Mock Draft

[es4m11]

I can't wait for the draft! Every year I like to put together a mock draft for fun, thought I would share it with you guys for some critiques and discussion. It will be 3 full rounds with predictions for the Cowboys 4th and 5th round picks. I'm pretty sure most of my picks will be dead wrong, so feel free to fire away if you have better ideas.

Here we go...

Round 1
1. Tampa Bay: Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State
2. Tennessee: Leonard Williams, DE/DT, USC
3. Jacksonville: Dante Fowler, DE/OLB, Florida
4. Oakland: Kevin White, WR, West Virginia
5. Washington: Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon
6. N.Y. Jets: Vic Beasley, DE/OLB, Clemson
7. Chicago: Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama
8. Atlanta: Shane Ray, DE/OLB, Missouri
9. N.Y. Giants: Brandon Scherff, OT/G, Iowa
10. St. Louis: Ereck Flowers, OT, Miami
11. Minnesota: Trae Waynes, CB, Michigan State
12. Cleveland: La'el Collins, G/OT, LSU
13. New Orleans: Randy Gregory, DE/OLB, Nebraska
14. Miami: DeVante Parker, WR, Louisville
15. San Francisco: Danny Shelton, DT, Washington
16. Houston: Cameron Erving, OT/G/C, Florida State
17. San Diego: Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia
18. Kansas City: Andrus Peat, OT, Stanford
19. Cleveland: Malcolm Brown, DT/DE, Texas
20. Philadelphia: Jalen Collins, CB, LSU
21: Cincinnati: Alvin Dupree, DE, Kentucky
22. Pittsburgh: Landon Collins, S, Alabama
23: Detroit: Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin
24: Arizona: Eddie Goldman, DT, Florida State
25: Carolina: D.J. Humphries, OT, Florida
26: Baltimore: Jaelen Strong, WR, Arizona State
27: Dallas: Kevin Johnson, CB, Wake Forrest
28: Denver: Eric Kendricks, OLB/ILB, UCLA
29: Indianapolis: Owa Odighizuwa, DE, UCLA
30: Green Bay: Benardrick McKinney, OLB/ILB, Mississippi State
31: New Orleans: T.J. Clemmings, OT, Pittsburgh
32: New England: Jordan Phillips, DT, Oklahoma


I assessed team needs based on a combination of players currently under contract for each respective team and prospect rankings. I have done my best to remain as impartial as possible with each selection. Round two on the way...

 

[UK Cowboy]

I'd be real happy to see Johnson make it to us, will have to see it tobelieve it

 

[ArlingtonCowboys100]

I like the de from ucla. Lots of potential.

 

[NetsGotBanned21]

I like the de from ucla. Lots of potential.

I think he is stiff, imo. I honestly don't like either prospect. I think Goldman in the first depending on whom is there with him and if we do an AP trade or not. Imagine a OL of Hardy, Crawford, Goldman, DLaw......would go from one of the bottom in NFL to one of the tops in a matter of a year, not to mention LB's of Lee, McClain, and Hitch we'd have one of the best front 7's in the NFL.....this would really help the secondary imo.

 

[es4m11]

Round 2
33. Tennessee: Donovan Smith, OT, Penn State
34. Tampa Bay: Jake Fisher, OT, Oregon
35. Oakland: Preston Smith, DE, Mississippi State
36. Jacksonville: Marcus Peters, CB, Washington
37. N.Y. Jets: Tevin Coleman, RB, Indiana
38. Washington: Ronald Darby, CB, Florida State
39. Chicago: Arik Armstead, DE, Oregon
40. N.Y. Giants: Shaq Thompson, OLB, Washington
41. St. Louis: Devin Smith, WR, Ohio State
42. Atlanta: Alex Carter, CB, Stanford
43. Cleveland: Stephone Anthony, LB, Clemson
44. New Orleans: Maxx Williams, TE, Minnesota
45. Minnesota: Josue Matias, G, Florida State
46. San Franciso: Denzel Perryman, ILB, Miami
47. Miami: Arie Kouandjio, G, Alabama
48. San Diego: Laken Tomlinson, G, Duke
49. Kansas City: Phillip Dorsett, WR, Miami
50. Buffalo: Tre Jackson, G, Florida State
51. Houston: Breshard Perriman, WR, Central Florida
52. Philadelphia: Sammie Coates, WR, Auburn
53. Cincinnati: Michael Bennett, DT, Ohio State
54. Detroit: Mario Edwards, DT/DE, Florida State
55. Arizona: P.J. Williams, CB, Florida State
56. Pittsburgh: Lorenzo Mauldin, OLB, Louisville
57. Carolina: Nelson Agholor, WR, USC
58. Baltimore: Gerod Holliman, S, Louisville
59. Denver: Carl Davis, NT, Iowa
60. Dallas: Damarious Randall, S, Arizona State
61. Indianapolis: Byron Jones, CB/S, Connecticut
62. Green Bay: D'joun Smith, CB, Florida Atlantic
63. Seattle: Reese Dismukes, C, Auburn
64. New England: Hronis Grasu, C, Oregon

 

[jarntt]

I don't want to start the whole good guy versus bad guy discussion, but I don't think Marcus Peters gets by Dallas

 

[es4m11]

Round 3
65. Tampa Bay: Paul Dawson, ILB, TCU
66. Tennessee: Nate Orchard, OLB/DE, Utah
67. Jacksonville: Jay Ajayi, RB, Boise State
68. Oakland: A.J. Cann, G, South Carolina
69. Washington: Taiwan Jones, ILB, Michigan State
70. N.Y. Jets: Bryce Petty, QB, Baylor
71. Chicago: Hayes Pullard, ILB, USC
72. St. Louis: Eric Rowe, S/CB, Utah
73. Atlanta: Ameer Abdulah, RB, Nebraska
74. N.Y. Giants: Jaquiski Tartt, S, Stanford
75. New Orleans: Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, CB, Oregon
76. Minnesota: T.J. Yeldon, RB, Alabama
77. Cleveland: Markus Golden, OLB, Missouri
78. New Orleans: Ellis McCarthey, NT, UCLA
79. San Francisco: Jeremiah Poutasi, G, Utah
80. Kansas City: Jake Ryan, LB, Michigan
81. Buffalo: Mike Hull, LB, Penn State
82. Houston: Quinten Rollins, CB, Miami (Ohio)
83. San Diego: Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, Oklahoma
84. Philadelphia: Doran Grant, CB/S, Ohio State
85. Cincinnati: Cedric Ogbuehi, OT, Texas A&M
86. Arizona: Tyrus Thompson, OT, Oklahoma
87. Pittsburgh: Steven Nelson, CB, Oregon State
88. Detroit: Daryl Williams, OT, Oklahoma
89. Carolina: Trey Flowers, DE, Arkansas
90. Baltimore: Charles Gaines, CB, Louisville
91. Dallas: Duke Johnson, RB, Miami
92. Denver: Devin Funchess, TE/WR, Michigan
93. Indianapolis: David Johnson, RB, Northern Iowa
94. Green Bay: Henry Anderson, DE, Stanford
95. Seattle: Senquez Golson, CB, Ole Miss
96. New England: Kevin White, CB, TCU
97. New England: Mike Davis, RB, South Carolina
98. Kansas City: Anthony Harris, S, Virginia
99. Cincinnati: Josh Shaw, CB/S, USC

Round 4
127. Dallas: Dan Parry, DT, Stanford

Round 5
163. Dallas: Chaz Green, OT, Florida

 

[es4m11]

I don't want to start the whole good guy versus bad guy discussion, but I don't think Marcus Peters gets by Dallas

You may not want to start that conversation, but it is absolutely relevant. If Dallas is given the choice of Kevin Johnson and Marcus Peters, I think they go with Johnson. If Greg Hardy was not signed this off season, I could definitely see Dallas drafting Peters instead. Peters is the better player, but I don't think Dallas (Garrett) wants to bring in too many questionable characters at once.

 

[es4m11]

Imagine a OL of Hardy, Crawford, Goldman, DLaw......would go from one of the bottom in NFL to one of the tops in a matter of a year, not to mention LB's of Lee, McClain, and Hitch we'd have one of the best front 7's in the NFL.....this would really help the secondary imo.

It would help, but it wouldn't change the fact that Dallas' secondary as presently constituted is garbage. We need talent back there. No more kicking the can on this issue. The D-line will be much improved with a more experienced Lawrence, and Crawford to go along with the addition of Hardy. We still have Mincey as a very valuable back up, as well. Hayden, will do for another year.

 

[es4m11]

Doing this mock draft, I was surprised to see how many teams need offensive line help. After reviewing each teams current depth chart and who they have under contract for the next few years, I am pretty confident that we will see a ton of lineman go in the first few rounds.

The RB's will probably start flying off the board in the late 2nd early 3rd rounds.

All in all, I would be pretty happy if Dallas could manage

1: K.Johnson, CB
2: Randall, S
3: D.Johnson, RB
4. Parry, DT
5. Green, OT

 

[PDay8810]

I agree...solid draft

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Can Duke handle the workload as the primary back? Obviously he wouldn't be touching the ball 250+ times but can he be trusted as our main guy?

 

[es4m11]

Can Duke handle the workload as the primary back? Obviously he wouldn't be touching the ball 250+ times but can he be trusted as our main guy?

Hard to say, but I think he could be a solid contributor. Johnson is a versatile back who can play in the pass game.

I would probably rather Ajayi in the second round at Dallas' pick, but I am reading that Dallas really likes Demarious Randall and it looks like he could potentially be there when Dallas drafts. Might finally get a real Free Safety after all these years...

 

[ROMOTOOWENS]

Give me CBs. The best one that is there. If they deem Peters better than Johnson, I want to take Peters. I notice you have Ifo going 75 th. Is he struggling with his rehab.?

 

[es4m11]

Give me CBs. The best one that is there. If they deem Peters better than Johnson, I want to take Peters. I notice you have Ifo going 75 th. Is he struggling with his rehab.?

I would be pretty happy with either Johnson or Peters, but I have to think Garrett wants his type of guy. Johnson fits that bill more so than Peters.

I know there was a lot of hype around Ifo pre injury, but he is a smallish CB coming off a major injury -- I'm just not as high as others I guess. Maybe I dropped him too far due to injury?

 

[ROMOTOOWENS]

I would be pretty happy with either Johnson or Peters, but I have to think Garrett wants his type of guy. Johnson fits that bill more so than Peters.

I know there was a lot of hype around Ifo pre injury, but he is a smallish CB coming off a major injury -- I'm just not as high as others I guess. Maybe I dropped him too far due to injury?[/QUOTE

No I knew he was falling. Last year at this time he was projected to be a top 10 pick but things change. I want him to fall. I know Dallas really liked Mitchell from Oregon last year- he just wouldn't stop committing penalties so they let him go. This guy is a lot better than him.

As far as Peters- usually players that challenge coaches about certain plays and schemes have a high football IQ. Now I don't know Peters story, but I don't mind players that have a little nastiness to them- like Scandrick. He isn't afraid.

 

[jarntt]

Can Duke handle the workload as the primary back? Obviously he wouldn't be touching the ball 250+ times but can he be trusted as our main guy?

Not sure, but we should be rotating any way. I'd be all for Johnson.

 

[jarntt]

Doing this mock draft, I was surprised to see how many teams need offensive line help. After reviewing each teams current depth chart and who they have under contract for the next few years, I am pretty confident that we will see a ton of lineman go in the first few rounds.

The RB's will probably start flying off the board in the late 2nd early 3rd rounds.

All in all, I would be pretty happy if Dallas could manage

1: K.Johnson, CB
2: Randall, S
3: D.Johnson, RB
4. Parry, DT
5. Green, OT

Did we have a friendly wager about Dallas taking RB in the first 2 rounds?

 

[jarntt]

Give me CBs. The best one that is there. If they deem Peters better than Johnson, I want to take Peters. I notice you have Ifo going 75 th. Is he struggling with his rehab.?

I would take Peters too. I think he is a top 20 player

 

[es4m11]

Did we have a friendly wager about Dallas taking RB in the first 2 rounds?

You declined, If I recall correctly.

Just the way the draft fell in this scenario. Hearing that Dallas is really high on Randall and the only logical place to select him is in the 2nd. Ajayi could be the pick, word is they really like him too. It's just there are more good RB's than Safeties.

As much as I like Peters, I'll trade his marginally better talent for Johnson's better attitude