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NFL Mock Draft - Round 1 Notes
Casey 2009 
1 – Detroit: Matt Stafford, QB, Georgia
No surprise
Stafford Booed?
Huge contract with bust protection
2 – St. Louis: Jason Smith, OT, Baylor
Again, no surprise.
JS > Joe Thomas?
Secondary return as guard.
Great Orlando Pace replacement
3 – Kansas City: Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU
Richard Seymour v2?
No nose tackle
Glenn Dorsey trade in the works?
4 – Seattle: Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest
Tatupu, Hill, Curry too expensive.
Cover-2 fit?
Worst scheme-fit for Curry
5 – New York Jets from Cleveland: Mark Sanchez, QB, USC
What happens with Kellen Clemens? Trade to Cards?
Sanchez can handle NY pressure
Great pick for Rex Ryan
No. 17 and 52, Brett Ratliff, Kenyon Coleman, Abram Elam to Cleveland
What happens to Brady Quinn, Derek Anderson, Ratcliff to start?
6 – Cincinnati: Andre Smith, OT, Alabama
Motivation?
Monroe still on the board
Character concerns.
Fills a need.
7 – Oakland: Darrius Heyward-Bey
Awful pick, 4th or 5th best receiver, Eugene Monroe on the board…
Great athlete, not a great football player
Donnie Avery but more expensive, less polished.
8 – Jacksonville: Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia
GREAT value.
Replacement and upgrade for Khalif Barnes
Could have looked at Crabtree
9 – Green Bay: B.J. Raji, NT, Boston College
Ideal 3-4 nose tackle.
Great value, BPA @ need position.
Ted Thompson avoids Crabtree temptation for greater good.
10 – San Francisco: Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
Great Value
Jerry Rice esque
Who plays QB? Shaun White? Alex Smith?
11 – Buffalo: Aaron Maybin, DE, Penn State
Great potential, undersized
Orakpo still on the board?
Weight issues, too light.
12 – Denver: Knowshon Moreno, RB, Georgia
Finally a starter.
Super versatile, catches well.
Value at 12, available at 18?
13 – Washington: Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
GREAT Value
Fills need, BPA by far
2nd player on my board.
14 – New Orleans: Malcolm Jenkins, DB, Ohio State
Need and value at 14.
Jenkins may be able to play corner in NO.
NO finally helps their secondary.
15 – Houston: Brian Cushing, LB, USC
Had him here for a while.
Good athlete, versatile.
2-down linebacker?
16 – San Diego: Larry English, OLB, Northern Illinois
Reach, Reach, Reach
Maualuga, Oher, Wells on the board.
Good fit, bad value.
17 – Tampa Bay from Cleveland: Josh Freeman, QB, Kansas State
Bound to happen, Raheem Morris tie.
Overrated player, high ceiling
Great arm, poor accuracy.
No. 19 and 191 to Cleveland
18 – Denver: Robert Ayers, OLB/DE, Tennessee
One-year-wonder? 3-4 DE/OLB Hybrid? Rare.
Needed defense, good value.
Everette Brown still on the board.
19 – Philadelphia from Cleveland: Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri
Great Value, need?
DeSean Jackson clone?
Good enough size, another target for McNabb.
Explosive with ball in hands
No. 21 and 195 to Cleveland
20 – Detroit: Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma State
Matt Millen back?
Pettigrew is good TE, but fills minor need.
Oher, Maualuga, Jerry still on board.
21 – Cleveland: Alex Mack, C, California
Good pick, parallel with Nick Mangold pick by Mangini in New York
Not exciting, but effective pick.
22 – Minnesota: Percy Harvin, WR, Florida
Character concerns?
Can he play WR in WCO?
Very versatile, RB, returner, WR, etc.
Sidney Rice? Bernard Berrian?
23 – Baltimore from New England: Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss
Good Value.
Versatile lineman.
Can he play LT?
Ray Rice and Joe Flacco savior.
No. 26 and 162 to New England
24 – Atlanta: Peria Jerry, DT, Ole Miss
Ideal pick.
Jerry is probably the best 4-3 DT.
Penetrator, adequate value here.
25 – Miami: Vontae Davis, CB, Illinois
Best pure-cornerback in draft.
Fills need, great value.
BPA, probably.
Character concerns?
26 - Green Bay from New England: Clay Matthews, LB, USC
Good fit in 3-4
Hard Worker, athletic.
Traded No. 41, 73 and 83 for 26 and 162
Overpaid for pick.
27 – Indianapolis: Donald Brown, RB, Connecticut
Typical Bill Polian reach, akin to Edge over Ricky Williams
Brown fits scheme very well.
Brown is a workhorse, great complement to Joseph Addai.
28 – Buffalo: Eric Wood, C, Louisville
No left tackle?
Not a bad pick, Eben Britton and William Beatty on the board though.
Not Max Unger?
29 – New York Giants: Hakeem Nicks, WR, North Carolina
Good WR, may never be great.
Not red-zone replacement for Burress, perhaps better than Britt though.
Team didn’t have immediate needs other than this.
30 – Tennessee: Kenny Britt, WR, Rutgers
Finally a WR in Tennessee.
Britt’s an ideal fit for Vince Young and Kerry Collins.
Great fit for Britt and Titans.
Cringed over potential D-2 pick, relieved at conventional need pick.
31 – Arizona: Chris “Beanie” Wells, RB, Arizona
Ideal scenario for Arizona.
Big back, shifty, Bettis-esque.
Great value at end of first round.
Best RB in draft?
Durability, character concerns?
32 – Pittsburgh: Evander Hood, DT/DE, Missouri
Good fit at DE in 3-4.
High motor, tenacious.
Eben Britton, Max Unger on the board.
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