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Mike Mayock's 2017 mock draft

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Taken from http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-complete-results-from-nfl-network-draft-guru

One or two surprises but not too many:

Mike Mayock's 2017 Mock Draft

Pick Team Selection
1 Cleveland Browns Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M
2 San Francisco 49ers Jamal Adams, S, LSU
3 Chicago Bears Marshon Lattimore, CB, Ohio State
4 Jacksonville Jaguars Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU
5 Cleveland Browns (trade with Titans) Mitchell Trubisky, QB, North Carolina
6 New York Jets O.J. Howard, TE, Alabama
7 Los Angeles Chargers Solomon Thomas, DE, Stanford
8 Carolina Panthers Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford
9 Cincinnati Bengals Jonathan Allen, DL, Alabama
10 Buffalo Bills Reuben Foster, LB, Alabama
11 New Orleans Saints Charles Harris, DE, Missouri
12 Tennessee Titans (trade with Browns) John Ross, WR, Washington
13 Arizona Cardinals Marlon Humphrey, CB, Alabama
14 Philadelphia Eagles (from MIN) Mike Williams, WR, Clemson
15 Indianapolis Colts Derek Barnett, DE, Tennessee
16 Baltimore Ravens Haason Reddick, LB, Temple
17 Washington Takkarist McKinley, LB/DE, UCLA
18 Tennessee Titans Adoree' Jackson, CB, USC
19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Malik Hooker, S, Ohio State
20 Denver Broncos Ryan Ramczyk, OT, Wisconsin
21 Detroit Lions Corey Davis, WR, Western Michigan
22 Miami Dolphins T.J. Watt, LB, Wisconsin
23 New York Giants Garett Bolles, OT, Utah
24 Oakland Raiders Cam Robinson, OT, Alabama
25 Houston Texans Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson
26 Seattle Seahawks Forrest Lamp, OG, Western Kentucky
27 Kansas City Chiefs Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State
28 Dallas Cowboys Tre'Davious White, CB, LSU
29 Green Bay Packers Alvin Kamara, RB, Tennessee
30 Pittsburgh Steelers Jordan Willis, DE, Kansas State
31 Atlanta Falcons Jabrill Peppers, S, Michigan
32 Arizona Cardinals (trade with Saints) Patrick Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech

Based on this it looks like we force an edge rusher. Not sure that's what I'd want to be doing at this stage. Who would you draft based on this mock?
 
Lawson, taco charlton, rivers are all still available, the run on CB looks bigger so I'd go Awuzie if I couldn't trade down a few spots
 
Not so sure about this one.... seems odd.
 
Willis is 6'4", 255
isnt that almost the preferred size for OLB? Porter is 6'3 and was 250ish at his peak.
 
Solid pick, low-risk pick, that should be a solid NFL player. He has strong physical skills and improved every year in college. Only downside is that it will take him a year to contribute, unless we go base 4-3 and let him loose.
 
Steelerfan81 said:
If Malik Hooker lasts till 19 the Steelers should be moving up and drafting him.
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I will go one further. If a pass rusher they want is available in the 20's, my hope is that they move up to get him. We have a few pass rush needy teams picking before us at 30.
 
Based on that I hope the Steelers don't RUN to the podium to make their pick but instead start calling teams in the early second to see if they want to come back and get a QB. 49ers, Bears, and Jets all could and should be looking at Mahommes so I make some calls see if the '9ers would give their #34 and pair 109 (620 vs 560+76), or Bears to give up #36 and #111 (620 vs 540+72) or Jets to give up #39, 107 and 150 (62 vs 510+80+31).

If none bite then I take King, Awuzie, Melifonwu and hope a edge guy like Rivers, or Bowser is still around in the second. I hate reaching on guys and Mayock has us reaching 1 if not 2 rounds.
 
yes please no running to the podium this year

well unless a attractive pass rusher is there at 30.
 
FordFairLane said:
Based on that I hope the Steelers don't RUN to the podium to make their pick but instead start calling teams in the early second to see if they want to come back and get a QB. 49ers, Bears, and Jets all could and should be looking at Mahommes so I make some calls see if the '9ers would give their #34 and pair 109 (620 vs 560+76), or Bears to give up #36 and #111 (620 vs 540+72) or Jets to give up #39, 107 and 150 (62 vs 510+80+31).

If none bite then I take King, Awuzie, Melifonwu and hope a edge guy like Rivers, or Bowser is still around in the second. I hate reaching on guys and Mayock has us reaching 1 if not 2 rounds.
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This is a deeper corner class. I'd go edge in round one, unless Watt and Willis have already been selected.
 
Coach said:
This is a deeper corner class. I'd go edge in round one, unless Watt and Willis have already been selected.
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The way this draft falls Willis, Rivers, Bowser are all reaches at this point. If a trade can't happen I stay to my board and even go TE with Njoku if he's high on my board. TE is tough because I don't know what the Steelers are thinking about Green or how much they value James. But IMO Willis is an awful pick.
 
FordFairLane said:
The way this draft falls Willis, Rivers, Bowser are all reaches at this point. If a trade can't happen I stay to my board and even go TE with Njoku if he's high on my board. TE is tough because I don't know what the Steelers are thinking about Green or how much they value James. But IMO Willis is an awful pick.
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Agreed, As I noted in the other thread. Get DB's that can cover for longer, especially if they can man up and/or zone, our pass rushers are often a step/half step from the QB. Reaching for an EDGE guy doesn't solve that problem.
 
ark steel said:
Agreed, As I noted in the other thread. Get DB's that can cover for longer, especially if they can man up and/or zone, our pass rushers are often a step/half step from the QB. Reaching for an EDGE guy doesn't solve that problem.
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Our DB's and coaching staff's idea of coverage is large cushions and s soft zone. Hardly long-term coverage. Guys get open quickly.

We need better coverage people, and a better pass rush, but the philosophy in coverage MUST change vs the better QB's
 
Coach said:
Our DB's and coaching staff's idea of coverage is large cushions and s soft zone. Hardly long-term coverage. Guys get open quickly.

We need better coverage people, and a better pass rush, but the philosophy in coverage MUST change vs the better QB's
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you cant change that philosophy without the players. Doing so without the players is ridiculous. Which is why I say get the players and your problem goes, mostly, away.
 
If he's the next most talented guy at edge rusher then great but based on what TMC and Del have been saying there are maybe 4-5 other guys around and he could be around in the 2nd.

Maybe the Steelers are looking at this and laughing knowing that their board has had him as a mid-first rounder for the last three months? Who knows?
 
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