1)Carolina:Cam Newton
2)Denver:Von Miller
3)Buffalo:Marcell Darius
4)Cincinnati:AJ Green
5)Arizona:Patrick Peterson
6)Cleveland:Julio Jones
7)San Francisco:Blaine Gabbert
8)Tennessee:Jake Locker
9)Dallas:Tyron Smith
10)Washington:Christian Ponder
11)Houston:Alson Smith
12)Minnesota:Andy Dalton
13)Detroit)Nick Fairley
14)St.Louis:Mark Ingram
15)Miami:Mike Pouncey
16)Jacksonville:Ryan Kerrigan
17)New England:Cam Jordan
18)San Diego:Cory Liuget
19)Giants:Nate Solder
20)Tampa Bay:Robert Quinn
21)Kansas City:Gabe Carimi
22)Indy:Anthony Castonzo
23)Eagles:Jimmy Smith
24)New Orlaeans:Adrian Clayborn
25)Seattle:Prince Amikamara
26)Baltimore:JJ Watt
27)Atlanta:Phil Taylor
28)New England:Danny Watkins
29)Chicago:Marvin Austin
30)Jets:Derrick Sherrod
31)Pittsburgh:Cam Heyward
32)Packers:Aaron Williams
Comments on Giants number 1 pick:Like the cowboys,the Giants need to get younger on the offensive line.Solder is the best blind side protector in this draft and he's going to get better.He's only played the position for three years.
If they believe his ceiling is lower than that, I suspect they would take one of the more reliable run blockers, if they went o-line.
In the scenario presented, with Watts and Prince available, I do not think they would go o-line.
Destroy the middle ,right up the gut with our DEs on the edges and a Qb will be in danger no matter where he goes.
The bigger concern with Fairley would be that he takes some plays off... If a team feels like they can get that turned around, he has an incredible upside...
And there is almost always a high risk of busting on a DT...
Ingram out of round 1? I think we can see that too.
SD will not make that pick. Liuget will be the guy for the Giants at 19.
His short shuttle was excellent. He almost beat RB Ingram. 4.62 to 4.68.
I've Googled and looked to find it, but can't. Maybe I'm completely misrembering it, though I don't think so.
Locker and Ponder going in the top 12,
Fairley sliding to DET at #13
Quinn sliding out of top 10
Solder going ahead of Castonzo
Amukamara sliding to #19
Bowers falling completely out of RD1
Per usual, all those "unrealistic" comments look very silly this morning...
Not to trivialize Rick but outside of Locker none of the picks that he nailed were exactly surprises. Cowboys had been linked to Tyron Smith, Cleveland needed a WR badly for McCoy, and the top 5 I think everybody got the right players though maybe not the teams. Miller/Dareus could have been swapped just as Green/Peterson could have been
Locker and Ponder going in the top 12
Have to give Gosselin his props here as both guys were rising but I did not think that they would go as high as they did. I thought there would be a run on 3-4 DE's before a team like San Diego picked and you would see teams trying to trade up to jump Seattle and others
Fairley sliding to DET at #13
In the Top 10 the only realistic spot for Fairley was Tennessee and with them going Locker he fell
Quinn sliding out of top 10
Another case of a player with limited spots in the Top 10. Cleveland was a possibility at 6 or Washington at 10 but Cleveland also needed a WR (or they could trade as they did) and Washington received an offer they couldn't pass up for the 10th pick
Solder going ahead of Castonzo
While I think this was a bold prediction, I think it will backfire on New England
Amukamara sliding to #19
Thank god for this
Bowers falling completely out of RD1
When your knee is bone on bone you are going to drop, end of story
But no one had both Locker and Ponder in the Top 12; no one had Fairley falling to #13; no one had Amukamara falling past HOU and DET; very few had Quinn falling as far as he did and as easy as it is to talk about Bowers knee in retrospect, very few suggested that he would fall past Tampa at #20 let alone out of RD1 altogether...
My point was just that Gosselin went out on a limb with several of his predictions (scroll up just to see how "off his dial" many throught he was) and he had oustanding success... Really hard to argue it any other way...