Walter Football 4RD Mock - Cherry Pick

[HPF Bob]

A trade down almost guarantees to me that they would pick Manziel (or Matthews) because those are the two guys I think Houston would tell themselves "I really like this guy but not as the first overall". To trade down, you'd have to have somebody in mind you think won't be chosen in the first three.

So I'd start my cherry-pick with Matthews and fix my RT problem. The way this mock plays out the Browns at 26 like ..WHOA! It's Derek Carr. So the Texans could select Carr or the next name on the list Missouri's hetero DE-OLB Kony Ealy or Fuller. I think I'll grab Ealy.

Now that we've added a pick by trading down, we're going to trade our own second-rounder to the Redskins for QB Kirk Cousins who I like better than Carr, Mettenberger or Ryan Mallett. The Redskins did not have a first-rounder so they are thrilled to do this deal and get two picks in the second.

Onto round three and a choice between ILBs Christian Jones and Shayne Skov and RBs like Lache Seastrunk. I can't believe Stanford's G-T David Yankey is still there but, since he is - BINGO. Since Wade Smith is leaving, this is a great addition.

Round 4 comes down to ILB Yawin Smallwood of UConn or DE-OLB Jackson Jeffcoat of Texas. I still want more pressure on the QB so I'm going with Jeffcoat.

Round 5, Storm Johnson is okay from what I saw in the Fiesta Bowl. E.J. Gaines, CB, Missouri is another option. Heck, I'll take Storm.

So that leaves us with:

OT Jake Matthews
DE-OLB Kony Ealy
QB Kirk Cousins
OG David Yankey
DE-OLB Jackson Jeffcoat
RB Storm Johnson

Address the secondary with the last two picks and move Brooks Reed inside and I think we've done a great job of upgrading both sides of the ball.

[Roy P]

I always like the trade down scenario. However, if I were unable to find a trade partner, I'd be fine with just taking something like this:

1.1 CB Justin Gilbert
2.1 QB Jimmy Garoppolo
3.1 FS Deone Bucannon
4.1 OLB Marcus Smith
5.1 OL Trai Turner