April NFL Mock Draft

By Arlo Vander

In the days leading up to the NFL Draft, it seems like everybody’s trying to predict who’ll land where. We tried something a little different, and asked a group of knowledgeable football buffs to take on the role of GM for a team, and try to make the best picks for that team in our mock draft. Deals were made, picks were swapped and players were drafted. The results for the first two rounds can be seen below, and include some very interesting results…

Round 1

Pick	Team	Player
1	San Francisco 49ers	Aaron Rodgers (QB, California)
2	Miami Dolphins	Ronnie Brown (RB, Auburn)
3	Cleveland Browns	Braylon Edwards (WR, Michigan)
4	Chicago Bears	Mike Williams (WR, USC)
5	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Cadillac Williams (RB, Auburn)
6	Minnesota Vikings (from Tennessee)	Derrick Johnson (LB, Texas)
7	Carolina Panthers (from Oakland via Minnesota)	Cedric Benson (RB, Texas)
8	Arizona Cardinals	Alex Smith (QB, Utah)
9	Washington Redskins	Antrel Rolle (CB, Miami)
10	Detroit Lions	Alex Barron (OT, Florida State)
11	Dallas Cowboys	Shawne Merriman (OLB/DE, Maryland)
12	San Diego Chargers (from New York Giants)	Marcus Spears (DE, LSU)
13	Houston Texans	Jammal Brown (OT, Oklahoma)
14	Tennessee Titans (from Carolina)	Pac-Mac Jones (CB, West Virginia)
15	Kansas City Chiefs	Carlos Rogers (CB, Auburn)
16	New Orleans Saints	Thomas Davis (S, Georgia)
17	Cincinnati Bengals	Travis Johnson (DT, Florida State)
18	Minnesota Vikings	Troy Williamson (WR South Carolina)
19	St. Louis Rams	Khalif Barnes (OT Washington)
20	Dallas Cowboys (from Buffalo)	Channing Crowder (ILB, Florida)
21	Jacksonville Jaguars	Heath Miller (TE, Virginia)
22	Baltimore Ravens	Erasmus James (DE, Wisconsin)
23	Seattle Seahawks	DeMarcus Ware (OLB Troy)
24	Green Bay Packers	Brodney Pool (S, Oklahoma)
25	Denver Broncos	Fabian Washington (CB, Nebraska)
26	New York Jets	Justin Miller (CB, Clemson)
27	Atlanta Falcons	Dan Cody (DE, Oklahoma)
28	San Diego Chargers	Mark Clayton (WR, Oklahoma)
29	Indianapolis Colts	Marlin Jackson (CB, Michigan)
30	Pittsburgh Steelers	Corey Webster (CB, LSU)
31	Philadelphia Eagles	Shaun Cody (DT/DE, USC)
32	New England Patriots	Darryl Blackstock (OLB, Virginia)

Round 2

Pick	Team	Player
33	San Francisco 49ers	David Pollack (DE, Georgia)
34	Cleveland Browns	Charlie Frye (QB, Akron)
35	Philadelphia Eagles (from Miami)	Roddy White (WR, UAB)
36	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Anttaj Hawthorne (DT, Wisconsin)
37	Tennessee Titans	Matt Roth (DE, Iowa)
38	Oakland Raiders	Kevin Burnett (OLB, Tennessee)
39	Chicago Bears	Ciatrick Fason (RB, Florida)
40	New Orleans Saints (from Washington)	Barrett Ruud (ILB, Nebraska)
41	Detroit Lions	Justin Tuck (DE, Notre Dame)
42	Dallas Cowboys	Matt Jones (WR, Arkansas)
43	New York Giants	Adam Terry (OT, Syracuse)
44	Arizona Cardinals	Brandon Browner (CB, Oregon State)
45	Tennessee Titans (from Carolina)	Marcus Johnson (OG/OT, Mississippi)
46	New England Patriots (from Kansas City)	Elton Brown (OG, Virginia)
47	Houston Texans	Reggie Brown (WR, Georgia)
48	Cincinnati Bengals	David Baas (OG, Michigan)
49	Washington Redskins (from Minnesota)	Chris Henry (WR, West Virginia)
50	St. Louis Rams	Josh Bullocks (S, Nebraska)
51	Baltimore Ravens (from New Orleans via Green Bay)	Ernest Shazor (S, Michigan)
52	Jacksonville Jaguars	Jerome Mathis (WR, Hampton)
53	Baltimore Ravens	Odell Thurman (ILB, Georgia)
54	Seattle Seahawks	Stanley Wilson (CB, Stanford)
55	Buffalo Bills	Chris Spencer (C, Ole Miss)
56	Denver Broncos	JR Russell (WR, Louisville)
57	New York Jets	Oshiomogho Atogwe (S, Stanford)
58	Green Bay Packers	Luis Castillo (DT, Northwestern)
59	Atlanta Falcons	Mike Patterson (DT, USC)
60	Indianapolis Colts	Kirk Morrison (ILB, San Diego State)
61	San Diego Chargers	Chris Colmer (OT, North Carolina State)
62	Pittsburgh Steelers	Fred Gibson (WR, Georgia)
63	Philadelphia Eagles	Marion Barber III (RB, Minnesota)
64	Kansas City Chiefs (from New England)	Jason Campbell (QB, Auburn)