much longer can Ryans play?).

Possibly CB?* Not sure about OL. Love taps cause Bradford's ACL to explode, so that could be a consideration.

* A ducky pick would be All-American Oregon CB IEO, but he probably drops a lot further, rehabbing a 2014 torn ACL. He isn't like a Gurley, potential once or twice a decade talent.

 

[psychobillies]

1st round steals:

PHI-Shane Ray

IND-Cam Erving

GB-Arik Armsted

1st round reaches:

CLE-DGB (was this shtick?)

Chicago, New Orleans, Cleveland and the Giants, one could make an argument that all should have taken the best corner in the draft over their picks.

In my case, with New Orleans, CB was not BPA. They just signed Browner to start opposite Kenan Lewis. Considering that, I'd say guard was a more pressing need than corner, and the talent was there.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

1st round steals:

PHI-Shane Ray

IND-Cam Erving

GB-Arik Armsted

1st round reaches:

CLE-DGB (was this shtick?)

Chicago, New Orleans, Cleveland and the Giants, one could make an argument that all should have taken the best corner in the draft over their picks.

In my case, with New Orleans, CB was not BPA. They just signed Browner to start opposite Kenan Lewis. Considering that, I'd say guard was a more pressing need than corner, and the talent was there.

I made the pick of CB Jalen Collins with the Saint's 2nd first-round pick and I think that was a solid value there. I honestly was not even thinking of the LSU connection at the time and didn't register La'el Collins was their first pick of the round. Kismet.

Also the Browns have a Pro Bowl CB in Joe Haden and just signed CB Tramon Williams and they drafted CB Justin Gilbert in the top-ten last year so they are not going to take corners back-to-back with their top selection in this draft.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

As an assist here are the Eagles remaining needs:

http://walterfootball.com/offseason2015phi.php

Safety: Here's the third upgrade to the defensive backfield. Malcolm Jenkins played well, but the Eagles need to find another safety to replace the oft-torched Nate Allen. There aren't any safety prospects worth taking in the second half of the opening round, so this is an area that'll have to be upgraded on Day 2.

Guard: The Eagles have a solid offensive line when everyone's healthy, but the one liability up front is at right guard, where Todd Herremans struggled last year. A second-day selection could be used on help here.

Past Eagles draft top five picks from last year's draft:


http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/teams/eagles

2014
1. DE Marcus Smith
2. WR Jordan Mathews
3. WR Josh Huff
4. DB Jaylen Watkins
5. DE Taylor Hart

 

[Don Quixote]

PHI DOESN'T need a RB. Or ILB (surprisingly just extended DeMeco Ryans rehabbing from a ruptured Achilles tendon, traded McCoy for Alonso, and have '12 second rounder Kendricks, unless they now intend to trade him, but I'm not assuming that, how much longer can Ryans play?).

Possibly CB?* Not sure about OL. Love taps cause Bradford's ACL to explode, so that could be a consideration.

* A ducky pick would be All-American Oregon CB IEO, but he probably drops a lot further, rehabbing a 2014 torn ACL. He isn't like a Gurley, potential once or twice a decade talent.

Byron Jones is maybe a CB that could go around here?

 

[Late225]

Eagles fan here. Definitely OLine, WR, CB, or safety. If OT, you want someone who can play guard. If corner, you want someone 6'0" or 5'11" with long arms.


Complete list of known Eagles draft visits
DE Owamagbe Odighizuwa, UCLA
WR Rashad Greene, Florida State
LS Joe Cardona, Navy
OL Terry Poole, San Diego State
TE Randall Telfer, USC
WR Chris Conley, Georgia
CB Kevin Johnson, Wake Forest
WR Jaelen Strong, Arizona State
LB Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State
S Damarious Randall, Arizona State

Guys they reportedly talked to:

• Nelson Agholor, WR, USC (PRI)
• Stephone Anthony, ILB, Clemson (PRO)
• Deion Barnes, DE, Penn State (SR)
• Blake Bell, TE, Oklahoma (PRO)
• T.J. Clemmings, OT, Pittsburgh (SR)
• Justin Coleman, CB, Tennessee (INT)
• Chris Conley, WR, Georgia (PRI)
• Alvin Dupree, OLB/DE/3-4OLB, Kentucky (PRO)
• Mark Glowinski, G, West Virginia (EW)
• Antwan Goodley, WR, Baylor (SR)
• Connor Halliday, QB, Washington State (COM)
• Mike Hull, ILB/OLB, Penn State (SR)
• Brett Hundley, QB, UCLA (COM)
• Eric Kendricks, OLB/ILB, UCLA (COM)
• Ali Marpet, G/OT, Hobart (COM)
• Benardrick McKinney, OLB/ILB, Mississippi State (PRI)
• Nate Orchard, DE/OLB, Utah (SR)
• Denzel Perryman^, OLB/ILB, Miami (SR%, COM)
• Casey Pierce, TE, Kent State (WOR)
• Terry Poole, OT, San Diego State (PRI)
• Jeremiah Poutasi, OT/G, Utah (PRI)
• Damarious Randall, S, Arizona State (PRI)
• Eric Rowe^, CB, Utah (VINT, WOR)
• Ty Sambrailo, OT, Colorado State (SR)
• Josh Shaw, CB/S, USC (SR)
• Blake Sims, QB, Alabama (COM)
• Devin Smith, WR, Ohio State (SR)
• Junior Sylvestre, OLB, Toledo (PRO)
• Randall Telfer^, TE, USC (PRI, WOR)
• T.J. Yeldon, RB, Alabama (COM)
• Read more at http://walterfootball.com/ProspectMeetings/ByTeam#ehJ3MK8ivDwRLcrZ.99

WR Nelson Agholor, USC

 

[Late225]

Jones, Randall, Rowe, or Agholor is probably the pick here unless someone slipped and I didn't notice.

 

[Late225]

My gut says they pick Jones Here. Deep WR class so maybe someone drops. Plus, they just brought in a veteran. Maybe one of Randall or Rowe falls to the third.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Jones it is.

I neglected to mention WR at first, but was thinking about it, because they have lost Jackson and Maclin in consecutive years, and may be a bit thin on playmakers at the position, despite spending a second and third on Mathews and Huff last year. They do have the TE Ertz, who seems to be underused, but talented. But agree, perhaps they are more likely to get a better CB/WR than WR/CB combo by sequencing it this way, if WR depth is superior to CB.

Byron Jones, CB UConn

* Also, his athleticism and speed would come in handy in a division with freaky WR talent such as Dez Bryant, OBJ and former Eagle Jackson.

 

[Bob Magaw]

CIN (OT Humphries) and DET (Gurley) up next. First round picks shown.

* BTW, good positional fit of WR to HOU. I'm not as familiar with Smith, but because of the departure of Andre Johnson, some mocks have them selecting a WR like Strong in the first, so this way they fill the positional need in round two, and he will make a good speed, deep threat, explosive play complement to Hopkins.

Also, I feel like calling this a wrap after two rounds, it has been fun and instructive for me and hopefully others, I learned a few things in part just from being prompted to do the league wide BPA/team positional need intersection research. Others can set up there own collaborative mocks if they want in the remaining near month before the draft.