2008 NFL Draft: A Mock Draft To Indentify 2nd & 3rd Round Sleepers

by faketeams on Apr 20, 2008 8:39 AM EDT in Football

Yesterday, I posted a different kind of Mock NFL Draft. It took the player rankings from Scouts Inc and simply mapped that against the draft order to get an idea of where players should be drafted rather than what a team is expected to do based on needs. Today, I do the same thing but use The Sporting News' War Room rankings to come up with a very different mock draft - very different. This mock draft is so different that I can't help thinking of it as a list of possible second and third round sleepers.

Where to start? Possible #1 overall pick, OT Jake Long, is rated #13 by the War Room by their scoring method. Rutgers' RB Ray Rice is rated #17. Maybe I haven't perused enough mock drafts, but neither of those players have been projected to go anywhere near those levels.

To me, this looks like the Miami Dolphins could be making a mistake to take Long #1 while those 1st round teams who need a RB and pass could get that level of talent in the second or third round in Rice. The same thing can be said of QB Matt Ryan and WRs Early Doucet and Devin Thomas.

I want to ask if you agree, but this mock draft is so different that the proper question would be how much do you disagree.

PICK	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL
1	Miami	Chris Long	DE	Virginia
2	St. Louis	Glen Dorsey	DT	Lsu
3	Atlanta	Darren Mcfadden	RB	Arkansas
4	Oakland	Keith Rivers	OLB	Usc
5	Kansas City	Ryan Clady	OT	Boise State
6	N.Y. Jets	Rashard Mendenhall	RB	Illinois
7	New England (from S.F.)	Mike Jenkins	CB	South Florida
8	Baltimore	Devin Thomas	WR	Michigan State
9	Cincinnati	Chris Williams	OT	Vanderbilt
10	New Orleans	Early Doucet	WR	Lsu
11	Buffalo	Felix Jones	RB	Arkansas
12	Denver	Malcolm Kelly	WR	Oklahoma
13	Carolina	Jake Long	OT	Michigan
14	Chicago	Andre Caldwell	WR	Florida
15	Detroit	Brian Brohm	QB	Louisville
16	Arizona	Sedrick Ellis	DT	Usc
17	Minnesota	Ray Rice	RB	Rutgers
18	Houston	Leodis Mckelvin	CB	Troy State
19	Philadelphia	Jonathan Stewart	RB	Oregon
20	Tampa Bay	Desean Jackson	WR	California
21	Washington	Kenny Phillips	S	Miami
22	Dallas (from Cleveland)	Beau Bell	ILB	Unlv
23	Pittsburgh	Dajuan Motgan	S	Nc State
24	Tennessee	Matt Ryan	QB	Boston College
25	Seattle	Mario Manningham	WR	Michigan
26	Jacksonville	Quentin Groves	OLB	Auburn
27	San Diego	Brandon Flowers	CB	Virginia Tech
28	Dallas	Donnie Avery	WR	Houston
29	San Francisco (from Indianapolis)	Phillip Merling	DE	Clemson
30	Green Bay	Jordan Dizon	OLB	Colorado
31	N.Y. Giants	Reggie Smith	CB	Oklahoma

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KC

the fact that KC is taking an OT is nice....but is Clady, who I have watched alot of as I am a big Boise St. fan, the best of the OTs available?
I'm not sure....then again, is Ryan too good to pass on at 5?
The Jared Allen trade is intriguing in that KC should get additional picks to go along with their 10 picks in the draft. Maybe they have decided that they can compete in a few years after rebuilding through the draft, which I like actually. I'd rather field a solid team in a few years that can win, rather than watching them go 7-9 or 9-7 and fail to make the playoffs meanwhile disappointing their fans.

raygu

by Ray Guilfoyle on Apr 20, 2008 11:36 AM EDT reply actions