tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16026927869015763.post1534645894687361639..comments2021-05-04T16:10:12.739-04:00Comments on I Mashed In Little League: 2013 NFL Mock Draft & All Buccaneer Selectionstalbuchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119314235317540650noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16026927869015763.post-18639511735037935502013-04-18T22:06:39.679-04:002013-04-18T22:06:39.679-04:00Good stuff TPE. Here are some of my thoughts –
...Good stuff TPE. Here are some of my thoughts – <br /><br />"7. Arizona Cardinals: Lane Johnson / Lane Johnson<br />When you have a historically bad O-Line, take the best lineman available."<br /><br />I get the feeling they’re going to move up and secure one of the three tackles. I don’t think I have ever done a mock with trades in it, but I’m working on now. I may lose interest in finishing it if the Bucs deal away #13 for Revis. <br /><br /><br /><br />"10. Tennessee Titans: E. Ansah / K. Vaccaro<br />Ansah’s measurables will be to tempting to pass up."<br /><br />I think they’d pounce if he was to fall this far. <br /><br /><br />"11. Cleveland Browns: Tavon Austin / Tyler Eifert<br />The Browns have been an ‘eh’ team on offense a long time. I think they have to sell their fans that this kid could be their Percy Harvin. They’re probably not going to sink money into a D-lineman after the Krueger signing."<br /><br />Cleveland is a tough one to project and in my mind is a likely candidate to trade down. <br /><br /><br />"13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Tyler Eifert / Tyler Eifert<br />He’s going to end up better than Pitta and that guy from the Oilers, and those are both pretty good players…and I want there to be no excuses for Josh Freeman. The Bucs need to be in the business of giving him every weapon possible, so that when he fails the experiment can end, and the next guy has a fighting chance."<br /><br />I can get on board with that. I’m not in the “You’ve got to take a corner!!!” club and believe the Bucs need to go with the best available player on their board. If that’s Eifert, then I’m fine with that. <br /><br /><br />21. Cincinnati Bengals: Jarvis Jones / Eddie Lacy<br />"If they’re determined to bring in a guy like Maualuga to play linebacker, I’d guess they would be looking to complement him with a guy that can go backwards. They will be making a huge mistake, because Jones is going to end up being the biggest bust of this draft and it has nothing to do with spinal stenosis. His game will not translate to the next level."<br /><br />Yeah Jones has the chance to be really good or really bad. Neither would shock me. <br /><br /><br />"26. GB Packers: Menelik Watson / Kyle Long<br />The NFL is not an idea place for an offensive lineman who comes in raw to learn his craft. The Packers should take a good hard look at a kid that had tremendous physical tools coming in to the league and has become to lowest order, indistinguishable from a turnstile: Vladimir Ducasse. Every time I saw Oregon play, the Long kid was running all over the place making blocks."<br /><br />With everyone focusing so much on the top three, hardly anyone is talking about Watson or Long. Both of those guys come with a lot of upside.<br /><br /><br />"29. NE Patriots: Tank Carradine / Matt Elam<br />The prospect of sticking Carradine on the other side of Chandler Jones as a quick fix will be too much to for the Patriots to pass up, but they will regret not taking Matt Elam who will end up being the best safety to emerge from this year’s draft class."<br /><br />I like this. <br /><br /><br />"Notable absences from Thursday night's roster:<br />Manti Teo. He's just another guy.<br />E.J. Manuel. Not a first round QB, but better than Geno Smith<br />Johnathan Banks. Why Johnathan Banks you ask? Because I really, really want him to be there when the Bucs pick on Friday!"<br /><br />We’ll probably be surprised by some of the names that end up not getting picked on the first day. This thing looks pretty wide open. <br /><br /><br />"Thank you for your work as always, Mr. Talbuc...or DR. Talbuc, as your readers have all voted to award you an honorary doctorate in football matters!"<br /><br />I feel like Tommy Lasorda! That guy gets one of those every day. <br />talbuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119314235317540650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16026927869015763.post-76785516095670685522013-04-12T19:45:50.357-04:002013-04-12T19:45:50.357-04:00Manti Teo. He's just another guy.
E.J. Manuel....<br />Manti Teo. He's just another guy.<br />E.J. Manuel. Not a first round QB, but better than Geno Smith<br />Johnathan Banks. Why Johnathan Banks you ask? Because I really, really want him to be there when the Bucs pick on Friday!<br /><br />Thank you for your work as always, Mr. Talbuc...or DR. Talbuc, as your readers have all voted to award you an honorary doctorate in football matters!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16026927869015763.post-83837973701715396302013-04-12T19:45:32.008-04:002013-04-12T19:45:32.008-04:0022. St. Louis Rams: Robert Woods / Robert Woods
I...22. St. Louis Rams: Robert Woods / Robert Woods<br /><br />If Vaccaro is gone, they’re going to reach for Cyprien since he’s probably the next safety on the board, but HE PLAYED AT FIU. Robert Woods is going to be very solid and they need more help on offense than defense. I think I might be the only person that has done a mock draft with Robert Woods in the first round!<br /><br />23. Minnesota Vikings: Sylvester Williams / Kevin Minter<br /><br />I saw two mocks, one having them with SW the other with KM. I would have had them taking Trufant, but in my thing he’s done gone. They should take Minter since they have absolutely nothing at LB and might be able to squeeze another year out of one of those Williams tackles.<br /><br />24. Indianapolis Colts: Margus Hunt / Margus Hunt<br /><br />I see you have them with D. Joned, and that may be with whom they go. Either way, whoever they have as the best interior lineman on their board goes here. I’m going to eventually go back and look at the Pollian drafts. I have a suspicion he spent the better part of his 1st round picks on offensive players for his HoF quarterback. I thought that was a mistake, and if the Colts had had a couple of more serious playmakers on defense, they might have won at least one more SB. <br /><br />25. Minnesota Vikings: Kevin Minter / Kevin Minter<br /><br />If the Colts take Minter, and I wouldn’t bet against it at 24, the Vikings are going to take M. Hunt. <br /><br />26. GB Packers: Menelik Watson / Kyle Long<br /><br />The NFL is not an idea place for an offensive lineman who comes in raw to learn his craft. The Packers should take a good hard look at a kid that had tremendous physical tools coming in to the league and has become to lowest order, indistinguishable from a turnstile: Vladimir Ducasse. Every time I saw Oregon play, the Long kid was running all over the place making blocks. <br /><br />27. Houston Texans: Justin Hunter / Justin Hunter<br /><br />As great as Andre Johnson has been, I think he’s reached the point of rapid decline from here on out. This guy looked really good in the one game I saw him play, and that’s good enough for me. Anyway, they’re going to trade down from here, so whoever they get, it won’t be at 27.<br /><br />28. Denver Broncos: D.J. Hayden / D.J. Hayden<br /><br />For all the hoopla about Dumervil, he wasn’t very impressive in 2013. The Broncos know that the Ravens have taken a step back; they're going to have to beat NE in a mediocre AFC to get to the Super Bowl, and that means potentially defending Sanders and a receiver the Patriots might take next. <br /><br />29. NE Patriots: Tank Carradine / Matt Elam<br /><br />The prospect of sticking Carradine on the other side of Chandler Jones as a quick fix will be too much to for the Patriots to pass up, but they will regret not taking Matt Elam who will end up being the best safety to emerge from this year’s draft class.<br /><br />30. Atlanta Falcons: Barkevious Mingo / Barkevious Mingo<br /><br />The Falcons are not going to contend for a SB title with their D-line as it is currently comprised. They are pretty well situated everywhere else, to the extent that if they played the 49ers ten times, they’d win three games. That’s probably about as much as they can hope for in the next four years, because the talent disparity is significant. <br /><br />31. SF 49ers: Datone Jones / Datone Jones<br /><br />SF had to be acutely aware of what happened to them when Justin Smith became the one armed man. He may not be the idea fit to fill in for Smith, but he’s the best guy left there. Yes, I could see the picks I have at 29-30 permuted the six ways possible, or as we like to say in the math business, the ‘3!’ ways.<br /><br />32. Baltimore Ravens: Keenan Allen / DeAndre Hopkins<br /><br />They’d be deluding themselves to think Keenan Allen is going to give them what AQ did, even minimally. Take the better player with more top end speed. <br /><br />Notable absences from Thursday night's roster:<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16026927869015763.post-8677040569992565112013-04-12T19:35:40.175-04:002013-04-12T19:35:40.175-04:0011. Cleveland Browns: Tavon Austin / Tyler Eifert
...11. Cleveland Browns: Tavon Austin / Tyler Eifert<br /><br />The Browns have been an ‘eh’ team on offense a long time. I think they have to sell their fans that this kid could be their Percy Harvin. They’re probably not going to sink money into a D-lineman after the Krueger signing. <br /><br />12. Miami Dolphins: Xavier Rhodes / Cordarrelle Patterson<br /><br />You can flip those two names. I kind of like the big risk big reward pick of Patterson, but it’s not me that has to pay a mortgage in Miami. Jeff Ireland is kind of nutty, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they pull the trigger on the Patterson kid.<br /><br />13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Tyler Eifert / Tyler Eifert<br /><br />He’s going to end up better than Pitta and that guy from the Oilers, and those are both pretty good players…and I want there to be no excuses for Josh Freeman. The Bucs need to be in the business of giving him every weapon possible, so that when he fails the experiment can end, and the next guy has a fighting chance. <br /><br />14. Carolina Panthers: Sheldon Richardson / Sheldon Richardson<br /><br />They have to do something to shore up the middle. I didn’t see this kid play one time, but everybody says he’ll be a solid player, and that’s more than what they have now. <br /><br />15. NO Saints: Bjorn Werner / Barkevious Mingo<br /><br />The Saints are probably by now pretty desperate to get anyone that can put pressure on opposing quarterbacks. If they take Werner they are taking the wrong player. He’s going to be a slightly above average NFL end. Mingo is going to end up being better and probably better suited to playing standing up. <br /><br /><br />16. St. Louis Rams : Kenny Vaccaro / Kenny Vaccaro<br /><br />Tough call. If Patterson and Vaccaro are off the board, and they can find a buyer, they’re going to trade down. If they’re both still around, and since I expect to be 15/15 by this point, they fill their most pressing need and hope Patterson is still around at 22. <br /><br />17. Pittsburgh Steelers: Corradelle Patterson / Alec Olgetree<br /><br />I would have wavered about this one right up until the Patriots offered to Sanders, a number which I doubt the Steelers match. Either way, he’s out of the league in four years. The NFL junkyard is littered with guys like Patterson.<br /><br />18. Dallas Cowboys: D. J. Fluker / Johnathan Cooper<br /><br />I’m not the biggest Romo defender in the world, but at least plug one leak up front. I don’t have one of these guys dramatically better than the other, so either would do. <br /><br />19. NY Giants Desmond Truffant / Johnathan Cooper<br /><br />Truffant is going to look good to them given that T. Thomas coming back is no sure thing. However, if I was the GM of an NFL team with a quarterback capable of winning Super Bowls, I would draft the best available offensive lineman on the board every other year…you know, like that Patriots have done. <br /><br />20. Chicago Bears: Alec Ogletree / Alec Ogletree<br /><br />I’ve heard two mentions of Man’ti Teo at this slot. I won’t even dignify that guess with a comment. <br /><br />21. Cincinnati Bengals: Jarvis Jones / Eddie Lacy<br /><br />If they’re determined to bring in a guy like Maualuga to play linebacker, I’d guess they would be looking to complement him with a guy that can go backwards. They will be making a huge mistake, because Jones is going to end up being the biggest bust of this draft and it has nothing to do with spinal stenosis. His game will not translate to the next level. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16026927869015763.post-15519055891826568582013-04-12T19:32:52.248-04:002013-04-12T19:32:52.248-04:00I’m going to do my first mock draft, because those...I’m going to do my first mock draft, because those little creatures that live in my basement have been clamoring for me to do one since we moved into this gloomy, isolated estate with its peculiar history of former owners going missing. Wait…I’m conflating the NFL with that ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ movie again. I don’t know how to write fancy web page things so I can’t columns with decorations and such, so please read what follows as ‘Team: Who they will take/Who they should take if they had the guts.<br /><br />1. Kansas City: Luke Joeckel / Chance Warmack<br /><br />You need a good player at left tackle, not necessarily a great one. The seven step drop, long developing plays are becoming increasingly rare. Face pressure is a bigger issue nowadays. If you have the first pick, take the best football player in the draft.<br /><br />2. Jacksonville: Shariff Floyd / Shariff Floyd <br /><br /> I would trade down and pick up an extra 2nd. That being said, this kid is going to be phenomenal. <br /><br />3. Oakland Raiders: Star Lotulelei / Dion Jordan <br /><br />If the old man were alive, they’d probably draft Geno Smith. If nothing else, McKenzie is committed to getting them out of an awful cap situation. <br /><br />4. Philadelphia Eagles: Eric Fisher/Eric Fisher<br /><br />This one is tough. It all depends on how Jason Peters’ recovery is going. I’m guessing that the Eagles don’t want to bet on a 320 lb. guy with an injury from which it is notoriously difficult to recover. If they are 100% sure Peters is good to go, they should take Lotulelei.<br /><br />5. Detroit Lions: Dion Jordan / Lane Johnson<br /><br />They’re going to want to fix up that rush end position. They saw what happened when they go no production from that side last year with van der Bosch, and my guess is they have no one even close to him on the roster. <br /><br />6. San Diego Chargers: Chance Warmack / Chance Warmack<br /><br />If they are smart, they will listen to me. Oddly, they are not taking my calls. <br /><br />7. Arizona Cardinals: Lane Johnson / Lane Johnson<br /><br />When you have a historically bad O-Line, take the best lineman available. <br /><br />8. Buffalo Bills: Geno Smith / Tyler Eifert<br /><br />The Bills personnel philosophy brings to mind a line I heard poker legend Phil Hellmuth say to another player at the WSOP a few years ago: “You have a fundamental misunderstand about how this game is to be played.” <br /><br />9. NY Jets: Dee Milner / Ezekiel Ansah<br /><br />This one will depend on how much say Rex Ryan has on draft day. I don’t see it with the Milner kid, I really don’t, but I can see Ryan convincing himself he needs a great corner if he want to do the things he did the years the Jets were more successful.<br /><br />10. Tennessee Titans: E. Ansah / K. Vaccaro<br /><br />Ansah’s measurables will be to tempting to pass up. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16026927869015763.post-56979010294478891532013-04-08T21:41:37.951-04:002013-04-08T21:41:37.951-04:00Since it looks like the Bucs are going to end up t...Since it looks like the Bucs are going to end up trading their first round pick for Revis, in which case I likely won't do a revised mock, I figured I'd acknowledge that I unintentionally, yet inexcusably, left Mingo out of my mock. He could go anywhere from 7-24 or lower, but I'd have him closer to the 24. talbuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119314235317540650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16026927869015763.post-41352149099391486402013-03-30T21:52:20.084-04:002013-03-30T21:52:20.084-04:00Thanks. The Bucs were 15th in the league in rushi...Thanks. The Bucs were 15th in the league in rushing ypg last year, and that was without their two best lineman and a rookie rusher. I'm anxious to see how much more dominant they can be with Nicks and Joseph back and Martin with a year under his belt. <br /><br />Their offseason inactivity indicates they're going all in with Clayborn and Bowers which is a scary proposition. I don't necessarily care about sack numbers, but they need to do a better job of getting to the passer quicker and obstructing passing lanes. They added Derek Landri today, but don't think he's anything more than a rotational tackle; nothing to get excited about.talbuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119314235317540650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16026927869015763.post-33018327296751675282013-03-30T10:22:54.832-04:002013-03-30T10:22:54.832-04:00Very well thought out, and i whole-heartedly agree...Very well thought out, and i whole-heartedly agree that this draft would set us up to be competitive in the upcoming season. Seems that it all depends on our lines staying healthy this year though...Tzalaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13963885897844823252noreply@blogger.com