Rick Gosselin's NFL mock draft (4/17) Team Player Pos. School 1. San Francisco Aaron Rodgers QB Cal Comment: Bay Area team, Bay Area quarterback 2. Miami Alex Smith QB Utah Comment: Life hasn't been good without Dan Marino 3. Cleveland Braylon Edwards WR Michigan Comment: Trent Dilfer needs a go-to guy 4. Chicago Ronnie Brown HB Auburn Comment: Bears finished 25th in rushing 5. Tampa Bay Cedric Benson HB Texas Comment: Bucs finished 29th in rushing 6. Tennessee Antrel Rolle CB Miami-F Comment: Replace one Rolle (Samari) with another 7. Minnesota Troy Williamson WR S. Carolina Comment: Speed receiver to replace Randy Moss 8. Arizona Carnell Williams HB Auburn Comment: Backfield vacancy with Emmitt gone 9. Washington Adam Jones CB West Virginia Comment: Joe Gibbs drafts another Darrell Green 10. Detroit Derrick Johnson OLB Texas Comment: Playmaker for a play-deficient defense 11. DALLAS Marcus Spears DE LSU Comment: Bill Parcells wants a defense with muscle 12. San Diego Shawne Merriman DE Maryland Comment: NFL's 29th-ranked pass rush needs help 13. Houston Demarcus Ware OLB Troy Comment: Best speed pass-rush in the draft 14. Carolina Erasmus James DE Wisconsin Comment: The NFL's best defensive line gets better 15. Kansas City Thomas Davis S Georgia Comment: A Roy Williams clone 16. New Orleans Carlos Rogers CB Auburn Comment: NFL's 27th-ranked pass defense needs help 17. Cincinnati Mike Williams WR Southern Cal Comment: Carson Palmer also threw to Williams at USC 18. Minnesota David Pollack DE Georgia Comment: High-energy player to replace Chris Hovan 19. St. Louis Jammal Brown OT Oklahoma Comment: Rams allowed 50 sacks 20. DALLAS Mark Clayton WR Oklahoma Comment: Best player on the board at this pick 21. Jacksonville Fabian Washington CB Nebraska Comment: Needs someone to cover Marvin Harrison 22. Baltimore Alex Barron OT Florida State Comment: Ravens like size and athleticism 23. Seattle Brodney Pool S Oklahoma Comment: Best defender on the board at this pick 24. Green Bay Marlin Jackson CB Michigan Comment: NFL's 25th-ranked pass defense needs help 25. Denver Marcus Johnson G Mississippi Comment: Broncos need to replace Dan Neil 26. NY Jets Justin Miller CB Clemson Comment: An elite returner to replace Santana Moss 27. Atlanta Matt Roth DE Iowa Comment: You can never have enough pass rushers 28. San Diego Travis Johnson DT Florida State Comment: True nose tackle for 3-4 scheme 29. Indianapolis Jonathan Babineaux DT Iowa Comment: Best pass-rush tackle in the draft 30. Pittsburgh Heath Miller TE Virginia Comment: Big body, big target for Ben Roethlisberger 31. Philadelphia Chris Spencer C Mississippi Comment: Eagles continue stacking good players in queue 32. New England Odell Thurman MLB Georgia Comment: Need to replace Tedy Bruschi Things have changed a bit! Now he has Demarcus Ware falling to us!
I really think that Ware will be the guy, if he's still available. Interesting that he still has Mike Williams falling. That's the feel that I git from Casserly a few days ago, the media is really hyping him, but the NFL guys aren't that sold.
Well done mock. Im still hoping that somehow Merriman slips and we nab him. I wouldnt mind taking Ware at 13, but would prefer a trade down.
I can't wait. I'm going to love it when one of the running backs falls, and the Texans have a decision on thier hands.
