3 Round Mock draft

[painekiller]

Roy, 1st off excellent effort. A very realistic straight draft.

Where is Eric Woods? No way he falls to the 4th, or do you think Mayock, you and I are the only ones who like him? Isn't clearly ahead of Caldwell?

Also I hope you are wrong on Barwin going #11, I was thinking the other day, What if my desire for Matthews is colored, who else has his type skills but later in the draft? My answer was Barwin. Then I wondered what about him as 1st rounder? I was not ready to listen to the people tell me he is not 1st rounder, like they did about Raji, and Donald Brown. But a big case can be made for him. Even as SAM in the 4-3.

Along those lines I do not see Sidbury lasting to the late 2nd.

Lastly do you really think Freeman can be an ILB? That is different.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by painekiller

Where is Eric Woods? No way he falls to the 4th, or do you think Mayock, you and I are the only ones who like him? Isn't clearly ahead of Caldwell?

Also I hope you are wrong on Barwin going #11,I wondered what about him as 1st rounder? But a big case can be made for him. Even as SAM in the 4-3.

Along those lines I do not see Sidbury lasting to the late 2nd.

Lastly do you really think Freeman can be an ILB? That is different.

Aww crap! That's why I post these things here so you guys can catch where I messed up. I originally placed Eric Woods with the Bengals, but then realized that Mack was still on the board and put him there. However, I forgot that Woods was then still eligible to be drafted. Therefore, if I were to try to put him in the mock now, it would probably be somewhere between #50 - #60 since those teams could use an interior OL like Woods.

Yeah, Buffalo was the team that I was looking to trade down, but decided to just have my mock without trades. Then I realized that I was dealing with Buffalo who don't give a rat's ass about what any draftnik thinks. They need a pass-rusher and they need a TE, why not get both? If I were to trade down and still hope to fill a "need" there are three guys in the first round (I think) that I'd look for. Matthews, Barwin, and Maybin. Buffalo decided to draft McCargo and Whitner when everyone else was saying WTF?

Sidbury has really gotten no respect in my estimation. He has telephone poles for arms and reminds me of a taller version of Elvis Dumervil. I've seen him as a 4th rounder, but with so many teams wanting to rush the passer, it's hard to dismiss his 40 and his 10. He played at Richmond, but people seem to forget that DeMarcus Ware played for Troy, so forget about level of competition. Realistically, I could see GB and Dom Capers falling in love with the kid and drafting him #41, but I had them jumping on Maybin in the 1st round. Could you imagine drafting Maybin and Sidbury for a 3/4?

I had Freeman going to a 3/4 team. He has decent size and pretty good athleticism. Basically, he allows Ray Lewis to do his thing and cleans up. That's what Bart Scott did. Everyone seems to think that you only put robots in the middle of a 3/4 like Junior Seau or Teddy Bruschi to hide their limitations. I would imagine that putting a guy with some speed in the middle of the 3/4 wouldn't be a bad thing.