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And now something completely different. Since January I’ve been writing a mock draft every Monday. Believe it or not, it’s something of a grueling process. I don’t want to write the same thing every week, but I’m also not changing things around simply to change things around.
To give these weekly mock drafts some variety, sometimes they’re two rounds, have trades or I provide multiple options for teams. For one of them I even enlisted a former co-worker in the process. This week’s mock draft enlisted many more than just one different opinion.
The mock draft this weekend is of the consensus variety, for the most part. I pulled together 20 different recent mock drafts to see if there’s a noticeable lean on some picks. There was a great variance in mocks used. A handful are from draft "experts," some are from team beat writers and some are from reporters. I even included the choices from the SB Nation writers mock draft. Find links to all of the mocks used at the bottom of this post.
For this exercise, I had to impose some rules to give every team a unique pick. When there was a tie among top selections, I made the pick. On a couple of picks I exercised my right as a self-styled mock draft enthusiast to change a choice. This only happened a couple of times to make the rest of the mock draft smoother. And because the consensus choice was terrible. When the highest choice was already gone, I went with the next highest player available.
Only going to post the Cowboys pick... http://cowboyszone.com/forums/draft-zone.40/create-thread
27. Dallas Cowboys: Jalen Collins, CB, LSU
Apparently the need the opinion that Dallas needs a cornerback is popular. I went with Gurley in my last mock draft, so it was a little strange being the only person to make that pick. In Collins, another stab would be made at a high-upside LSU cornerback. Maybe he could succeed where Morris Claiborne has struggled.
The picks:
20 percent Jalen Collins
20 percent Kevin Johnson
15 percent Marcus Peters
10 percent Eddie Goldman
10 percent Melvin Gordon
5 percent Arik Armstead
5 percent Byron Jones
5 percent Jordan Phillips
5 percent Quinten Rollins
5 percent Todd Gurley
To give these weekly mock drafts some variety, sometimes they’re two rounds, have trades or I provide multiple options for teams. For one of them I even enlisted a former co-worker in the process. This week’s mock draft enlisted many more than just one different opinion.
The mock draft this weekend is of the consensus variety, for the most part. I pulled together 20 different recent mock drafts to see if there’s a noticeable lean on some picks. There was a great variance in mocks used. A handful are from draft "experts," some are from team beat writers and some are from reporters. I even included the choices from the SB Nation writers mock draft. Find links to all of the mocks used at the bottom of this post.
For this exercise, I had to impose some rules to give every team a unique pick. When there was a tie among top selections, I made the pick. On a couple of picks I exercised my right as a self-styled mock draft enthusiast to change a choice. This only happened a couple of times to make the rest of the mock draft smoother. And because the consensus choice was terrible. When the highest choice was already gone, I went with the next highest player available.
Only going to post the Cowboys pick... http://cowboyszone.com/forums/draft-zone.40/create-thread
27. Dallas Cowboys: Jalen Collins, CB, LSU
Apparently the need the opinion that Dallas needs a cornerback is popular. I went with Gurley in my last mock draft, so it was a little strange being the only person to make that pick. In Collins, another stab would be made at a high-upside LSU cornerback. Maybe he could succeed where Morris Claiborne has struggled.
The picks:
20 percent Jalen Collins
20 percent Kevin Johnson
15 percent Marcus Peters
10 percent Eddie Goldman
10 percent Melvin Gordon
5 percent Arik Armstead
5 percent Byron Jones
5 percent Jordan Phillips
5 percent Quinten Rollins
5 percent Todd Gurley