Showing posts with label Mel Kiper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mel Kiper. Show all posts
Thursday, May 8, 2014
2014 NFL Draft 1st Round Mock Draft Scoring Recap
The first round of the 2014 NFL Draft is complete. I have totaled the points I scored on NFL.com in their Predict The Pick contest, and if I had stuck with my guns and kept Greg Robinson at #2 and Jake Matthews at #6 (as I had them placed before changing them 3 days ago), I would have picked up an additional 180 points. As it was, I wound up 50 points behind Matt Mayock and Todd McShay, and tied Mel Kiper.
I had Blake Bortles and Khalil Mack going #3 and #5. I just had them backwards. And late in the draft I got C.J. Mosley and Jason Verrett correctly placed. Overall, I did very well. I just wish I had kept the two big tackles where they were.
But I have to hand it to Mel Kiper. Of all the mock drafts I researched this year, Kiper was the ONLY one to have Ja'Wuan James going in the 1st Round. And Kiper hit the nail on the head and had him placed at Miami at the #19 Overall selection.
Way to go, Mel.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Mock Drafts starting to roll
Mock Drafts for the 2011 NFL Draft have been coming out for a while now. Even back in November and December. But I've always been one to wait. Wait for the underclassmen to declare and wait for the Super Bowl so that the draft order is finalized. But today was the day that mock drafts became somewhat official, as Mel Kiper, Jr on ESPN and Charles Davis on NFL Network put out their first mock drafts.
My exclusive Draft Slot Average is based on player draft positions accumulated from many mock drafts, but that information will not be collected until after the Super Bowl. But it is interesting to see just how varied the early mocks are at this time.
The three most popular 1st Overall picks are A.J. Green, Nick Fairley, and Da'Quan Bowers. But I've seen Blaine Gabbert going first overall as well. Ryan Mallett going anywhere from 5th all the way down to 27th. Robert Quinn at 3rd overall down to the 25th pick. Stephen Paea from 8th to not even in the first round. The variations from one mock draft to another is unbelieveable. Which goes to show just how deep the draft is again this year.
In 2010, Sam Bradford was the solid choice to go #1 after his workout, and he moved into the top spot of my DSA player rankings with Ndamukong Suh the choice for second overall and Gerald McCoy third off the board. These choices held true, but in 2011 there looks to be such wide divisions in who will go where in the top 10 that I can see my DSA's going all over the board. So let the mock draft season begin, and I'll have my own posted the week after the Super Bowl and my first DSA rankings soon thereafter.
My exclusive Draft Slot Average is based on player draft positions accumulated from many mock drafts, but that information will not be collected until after the Super Bowl. But it is interesting to see just how varied the early mocks are at this time.
The three most popular 1st Overall picks are A.J. Green, Nick Fairley, and Da'Quan Bowers. But I've seen Blaine Gabbert going first overall as well. Ryan Mallett going anywhere from 5th all the way down to 27th. Robert Quinn at 3rd overall down to the 25th pick. Stephen Paea from 8th to not even in the first round. The variations from one mock draft to another is unbelieveable. Which goes to show just how deep the draft is again this year.
In 2010, Sam Bradford was the solid choice to go #1 after his workout, and he moved into the top spot of my DSA player rankings with Ndamukong Suh the choice for second overall and Gerald McCoy third off the board. These choices held true, but in 2011 there looks to be such wide divisions in who will go where in the top 10 that I can see my DSA's going all over the board. So let the mock draft season begin, and I'll have my own posted the week after the Super Bowl and my first DSA rankings soon thereafter.
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