Annual PlanetSteelers Board Mock Draft (official selection thread)

[RuthlessBurgher]

The Titans addressed their OL in round one with OG Chance Warmack and addressed their secondary in round two with CB Jamar Taylor. Now they could use an offensive weapon. They lost starting TE Jared Cook in free agency, and replaced him with Delanie Walker, who was the #2 TE in San Francisco behind Vernon Davis. They could use another legit option at TE, and McDonald has been flying up draft boards of late, surpassing the likes of Escobar and Kelce behind Eifert and Ertz.

The Tennessee Titans are proud to select:

Rice TE Vance McDonald

[RuthlessBurgher]

The Chargers did not have a second round pick because they traded it to Buffalo in order to move up to get OT Lane Johnson, but they did receive an extra 3rd and 4th round pick as a part of that deal, giving them 2 out of the next 6 picks in the draft. The OL in San Diego was so bad that it is worth double-dipping here, adding the best available guard to the tackle already drafted in the top 10.

The San Diego Chargers are proud to select:

Kentucky OG Larry Warford

[RuthlessBurgher]

Coolie Man sent me a PM stating that he wanted to draft CB Jamar Taylor from Boise State for the Jets in the 3rd round.

However, Taylor was already drafted by the Titans in round two.

Since he made the effort to send the PM, I don't want to leapfrog him, so I'll just pick the next best available CB from NFLDraftScout's rankings, which means that the Jets get...



HONEY BADGER DOESN'T CARE!!!

Rex Ryan and Tyrann Mathieu seem like a match made...well not in heaven necessarily...but a solid match made somewhere.

[Coolie Man]

That's cool. That would of been it.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Tampa Bay took CB Xavier Rhodes in round 1 (and since that point, that pick was traded to the Jets for Darrelle Revis, so in either case, the 13th overall pick was used to obtain a CB in one form or fashion) and then took DE Alex Okafor in round 2. Their secondary was so bad that they could use yet another corner (they signed CB Eric Wright last year, but he was suspended and generally sucks, so they cut his pay significantly to keep him around another year, but I highly doubt that he's the long-term solution across from Revis, so the Bucs are going to go the corner route yet again.

The Tampa Bay Buccanneers are proud to select:

Southeast Louisiana CB Robert Alford

[Rara]

With their third round pick, the San Francisco 49ers select: Travis Kelce, TE; Cincinatti.

While Davis is still playing like an elite (even though quiet the past two seasons), the 49ers have decided to go with Kelce as their pick. Kelce, who is rated the fifth best tight end of this draft is a steal as he was rated a high second round grade until violating team rules. Kelce will play special teams and take some snaps for when Davis is taking a breather. Could be the next Gronk.

STRENGTHS Kelce has an ideal tight end frame. Athletic for his size, with great strength, and the ability to stretch the field vertically. Very physical run blocker, generates power from the lower half, and will move defenders off the ball. Plays with leverage. Wide catching radius, can adjust and make the difficult catch. Tough to bring down after the catch. Light feet, and has lined up in numerous different positions.

WEAKNESSES Suspended for an entire season for violating team rules. Only one season of production. Doesn't have blazing speed. Not a tremendously explosive athlete. Doesn't come out of his breaks all that well.

NFL COMPARISON Rob Gronkowski

BOTTOM LINE Kelce has been a tremendous run blocker throughout his career for the Bearcats, but really elevated his game as a receiver in his senior season. He isn't a tremendous athlete, but he does a lot of things very well. It's a deep tight end class, but Kelce's play suggests that he should be highly sought after.

[RuthlessBurgher]

The New Orleans Saints took Ziggy Ansah in round 1 to address deficiencies in their defensive front 7, and now they look to address deficiencies in their defensive backfield as well (after not having a second round pick due to the Bountygate Scandal).

The New Orleans Saints are proud to select:

South Carolina S D.J. Swearinger

[RuthlessBurgher]

The San Diego Chargers used their first two selections to address their putrid OL by adding OT Lane Johnson and OG Larry Warford. Now it's time to address the defense. They drafted Melvin Ingram high last year to be one pass rushing OLB in their 3-4, but they could use someone else opposite him. Shaun Phillips is a free agent who wasn't re-signed, Jarrett Johnson is the current starter but he is a journeyman-type entering his 11th season in the NFL, and Larry English is a pretty much a bust at this point.

The San Diego Chargers are proud to select:

Southern Mississippi LB Jamie Collins

[flippy]

The St Louis Rams are sitting at the podium with the commish....waiting....If RB was picking, I'm sure I'd need to come up with a new player in 2 minutes

[flippy]

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Fisher and Bradford are at each other's throats today over this silly little mock draft. Apparently Sammy's pretty miffed he didn't get a WR and Jeff is all like, "I got you the big target in the passing game you wanted with our first pick". And Sammy's a little upset that Fisher went all D after that when clearly he's been a QB without weapons for far too long.

Fellas, let's relax a little here. And no Sammy, Amerson is not making the switch to WR just cause you say you want him to. The self proclaimed best WR in the draft is still on the board. Austin (tiny), Patterson (unknown), Allen (druggie), etc, etc. They all have issues.

Not this kid. He's got the size, the speed, the athleticism, and the production. He calls himself the best blocking WR. The hardest working WR. And yeah, just the best WR period in the whole draft.

The St Louis Rams Select, Quinton Patton - WR - Louisiana Tech

[steelblood]

The Pittsburgh Steelers select LeVeon Bell RB Michigan State.

[RuthlessBurgher]

The Miami now leapfrogged twice, I'll go ahead a make a pick for them. They got a pass rusher in round 1 with Werner, and a RB and CB in round 2 with Lacy and Hayden. One thing they didn't get was a tackle, with Jake Long having moved on to St. Louis. The Dolphins may solve this problem by trading one of those 2nd round picks for Brandon Albert, but as of right now, they have not done so yet.

The Miami Dolphins are proud to select:

Colorado OT David Bakhtiari

[RuthlessBurgher]

The Dallas Cowboys addressed their putrid interior OL by drafting OG Jonathan Cooper in round 1, and then added to their secondary by drafting S Matt Elam in round 2. Their interior OL was so bad, though, that multiple picks could realistically be added. With Cooper a starting guard from day one, now they are looking for an interior o-lineman with some ability to play center, since at one point last year, Dallas was down to their 4th or 5th string center, signing guys off the street and playing them a few days later.

The Dallas Cowboys are proud to select:

Alabama C/G Barrett Jones

[RuthlessBurgher]

The New York Giants addressed their OL in round 1 with Fluker and their LB corps in round 2 with Minter. Their next biggest need is in the secondary, even though they brought back Aaron Ross. There is a corner available who played locally in Jersey.

The New York Giants are proud to select:

Rutgers CB Logan Ryan

[pfelix73]

The Miami Dolphins select:

Gavin Escobar TE San Diego St.


Gavin earned all- confernece honors for 3 years in a row. At 6'6" and 255lbs, he will fit in nicely with the Dolphins offense.