Recapping the 2007 NFL Draft and HH's poor Mocking

by TexSkins on Mar 25, 2008 1:34 PM EDT in Draft

I was looking back at the mock draft I put together a year ago and it doesn't look good. Well, at least I got the first pick right. But after that, teams did some things I never would have thought. Like Detroit taking another WR in the first round (Calvin Johnson) or the Skins not taking a Defensive Lineman. Check out the page and laugh. It is that ugly.

I did get it right about Quinn... well, kinda. I had Miami taking him but my comment was "if he falls past here, he falls for a while, a la Aaron Rogers in Green Bay." And my comment about the Browns at #3 was that "I think QB Quinn might get some thought here as well." So... I got it half right. It kinda handcuffs mock drafters to be unable to even conceive draft day trades, especially since they happen a lot.

I had the Jags taking Jarvis Moss at #17... but Denver traded to take him at that spot. I count that as a victory. I had the Giants taking Aaron Ross at #20 correct. And Dwayne Bowe at #23 to the Chiefs. And that's about it.

The biggest botched pick? I had Alan Branch as not only a first rounder, but a top #5 pick going to the Cardinals. He went as the first pick in the second round... to the Cardinals. I think this is the type of move the Skins should consider. According to Wikipedia (which quotes ESPN.com's draft day tracker) the trade went down like this:

Arizona traded their second-round selection (38th overall, used to select Zach Miller) and their fourth-round selection (105th overall, later traded to Detroit Lions for Josh McCown and Mike Williams and used to select A.J. Davis) to Oakland for their second-round selection (33rd overall, used to select Alan Branch).

If the Skins could trade up in the second round to take whoever falls at a position they don't draft in the first round, it might make sense. But only if they are high on the particular player falling. Otherwise, I stay at #51.

The second biggest botched pick? LaRon Landry to the Skins. I had him way down at #18 to the Bengals. I had the Skins taking Jamaal Anderson and I'm very glad they didn't. I didn't think they'd take a safety, but the move worked out pretty well, all things considered.

Resident draft guru Skin Patrol did even more poorly than I did, but that says little about either of us. He got Russell and Bowe right. I guess we should have waited a little bit past February to make up our mocks.

Anyway, feel free to comment away. I'm going to sulk about my poor perfromance.

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by Skin Patrol on Mar 25, 2008 1:38 PM EDT 0 recs

I like this idea of this for '08

I think it depends on which DL is available when they pick at 21. Chris Long and Vernon Gholston should be long gone. Derrick Harvey is unlikely to be available as well. Phillip Merling from Clemson is a possibility, but only if Wash is comfortable with his medical at that point. If not, there's no DT I would take at that point, including DT Kentwan Balmer. So it would make sense to go WR if no DL of value is around. They could wind up with the top WR on their board (Sweed, Kelly, Thomas?) in Round 1, and then they could find a pass-rush specialist like Cliff Avril in Round 2.

by CptChaosSidekick on Mar 25, 2008 1:51 PM EDT 0 recs