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[drd23]

My Cardinals mock:

29 - Robert Nkemdiche - DT - Ole Miss [exact pick]
92 - Connor Cook - QB - Michigan State (went at pick 100 to Oakland) [-8]
128 - Evan Boehm - OC - Missouri [exact pick]
167 - Justin Simmons - FS - Boston College (went pick 98 to Denver) [+69]
170 (comp) - Kalan Reed - CB - Southern Miss (went pick 253 to Tennessee) [-83]
205 - Antonio Morrison - LB – Florida (went pick 125 to Indy) [+80]

I nailed 2 picks for the Cards! I also went +58 overall. My big miss was Kalan Reed (who was Mr Irrelevant), but I had 2 big hits in Justin Simmons and Antonio Morrison

 

[Dirty Bird]

4 - Joey Bosa (DE) - 3 (+1)
34 - Kendall Fuller (CB) - 84 (-50)
67 - Karl Joseph (S) - 14 (+53)
101 - Kamalei Correa (OLB) - 42 (+59)
135 - Geronimo Allison (WR) - Undrafted (-119)
212 - Matt Johnson (QB) - Undrafted (-42)
216 - Denver Kirkland (G) - Undrafted (-38)
217 - Jimmy Landes (LS) - 210 (+7)

Sorry, but the fact I drafted a Long Snapper and actually saw him get drafted means my draft was a success straight up (never mind the fact I got 2 steals in Joseph and Correa)

 

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For the Colts.

#18 Reggie Ragland (ILB) - went to Buffalo at 41 (-23)
#48 Germain Ifedi (OL) - went to Seattle at 31 (+17)
#82 Austin Johnson (NT) - went to Tennessee at 43 (+39)
#116 DeAndre Houston-Carson (FS) - went to Chicago at 185 (-69)
#155 Jordan Howard (RB) - went to Chicago at 150 (+5)
#239 Caleb Benenoch (OT) - went to Tampa Bay at 148 (+91)

Overall : +60

I figured they Colts would be looking at improving the O-line, but the way the mock the players I wanted weren't there or I felt I could wait a round to get them (which never eventuated. I figured they'd also be looking at getting an ILB, a backup for Gore and Luck and some help on the D-line.

The Colts added two more picks than I had in the draft and went : C, FS, OT, DT, ILB, OT, LB, C which covered all the positions I mocked for them, bar RB.

 

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With the Redskins

#21 Jarran Reed (DT) - went to Seattle at 49 (-28)
#53 Darian Thompson (S) - went to Giants at 71 (-18)
#84 Kenneth Dixon (RB) - went to Baltimore at 134 (-50)
#120 Jack Allen (C) - UNDRAFTED (-134)
#158 Eric Murray (CB) - went to Kansas City at 106 (+52)
#187 Keyarris Garrett (WR) - UNDRAFTED (-67)
#232 Dadi Nicolas (DE/LB) - went to Kansas City at 203 (+29)
#242 Nate Sudfeld (QB) - drafted by Redskins, but at 187 (+55)

Overall : -161

Reached for 5 of my first 6 picks it seems, with two of them being undrafted!

I figured we'd be looking at shoring up both our lines and secondary with the higher picks which is why I went that way and then looked to add depth to the QB/RB/WR positions and doubling up on the line/secondary.

The idea was right (apart from a Center who I thought we'd draft) as end the Redskins drafted WR, OLB, CB, DT, QB, ILB, RB.

 

[Chris25]

Browns draft...

#2 Carson Wentz - went at #2 (0)
#35 Eli Apple - went at #10 (+25)
#65 Kyler Fackrell - went at #88 (-23)
#99 Pharoh Cooper - went at #117 (-18)
#138 Cardale Jones - went at #139 (-1)
#141 Jihad Ward - went at #44 (+97)
#172 Malcolm Mitchell - went at #112 (+60)
#173 Robert Aguayo - went at #59 (+114)
#176 Stephen Weatherly - went at #227 (-51)
#179 Rees Odhiambo - went at #97 (+82)
#223 Derek Watt - went at #198 (+25)

Overall I went at +310, which I think is pretty good considering I had so many picks to potentially screw up. Nobody went undrafted and I got particularly good value from the 5th round onwards with Ward, Mitchell, Aguayo and Odhiambo. Maybe I should apply for a job with the Browns, I clearly know my analytics.

 

[Sven]

23 Taylor Decker - OT - Ohio State University (actual draft 16) (+5)
54 Braxton Miller - WR - Ohio State (actual draft 85) (-29)
86 Adolphus Washington - DT - Ohio State (actual draft 80) (+6)
121 Nick Vannett - TE - Ohio State (actual draft 94) (+27)
160 Jonathan Williams - RB - Arkansas (actual draft 156) (+4)
180 Travis Feeney - OLB - Washington (actual draft 220) (-40)
240 Maurice Canady - Virginia - CB (actual draft 209) (+31)
244 Kevin Byard - SS - MTSU (actual draft 64) (+180)

Miller in the 2nd was probably a pick I'd like to make again with his team mate Michael Thomas still on our board at the time. All the other picks I'm pretty happy with. The Vikings ended up taking Laquon Treadwell in the first, and in our mock he went at pick 21, and he was definitely on my radar at the time.

In the draft the Vikings went WR, CB, OL, LB, WR, TE, LB, SS so my picks addressed many of the positions drafted.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

New York Jets

Pick 11 (acquired in a trade from Chicago) - Paxton Lynch (actual draft: pick 26) (-15)
Pick 83 - Jerald Hawkins (actual draft: pick 123) (-40)
Pick 118 - Zack Sanchez (actual draft: pick 141) (-23)
Pick 150 (acquired in a trade from Chicago) - Fahn Cooper (actual draft: 174) (-24)
Pick 157 - De'Vondre Campbell (actual draft: pick 115) (+42)
Pick 235 - Tyler Ervin (actual draft: pick 119) (+116)
Pick 241 - Daniel Braverman (actual draft: pick 230) (+11)

First four picks were reaches, particularly Jerald Hawkins. I suspect that everyone overlooked Ervin because he was too good a prospect to be sitting there in the seventh round.

I took QB, OT, CB, OT, OLB, RB and WR in the draft. In the actual draft, the Jets went ILB, QB, OLB, CB, OT, P, WR. So I took players that fit five of the seven positions the Jets prioritised in the draft (didn't take a punter or an inside linebacker and doubled up on offensive tackles).

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Detroit Lions

Pick 16 - Jack Conklin (actual draft: pick 8) (+8)
Pick 46 - Vernon Butler (actual draft: pick 30) (+16)
Pick 111 - Will Redmond (actual draft: pick 68) (+43)
Pick 151 - Demarcus Robinson (actual draft: pick 126) (+25)
Pick 169 - K.J. Dillon (actual draft: 159) (+10)
Pick 202 - Brandon Doughty (actual draft: pick 223) (-21)
Pick 210 - Devon Cajuste (undrafted) (-44)
Pick 236 - skipped (-18)

By contrast to my Jets draft, my first five picks for the Lions turned out to be value picks, particularly Will Redmond. I couldn't find a seventh round pick for the Lions that I was happy with and my last selected player went undrafted.

I went OT, DT, CB, WR, S, QB and WR/TE with the seven picks I actually managed to make. The Lions went OT, DT, C, S, OG, OLB, QB, DE, LS, and RB with their picks.

 

[Ram-Man]

Los Angeles Rams

Of course the Rams traded up in the actual draft to get Jared Goff (our lord and savior).

With their remaining late picks the Rams took 2xTE and 2xWR trying to get some weapons for Goff to use.

Mock
15 - Will Fuller , WR, Notre Dame (went 21 - Houston Texans) -6
43 - Dak Prescott, QB, Mississippi (went 135 - Dallas Cowboys) -92
45 - Jeremy Cash, SS, Duke (undrafted - signed as a free agent by the Carolina Panthers) -209
76 - Nick Martin, OC, Notre Dame (went 50 - Houston Texans) +26
110 - James Bradberry, CB, Sanford (went 62 - Carolina Panthers) +48
190 - Avery Young, OT, Auburn (undrafted - signed as free agent by the New Orleans Saints) -64

I have no doubt that the Texans and Panthers looked at my mock draft and said this Ram-Man guy knows what he is talking about.

Jeremy Cash was the big surprise for me, he could well be an awesome signing by the Panthers -- I think he slips because he is not quite a S and not quite a LB but he is versatile -- but he is good.

Dak Prescott went late too -- maybe a lack of need for the Michael Vick style QB ??