Bunting's v4.0 Mock (7 March 2012)

[cowboy_ron]

Originally Posted by xwalker

1. Indianapolis Colts: Stanford QB Andrew Luck
2. -TRADE- Washington Redskins via St. Louis Rams: Baylor QB Robert Griffin III
3. Minnesota Vikings: Southern Cal OT Matt Kalil
4. Cleveland Browns: Alabama RB Trent Richardson
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: LSU CB Morris Claiborne
6. –TRADE- St. Louis Rams via Washington Redskins: Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon
7. Jacksonville Jaguars: Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd
8. Miami Dolphins: Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill
9. Carolina Panthers: Memphis DT Dontari Poe
Workout warrior at #9.
10. Buffalo Bills: South Carolina OLB/DE Melvin Ingram
11. Kansas City Chiefs: Ohio State OT Mike Adams
12. Seattle Seahawks: North Carolina DL Quinton Coples
13. Arizona Cardinals: Iowa OT Riley Reiff
14. Dallas Cowboys: LSU DT Michael Brockers
I just don't see it when I watch this guy. Pass on DeCastro?
[View Full Quote]15. Philadelphia Eagles: Alabama FS Dre Kirkpatrick
He is now listing him as a FS.
16. New York Jets: Alabama OLB Courtney Upshaw
17. Cincinnati Bengals: Stanford OG David DeCastro
18. San Diego Chargers: Georgia OL Cordy Glenn
I would not be suprised to see him go this high.
19. Chicago Bears: Mississippi State DT Fletcher Cox
20. Tennessee Titans: Penn State DT Devon Still
21. Cincinnati Bengals: North Alabama CB Janoris Jenkins
22. Cleveland Browns: Georgia Tech WR Stephen Hill
23. Detroit Lions: Stanford OT Jonathan Martin
24. Pittsburgh Steelers: Wisconsin OL Peter Konz
Makes no sense. They already have an excellent center.
25. Denver Broncos: Miami RB Lamar Miller
26. Houston Texans: Baylor WR Kendall Wright
27. New England Patriots: South Carolina CB Stephon Gilmore
28. Green Bay Packers: Southern Cal DE/OLB Nick Perry
29. Baltimore Ravens: Boston College ILB Luke Kuechly
I think he will go higher.
30. San Francisco 49ers: Stanford TE Coby Fleener
31. New England Patriots: Illinois DE Whitney Mercilus
32. New York Giants: Nebraska CB Alfonzo Dennard

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...t-40-5010.html

Brockers at #14? And people say Jerry doesn't know football...wow....Brockers is a reach at 14

[Tex]

OMG I will vomit if we take Brockers in the 1'st.
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He was supposed to be 305 and run a 4.9. He shows up at 325 and ran a 5.3

***??? He had two sacks last year! I think he might be a great run stuffing DT in a 4-3. If you want SACKS you are not making him into a 3-4 end that is running a mid 5.3 40. He sucked in almost every friggin drill at the combine. What the hell are we going to do with him? Fatten him up to 350 lbs and try and make a 6'5" nose tackle out of him and pray a lot?

I can list a DOZEN people still on the board I would take over Brockers at 14. Why anyone thinks he is a fit here is just crazy.

Here is a typical Brockers summary "Brockers was clocked at an alarmingly slow 5.36 seconds in the 40-yard dash. This time was the third worst among the 49 defensive linemen tested in Indianapolis this year. The only two defensive linemen with a time more than a hundredth of a second slower than Brockers were Missouri's Dominique Hamilton and Southern Cal's Christian Tupou. As a point of comparison, Brockers is currently rated as NFLDraftScout.com's No. 8 rated prospect overall. Hamilton and Tupou are rated 360th and 378th, respectively.

Think the 40-yard dash time is an anomoly? Think again. Brockers finished among the worst in defensive linemen tested in the vertical jump (26.5"), broad jump (105") and short shuttle (4.81), as well.

Brockers elected to leave LSU with two years of college eligibility remaining. While his statistics were less than jaw-dropping (47 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, two sacks)"

Cowboy

[realtick]

Originally Posted by Tex

OMG I will vomit if we take Brockers in the 1'st.
i
He was supposed to be 305 and run a 4.9. He shows up at 325 and ran a 5.3

***??? He had two sacks last year! I think he might be a great run stuffing DT in a 4-3. If you want SACKS you are not making him into a 3-4 end that is running a mid 5.3 40. He sucked in almost every friggin drill at the combine. What the hell are we going to do with him? Fatten him up to 350 lbs and try and make a 6'5" nose tackle out of him and pray a lot?

I can list a DOZEN people still on the board I would take over Brockers at 14. Why anyone thinks he is a fit here is just crazy.

[View Full Quote]Here is a typical Brockers summary "Brockers was clocked at an alarmingly slow 5.36 seconds in the 40-yard dash. This time was the third worst among the 49 defensive linemen tested in Indianapolis this year. The only two defensive linemen with a time more than a hundredth of a second slower than Brockers were Missouri's Dominique Hamilton and Southern Cal's Christian Tupou. As a point of comparison, Brockers is currently rated as NFLDraftScout.com's No. 8 rated prospect overall. Hamilton and Tupou are rated 360th and 378th, respectively.

Think the 40-yard dash time is an anomoly? Think again. Brockers finished among the worst in defensive linemen tested in the vertical jump (26.5"), broad jump (105") and short shuttle (4.81), as well.

Brockers elected to leave LSU with two years of college eligibility remaining. While his statistics were less than jaw-dropping (47 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, two sacks)"

Cowboy

That's sort of the thing with me regarding Brockers. Had he tested-out as just average or mediocre, I'd probably give him the benefit of the doubt. He didn't though. His numbers across the board were all poor. I've been waiting to hear something come out regarding an injury or something from his handlers for damage control. You couple that with ho-hum production at LSU and you have you have yourself a major head-scratcher as to what people are seeing.

[BraveHeartFan]

That would be a sorry first round in my humble opinion.

[Bigdog]

Originally Posted by supercowboy8

If we couldn't trade down I would take
Decastro
Glenn
Cox
Kuechly
Mercilus
Jenkins
all over Brockers.

Agree

[31smackdown]

Brockers is reportedly falling from interviews and is seen as only a run down player.

[BrAinPaiNt]

[Tobal]

According to Mayock Poe is not just a workout warrior, he said if you put on the tape he was the Memphis Dline. He also said he's a top 10 guy

[Idgit]

We're going to get a player at 14. Brockers isn't high on my list, but you can't be too bummed if he ends up dropping and our scouts like him. He was a consensus top-10 pick not too long ago.

[TheCount]

Originally Posted by Tobal

According to Mayock Poe is not just a workout warrior, he said if you put on the tape he was the Memphis Dline. He also said he's a top 10 guy

It's worth noting that Mayock had Poe in his Top 5 DT's as as far back as January.

A lot of people are acting like Poe just showed up out of nowhere yet he was considered a first rounder before the combine.

[supercowboy8]

Originally Posted by realtick

Seems to me we'd just be duplicating a problem we've had with Spears the past few years; no pressure off the edge.

yep I agree, I do not want Brockers.
Cox is the only 3-4 DE I want at 14.

[RS12]

Originally Posted by 31smackdown

Brockers is reportedly falling from interviews and is seen as only a run down player.

Any links on this.

[jterrell]

Mayock, Kiper, McShay, Bunting... all have Dallas doing different things and all have DeCastro falling past us.

I'd really dislike Barron at 14 but can live with any of the other picks. Brockers and Poe are both good football players that weigh well over 300 pounds. It is hilarious to me that people actually post about the 40 time of a 325 pound guy like it is a huge concern.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by jterrell

Mayock, Kiper, McShay, Bunting... all have Dallas doing different things and all have DeCastro falling past us.

I'd really dislike Barron at 14 but can live with any of the other picks. Brockers and Poe are both good football players that weigh well over 300 pounds. It is hilarious to me that people actually post about the 40 time of a 325 pound guy like it is a huge concern.

It IS a huge concern if you need a pressure player off the edge. He finished at the BOTTOM of literally every test except height/weight.

You combine that with TWO friggin sacks last year and you would have to be pretty slow not to see thats a problem if you want a 3-4 end that can get a little pressure on the quarterback. I just no longer view him as anything but a 4-3 DT. He may be stout at that but thats NOT what we need.

He is to tall to be a prototypical NT even if he added another 25 lbs and to slow to be an end. the guy has zero history of being able to get to the quarterback. His entire rating was based on "potential" as no one knew what he was going to run. Well he ran like a friggin turtle. If all your drafting a guy on is potential I dont want a body builder guy that was just terrible at every friggin drill he ran and had TWO sacks last year. If I am drafting potential for a 3-4 I was a super fast guy that may need to add 10 to 15 lbs. You cant teach fast. You have it or you dont and Brockers doesnt.

Cowboy

[Woods]

Originally Posted by Tex

It IS a huge concern if you need a pressure player off the edge. He finished at the BOTTOM of literally every test except height/weight.

You combine that with TWO friggin sacks last year and you would have to be pretty slow not to see thats a problem if you want a 3-4 end that can get a little pressure on the quarterback. I just no longer view him as anything but a 4-3 DT. He may be stout at that but thats NOT what we need.

[View Full Quote]He is to tall to be a prototypical NT even if he added another 25 lbs and to slow to be an end. the guy has zero history of being able to get to the quarterback. His entire rating was based on "potential" as no one knew what he was going to run. Well he ran like a friggin turtle. If all your drafting a guy on is potential I dont want a body builder guy that was just terrible at every friggin drill he ran and had TWO sacks last year. If I am drafting potential for a 3-4 I was a super fast guy that may need to add 10 to 15 lbs. You cant teach fast. You have it or you dont and Brockers doesnt.

Cowboy

That matches what I mentioned earlier in this thread, though your comment has more bite.