To Kill a Mock-ing Bird

[Jonah DeVito]

 

This is my attempt at a 2nd Mock Draft. Don't mind the title as I don't know where that came from or why I chose it. 

Round 1 - 

Forrest Lamp 

OG 

WKU

I see a lot of people are putting Lamp at 16, and I'm really starting to get excited thinking about how great our Oline could be with all the young guys being infused into it lately. Lamp is a day 1 starter at guard and I think he can be our Yanda of the future (although that's dreaming big because Yanda very well might be the best guard in the past decade). I would prefer Barnett or MWill here, and I could potentially see us trading up with out #74 pick for one of them. 

Round 2 -

Demarcus Walker 

DE 

Florida St. 

This is a questionable pick, and probably won't be favorable. But he has a lot of potential and I think with some work he can be productive on the edge. 

Round 3 - 

Pat Elflein 

C

Ohio St

Elflein, Lamp, Stanley, Lewis, Yanda. Holy freakin cow. Although if we sign Mangold we could go CB. 

Other round 3 - 

JuJu Smith-Schuster 

WR 

USC 

I really like this kid. He's still really young and I think with some improvements on his route running, he can be really good. Perriman and Smith-Schuster for years to come would be rather nice. 

Round 4 -

Ahkello Witherspoon 

CB

Colorado 

Mad coverage skills. Poor tackler, but a steal in the 4th. 

Round 5 - 

Lorenzo Jerome 

S

St. Francis 

He might be gone in the fourth, and if so we should pick him in the fourth. He could be a great successor to Weddle and we would have a great young secondary. 

 

Edited April 5 by Jonah DeVito

[ravensnation5220]

If we take lamp I don't think we need elflien. Especially if we sign mangold which I see as a high possibility. Just how comfortable do you feel with Lewis at tackle? He didn't look good last year as our fill in left tackle

[Jonah DeVito]

7 minutes ago, ravensnation5220 said:

If we take lamp I don't think we need elflien. Especially if we sign mangold which I see as a high possibility. Just how comfortable do you feel with Lewis at tackle? He didn't look good last year as our fill in left tackle

Well that's why I said if we sign Mangold that might change some things. I think Lewis is better suited to be our RT than a guard, he just needs some work, he was only a rookie. If we don't sign Mangold, I see no problem with taking Lamp and Elfien, as they would play two different positons. Unless we put Lamp at Center, which is a possibility.

Edited April 5 by Jonah DeVito

[ravensnation5220]

1 minute ago, Jonah DeVito said:

Well that's why I said if we sign Mangold that might change some things. I think Lewis is better suited to be our RT than a guard, he just needs some work, he was only a rookie. If we don't sign Mangold, I see no problem with taking Lamp and Elfien, as they would play two different positons. Unless we put Lamp at Center, which is a possibility.

I do like the sound of that offensive line. Although I think id prefer mangold and have yanda and lamp next to him. That'd be stellar. Maybe Robinson instead of lamp would be good too. Let him and Lewis fight for the tackle and gaurd spots. 

[RavensDieHard21]

Realistically, I would switch JuJu for Walker because I don't think he will escape the second. Other than that, I like the mock a lot. It's hard to gauge second to mid round guys projectios though, Elflein could very well go early second and Witherspoon could as well. But that would just push some other borderline top 50 player to us in the third so I'm cool with it. 

[Jonah DeVito]

45 minutes ago, RavensDieHard21 said:

Realistically, I would switch JuJu for Walker because I don't think he will escape the second. Other than that, I like the mock a lot. It's hard to gauge second to mid round guys projectios though, Elflein could very well go early second and Witherspoon could as well. But that would just push some other borderline top 50 player to us in the third so I'm cool with it. 

Yeah I definitely agree that with all the talent in this draft its kind of hard to differentiate whether players will go between like mid second and late third/early fourth.

Edited April 6 by Jonah DeVito

[PurpleHorseman]

10 hours ago, Jonah DeVito said:

Well that's why I said if we sign Mangold that might change some things. I think Lewis is better suited to be our RT than a guard, he just needs some work, he was only a rookie. If we don't sign Mangold, I see no problem with taking Lamp and Elfien, as they would play two different positons. Unless we put Lamp at Center, which is a possibility.

Like the draft. Maybe we could draft Cam then trade up for Lamp.That would fill out the offensive line.