Making Sense of the Mock Drafts

By Flemish American, Section NFL
Posted on Wed Feb 27 2008 at 7:43 AM EST
More on: NFL Draft, Mock Draft (all tags)

With so many people making their own mock drafts this year, I felt it might be more worthwhile to make a comparison of different versions including some bloggers and paid journalists.

I started by making a Google search and the first hits were actually bloggers followed by some acknowledged NFL journalists from different media sources. Although the results might be affected by the timing of the actual updates, I have tried to keep this in mind in my analysis and have included the last update in the table.

The problem with making a mock draft is that many times the picks are traded away and the teams that take over the slot might have different needs. This can completely change the whole draft order. Almost all those making their selections seemed concerned with this and it means any guessing has to be taken with a grain of salt.

With all this in mind, the following is my analysis of the coming draft based on the input of 6 different mocks prepared during the month of February. It will be possible for a player to be a consensus pick more than once.

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NFL Draft: Neither You, nor Mel Kiper Know Squat

By TheRussianBear, Section Journals
Posted on Thu Apr 26 2007 at 12:55 AM EST
More on: NFL Draft, Mel Kiper (all tags)

  So we're in the smack dab in the middle of playoff season and getting underway with baseball, but this weekend it seems that all three major sports are being overshadowed by - drum-roll please - THE NFL DRAFT!  The draft is upon us!  All day coverage!  Mel Kiper Jr's Hair, complete with matching outfit and kung-fu grip!  Hooray!  Personally, I don't think ESPN's hype machine is working nearly hard enough to drum up interest in what essentially amounts to a multi-million dollar roll call.  When did it become necessary to sit around and waste a weekend watching the draft unfold live?  I'm not saying I'm not interested in the draft and its outcome, but what exactly are you missing out on by checking out a draft recap every once in a while?  Woe is me, I only have months to fully get to know this year's crop of rookies... but I need my draft information the minute it unfolds!

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