Scoop McLeak's Mock Draft 2.0

The draft is here and the excitement is already at fever pitch as the SML goes into a trade frenzy trying to jostle for position at the top of the table. 
I only hope that all you HC's have been swotting up on your scouting as there are many trapdoors waiting to be triggered in this upcoming rookie draft Monday night. Not all that glitters is valuable, and not all projected top 10 players are starters.

I have decided to help out the poor coaches who managed to turn a good team into a playoff viewing team last season. For instance, who can forget the Patriots falling apart so spectacularly? Or the reigning champion Titans efforts to reach the top half of the draft order?

And in that vein, i present for your perusal below my analysis of team needs and likely targets. Obviously, there will be more changes over the next 48 hours as i can reveal the SB Chiefs are looking for a QB, the Philly Eagles have another house they would like to pawn and the Jags and Bears are feverishly trying to fill Grand Canyon sized holes. FA will go some way to upgrading rosters, but the real fun will begin at 7pm GMT Monday night.

Oh, and by the way - you seriously DO NOT want to end up on the wrong end of a Scoop McLeak draft grading article.

PICK	TEAM
1	Eagles	DT, MLB	MLB	Justice	Ooh, look, the Eagles have the overall pick
2	Texans	QB, DT, MLB, Safety	QB	McCadden	No brainer
3 – 7	Raiders	QB, RT, DT,MLB,CB	RT	Barclay	Makes the whole offense better
	Cardinals	QB, O Line,HB,CB	QB	Greenlea	Can the Cards risk a miss?
	Redskins	RT,WR,DT,CB,FS,SS	DT	Trodder	Need to stop the NFC East power runs
	Cowboys	DT,LB	DT	Holliday	Big need for 'Boys
	Lions	C,WR	WR	Akinwande	Terrifying thought opposite Megatron
8 – 9	Packers	MLB,DT	MLB	Royster	With the DT's off the board, easy choice
	Giants	G,MLB,LE,FS,CB	CB	Lumpkin	Top CB, run Forrest, run
10 – 13	Bears	ALL	n/a		Tba – Bears trading pick
	Buccs	LOLB,CB,C,RG	OLB	Fleury	Tough call between stopping or scoring
	Browns	RG,HB,Safety, QB	HB	Serratos	Speed demon makes Browns contenders
	Dolphins	LT,RG,OLB,	OLB	Grable	Grable stops the Fins porous run D
14 – 16	Chargers	LG,DT,CB,SS	LG	Showers	Big, strong and nasty. Phil's new BFF
	Seahawks	LG,RG,RT,	T	Pearce	O line needs upgrade
	Bengals	MLB,SS	MLB	Conley	Bengals got to stop giving up points
17 – 20	Panthers	LT,WR,ROLB,SS	WR	Locksley	Cam gets a true No1 target
	Titans	DE,LB,SS	DE	Kosta	One man wrecking machine helps D line re-build
	Saints	QB	QB	Minor	Saints new Brees? Probably not, but classy
	Patriots	MLB,LE,C,CB, QB?	DE	Asante	Pats reach for Bola but he's worth the gamble
21	Bears	ALL	n/a		Tba – Bears trading pick
22	Steelers	MLB,TE	TE	Dickerson	Not many Pitt needs, but they need Torri
23	Falcons	TE,Safety,OLB	S	Afo	Secondary help looking Shadi
24	Eagles	DT, MLB	CB	Ardizone	Birds surprise with top run support CB
25	49ers	C,Slot WR	WR	Middleton	9ers need a deep threat over middle(ton)
26	Colts	RE,DT	DE	Muhammad	Colts failed without pass rush. Not any more
27	Broncos	C,HB,CB,SS	HB	Kerr	Broncos need Vince
28	Bills	TE,DT	DT	Bodison	D line needs strength to keep AFC East top spot
29	Ravens	LT,SS,HB	CB	Senatos	Ravens go BPA with fine zone CB
30	Cowboys	DT, LB	OLB	Odle	Best zone LB in the draft
31	Eagles	DT, MLB	QB	Upersesa	Perfect project behind Foles. Superfast
32	Vikings	MLB,HB	HB	Deen	Seriously, the Vikes take a HB.
-	Chiefs	RG,QB?
-	Jags	ALL
-	Jets	G,TE,
-	Rams	ROLB,FS

nicely done, wonder how many of the 32 will fall this way

The jets now own the 24th and 31st picks.... what are they picking Mr Mcleak?

Aah, Mr Shrubo, salivating at the thought of some quality information from Europe's greatest football mind are ya? Well, i shall oblige. 60% of your O line is awful. Jets desperate for LT, LG and RG. 
If you cannot fill these positions through FA you MUST draft as priority. Picking 24th and 31st means you will get a shot at a couple of nice linemen, although Pearce will probably be off the board along with T Barclay.

That means LG Showers could be available and LT Norris is only half a season away from becoming great if you XP him correctly. But, here's my prediction for you:-

Pick 24 RG Adrian Bradley
Pick 31 LT Percy Norris

I know i have the Hawks as taking Pearce but Mr Ameloot is as mad as a box of frogs and will likely ignore my advice and take a punter.

Now close the door on your way out.

What team has won the superbowl without a franchise Punter scoop...NONE! that is the answer...now go and pick Bram Deitz in the first round Hawks

warrior9674 wrote:nicely done, wonder how many of the 32 will fall this way

Don't want to give anything away, but I will say I hold Scoop's footballing knowledge in extremely high esteem so I'll probably go with whatever he thinks.


Or will I? *prepares to sign 1st round FB*

So I got your guy, and banked an extra 1st round pick last year too, successful me thinks