TMG Draft Zone 2010 NFL Mock Draft 1.0

After much research, and consternation, it is time to post the TMG Draft Zone 2010 NFL Mock Draft 1.0.

Free Agency and trades have changed the needs of teams and shuffled the order of many other drafts already posted. Which is why it may be fashionable to have a mock draft as soon as college underclassmen declare, but not practical. I'll be tweaking my mock draft from time to time, but as soon as blogging and draft prognostication pay the bills I'll be able to change my mock draft every day.

This mock draft is very much contingent on whether Washington wants to rebuild it's offensive line with Russell Okung or take it's latest franchise quarterback in Jimmy Clausen. As much as Mike Shanahan would love to develop Clausen into the next John Elway, he also knows that he won in Denver with outstanding offensive line play. So here it is, the first TMG Draft Zone 2010 NFL Mock Draft:

1) St. Louis--Sam Bradford QB
2) Detroit--Ndamukong Suh DT
3) Tampa Bay--Gerald McCoy DT
4) Washington--Russell Okung OT
5) Kansas City--Eric Berry S
6) Seattle--Bryan Bulaga OT
7) Cleveland--Joe Haden CB
8) Oakland--Bruce Campbell OT
9) Buffalo--Jimmy Clausen QB
10) Jacksonville--Derrick Morgan DE
11) Denver--Dez Bryant WR
12) Miami--Rolando McClain ILB
13) San Francisco--Trent Williams OT
14) Seattle--C.J. Spiller RB
15) NY Giants--Dan Williams DT
16) Tennessee--Jason Pierre-Paul DE
17) San Francisco--Sergio Kindle OLB
18) Pittsburgh--Mike Iupati G
19) Atlanta--Brandon Graham DE
20) Houston--Kyle Wilson CB
21) Cincinnati--Jermaine Gresham TE
22) New England--Carlos Dunlap DE
23) Green Bay--Anthony Davis OT
24) Philadelphia--Earl Thomas S
25) Baltimore--Jerry Hughes OLB
26) Arizona--Taylor Mays S
27) Dallas--Charles Brown OT
28) San Diego--Ryan Mathews RB
29) NY Jets--Golden Tate WR
30) Minnesota--Devin McCourtey CB
31) Indianapolis--Brian Price DT
32) New Orleans--Sean Weatherspoon OLB

Looking at the draft there are 2 things that stand out. First, it is a draft for the guys in the trenches. I have 15 interior lineman, 4 linebackers and 1 tight end going in the first round. Second, it is a deep draft. Players like Maurkice Pouncey, Rodger Saffold, Vladimir Ducasse, Rob Gronkowski, Dorin Dickerson, Aaron Hernandez, Demaryius Thomas, Arrelious Benn and Jahvid Best on offense, and Everson Griffen, Jared Odrick, Terrence Cody, Daryl Washington, Navarro Bowman, Brandon Spikes, Patrick Robinson, and Chad Jones on defense. There are going to be teams get great value with picks in the top of the 2nd Round. Because of this I foresee many teams wanting to trade down to stockpile picks, but will they find any takers. We shall see.