Posted today. PS's pick is Mack.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/nfl/draft/stories/041109dnspomockdraft.24fa77e.html

1. Detroit Lions:
Matthew Stafford, QB, Georgia
Lions are hoping Stafford can be their next Bobby Layne

2. St. Louis Rams:
Jason Smith, OT, Baylor
Huge hole at left tackle with release of Orlando Pace

3. Kansas City Chiefs:
Aaron Curry, OLB, Wake Forest
The NFL's 31st-ranked defense needs a playmaker

4. Seattle Seahawks:
Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
Seahawks desperate for a threatening offensive weapon

5. Cleveland Browns:
B.J. Raji, DT, Boston College
Success starts with run defense in AFC North

6. Cincinnati Bengals:
Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri
Bengals need WR/KR to replace T.J. Houshmandzadeh

7. Oakland Raiders:
Percy Harvin, WR, Florida
Raiders need more weapons to give QB Russell a chance

8. Jacksonville Jaguars:
Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia
Jaguars allowed 42 sacks last season

9. Green Bay Packers:
Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU
Going to a 3-4, the Packers get best 3-4 DE in draft

10. San Francisco 49ers:
Mark Sanchez, QB, USC
Success has always started at QB for the 49ers

11. Buffalo Bills:
Aaron Maybin, DE, Penn State
The NFL's 29th-ranked pass rush needs help

12. Denver Broncos:
Josh Freeman, QB, Kansas State
Without Jay Cutler, the Broncos need a quarterback

13. Washington Redskins:
Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
Like Buffalo, the Redskins managed only 24 sacks in 2008

14. New Orleans Saints:
Vontae Davis, CB, Illinois
The NFL's 23rd-ranked pass defense needs a shutdown corner

15. Houston Texans:
Robert Ayers, DE, Tennessee
Pro Bowler DE Mario Williams had 12 of Texans' 25 sacks

16. San Diego Chargers:
Rey Maualuga, MLB, USC
Maualuga plays with same reckless abandon as Junior Seau

17. New York Jets:
Darius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland
Jets need to replace the speed of Laveranues Coles

18. Denver Broncos:
Peria Jerry, DT, Mississippi
The NFL's 29th-ranked defense needs across-the-board help

19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
Beanie Wells, HB, Ohio State
With Gruden gone, Bucs become power-oriented on offense

20. Detroit Lions:
Ziggy Hood, DT, Missouri
Detroit's two starting DTs gone from a year ago

21. Philadelphia Eagles:
Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma State
Eagles lost TE L.J. Smith in free agency

22. Minnesota Vikings:
Malcolm Jenkins, CB, Ohio State
Vikings need a physical presence in 18th-ranked pass defense

23. New England Patriots:
Clay Matthews, OLB, USC
Bill Belichick also coached Clay's dad at Cleveland

24. Atlanta Falcons:
Brian Cushing, OLB, USC
The Falcons lost their two starting OLBs in free agency

25. Miami Dolphins:
James Laurinaitis, MLB, Ohio State
Give him a month and Laurinaitis will be running Miami D

26. Baltimore Ravens:
Andre Smith, OT, Alabama
Another gift for the Ravens – great player, bad workout

27. Indianapolis Colts:
Knowshown Moreno, HB, Georgia
Joseph Addai can't stay healthy, so help is on the way

28. Philadelphia Eagles:
LeSean McCoy, HB, Pittsburgh
McCoy is a clone of Brian Westbrook

29. New York Giants:
Michael Oher, OT, Mississippi
Gives Giants the luxury of moving Dave Diehl back to G

30. Tennessee Titans:
Kenny Britt, WR, Rutgers
Deep speed eases pressure on Pro Bowl RB Chris Johnson

31. Arizona Cardinals:
Donald Brown, HB, Connecticut
NFL's worst rushing attack gets a boost

32. Pittsburgh Steelers:
Alex Mack, C, California
Steelers need to re-establish identity as running team

I actually don't think it's that solid.

McCoy won't got that high, and he's nothing like Brian Westbrook.

Harvey at 7 and Tyson Jackson at 9 are questionable.

Same with Andre Smith lasting til 26.

Pettigrew doesn't fit what the Eagles want at TE. Same with projecting the Broncos to take Peria Jerry and have him play 34 DE.

I was going to post this earlier, but i thought it sucked. His mocks before the one he publishes draft day are pretty much useless.

Exactly. He even mentions in the writeup at the top of the article that his first mock is based on his draftboard and the second is based on need. It's his third and final one that's based on what he finds out from GMs & his sources. And that's not posted until draft day (along with his Top 100 - which may be posted the day before IIRC).

What's strange is, this one isn't supposed to be based on need, and then for almost every player he cites team needs as the reasons for the pick. And then he's got Harvin going to the Raiders, and that's almost certainly what he thinks will happen and not a value or need decision, the fast guy to the Raiders bit.

I think his primary concern with this one is his board, but he'll have to factor in which positions a team would never consider. In his next one his primary concern will be team need tempered by rankings.

His mock self destructs after the fourth pick. I can't see the Browns taking Raj or the Bengals taking a WR or Oakland taking Harvin at #7. He won't go that high.

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Definately a reach for Harvin, but I just stated yesterday in another thread that Tyson Jackson is 50/50 to go top 10 and probably wont last past pick 12 or so. Whether he's deserving or not, and I think he is, there are 5-6 34 teams picking in the top 12 and he's the best 5 technique prospect since Richard Seymour and his stock will begin to climb from here on out up until draft day. Theres even a potential in my mind for him to go as high as #5 to Cleveland.



should Smith and Oher fall to the late 20's, I will be utterly pissed if one of them is not a Steeler

But I think both will be also be top 10-15 players

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I'll be posting another one of my mock drafts soon (as if anyone cares ), but my thoughts on his draft, most of which has already been echoed here:

- No way on Harvin to the Raiders. I don't even see Harvin in the 1st round. Pro Football Weekly talked to NFL personnel and Harvin was #1 on the list of riskiest picks in this draft. If they're going to reach for a wide receiver it will be Heyward-Bey, but I don't even see that as well. The more likely pick is Maclin.

- I don't see Orakpo falling to #13. On most boards he's probably the #1 pass rusher in this draft, and players like that don't fall out of the top 10.

- I still think Malcolm Jenkins goes top 15. I certainly don't feel he falls out of the top 20.

- Andre Smith falling to #26 is sheer lunacy. He isn't getting out of the top 10. I don't think Oher gets out of the top 15 as well. He's at least a top 20 pick.

- McCoy is not a 1st round pick.

I'm OK with Mack. He looks like a Colbert pick. I don't think you have to worry about effort with Mack. I like it better then Unger. The things I don't like are the depth at C in this class and I don't think C is as big of a need as G or T. It's not just Stapleton, it's still cross you're fingers with Kemo. I know he is starting but I'm not assuming improvement. Both OT's have 1 year left and I figure one of them is gone. Hills sucks. The more I think about this the more I want to extend Hartwig and address G and OT in the first 3 picks. I like Mack but there are problems bigger then C on the Oline.

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32. Pittsburgh Steelers:
Alex Mack, C, California
Steelers need to re-establish identity as running team

Yeah...cause their "identity" last season...SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS...really sucks!
I`m tire of this "identity" bullshit! Win football games...Win Championships. That`s the only fucking identity worth anything!
(Nothing against Mack as the pick)

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