Post Combine/Kitna/Brooking Dallas Mock

[irvin4evs]

Alright. I have definitely given up on the Mitch King dream. I doubt we have any interest in him, unfortunately.

Anyway, again, I think we trade up. 11 draft picks is too many. We should trade our two non-comp 5th rounders and our 4th rounder to move into the bottom of the 3rd/top of the 4th, and do something like this.

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2nd round: Rashad Johnson, FS Alabama 5'11, 200
-Chung, Delmas and Smith are gone by now, IMO, but Johnson is still a great value here. Some are saying Hamlin should play FS, but 8 INTs with the 2nd best passrush is a big problem, and Johnson helps us there.

3rd round (Cleveland): Jason Phillips, ILB TCU 6'1, 239
-Competes with Brooking for playing time. Reportedly a motor/fighter type, which we need.

4th round (Detroit): Terrance Taylor, NT Michigan 6'0 310
-He's the prototypical 3-4 NT. It allows to play Ratliff all along the front 3-4--not just as NT. Rat can still start but Taylor allows him to rest or move around.

early 4th round (hypothetical trade): David Veikune, LB Hawaii 6'2 257
-This one might be a bit of a stretch, but it's the kind of pick we like to make in the 4th. He's a super quick, aggressive player and did 35 225 lifts. He only ran a 4.86, but he might be a good project at either LB spot.

5th round (comp): Mohamed Massaquoi, WR Georgia 6'2 195
-An impressive physical specimen with good intangibles with questionable hands. Sounds like Miles Austin a few years ago.

6th round (Miami): Marlon Favorite, DT LSU 6'1 310
-Put him at NT and DE. Supposedly a good character type.

6th round (comp): Jahi Word-Daniels, CB Georgia Tech 6'0 197
-Can always use more

7th round (Detroit): Matt Slauson, G/T Nebraska 6'5 310
-Brings new competition to potentially two spots

7th round (Comp): Garret Reynolds, T North Carolina 6'8 310
-A project at one of the tackle spots

[RamziD]

Originally Posted by irvin4evs

Alright. I have definitely given up on the Mitch King dream. I doubt we have any interest in him, unfortunately.

Anyway, again, I think we trade up. 11 draft picks is too many. We should trade our two non-comp 5th rounders and our 4th rounder to move into the bottom of the 3rd/top of the 4th, and do something like this.

_

2nd round: Rashad Johnson, FS Alabama 5'11, 200
-Chung, Delmas and Smith are gone by now, IMO, but Johnson is still a great value here. Some are saying Hamlin should play FS, but 8 INTs with the 2nd best passrush is a big problem, and Johnson helps us there.

3rd round (Cleveland): Jason Phillips, ILB TCU 6'1, 239
-Competes with Brooking for playing time. Reportedly a motor/fighter type, which we need.

4th round (Detroit): Terrance Taylor, NT Michigan 6'0 310
[View Full Quote]-He's the prototypical 3-4 NT. It allows to play Ratliff all along the front 3-4--not just as NT. Rat can still start but Taylor allows him to rest or move around.

early 4th round (hypothetical trade): David Veikune, LB Hawaii 6'2 257
-This one might be a bit of a stretch, but it's the kind of pick we like to make in the 4th. He's a super quick, aggressive player and did 35 225 lifts. He only ran a 4.86, but he might be a good project at either LB spot.

5th round (comp): Mohamed Massaquoi, WR Georgia 6'2 195
-An impressive physical specimen with good intangibles with questionable hands. Sounds like Miles Austin a few years ago.

6th round (Miami): Marlon Favorite, DT LSU 6'1 310
-Put him at NT and DE. Supposedly a good character type.

6th round (comp): Jahi Word-Daniels, CB Georgia Tech 6'0 197
-Can always use more

7th round (Detroit): Matt Slauson, G/T Nebraska 6'5 310
-Brings new competition to potentially two spots

7th round (Comp): Garret Reynolds, T North Carolina 6'8 310
-A project at one of the tackle spots

Johnson and Phillips.. not bad. Would rather see us sign Sean Jones in FA. Next 7 picks would make me cry...

[Chocolate Lab]

I know I'm the Phillips mark around here, but here something I hadn't seen posted before.

The entire article from last summer, about workout warriors (but not workout-only guys who can't play), is here. Maybe someone would want to post it, though only a few of the ten guys are draft-eligible this year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/column...uce&id=3420212

10. Jason Phillips, TCU, LB: A three-time All-Mountain West Conference selection, the 234-pound Phillips, a former high school QB, has a squat of 710 pounds, a power clean of 410 pounds and a bench press of 450 pounds. Coaches love the guy's toughness, which was shown in a recent team poster he posed in. According to a school publicist, the shot was to capture football in its essence. The photographer said the only thing missing from the intensity of Phillips' face was a little blood. Phillips said, "No problem." He grabbed a small knife from the training room and nicked a scab on top of his nose to provide the blood needed for the shot.

Just Missed the Cut: Michael Johnson, Georgia Tech, DE; Marcus Thigpen, Indiana, RB; Arist Wright, Kansas, LB; Greg Hardy, Ole Miss, DE-WR; Jacques McClendon, Tennessee, OG; Lydon Murtha, Nebraska, OT; Vontae Davis, Illinois, CB; Brannan Southerland, Georgia, FB; and Cody Hughes, W. Kentucky, OG.

[View Full Quote]Bruce Feldman is a senior writer with ESPN The Magazine. His new book, "Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting," is on sale now.

[jterrell]

Originally Posted by Chocolate Lab

I know I'm the Phillips mark around here, but here something I hadn't seen posted before.

The entire article from last summer, about workout warriors (but not workout-only guys who can't play), is here. Maybe someone would want to post it, though only a few of the ten guys are draft-eligible this year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/column...uce&id=3420212

I think everyone likes Phillips to some extent.

My concern is I am not sure he is a WILB for passing downs.

He is a straight ahead bulldog not a coverage guy. His hips looked awfully stiff in combine drills.

[Aliencowboy]

my mock kills your mock

With Ron Brace and Duke Robinson gone

2nd #51s value is at FS/SS
Sean Smith/ Louis Delmar/ Patrick Chung-which ever falls. Predictable I know
but there it is.

3rd #69 was thinking Herman Johnson here, but Dallas goes
with DT Sammie Lee Hill 6'4 328. Might be a better fit for Wades 3-4 Small school guy. Right round and place. Quick and has good bulk.
Ratliffe moves to DE.

4th #97 finally get a guard with some size Dallas will need it facing NY and DC. OG Louis Vasquez 6'6 335 strength to help stabalize the weak link LOG.

4th #113 Dallas goes WR and takes Mike Wallace. 4.33 6' 200. Showed what he's got at the Senior bowl. Dallas gets that strike of lightening that's been missing.

5th #148 Dallas takes Tony Fiammetta FB 6'1 245 4.61 a player with the
right kind of team attitude. A true FB to add.

5th #158 Dallas takes another guard with size as back up material.
Ray Feinga 6'5 337. The Proctor, Berger and Kosier days are in the
rearview.

[Bob Sacamano]

kind of high for Taylor, but I like it

Veikune is terribly underrated, Mike Mayock said that he had the best 10-yard split of any Dlineman at the Combine, ran a respectable 4.87 40 yard dash, and benched 225, 36 times, I would love to land him