Mel Kiper Mock 2.0

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

1.0 Pick:

16) Carolina Panthers: Brian Burns, OLB, Florida State

Mario Addison led the Panthers with nine sacks this season, followed by five for the ageless Julius Peppers. Unless Peppers can play forever, this is a clear area of need for Carolina. The 6-foot-5, 235-pound Burns, who had 10 sacks in 2018, needs more time in the weight room, but he could grow into a defensive end.

2.0 Pick

16. Carolina Panthers Clelin Ferrell, DE, Clemson

This is all about filling a need, as Julius Peppers retired and there's no surefire replacement on the roster. Ferrell (6-5, 265) is a classic 4-3 defensive end who can get after quarterbacks -- he had 21 sacks over the last two seasons -- and hold his own in the run game. The Carolina defense collapsed last season, and it could also look at safety (Mike Adams turns 38 this offseason) and linebacker (Thomas Davis is moving on) here.

My personal completely inexperienced "I have no clue what I am talking about" take.  Which probably puts me on par with Kiper.  This is honestly a pick I would love.  Ferrell, generally, ranks in the top 6-8.  The number 2 DE.  I prefer this pick about 100x more than Burns to fit our team needs.  His size.  His production.  Not having to "grow" into the position.

 

For reference rest of the draft:

1.Arizona Cardinals Nick Bosa, DE, Ohio State

2. San Francisco 49ers Josh Allen, OLB, Kentucky

3. New York Jets Quinnen Williams, DT, Alabama

4. Oakland Raiders Rashan Gary, DE, Michigan

5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Montez Sweat, DE, Mississippi State

6. New York Giants Dwayne Haskins, QB, Ohio State

7. Jacksonville Jaguars Jawaan Taylor, OT, Florida

8. Detroit Lions T.J. Hockenson, TE, Iowa

9. Buffalo Bills D.K. Metcalf, WR, Ole Miss

10. Denver Broncos Greedy Williams, CB, LSU

11. Cincinnati Bengals Devin White, ILB, LSU

12. Green Bay Packers Marquise Brown, WR, Oklahoma

13. Miami Dolphins Kyler Murray, QB, Oklahoma

14. Atlanta Falcons Ed Oliver, DT, Houston

15. Washington Redskins Drew Lock, QB, Missouri

16. Carolina Panthers Clelin Ferrell, DE, Clemson

17. Cleveland Browns Dexter Lawrence, DT, Clemson

18. Minnesota Vikings Jonah Williams, OL, Alabama

19. Tennessee Titans Christian Wilkins, DT, Clemson

20. Pittsburgh Steelers Deandre Baker, CB, Georgia

21. Seattle Seahawks Jachai Polite, OLB, Florida

22. Baltimore Ravens Josh Jacobs, RB, Alabama

23. Houston Texans Andre Dillard, OT, Washington State

24. Oakland Raiders (from CHI) Byron Murphy, CB, Washington

25. Philadelphia Eagles Trayvon Mullen, CB, Clemson

26. Indianapolis Colts A.J. Brown, WR, Ole Miss

27. Oakland Raiders (from DAL) Brian Burns, OLB, Florida State

28. Los Angeles Chargers Jerry Tillery, DT, Notre Dame

29. Kansas City Chiefs Johnathan Abram, S, Mississippi State

30. Green Bay Packers (from NO) Devin Bush, ILB, Michigan

31. Los Angeles Rams Jaylon Ferguson, DE, Louisiana Tech

32. New England Patriots Daniel Jones, QB, Duke

[Bj-Monster23]

Jachai Polite makes us more multiple on defense. He is the player we should look at. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

stupid stuff  

[Eazy-E]

I can’t see Ferrell falling to us but boy if he does..... ooo wee mayne 

[The Lobo]

2 minutes ago, Eazy-E said:

I can’t see Ferrell falling to us but boy if he does..... ooo wee mayne 

Exactly. I just can’t see him there. We need all the QBs to go in the top ten haha. If he is there though, he’s the guy.

[Unbreakable Split Glass]

Seeing Ferrell slightly dropping in most mocks recently. Supposedly, guys liked Ferrell a lot last year more than they do now. If he doesnt show explosiveness at the combine, he could slip. Montez, Jachai and Burns could put on a show in Indy which help push them up for teams needing OLB like GB and Raiders. But, it’s hard to see Detroit passing up on Ferrell. 

[JARROD]

I do see Clelin Ferrell mocked to the Panthers more than any other player.  Hes one of the only that are mocked repeatedly-- therefore I dont think hes ludicrous.  If anything, hes playing the percentages, using the player most often mocked to us on his mock 2.0

For me-- for THIS mock-- if we draft Clelin and pass over Jonah Williams,... I would be really pissed. Well-- I would until it was proven it was the right pick over Jonah.

[Hoenheim]

17 minutes ago, JARROD said:

I do see Clelin Ferrell mocked to the Panthers more than any other player.  Hes one of the only that are mocked repeatedly-- therefore I dont think hes ludicrous.  If anything, hes playing the percentages, using the player most often mocked to us on his mock 2.0

For me-- for THIS mock-- if we draft Clelin and pass over Jonah Williams,... I would be really pissed. Well-- I would until it was proven it was the right pick over Jonah.

I'd be pretty happy with either of those players 

Odd with this most recent Kiper mock, he has WRs going much higher now. And how in the world is Sweat taken way before Ferrell?

[The Huddler]

DE is by far our biggest need

[Hoenheim]

2 minutes ago, The Huddler said:

DE is by far our biggest need

so was CB in 2016 and you know how that turned out lol 

[Peon Awesome]

Although this is all based on a mock draft, interesting to think that if we were picking at 9 or 16 in this draft, Ferrell would conceivably be the pick either way. And at a significantly smaller cap number and smaller 5th year option salary when picking at 16. Granted, I think there's a much better chance he lasts until 9 than he lasts until 16 in real life, so kind of a silly point I admit. Just trying to come up with silver linings here.

[The Huddler]

46 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

so was CB in 2016 and you know how that turned out lol 

ok so lets ignore the need

[Dex]

11 minutes ago, The Huddler said:

ok so lets ignore the need

DE needs to be our F/A priority so 2016 never happens again.

[Black&BlueBubba]

56 minutes ago, Dex said:

DE needs to be our F/A priority so 2016 never happens again.

If that’s the case we need to draft a Tackle in rd 1.