2008 NFL Draft: Another Mock Draft To Find Sleeper Picks And Trades

by faketeams on Apr 21, 2008 9:52 PM EDT in Football

Just five more days until mock NFL drafts become something to re-examine and think, "How could I have thought he would be taken there?" Until then, though, there is no reason to not try.

The latest mock draft comes courtesy of the player rankings provided by NFL Draft Scout. One needn't go much further than the #7 selection of QB Matt Ryan by the New England Patriots to see that this list can provide some areas where possible draft trades may occur.

While that pick seems crazy, not Ryan at #7 but Ryan to the Pats, I do see a couple of players listed here which are moving up my sleeper lists - WR James Hardy of Indiana and DE Phillip Merling of Clemson. Either player would make me happy if they were avaiable at #32 when my Miami Dolphins pick.

While that may seem easy to envision for Hardy, don't discount Merling or Quentin Groves from falling. This ranking, along with the previous two I did - ESPN's Scouts Inc and The Sporting News' War Room - do not account for any run on QBs as is being rumored would happen towards the end of the 1st round.

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	Jake Long	OT	Michigan
5	Kansas City	Vernon Gholsten	DE	Ohio State
6	N.Y. Jets	Sedrick Ellis	DT	Usc
7	New England (from S.F.)	Matt Ryan	QB	Boston College
8	Baltimore	Ryan Clady	OT	Boise State
9	Cincinnati	Keith Rivers	OLB	Usc
10	New Orleans	Leodis Mcklevin	CB	Troy State
11	Buffalo	Rashard Mendelhall	RB	Illinois
12	Denver	Branden Albert	OT	Virginia
13	Carolina	Derrick Harvey	DE	Florida
14	Chicago	Devin Thomas	WR	Michigan State
15	Detroit	Mike Jenkins	CB	South Florida
16	Arizona	Chris Williams	OT	Vanderbilt
17	Minnesota	Dominique Rodgers Cromartie	CB	Tennessee State
18	Houston	Jonathan Stewart	RB	Oregon State
19	Philadelphia	Dan Connor	ILB	Penn State
20	Tampa Bay	Brian Brohm	QB	Louisville
21	Washington	Desean Jackson	WR	California
22	Dallas (from Cleveland)	Jeff Otah	OT	Pittsburgh
23	Pittsburgh	Phillip Merling	DE	Clemson
24	Tennessee	Jerod Mayo	ILB	Tennessee
25	Seattle	Limas Sweed	WR	Texas
26	Jacksonville	Kentwan Blamer	DT	North Carolina
27	San Diego	Antoine Cason	CB	Arizona
28	Dallas	Quentin Groves	OLB	Auburn
29	San Francisco (from Indianapolis)	James Hardy	WR	Indiana
30	Green Bay	Gosder Cherilus	OT	Boston College
31	N.Y. Giants	Kenny Phillips	FS	Miami