Friday, May 2, 2014

The Final Flea Flicker Mock

This is the last one. Damn it!

1. Houston Texans  Jadeveon Clowney  DE  South Carolina
2. St. Louis Rams Greg Robinson  T  Auburn
3. Jacksonville Jaguars  Sammy Watkins  WR  Clemson
4. Cleveland Browns  Johnny Manziel  QB  Texas A&M
5. Oakland Raiders  Kahlil Mack  LB  Buffalo
6. Atlanta Falcons  Jake Matthews  T  Texas A&M
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers  Mike Evans  WR  Texas A&M
8. Minnesota Vikings  Anthony Barr  LB  UCLA
9. Buffalo Bills  Eric Ebon  TE  North Carolina
10. Detroit Lions  Ha Ha Clinton-Dix  S  Alabama
11. Tennessee Titans  Justin Gilbert  CB  Oklahoma St.
12. New York Giants  Taylor Lewan  T  Michigan
13. St. Louis Rams  Calvin Pryor  S  Louisville
14. Chicago Bears  Timmy Jernigan  DT  Florida St
15. Pittsburgh Steelers  Darqueze Denard  CB  Michigan St.
16. Dallas Cowboys  Aaron Donald  DT  Pitt
17. Baltimore Ravens  Zack Matin  T  Notre Dame
18. New York Jets  Brandin Cooks  WR  Oregon St.
19. Miami Dolphins  Morgan Moses  T  Virginia
20. Arizona Cardinals  Blake Bortles  QB  Central Florida
21. Green Bay Packers  C.J. Mosley  LB  Alabama
22. Philadelphia Eagles  Odell Beckham Jr.  WR  LSU
23. Kansas City Chiefs  Marqise Lee  WR  USC
24. Cincinnati Bengals  Kyle Fuller  CB  Virginia Tech
25. San Diego Chargers  Jason Verrett  CB  TCU
26. Cleveland Browns  Teddy Bridgewater  QB  Louisville
27. New Orleans Saints  Allen Robinson  WR  Penn St.
28. Carolina Panthers  Kelvin Benjamin  WR  Florida St.
29. New England Patriots  Jace Amaro  TE  Texas Tech
30. San Francisco 49ers  Stephon Tuitt  DE  Notre Dame
31. Denver Broncos  Ryan Shazier  LB  Ohio St.
32. Seattle Seahawks  Xavier Su'a-Filo  G  UCLA

If Kahlil Mack somehow makes it to the Oakland Raiders at #5, I hope that the Minnesota Vikings would go "all-in" on a trade and move up to that spot. Mack is my top choice in the entire 2014 NFL Draft for my team. After that, I think that I'd be pretty happy any of the following players with the #8 pick:

Anthony Barr
Teddy Bridgewater
Aaron Donald
Justin Gilbert
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
Darqueze Dennard
C.J. Mosley
Ryan Shazier
Johnny Manziel

I'd be a fool not to be happy with Sammy Watkins, or even Mike Evans, but I'd be very surprised if the Vikings drafted a receiver. Right now, I have Anthony Barr as the pick. I've had an increasingly strong feeling that he's the Vikings choice if Mack, as expected, is not there. Barr is a very unique defensive player. I think that new head coach Mike Zimmer would have a lot of fun designing plays and schemes that utilize Barr's tremendous athletic abilities. He's still something of a wildcard as a linebacker as he only played the position for two years. The list of players that I like for the Vikings at #8 is long because of the amount of talent in this draft. The Vikings general need of talent throughout the defense only adds to that. I have a hunch that Teddy Bridgewater is the top quarterback for the quarterback-needy Vikings. Unlike most, I think that his recent slide in draft popularity is a bunch of hooey. My goodness, this wait for the draft can't end soon enough.

I keep putting Pitt defensive tackle Aaron Donald with the Dallas Cowboys. He shouldn't make it that far. I really, really don't want to see him in Chicago.

This is the final Flea Flicker Mock Draft for the 2014 NFL Draft. There have been too many but they have all been fun. I truly think that Commissioner Roger "the Goods" Goodell made a serious mistake when he pushed the draft back two weeks. I'm sure that he had some of his own reasons for doing this. The stated reason was a minor scheduling conflict at Radio City Music Hall. The conflict ended up being even less than minor. It ended up being non-existent. It's a real shame. As the two week wait is an absolute disaster. An absolute disaster.







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