Thursday, April 25, 2013

NFL Mock Draft 4/25/2013

All right so here it is, my final mock draft of 2013. The NFL draft is probably my favorite experience in all of sports; it truly is where superbowls are won and bottom dwelling teams created.  Who can forget Aaron Rodgers waiting till the 24th pick to be taken by the Favre-led Packers, or Al Davis selecting Darius Hayward-Bey 7th overall, or Matt Millen selecting a wide receiver in the first round for three consecutive years. It is the moments like these that we both cringe at yet love to watch. Of course the ridiculous hype that now surrounds draft has grown increasingly irritable over the years, but can you really blame the media for catching onto this unusual sports gem. There is no game, live action, competition, big hits, tailgating, cheerleaders, or refs to blame, just pure statistics and football nerdery, and boy do I love it. Anyways onto the mock, no doubt this will prove far from accurate:

1. Kansas City: Eric Fisher, OT, Central Michigan
2. Jacksonville: Dion Jordan, DE, Oregon
3. Oakland: Sharif Floyd, DT, Florida
4. Philadelphia: Lane Johnson, OT, Oklahoma
5. Detroit: Luke Joeckel, OT, Texas A & M
6. Cleveland: Dee Milliner, CB, Alabama
7. Arizona: Chance Warmack, G, Alabama
8. Buffalo: Ryan Nassib, QB, Syracuse
9. NY Jets: Tavon Austin, West Virginia 
10. Tennessee: Ziggy Ansah, DE, BYU
11. San Diego: D.J. Fluker, OT, Alabama
12. Miami: Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida St.
13. NY Jets: Star Lotuleilei, DT, Utah
14. Carolina: Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri
15. New Orleans: Barkevious Mingo, OLB, LSU
16. St Louis: Alec Ogletree, LB, Georgia 
17. Pittsburgh: Jarvis Jones, OLB, Georgia 
18. Dallas: Sylvester Williams, DT, North Carolina 
19. New York Giants: Tyler Eiffert, TE, Notre Dame
20. Chicago: Justin Cooper, G, North Carolina 
21. Cincinnati: Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas
22. St. Louis: Cordarelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee
23. Minnesota: Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington
24. Indianapolis: D.J. Haden, CB, Houston
25. Minnesota: Manti Te'o, LB, Notre Dame
26. Green Bay: Datone Jones, DE, UCLA
27. Houston: Deandre Hopkins, WR, Clemson
28. Denver: Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida St.
29. Atlanta: Justin Pugh, G, Syracuse
30. New England **TRADE** Philadelphia: Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia 
31. San Francisco: John Cyprien, S, Florida International 
32. Baltimore: Robert Woods, WR, USC