2010 Mock draft
 

I know I told Keith I would have one of these up sooner :D but better late than never

NFLDraftSite.com has a new 2010 7 rounder


They have us taking
1st Greg Hardy DE 6'5" 255 Mississippi
2nd Jermaine Cunningham DE 6'3" 255 Florida
3rd P.J. Mahone CB 5'11" 201 Bowling Green
4th A.J. Wallace CB 6'1" 188 Penn State
5th Robert Johnson S 6'3" 190 Utah
6th Freddie Barnes WR 6'2" 212 Bowling Green
7th Carl Moore WR 6'4" 220 Florida

Ok after this years draft and FA signings do you see us going 2 DEs to start? I don't either.

So Cherry Pick time

1st Sean Weatherspoon OLB 6'1" 232 Missouri Roy, we both like this guy as our new WILL in 2010.
2nd LeGarrette Blount RB 6'2" 235 Oregon
3rd Keiland Williams RB 6'0" 226 LSU
4th Dan Williams DT 6'3" 312 Tennessee
5th A.J. Trump OC 6'3" 300 Miami
6th Tony Pike QB 6'6" 225 Cincinnati
7th Zoltan Mesko P 6'4" 242 Michigan

Or the always complaining about our draft amount of impact the new player can make mock

1st C.J. Spiller RB 5'11" 190 Clemson
2nd Javarris James RB 6'0" 211 Miami
3rd Keiland Williams RB 6'0" 226 LSU
4th James Aldridge RB 6'0" 222 Notre Dame
5th Ben Tate RB 5'11" 211 Auburn
6th Mikell Simpson RB 6'1" 197 Virginia
7th Andre Dixon RB 6'1" 208 Connecticut

Why do I do these mocks? So I can see who is who and start finding guys to watch on Saturdays.

So your turn Mock this.

Well, it is quite the undertaking to project who will be considered as top draft picks in next years draft this early. Also, since we don't know which underclassmen will be declaring, that makes this even more difficult. Then there is trying to determine team needs and any coaching changes. Therefore, I'm just going to give you my preliminary My Guys draft board. I'll let the college season play out before getting too serious about this. This includes underclassmen that I expect will be coming out in this draft.

1 Taylor Mays FS Southern California 6' 3" 230
2 Sean Weatherspoon OLB Missouri 6' 1" 235
3 Gerald McCoy DT Oklahoma 6' 4" 295
4 Jonathan Dwyer RB Georgia Tech 5' 11" 228
5 Reshad Jones FS Georgia 6' 2" 205
6 Eric Berry SS Tennessee 5' 11" 195
7 Kam Chancellor FS Virginia Tech 6' 4" 224
8 Vince Oghobaase DT Duke 6' 6" 310
9 Dan LeFevour QB Central Michigan 6' 3" 228
10 Jared Odrick DT Penn State 6' 5" 308
11 Mike Williams WR Syracuse 6' 2" 205
12 Arrelious Benn WR Illinois 6' 2" 214
13 Marvin Austin DT North Carolina 6' 3" 305
14 Dez Bryant WR Oklahoma State 6' 2" 210
15 Quan Sturdivant OLB North Carolina 6' 2" 232
16 Stafon Johnson RB Southern California 5' 11" 215
17 Luthur Brown OLB Southern California 6' 2" 235
18 Dan Doering OG Iowa 6' 6" 302
19 Ben Tate RB Auburn 5' 11" 215
20 Boo Robinson DT Wake Forest 6' 2" 325
21 David Gettis WR Baylor 6' 4" 209
22 Jay Ross DT East Carolina 6' 3" 306
23 Keiland Williams RB LSU 6' 0" 228
24 Roddrick Muckelroy OLB Texas 6' 2" 235
25 Ed Wang OT Virginia Tech 6' 5" 310
26 Dennis Landolt OT Penn State 6' 4" 310
27 Danny McCray FS LSU 6' 1" 212
28 Anthony Dixon RB Mississippi State 6' 1" 238
29 Chris Scott OT Tennessee 6' 5" 312
30 Jarred Fayson WR Illinois 6' 0" 209
31 Shane Carter FS Wisconsin 6' 2" 205

Next years draft is STOCKED with big time safeties: Carter, Mccray, Jones, Chancelor Berry, Mays just to name a few...excited already!!

Jeeeeezzz! I would like to wait til TC at least, so we can start to see where the needs are going to be. You know with the improvement in the LB's, we may get better play out of our existing safeties. And with our winning record this year (it says here), we won't be in any position to draft any of the really big time safeties.

Walters has dated May 24th. sorry if this one is already mentioned, but I am bored.

Not sure I would complain right now about this group. FS is a position us blogger's think the team needs to upgrade, adding another SEC O' lineman is never a bad idea, and a 322 lbs NT appears on paper to be a big need.

Thought I try a new cherry pick after the spring practices.

1st Myron Lewis CB 6'2" 200 Vanderbilt
2nd Vince Oghobaase DT 6'6" 312 Duke former local HS player
3rd Chris Brown RB 5'11" 206 Oklahoma
4th Dan Williams Kellen Heard DT 6'6" 330 Texas A&M
5th Andrew Sendejo CB 6'2" 210 Rice
6th Boo Robinson DT 6'2" 326 Wake Forest
7th Blaze Soares ILB 6'1" 230 Hawaii

In 2010 Frank Bush and Ast HC Defense Bill Kollar develop a new defense designed to stop the run.

M.Williams, A.Smith, K.Heard, V Oghobaase, A.Okoye, C. Barwin

B Cushing, D.Ryans,

M Lewis, G Quinn, A Molden

A 6-2-3 :confused:

The front line is anchored by 2 mammoth NT and 2 quick DTs, with 2 explosive DEs. It is designed to put 4 players in the back field on every play. All pass receivers are covered with a pressed man to man, with the idea that no will be allowed off the line.

Defense is considered the best new defense since the 3-4 was devised.

Don't you hate the off season.

Walters Updated again, not that these mean anything, but again it's slow, and the college season will be starting soon. I am getting tired of watching Big 10 reruns from last season.

Here's is Walter's Latest update: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - Major Updates

Not a bad mock:

New version of the 2010 mock from draftsite.com

Their picks for us.
15th Adam Ulatoski OT 6'8" 305 Texas
47th Carlos Singleton WR 6'8" 215 Memphis
79th Broderick Stewart DE 6'5" 230 Vanderbilt
111th Anothony McCoy TE 6'4" 252 USC
143rd Robert Vaughn S 6'0" 192 Connecticut
175th Frank Zombo DE 6'4" 259 Central Michigan
207th Jacob Hickman OG 6'4" 292 Nebraska

Cherry pick time with the SD pick assuming a 5th rounder:

15th Sean Weatherspoon OLB 6'1" 232 Missouri or Vince Oghobaase DT 6'6" 312 Duke

47th Darrell Stuckey S 6'1" 205 Kansas or Mike Johnson OG 6'6" 305 Alabama or Keiland Williams RB 6'0" 226 LSU

79th Nate Allen S 6'2" 190 South Florida or Myron Lewis CB 6'2" 200 Vanderbilt or Jamar Wall CB 5'11" 198 Texas Tech

111th Dan Doering OG 6'6" 300 Iowa or Dan Williams DT 6'3" 312 Tennessee or Caleb Bostic OLB 6'3" 225 Miami (Ohio)

143rd and 144th Gerald Williams OLB 6'4" 245 Tennessee or Andrew Sendejo CB 6'2" 210 Rice or Ben Tate RB 5'11" 211 Auburn or Kam Chancellor S 6'3" 220 Virginia Tech or Colin McCarthy OLB 6'3" 222 Miami or

175th Thomas Herring OT 6'6" 300 USC or Tony Pike QB 6'6" 225 Cincinnati or Boo Robinson DT 6'2" 326 Wake Forest or P.J. Mahone CB 5'11" 201 Bowling Green

207th Zoltan Mesko P 6'4" 242 Michigan or Alex Albright OLB 6'5" 235 Boston College

Let's try to find a RG, RB, NT, WLB, CB, FS, and SS and I will be happy. It is way too early to try to figure out who will be available in which round.

Distilling that down, I would be happy with a NT and a couple of safeties, the rest would be icing on the cake, at least right now anyway.

Well, it is now after TC, and boy am I ever sorry for Posting that stuff!

Yeah, the LBs and Ss didn't look so great, huh?

I just hope that Weatherspoon is still on the board when we pick. Taylor Mays is a top 5 guy like Sean Taylor.

what about the other safety I've heard a lot about Berry? at Tennessee?

IMO worth a trade up. I think he is better than Mays, more physical. Monte Kiffen is raving about him as one of the best ever. Should be a top 10 pick, and worth it.

I think it was LZ who said he likes him better than Mays too. I've made myself a mental note to watch a few Tenn. games this year.

Thats like compairing Ed Reed to John Lynch or Steve Atwater. At 5'11" and 195 Berry is more in the mold of an NFL FS. Mays on the other hand is built like a LB that is atletic enough to play S. I think he will be utilized as a SS in the NFL if he doesnt outgrow the position before next year. There is the possibility he could be moved to LB or rush DE before all is said and done. Think Im crazy read this.

Mays' workout numbers are ridiculous. He's 6-3, 226 pounds, with 6 percent body fat and ran an electronically timed 40 this spring in 4.32 seconds. He did 26 reps with 225 pounds while also vertical jumping 41 inches and doing a standing broad jump of 11-4. (As evidence in his growth, Mays arrived at USC weighing 215 and posted a vertical jump of 35 inches and a broad jump of 10-0.)

Asked if he's even seen anything that big, move that fast, USC strength coach Chris Carlisle paused for a few moments: "Maybe when I walked by the cheetah cage at the wildlife park." Mays' athleticism actually presents USC with a different kind of issue: a talent with such growth potential that you have to guard against him outgrowing the position. "Our big thing is he could get too big too fast," says Carlisle, who also gushes about the player's work ethic. "He could easily be like his daddy [former NFL defensive lineman Stafford Mays] so we have to make him better without making him bigger because he could be like 260 in a month."


Utilized the right way in the right system both of these guys should be very good pros. I dont think you can go wrong with either one. I know if the texans were lucky enough to get either one of these guys I will be ecstatic. RIGHT NOW either one is better than ANYONE the Texans have ever trotted out at either Safety position.

Never a truer statement was made on this board..

As for my comparison of Berry to Mays, I only said Berry appears to me to play more physical than Mays. Yes Mays has measurable that blow your mind, but in last years games I watched he did not fly off the tape. Granted that whole defense had so much talent last year. I have not yet had a chance to watch him play this year. As of last year, I had Mays as playing below his talent level.

In fact I have seen some reports that a few teams believe Mays will be a LB in the NFL.

How about Mays at WLB with Berry at FS? Of course we probably wouldn't have any draft picks for three years after that to pull it off....

I guess need to see how they produce this year, but looks like a pretty deep safety draft next year, so maybe we will pick up one or two in top few rounds.
some good analysis, times at http://walterfootball.com/draft2010S.php

That is a pretty good list. It's missing Butler from Georgia Tech, a top 5 safety on most peoples list.

draftsite.com has new 7 rounder up. Seniors only

21 Trevor Lindley CB 6'0" 178 Kentucky
53 Al Woods DT 6'4" 315 LSU
85 Jarrett Brown QB 6'4" 220 West Virginia
117 Joe Thomas OG 6'5" 305 Pittsburgh
149 Chris McGaha WR 6'1" 193 Arizona State
181 Andre Sexton S 6'1" 205 Oklahoma State
213 Alex Albright OLB 6'5" 235 Boston College

They do not have Travis Johnson traded pick included yet. #178

My Cherry pick
1st Darrell Stuckey S 6'1" 205 Kansas
2nd Nate Allen S 6'2" 190 South Florida
3rd Keiland Williams RB 6'0" 226 LSU
4th J'Marcus Webb OT 6'8" 310 Texas
5th Andrew Sendejo CB 6'2" 210 Rice
5th b Gerald Williams OLB 6'4" 245 Tennessee
6th Boo Robinson DT 6'2" 326 Wake Forest
7th Zoltan Mesko P 6'4" 242 Michigan

My current hoped for 1st 3 rounds junior included

1st CB Joe Haden Florida 5-11 185 40 Time: 4.43.
2nd S Darrell Stuckey, Kansas 6-1 205 40 Time: 4.52.
3rd CB Donovan Warren*, Michigan 6-0 182. 40 Time: 4.38.

Here's a no-brainer - Looks like we will be drafting a safety with our first draft pick. Whether it's Mays, or Berry, or Reshad Jones, looks like we will finally be getting something done about a sore spot in our secondary.

My new 7 rounder, i am using the drafttek 2010 list
pick 11 *Eric Berry Tennessee SS FS
pick 43 Sergio Kindle Texas OLB43
pick 60 *Morgan Burnett Georgia Tech, I trade up Travis Johnson pick + #75
pick 107 *Kristopher O'Dowd USC OC OG
Pick 139 Boo Robinson Wake Forest DT43
Pick 171 Keiland Williams LSU RBF
pick 203 *John Clay Wisconsin RBF

Tomorrow is DraftTeks first new mock of the year.

Would you select Eric Berry over Sean Weatherspoon? Hmmm that makes me have to think.

I would in a heart beat. Our safety situation is horrendous. I can live with the LB's we have.
But I will be happy with any of these players

Brandon Spikes Florida ILB OLB34 OLB43 0
Eric Berry Tennessee SS FS +2
Sean Weatherspoon Missouri OLB43 +1
Arthur Jones Syracuse DT43 DE34 +1
Terrence Cody Alabama DT34 DT43 -4
Jonathan Dwyer Georgia Tech RBF 0
Carlos Dunlap Florida DE43 DE34

I agree. However, we could probably get a very good Safety in the 2nd round who may be just as much of an upgrade as Berry. I wouldn't mind Weatherspoon in the 1st round and Nate Allen in the 2nd. Just sayin'

I have to admit I edit the mock. I started out with Weatherspoon, but the top 3 picks then where not as good IMO, as going the other way and grabbing Berry. I think Kindle can be a 4-3 WILL.

Also I see the safety as a bigger need, I am seeing bigger plays where a top tier safety safe us, not seeing the same missed plays by Diles.

I also need a CB that tackle, please.

Besides, what makes you think we are not going 3-4 next year?

Mario LDE, Okam/Robinson NT, Bulman/SmithRDE
Cushing LOLB, Ryans LMLB, Diles RMLB, Barwin ROLB

Could we hire Wade Phillips as DC when the Cowboys fire him?

I have been thinking about this also. The reason most dont want to is because they say, it is a waste of Marios talents. I say who cares? If it will make the team better then do it. Maybe we could finaly get some pressure on the opposing QB. Despite how great Mario is the current system isnt working. Its not like Mario is setting the world on fire with pressuring the QB now.

Hey I like Witherspoon to, but you guys don't honestly think we're going to draft another LB with our top pick in '10 do you ? Unless you want to coin a new term and call this thread "2010 Fantasy-Mock Draft", I say get real.
But what's really amusing is to think back about this years Draft and recall all of the talk about how we didn't have a glaring weakness, about how we could
just draft the best players and not worry too much about specific positions because we'd come so far with the quality of our personnel.
Re the defense I ask you, is there anyplace besides one end of the DLine and the LB corp where we don't have a glaring weakness ? Playing a few games sure brings an end to all of the silly talk we heard just a couple months ago about a team without a "glaring weakness".

Guilty as charged.

DraftTeks 1st real mock of the year.

9 - Arthur Jones Syracuse DT43

Houston
Houston has talent across the board on the DL, so I am puzzled by this pick. I might have gone with the homegrown McCoy, as the firm of Schaub, Grossman & Orlovsky has done nothing to impress. -- Long Ball (Drafttek NFL Analyst)

Remember they are using computers to match need with players. No way we go with another undersized DT when Weatherspoon and Berry both are available.

Draftsite.com newist mock
14 Houston Geno Atkins DT 6'1" 288 Georgia
46 Houston Walter Thurmond III CB 6'0" 175 Oregon
78 Houston Colin McCarthy OLB 6'3" 222 Miami
110 Houston Jordan Lake S 6'2" 203 Baylor
142 Houston Will Patterson OLB 6'1" 233 Indiana
174 Houston Greg James S 6'1" 195 Louisiana-Monroe
206 Houston P.J. Mahone CB 5'11" 201 Bowling Green

I'd hire Wade in one second to be DC.

Puzzled why anyone thinks Okam will be on the team next year, or maybe even the rest of this year. I think he is one we have to chalk up to unrealized potential, or he just does not want it bad enough.

Because I am not throwing away a NT before he completes his 3rd year. It takes most NTs a long time to figure out the NFL. It took Wilfork 3 years, it took the guy in Chicago 3 years. I am willing to give Okam 3 years.

14 Sean Weatherspoon OLB Missouri 6-1 245 1 4.59
46. Nate Allen FS South Florida 6-1 206 2-3 4.50
78. Anthony Dixon RB Mississippi State 6-1 235 3-4 4.59
110. DeMarcus Granger DT Oklahoma 6-2 327 5 5.08
142. Rodger Saffold OT Indiana 6-5 318 5-6 5.23
174. A.J. Jefferson CB Fresno State 6-0 190 6-7 4.45
206. Cam Thomas DT North Carolina 6-3 328 6-7 5.18

Okay, that's my fake mock.

WalterFootball.com updated their mock on 10/22, so analysis is still out of date, but interesting picks, picking in the 19th spot, mocking three rounds.

rd 1 Joe Haden, CB, Florida , 5'10", 202 climbing the boards as a Jr.,

Mike Iupati, G, Idaho 6'6" 330 5.2 40 from Sporting News,
if he's there I'd take him

rd 2 Vince Oghobaase, DT, Duke 6'5" 305 5.05 40

rd 3 Toby Gerhart, RB, Stanford 6'1" 235 4.6 40

Could we really be 6-1 if we could run in for a TD from 1 yard line? Then OG and RB could be a big need.

I think I'd be o.k. with that draft. I need to see who was available in the 1st round, but I'm ok with Iupati, Oghobasse, and Gebhart.

OK you know I am in the trade down school here. so two different paths

no trade
# 19 ) Brandon Spikes, ILB, Florida I know we do not need a Mike but BPA sorry
#51 ) Mike Johnson, G, Alabama
#82 ) Mitch Petrus, G, Arkansas

In a year or two Caldwell is the OC, and Petrus and Johnson are OGs with Brown and Winston, this is a solid power block group, and they have size.

Trade down
#33 from NE from Tenn
Jonathan Dwyer, RB, Georgia Tech
#51 ours
Vince Oghobaase, DT, Duke
#58 from NE
Mike Johnson, G, Alabama
#82 Thomas Austin, G, Clemson

#51 ) Mike Johnson, G, Alabama
I was high on him coming into this year but after watching him play a few times have droped him completely off my list.

While watching Bama though Rolondo McClain has moved way up.

That kid is a stud, IMO he is a better player at this point in his career (he's a junior) than Demeco was as as junior.

And I like Mark Ingram 5-10 215 RB Bama Sophomore,

and if you do not like Johnson, use Mike Iupati, G, Idaho or John Jerry, G, Ole Miss .
Or go Nate Allen, FS, South Florida or Deunta Williams, FS, North Carolina