Latason Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 HOMER MINI MOCK:Cincy is the first fork in the road. Let's say they take OT Andre Smith over Orakpo. Brian Orakpo then goes to Oakland at 7. Orakpo is likely gone by 7 at the latest. Jax will take OT or Maualuga--most say OT. Let's say Eugene Monroe OT. Green Bay, who many draftniks say will draft Orakpo if he's there, will take Malcolm Jenkins. Charles Woodson is 32 and Al Harris (ruptured spleen) is 34. Like last year, San Fran has the chance to muck it up for the Bills. They could take Raji DT, Sanchez QB, a LB again (Maualuga, Everette Brown DE/OLB, Curry if he drops) or take one of the top 3 OT's (after Oher; Monroe, Smith, Smith). They took Willis last year, and Shaun Hill is their QB. Even though Singletary is a Defense guy, they take QB Mark Sanchez. That takes us up to the Bills pick, where in this scenario they have quite a nice choice on the board: Rey Maulaluga ILB--------- (at 14 on our Big Board) BJ Raji DT -------------------(at 15 on our Big Board) Everette Brown DE/OLB---- (at 9 on our Big Board) Jason Smith OT Baylor -----(at 11 on our Big Board) Jeremy Maclin WR---------- (at 13 on our Big Board) Pettigrew TE -----------------(at 27 on our Big Board) Is this a no-brainer for Everette Brown, who some NFL guys are saying would be a good 3-4 LB (he's 254 pounds)? Or do you grab Maualuga and push Poz outside? Or do you take Raji for an awesome 1-2 DT rush combo? Does the fact that Jason Smith is still there change your mind? Do you want the best TE in the draft (and the only one who can block as well as catch)? Notice I am NOT giving you a trade-down choice. This will help me reshuffle our Positional Priorities at DraftTek. Thanks! Astro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latason Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I like your thinking of taking Maualuga and shifting Poz outside....we need toughness in the middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobot Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 DraftTek just released its 8th Consensus Draft, where the correspondents from each team send in positional needs. It's showing: 1 Detroit Andre Smith OT Alabama -2 Reach 2 St Louis Michael Crabtree WRF Texas Tech +1 Value 3 Kansas City Aaron Curry ILB Wake Forest +1 Value 4 Seattle Michael Oher OT Mississippi -1 Reach 5 Cleveland Everette Brown OLB34 Florida State -4 Reach 6 Cincinnati Eugene Monroe OT Virginia -2 Reach 7 Oakland Jason Smith OT Baylor -4 Reach 8 Jacksonville Jeremy Maclin WRF Missouri -5 Reach 9 Green Bay BJ Raji DT43 Boston College -6 Reach 10 San Francisco Brian Orakpo OLB34 Texas +0 Value Source : http://www.drafttek.com/round12009.asp Most of the players you like are gone by our pick. Johnson DE is at 24 on our Big Board, and Pettigrew TE is now at 27, indicating that (barring taking Maualuga ILB in this scenario) a trade down is more likely than before. Given these 4 choices, what sounds best? All presuppose getting a Free Agent TE: 1. Take Maualuga ILB with no trade, slip Poz outside; get a Free Agent TE, and take DE Connor Barwin in Round 2. 2. Do the Minnesota trade at #22 so they can take QB; get a Free Agent TE, get DE Maybin and a 2nd; take OLB Clay Matthews at #42 and at #54 take WR Brian Robiskie. 3. Do a Detroit trade at #20 so they can take Malcolm Jenkins CB at #11; get OLB Cushing at #20 and the first pick in RD3#65 and RD5; take OC Luigs or Wood at #65 and Safety Nic Harris at #75. 4. Do a Washington trade at #13 so they can leapfrog Denver. Denver gets Maulaluga; we get a RD3#80. We take OLB Brian Cushing at #13, Cincinnati's DE Conner Barwin at #42, Eric Wood OC at #75, and Florida's WR Louis Murphy at #80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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