2008 NFL Draft: From An NFL Player's Perspective, Jon Jansen Mock NFL Draft

The actual 2008 NFL Draft begins in a few hours. For months we have looked at mock NFL drafts, but what we haven't seen yet is a mock draft done by an actual NFL player. Fortunately, The Sporting News got Washington Redskins' OT Jon Jansen to give his mock draft.

Jansen's approach favors the offensive line as he readily admitted, but he says, "...if you are going to build a team and want immediate production, you start with an offensive lineman....linemen can produce now....and as a lineman [at Michigan], certain things are drilled into you: technique, passion, loyalty, leadership and a love for the violence of the game."

While there are going to be clearly areas of shock for anyone who has read more than a couple of mock drafts, I prefer to think of anyone selected higher by Jansen as a potential bargain relative to where he will actually be selected. The most obvious one is OT Jeff Otah who Jansen has the Chiefs taking at #5 and most other mock drafts have going in the teens.

Here are the four previous 2008 mock NFL Drafts I covered:

1. Another Mock Draft Plus A Mock Draft Contest
2. Another Mock Draft To Find Sleeper Picks And Trades
3. A Mock Draft To Identify 2nd & 3rd Round Sleeper
4. How To Predict Trades For A Mock Draft