Steamroller’s Mock: Weirdest Mock Ever.

• FirST OF ALL, PARCELLS WILL TRY TO TRADE DOWN WITH THIS PICK BECAUSE THIS TEAM NEEDS SO MUCH AND SIGNING ONE PLAYER TO A BOAT LOAD OF MONEY IS NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM THE CAP SPACE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE. PARCELLS HAS TO REBUILD THE TEAM. CONSIDERING NO ONE IS WILLING TO TRADE WITH PARCELLS, MIAMI PICKS CHRIS LONG. HE IS THE BEST DEFENSIVE END PROSPECT IN THE DRAFT, AND PARCELLS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM SINCE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TAYLOR WON’T BE AROUND. BUT IF POSSIBLE A TRADE WILL BE MADE.

• ST.LOUIS NEEDS OL IMPROVEMENT TO GET STEPHEN JACKSON GOING AT HIS FULL POTENTIAL. WITH THE SIGNING OF JACOB BELL AND THE RETURN OF ORLANDO PACE THIS COMPLETES A GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON THE O-LINE FOR 08′.

• WITH ALL THE DRAMA FROM THE VICK ORDEAL, BLANKS WANTS TO PUT HIM IN THE PAST AND MOVE ON. HE MAKES HIS STATEMENT BY SIGNING MATT RYAN AS THE QUARTERBACK OF THE FUTURE.

• DARREN MCFADDEN LOOKS SO TEMPTING, BUT SINCE WARREN SAPP HAS RETIRED, THIS LEAVES A NEED FOR REPLACEMENT. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE RE-SIGNING OF TOMMY KELLY AND THE ADDITION OF WILLIAM JOSEPH ARE ENOUGH,BUT LOOK UP THE FACTS ON THESE GUYS. WILLIAM JOSEPH IS A BUST. HE DIDN’T EVEN PLAY LAST YEAR, BUT EVEN WHEN HE PLAYED PREVIOUSLY, HE DID’NT PRODUCE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD DEFENSIVE TACKLES TO CHOOSE FROM, BUT AL DAVIS CHOOSES ONE CLOSE TO HOME, SEDRICK ELLIS USC.

• THEIR BIGGEST NEED IS AT CB, AND THEY WILL ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO GRAB JENKINS. THEY MAY TALK TRADES SINCE THE BEST RB AND WR ARE STILL ON THE BOARD. AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IS CONSIDERED, BUT IN THE END THEY TAKE JENKINS AT CORNERBACK.

• DARREN MCFADDEN IS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER OFFENSIVE IMPACT PLAYER IN THIS DRAFT, AND THE JETS WILL NOT PASS HIM UP. (IF DALLAS IS TO TRADE UP FOR HIM, ATLANTA IS THE LOGICAL TEAM TO TRADE WITH SINCE AL DAVIS COULD TURN TO THE SECOND ROUND AND TAKE A LESS THAN GREAT DEFENSIVE TACKLE TO SELECT MCFADDEN WITH THE #4 PICK, EVENTHOUGH DEFENSIVE TACKLE IS A GREATER NEED.)

• ONE REASON…MAKE THAT TWO, THEY JUST LOST ASANTE SAMUEL AND RANDALL GAY. ENOUGH SAID.

• EVERYONE KNOWS THE QB SITUATION IN BALTIMORE. MCNAIR’S TIME IS UP, AND BROHM IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE BEST IN THE DRAFT.THIS IS A EASY PICK FOR BALTIMORE.

• CINCY’S #1 AND #2 RECIEVERS ARE A LITTLE DISGRUNTLED THESE DAYS, AND A DISTRACTION TO THE TEAM. AND EVENTHOUGH BIG DT PROSPECT GLENN DORSEY IS TEMPTING, HE HAS A FEW QUESTION MARKS ABOUT HIS HEALTH AND WILL NEED TO HAVE A BIG PRO DAY WORKOUT AND CHECK-UP TO RAISE HIS STOCK BACK UP. WITH ALL THE WR DRAMA IN CINCY, THEY CHOOSE TO GO THAT WAY. MALCOLM KELLY IS CONSIDERED BY MOST TO BE THE BEST WIDE RECIEVER IN THE DRAFT, AND HE CAN PICK UP THE #2 SPOT SO OCHO CINCO CAN GET HIS WISH AND HIT THE ROAD.(CINCINATTI WILL GET A LOT IN TRADE FOR #85 AND A LOT THEY NEED.)

• NEW ORLEANS PICKED UP RANDALL GAY TO ADDRESS THE SECONDARY WEAKNESS IN FREE AGENCY AND WILL TAKE A COUPLE MORE DB’S LATER, BUT THE DEFENSIVE LINE IS AN AGING GROUP FOR THE MOST PART AND ALMOST AS MUCH OF A WEAKNESS. GLENN DORSEY IS THE MOST LOGICAL CHOICE SINCE THERE ISN’T A LOT OF GREAT TALENT AT DEFENSIVE TACKLE IN THIS DRAFT, AND THAT IS THE AREA OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE THAT NEEDS THE MOST ATTENTION.

• THE BILLS STILL HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO LAND A RECIEVER TO PAIR UP WITH LEE EVANS AND GIVE EDWARDS SOME TARGETS IN FREE AGENCY, BUT AT THIS POINT THEY WILL LIKELY WAIT. THEY FELT COMING INTO THE DRAFT THEY HAD A LEGIT SHOT OF LANDING MALCOLM KELLY, BUT THEY ARE VERY SATISFIED WITH THIS ONE. DEVIN THOMAS WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS BUFFALO TEAM.

• JAY CUTLER COULD DESPERATELY USE SOME BETTER PASS PROTECTION. SINCE JAKE LONG IS OFF THE BOARD, THEY TURN THEIR EYES UPON THIS 6′-6″ 320 LB BEAST FROM THE LAND OF BLUE.

• ANOTHER TALENTED DE, AND JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED FOR CAROLINA. JULIUS PEPPERS HAD A DIFFICULT YEAR LAST YEAR AND NEEDS A PARTNER TO HELP RUSH THE PASSER. THIS GUY LOVES PUTTING QB’S IN THE TURF, AND HE IS GOOD AT IT. VERNON GHOLSTON TURNED IN GREAT #’S AT THE COMBINE ALSO, PUSHING HIM AHEAD OF A LOT OF COMPETITION AT DE IN THIS DRAFT.

• LOSING THOMAS JONES LAST YEAR, AND THE POOR PRODUCTION THEY GET FROM CEDRIC BENSON MAKES THIS LOCAL FAVORITE AT RB A NO BRAINER. MENDENHALL FITS THE NEED, AND THE FANS LOVE IT.

• KITNA IS ON THE GROUND HALF THE GAME, IF NOT MORE, EVERY GAME. CHRIS WILLIAMS, ANOTHER GUY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING SOME PUSH UP FRONT IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST SINCE LONG AND CLADY ARE OFF THE BOARD.

• THE SECONDARY IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN, AND WITH JENKINS AND MCKELVIN OFF THE BOARD THEY CHOOSE ANOTHER TALENTED GUY WHO SHOULD BE READY TO GO REAL SOON. A GOOD COVER AND PHYSICAL CORNER, AQIB TALIB IS THE COMPLETE PACKAGE.

• THEY ADDRESSED THE WR PROBLEM IN FREE AGENCY AND TURN TO IMPROVE THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL FIRST IN THE DRAFT. QUENTIN GROVES IS YET ANOTHER DE ON TOP OF THE CHARTS. HE WILL BE A FUTURE STAR IN THIS ALREADY GREAT DEFENSE.

• HOUSTON AVERAGES LESS THAN 100 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME. THEY NEED A GOOD RB TO COMPETE IN THIS VERY TOUGH DIVISION. FELIX JONES IS A GREAT PICK UP TO SUPERCHARGE THE TEXAN’S RUNNING GAME.

• THIS ONE IS AN EYE OPENER THIS EARLY IN FIRST ROUND, MOSTLY DUE TO HIS SMALL STATURE, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE CONSIDERED. HE IS A BURNER. COMPARABLE, I THINK, TO ANOTHER LESS THAN FLASHY RECIEVER THAT PLAYED ALONG SIDE OF STALLWORTH LAST YEAR. RING A BELL? IT SHOULD. WES WELKER WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE NEW ENGLAND OFFENSIVE SUCCESS LAST YEAR. PLUS DESEAN HAS A VERY HARD WORK ETHIC. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE HAS BEEN TRAINING WITH JERRY RICE IF THAT TELLS YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

• THE CORNERBACK POSITION COULD BE ADDRESSED HERE, BUT MUCH LIKE MINNESOTA TOOK A RISK IN A INJURY PRONE RB LAST YEAR, TAMPA BAY TAKES A RISK AND SELECTS LIMAS SWEED WHO MANY THOUGHT BEFORE THE 2007 SEASON STARTED COULD BE THE BEST RECIEVER IN THE DRAFT.

• THIS ONE IS A TOUGH PICK TO THINK ABOUT. AS SAD OF A STORY AS IT IS, TAYLOR NEEDS A REPLACEMENT AND WITH KENNY PHILLIPS STILL ON THE BOARD AT #21 IT JUST IS A NEED THAT CAN’T BE PASSED UP.

• THIS IS THE BEST AVAILABLE PLAYER TO FIT THIER NEEDS AT THIS POINT, AND IF THEY WAIT TIL THE #28 PICK, HE WILL BE GONE. DRC IS THE TOTAL PACKAGE AND COULD REPLACE THE AGING ANTHONY HENRY AS SOON AS THIS YEAR AS A STARTER. HENRY’S ROLE THEN COULD BE A BACK-UP CORNER AND FREE SAFETY.

• WITH FANECA LEAVING, PITTSBURGH NEEDS THE BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE THE O-LINE. THEY DON’T HAVE TO LOOK FAR IN FINDING THIS ONE. HE IS THE TOP RATED GUARD IN THE DRAFT, PLUS HE CAN PLAY TACKLE IF NECESSARY.

• AFTER LOSING ANTWAN ODOM AND TRAVIS LABOY, A DE IS A MUST. DERRICK HARVEY IS THE BEST AVAILABLE AT THIS POINT I BELIEVE, BUT PHILLIP MERLING OR CALAIS CAMPBELL ARE ALSO POSSIBILITIES.

• SEATTLE NEEDS TO ADD DEPTH AT DT, AND BALMER IS THE BEST CHOICE NOW SINCE DORSEY AND ELLIS ARE OFF THE BOARD.

• BOBBY MCCRAY AND MARCUS STROUD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS THE BEST CHOICE.

• HEARTBROKEN THEY LOST A CHANCE AT ANOTHER CROMARTIE, SAN DIEGO TURNS TO DRAFT ANOTHER GOOD CORNER NOW SINCE THEY ARE GOING FAST.

• WITH D MAC AND FELIX JONES GONE AT DALLAS’S FIRST PICK,THEY WAIT TILL THE SECOND AND SELECT CHRIS JOHNSON. THIS GUY IS TOO TALENTED TO GO DEEP INTO THE SECOND ROUND, AND DALLAS NEEDS A FAST BACK TO COMPLIMENT BARBER’S BRUISING STYLE. THIS GUY IS THE FASTEST AMONG THIS RB CLASS. (JAMAAL CHARLES WOULD BE A GOOD CHOICE HERE ALSO IF JOHNSON IS NOT AVAILABLE.)

• THIS OFFENSE STRUGGLED LAST YEAR AND DID NOT LIVE UP TO ITS HIGH EXPECTATIONS. ISAAC BRUCE IS A BAND AID, BUT HARDY IS THE RECEIVER OF THE FUTURE.

• GREEN BAY IS IN POSITION TO TAKE THE BEST PLAYER IN THE DRAFT. THIS GUY IS THE #1 LB IN THE DRAFT. EASY CHOICE, PARCELLS IS HEARTBROKE IF HE CAN’T TRADE BACK INTO THE 1ST TO PICK THIS GUY UP.

• NEW YORK LOST A COUPLE OF DB’S IN FREE AGENCY AND WILL BE IN A WORLD OF HURT IF THEY DON’T BUILD IT BACK UP. REGGIE CAN PLAY SAFETY AND CORNER WHICH IS A BIG PLUS GIVEN THE SITUATION WHICH HELPS SINCE THERE ARE NOT MANY GOOD SAFETYS IN THIS DRAFT.

BANDWAGON LOSERS!!!