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Mel Kiper's Mega Mock on ESPN.com


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Hey all...is anyone an Insider that can post a link to the 4-round Mega Mock that Kiper posted?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft08/ins...kipermock080415

 

but will you be able to see it if you don't have an insider account?

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Comparing my latest mock draft with the one I did on April 1, you won't see many changes within the first 10 picks. The one noticeably different pick is at No. 7, where I have the Patriots taking USC linebacker Keith Rivers. (In my last mock draft, I had New England taking cornerback Aqib Talib.)

 

Rivers is not a spectacular linebacker, but he is exactly what New England looks for in a player: He is smart, has great character and is versatile enough to fit into the Patriots' scheme. Plus, he fills a major need for the Patriots, who need to get younger at linebacker.

 

This mock draft also has four wide receivers in the first round, as opposed to just two in my last draft. I put Malcolm Kelly back in the first round because he played like a first-rounder at Oklahoma. There are some injury concerns, and he had a bad individual workout last week. Kelly is a difficult player to evaluate because he's a borderline first-round pick.

 

Aside from who the Dolphins will take with the No. 1 overall pick, there are several questions that won't have definitive answers until the draft:

 

My final mock projections will come out on the eve of the NFL draft, April 25.

 

* denotes underclassman

 

Projected First Round

No. Team Player School

1 Miami Dolphins Jake Long, OT Michigan

2 St. Louis Rams Chris Long, DE Virginia

3 Atlanta Falcons Glenn Dorsey, DT LSU

4 Oakland Raiders *Darren McFadden, RB Arkansas

5 Kansas City Chiefs *Branden Albert, OT/G Virginia

6 New York Jets *Vernon Gholston, DE Ohio State

7 New England Patriots (from SF) Keith Rivers, LB USC

8 Baltimore Ravens Matt Ryan, QB Boston College

9 Cincinnati Bengals Sedrick Ellis, DT USC

10 New Orleans Saints *Aqib Talib, CB Kansas

11 Buffalo Bills Leodis McKelvin, CB Troy

12 Denver Broncos Jeff Otah, OT Pittsburgh

13 Carolina Panthers *Ryan Clady, OT Boise State

14 Chicago Bears Chris Williams, OT Vanderbilt

15 Detroit Lions *Rashard Mendenhall, RB Illinois

16 Arizona Cardinals Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, CB Troy

17 Minnesota Vikings *Derrick Harvey, DE Florida

18 Houston Texans *Jonathan Stewart, RB Oregon

19 Philadelphia Eagles *Devin Thomas, WR Michigan State

20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mike Jenkins, CB South Florida

21 Washington Redskins *Phillip Merling, DE Clemson

22 Dallas Cowboys (from CLE) *Felix Jones, RB Arkansas

23 Pittsburgh Steelers *Malcolm Kelly, WR Oklahoma

24 Tennessee Titans *James Hardy, WR Indiana

25 Seattle Seahawks Dustin Keller, TE Purdue

26 Jacksonville Jaguars Kentwan Balmer, DT North Carolina

27 San Diego Chargers Gosder Cherilus, OT Boston College

28 Dallas Cowboys *DeSean Jackson, WR California

29 San Francisco 49ers (from IND) *Jerod Mayo, LB Tennessee

30 Green Bay Packers *Brandon Flowers, CB Virginia Tech

New England Patriots Forfeited pick

31 New York Giants Tyrell Johnson, S Arkansas State

 

Projected Second Round

No. Team Player School

32 Miami Dolphins Lawrence Jackson, DE USC

33 St. Louis Rams Dan Connor, LB Penn State

34 Atlanta Falcons (from OAK) Joe Flacco, QB Delaware

35 Kansas City Chiefs Chad Henne, QB Michigan

36 New York Jets Limas Sweed, WR Texas

37 Atlanta Falcons *Justin King, CB Penn State

38 Baltimore Ravens Charles Godfrey, CB Iowa

39 San Francisco 49ers Marcus Harrison, DT Arkansas

40 New Orleans Saints Fred Davis, TE USC

41 Buffalo Bills Jordy Nelson, WR Kansas State

42 Denver Broncos *Kenny Phillips, S Miami

43 Carolina Panthers Chris Johnson, RB East Carolina

44 Chicago Bears Brian Brohm, QB Louisville

45 Detroit Lions *Calais Campbell, DE Miami

46 Cincinnati Bengals *Mario Manningham, WR Michigan

47 Minnesota Vikings John Carlson, TE Notre Dame

48 Atlanta Falcons (from HOU) Duane Brown, OT Virginia Tech

49 Philadelphia Eagles Tracy Porter, CB Indiana

50 Arizona Cardinals *Ray Rice, RB Rutgers

51 Washington Redskins *Chilo Rachal, G USC

52 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Early Doucet, WR LSU

53 Pittsburgh Steelers Trevor Laws, DL Notre Dame

54 Tennessee Titans *Jamaal Charles, RB Texas

55 Seattle Seahawks Dre Moore, DT Maryland

56 Green Bay Packers (from CLE) Martellus Bennett, TE Texas A&M

57 Miami Dolphins (from SD) *Orlando Scandrick, CB Boise State

58 Jacksonville Jaguars Sam Baker, OT USC

59 Indianapolis Colts Quentin Groves, DE Auburn

60 Green Bay Packers Jeremy Zuttah, OL Rutgers

61 Dallas Cowboys Antoine Cason, CB Arizona

62 New England Patriots Patrick Lee, CB Auburn

63 New York Giants Jordon Dizon, LB Colorado

 

Projected Third Round

No. Team Player School

64 Miami Dolphins Brad Cottam, TE Tennessee

65 St. Louis Rams Andre Caldwell, WR Florida

66 Kansas City Chiefs Antwaun Molden, CB Eastern Kentucky

67 Carolina Panthers (from NYJ) Jason Jones, DL Eastern Michigan

68 Atlanta Falcons DaJuan Morgan, S NC State

69 New England Patriots (from OAK) Oniel Cousins, OL UTEP

70 Chicago Bears (from SF) Kevin Smith, RB Central Florida

71 Jacksonville Jaguars (from BAL) Josh Barrett, S Arizona State

72 Buffalo Bills Kellen Davis, TE Michigan State

73 Minnesota Vikings (from DEN) Reggie Smith, DB Oklahoma

74 Carolina Panthers Pat Sims, DT Auburn

75 San Francisco 49ers (from CHI) LaVelle Hawkins, WR California

76 Detroit Lions Curtis Lofton, LB Oklahoma

77 Cincinnati Bengals Tavares Gordon, LB Miami

78 New Orleans Saints Mike Pollak, C Arizona State

79 Houston Texans Trae Williams, CB South Florida

80 Philadelphia Eagles Carl Nicks, OT Nebraska

81 Arizona Cardinals Donnie Avery, WR Houston

82 Minnesota Vikings Eddie Royal, WR Virginia Tech

83 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jacob Hester, FB LSU

84 Washington Redskins Tyvon Branch, CB Connecticut

85 Tennessee Titans Darrell Robertson, DE Georgia Tech

86 Seattle Seahawks Earl Bennett, WR Vanderbilt

87 Detroit Lions (from CLE) Terrell Thomas, CB USC

88 Pittsburgh Steelers Anthony Collins, OT Kansas

89 Jacksonville Jaguars Cliff Avril, DE Purdue

90 Chicago Bears (from SD) Jerome Simpson, WR Coastal Carolina

91 Green Bay Packers Jeremy Thompson, DE Wake Forest

92 Dallas Cowboys Craig Steltz, S LSU

93 Indianapolis Colts Gary Barnidge, TE Louisville

94 New England Patriots Craig Stevens, TE California

95 New York Giants Dexter Jackson, WR Appalachian State

96 Washington Redskins (comp. pick) Josh Morgan, WR Virginia Tech

97 Cincinnati Bengals (comp. pick) Chris Ellis, DE Virginia Tech

98 Atlanta Falcons (comp. pick) Jonathan Goff, LB Vanderbilt

99 Baltimore Ravens (comp. pick) Adrian Arrington, WR Michigan

 

Projected Fourth Round

No. Team Player School

100 Miami Dolphins Bruce Davis, LB UCLA

101 St. Louis Rams Cody Wallace, C Texas A&M

102 New York Jets Chevis Jackson, CB LSU

103 Atlanta Falcons Martin Rucker, TE Missouri

104 Oakland Raiders Brandon Keith, OT Northern Iowa

105 Kansas City Chiefs Roy Schuening, G Oregon State

106 Baltimore Ravens Beau Bell, LB UNLV

107 San Francisco 49ers Mike McGlynn, OT Pittsburgh

108 Denver Broncos Will Franklin, WR Missouri

109 Carolina Panthers Jermichael Finley, TE Texas

110 Chicago Bears Stanford Keglar, LB Purdue

111 Detroit Lions John Greco, OT Toledo

112 Cincinnati Bengals Shawn Murphy, G Utah State

113 New York Jets (from NO) Philip Wheeler, LB Georgia Tech

114 Buffalo Bills Xavier Adibi, LB Virginia Tech

115 Philadelphia Eagles Frank Okam, DT Texas

116 Arizona Cardinals Shawn Crable, LB Michigan

117 Minnesota Vikings Franklin Dunbar, OT Middle Tennessee

118 Houston Texans Corey Lynch, S Appalachian State

119 Denver Broncos (from WSH) Andre Fluellen, DT Florida State

120 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Erin Henderson, LB Maryland

121 Seattle Seahawks Geno Hayes, LB Florida State

122 Cleveland Browns Jack Williams, CB Kent State

123 Pittsburgh Steelers Bryan Smith, LB McNeese State

124 Tennessee Titans Wesley Woodyard, LB Kentucky

125 Jacksonville Jaguars Harry Douglas, WR Louisville

126 Dallas Cowboys Andre' Woodson, QB Kentucky

127 Indianapolis Colts Matt Forte, RB Tulane

128 Green Bay Packers John David Booty, QB USC

129 New England Patriots Keenan Burton, WR Kentucky

130 New York Giants Letroy Guion, DT Florida State

131 Philadelphia Eagles (comp. pick) Haruki Nakamura, S Cincinnati

132 Buffalo Bills (comp. pick) Curtis Johnson, DE Clark

133 Baltimore Ravens (comp. pick) Steve Slaton, RB West Virginia

134 Tennessee Titans (comp. pick) Jacob Tamme, TE Kentucky

135 Green Bay Packers (comp. pick) Arman Shields, WR Richmond

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he may be onto something with the Eagles taking an OT in the 3rd...but that would be the one from Rutgers Mike Fladell...

 

I heard Mike Mayock talking about him moving up some on a few teams boards and this has an Andy Reid selection written all over it...

 

and I won't even comment on the WR in the 1st comment...that's just a smokescreen so the Lions or any other team possibly dealing a WR won't think they have us by the marbles..

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Projecting 4 rounds? Hey Kiper, what am I going to have for lunch next Friday?

 

:wacko:

Ya espn keeps on the payroll all year(for this) and it's not for his great radio work on the weekends. I guess he has to overdo it a bit.

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