Icege's Mock Drafts

[Icege]

3 hours ago, Basbear said:

@Icege you want to do another one. David Ojabo tore his achilles during his pro-day. 

Personally I have huge doubts Jermaine Johnson falls to 15th and 1-3 edges to start would be a first. Still looks just as good as the others. 

I'm aware, tyty. It was just literally the last slot and I just wanted to be done with it tbh.

[Shocker]

12 hours ago, Icege said:

Aaaaand my final first round mock:

 

1. JAX - Aidan Hutchinson, DE, Michigan
2. DET - Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE, Oregon
3. HOU - Travon Walker, DE, Michigan
4. NYJ - Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati
5. NYG - Evan Neal, OT, Alabama
6. CAR - Ikem Ekwonu, OT, NC State
7. NYG - Derek Stingley Jr, CB, LSU
8. ATL - Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State
9. SEA - Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State
10. NYJ - Drake London, WR, USC
11. WAS - Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame
12. MIN - Trent McDuffie, CB, Utah
13. HOU - Jordan Davis, DT, Georgia
14. BAL - Jermaine Johnson, DE, Florida State
15. PHI - Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah
16. NO - Kenny Pickett, QB, Pittsburgh
17. LAC - Trevor Penning, OL, Northern Iowa
18. PHI - Andrew Booth Jr, CB, Clemson
19. NO - Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan
20. PIT - Malik Willis, QB, Liberty
21. NE - George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue
22. GB - Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama
23. ARI - Devonte Wyatt, DT, Georgia
24. DAL - Arnold Ebiketie, DE, Penn State
25. BUF - Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State
26. TEN - Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia
27. TB - Zion Johnson, OG, Boston College
28. GB - David Ojabo, EDGE, Michigan
29. KC - Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida
30. KC - Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas
31. CIN - Tyler Linderbaum, C, Iowa
32. DET - Matt Corral, QB, Ole Miss

 

This isn’t bad…lots of logical picks there

[Khyber53]

I've beat on the drum for Linderbaum for quite a while now, but it's hard to really convince anyone how important having a good center is.

And it is vitally important. Not just for the line, but for the QB as well. A good center can and does call the protection schemes, at least partially freeing up the QB pre-snap. A good center makes room for a QB to climb the pocket under pressure --  it can make for the extra 1-2 seconds to make a play work or can save a team 3-4 yards in a sack situation. A center can set the tone for the offense -- Ryan Kalil's ability to keep things light hearted played a lot in 2015 for us and kept Cam up in a couple of games where he could have ended up under the towel again. 

A great center does make the entire line better. They are the glue and the pivot point. They are often the person tasked with making a hit on the second level. And they are always involved in QB sneaks.

Linderbaum is the kind of guy that if we grab him, he's going to be a positive fixture here for 10 years or more. He'll anchor things now and lead things through the future. 

But we'll probably choose Sauce Gardner so they can market Jaycee and the Sauce t-shirts.