Hi guys, for those of you interested, I've put together an early look at some of the top prospects of the 2014 NFL Draft. Ideally to just get an idea of who to look for in this upcoming College season. Let me know what you think 2014 NFL Mock Draft *The order was determined by the Vegas Superbowl odds as of last week
Just can't see Taj Boyd going in front of Clowney. Bridgewater perhaps, but Clowney looks like a Lebron type "chosen one". That Tennessee DT is a monster. 6'8" 360. I remember watching one of their games and being blown away at how enormous he looks, even when standing amongst a group of other huge men.
1. No way Tajh goes before Manziel, Fales, etc. Especially not CLOWNEY! Teams have been waiting over 2 years to draft this kid. 2. The Tennessee DT is huge, but really big guys fall in the draft due to the limited snaps. Especially now with no huddle offenses the new rager.
Clowney is the number 1 pick next year. Also Jets will have a top 5 pick, and Bills I don't see top 5, top 10 year, but not top 5
Here are the 32 guys I would consider strong possibilities for 1st round standing: QB - Teddy Bridgewater, Tajh Boyd RB - Lache Seastrunk WR - Marqise Lee, Mike Evans, Sammy Watkins, Brandon Coleman TE - Eric Ebron, Colt Lyerla, Austin Seferian-Jenkins OT - Jake Matthews, Cyrus Kouandjio, David Yankey, Taylor Lewan OG - Gabe Jackson OC - None DT - Timmy Jernigan, Louis Nix, DeAndre Coleman, Stephen Tuitt DE - Jadaveon Clowney, Adrian Hubbard, Anthony Barr, Kyle Van Noy LB - Ryan Shazier, Shayne Skov DB - Jason Verrett, Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Bradley Robey, Antone Exum, LeMarcus Joyner, H. Clinton-Dix, Nickoe Whitley That's not necessarily all of the players I think are worthy, and in fact some of them aren't what I would deem worthy, but I think they're the most likely to actually go in the 1st. I might deviate off that just a little bit based on need, but that would be the list I'd be working with for the most part.
I'm going to reverse gears on David Yankey. That'll teach me to put a guy on a list before I've actually done a lot of tape work on him. I watch David Yankey and my eyes don't get past Cameron Fleming. That's the truth. Fleming is a junior. Great frame, good kick slide, highly athletic. Could be a top level prospect. Yankey may be a guard. He could end up a 1st round prospect at that position. I do like Gabe Jackson though. Fleming didn't face Dion Jordan but a handful of times in pass protection. But when he did, there can be no doubt who won the matchups...handily.
I think Clowney goes number one, if Jax or some other team at #1 doesn't want him they'll trade the pick. He's the kind of special player that you build a franchise level defense around. He's that rare physical freak that actually has freakish production and a work ethic, he's a no brainer for the top 3, but I do think someone will trade up if the number one team doesn't want him.
If Teddy Bridgewater trends the way he's been trending then he'll go #1 if Jacksonville or another team in need at QB ends up with the pick. It will be just like 2002 when everyone knew that Julius Peppers was the best player in the draft but he went #2 because the Texans at #1 were building a team from scratch and really needed a quarterback. Peppers was considered every bit the rarity that Jadaveon Clowney is being considered today, but he still went #2. I thought to a lesser extent the 2010 draft was similar in that I felt Ndamukong Suh was the best player in the Draft even though I was a big fan of Sam Bradford, but the Rams took Bradford because of the need at QB. But that's not quite as good an example because by the end there was a lot of chatter about some teams liking Gerald McCoy more than Suh. Definitely some evaluators did, like Mike Mayock. I think it was universally agreed upon in 2007 that Calvin Johnson was probably the best pure prospect in that draft. I know from my perspective he was the best receiver prospect I'd ever seen and I heard many opinions that had been evaluating draft players longer than I have that agreed. The Raiders took Jamarcus Russell instead. If by the end of this Teddy Bridgewater is being viewed as just an "ok" prospect (which seems hard to fathom but is very possible) then the pick will be Clowney no matter what. But if things keep trending the way they are then the pick could be Clowney or Bridgewater and the dependent variable is who ends up with it.
I really like Bridgewater and agree with your assessment 100%, but i am just curious about your assessment of Bridgewater's size? I think he is listed as 6'3 218, but I just don't see the weight being there, even the height seems a bit larger than what my eyes tell me.
I have watched a lot of Louisville games, and IMO he better make some serious improvements in his game before Bridgewater even thinks of playing in the NFL. To me he is a system QB.
Agree very much, putz. The talent is there to be a #1 pick but he's got a lot of developing to do this year to warrant being picked ahead of Clowney & Boyd.
You gotta be the only person I've heard putting Tajh Boyd ahead of Teddy Bridgewater, lol. Here I thought I was a front runner putting Boyd second where most people I think still have him behind Fales and possibly also McCarron.
I feel he easily deserves to be ahead of Bridgewater at the moment until Teddy takes that next step and becomes more than just an athletic kid with a good arm and great short to intermediate accuracy. I think Teddy has the underlying ability to surpass Tajh, was productive last year and had a great bowl game to end the season (but so did Jamarcus Russell), but he's got a lot of work to do this season to earn it top honors. Heck, I don't even know if he can throw a deep ball with close to any consistency, and I can't stand how often in Louisville's explosive offense he's so quick to take the underneath receiver before plays have a chance to develop; go back and watch the games and see for yourself. He doesn't go through progressions; it's mostly simple reads. He doesn't utilize fakes of any sort that I've seen. Stares down receivers. Is inconsistent with his awareness (he'll evade pressure for a masterful scramble on one play, and on the next seem like both eyes were poked just after the snap), and I have no clue what his field vision as a QB is truly like. I also don't like the fact that, after omitting screens, 40% of his passes were in the 1-6 yard range. If Tajh were 2+ inches taller there'd be no debate about the top QB IMO.
