What happens if the Steelers are up at #17 and Jarvis Jones is off the board, Kenny Vacarro is off the board, Tyler Eifert is off the board, Jonathan Cooper is off the board, Chance Warmack is off the board, Tavon Austin is off the board, and Barkevious Mingo is off the board. Holy crap! Do we panic? No! That just means someone unexpected falls into our laps and we take full advantage (like last year with DeCastro).
And how the heck am I projecting a legit first round with no quarterbacks or running backs in it? Well, the teams that need QB's are picking in the top 10, and I don't see an top 10 level talents at QB this year. I think there are several late-first, early-second type QB's so some teams picking early in the second might be willing to trade into the late first to get they guy they want (Jags for Geno Smith? Eagles for E.J. Manuel? Jets for Matt Barkley? Bills for Ryan Nassib? Cards for Mike Glennon? Who knows...). But since I'm not projecting trades with this draft, there are no QB's in my first round. And even though there has been a RB taken in the first round in the last 50 drafts, I think Eddie Lacy has some injury question marks, plus he got fatigued quickly in his personal workout so teams may question his overall conditioning, and there is always the question of whether he is just a product of running behind a great OL (like Mark Ingram) or if he is truly a special back in his own right (like Trent Richardson).
1. KC Eric Fisher OT
2. JAX Luke Joeckel OT
3. OAK Sharrif Floyd DT
4. PHI Star Lotulelei DT
5. DET Lane Johnson OT
6. CLE Dion Jordan DE
7. ARZ Ziggy Ansah DE
8. BUF Tavon Austin WR
9. NYJ Barkevious Mingo LB
10. TEN Chance Warmack OG
11. SD Jonathan Cooper OG
12. MIA D.J. Fluker OT
13. NYJ Tyler Eifert TE
14. CAR Sheldon Richardson DT
15. NO Jarvis Jones LB
16. STL Kenny Vacarro S
17. PIT Dee Milliner CB
18. DAL Sylvester Williams DT
19. NYG Bjoern Werner DE
20. CHI Alec Ogletree LB
21. CIN Eric Reid S
22. STL Cordarelle Patterson WR
23. MIN Manti Te'o LB
24. IND D.J. Hayden CB
25. MIN DeAndre Hopkins WR
26. GB Xavier Rhodes CB
27. HOU Justin Hunter WR
28. DEN Datone Jones DE
29. NE Desmond Trufant CB
30. ATL Tank Carradine DE
31. SF Jonathan Cyprien S
32. BAL Matt Elam S
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