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Danny O'Neil's mock NFL draft
Danny O'Neil's mock draft Seahawks reporter Danny O'Neil predicts how the top 32 picks will go in Thursday's NFL draft: Pick, team Player...
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| Danny O'Neil's mock draft | |
| Seahawks reporter Danny O'Neil predicts how the top 32 picks will go in Thursday's NFL draft: | |
| Pick, team | Player |
| 1. Indianapolis Colts | QB Andrew Luck, Stanford |
| Least surprising draft pick ever. The Colts wouldn't have cut Peyton Manning if they weren't in position to draft a once-in-a-decade kind of QB prospect. | |
| 2. Washington Redskins | QB Robert Griffin III, Baylor |
| He will be the fourth quarterback Washington has drafted in the first round in the past 20 drafts, most of any team in the league in that time. | |
| 3. Minnesota Vikings | LT Matt Kalil, USC |
| The Vikings have done everything but post this pick on CraigsList.com to get a deal, but if they make the pick, they need protection for QB Christian Ponder. | |
| 4. Cleveland Browns | RB Trent Richardson, Alabama |
| The last time Mike Holmgren used a first-round pick on an Alabama running back, the Seahawks landed a franchise back in Shaun Alexander. | |
| 5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers | CB Morris Claiborne, LSU |
| The top cornerback in the draft goes No. 5 overall for the second consecutive year. | |
| 6. St. Louis Rams | WR Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State |
| Some see Rams taking DT Fletcher Cox, but St. Louis has used three of its past five draft picks on defensive linemen, and QB Sam Bradford needs weapons. | |
| 7. Jacksonville Jaguars | DT Fletcher Cox, Mississippi State |
| Jags would love to get CB Morris Claiborne and could go for CB Stephon Gilmore, but getting the best defensive lineman in this draft is a steal. | |
| 8. Miami Dolphins | QB Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M |
| Can't imagine a team willing to go into next season with a new coach thinking, "You know what, we're good with Matt Moore starting at quarterback." | |
| 9. Carolina Panthers | DE Quinton Coples, North Carolina |
| Things worked out pretty well the last time the Panthers picked a defensive end from this school, choosing Julius Peppers No. 2 overall in 2002. | |
| 10. Buffalo Bills | CB Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina |
| Buffalo really needs an offensive tackle, but the Bills need to get younger in the secondary after bolstering the pass rush in free agency. | |
| 11. Kansas City Chiefs | LB Luke Kuechly, Boston College |
| One of the safest drafters in the league, Scott Pioli takes one of the safest players in the draft and plants him right next to Derrick Johnson. | |
| 12. Seattle Seahawks | DE Chandler Jones, Syracuse |
| QB Ryan Tannehill would be an option if available, but Seattle showed last year it will follow its own evaluations as opposed to conventional wisdom. | |
| 13. Arizona Cardinals | OLB Melvin Ingram, South Carolina |
| Larry Fitzgerald would like another receiver, but Ingram is too good of a fit for the Cardinals' defense. | |
| 14. Dallas Cowboys | S Mark Barron, Alabama |
| Wednesday's big buzz was that Barron would be a top-10 pick, but that could be a ruse to bait the Cowboys into trading up to get the safety they truly covet. | |
| 15. Philadelphia Eagles | DT Michael Brockers, LSU |
| Philadelphia has used three of its past five first-round picks on defensive linemen, showing its preference for building from the front of its defense. | |
| 16. New York Jets | WR Michael Floyd, Notre Dame |
| Jets would like to boost their pass rush, but with OLB Melvin Ingram, S Mark Barron and DE Chandler Jones all gone, they take the No. 2 wideout available. | |
| 17. Cincinnati Bengals | G David DeCastro, Stanford |
| It takes a heck of a guard to be drafted this high, and that's just what this Bellevue High grad is: a heck of a guard. | |
| 18. San Diego Chargers | OLB Shea McClellin, Boise State |
| There isn't a team in the league that loves to draft pass rushers more than the San Diego Chargers, and McClellin fits their specs perfectly. | |
| 19. Chicago Bears | DE Whitney Mercilus, Illinois |
| DE Nick Perry's speed makes him intriguing here, but the Bears look nearby to find another edge rusher to pair with Julius Peppers. | |
| 20. Tennessee Titans | CB Dre Kirkpatrick, Alabama |
| The Titans let Cortland Finnegan walk in free agency, so they've got to find someone to provide some coverage on the outside. | |
| 21. Cincinnati Bengals | DE Courtney Upshaw, Alabama |
| The Bengals love to boost the depth of their defensive line, and while some see Upshaw as caught between positions, Bengals see a formidable pass rusher. | |
| 22. Cleveland Browns | WR Stephen Hill, Georgia Tech |
| Tied for the fastest wide receiver among all players at the scouting combine, and he turned 21 just this week. | |
| 23. Detroit Lions | WR Kendall Wright, Baylor |
| With the attention that Calvin Johnson demands on the outside, Wright is the kind of player that can feast on the soft underside of opposing coverages. | |
| 24. Pittsburgh Steelers | DT Dontari Poe, Memphis |
| Casey Hampton is 35 and coming off an Achilles injury, and his backup retired. Poe provides a big body to plug in the middle of that aging defense. | |
| 25. Denver Broncos | TE Coby Fleener, Stanford |
| Broncos love the idea of letting Peyton Manning run their offense, and Manning loves Fleener at tight end. | |
| 26. Houston Texans | G/T Cordy Glenn, Georgia |
| Texans could pursue a pass rusher after Mario Williams left in free agency, but Glenn is a versatile lineman to add to a potent running game. | |
| 27. New England Patriots | LB Dont'a Hightower, Alabama |
| Bill Belichick loves to take DBs early so Harrison Smith of Notre Dame is an option, but Hightower is the Pats' kind of player. | |
| 28. Green Bay Packers | OT Riley Reiff, Iowa |
| The Packers are pinching themselves finding a left tackle like this one at this position in the first round. | |
| 29. Baltimore Ravens | OT Mike Adams, Ohio State |
| The Ravens need to prepare for the reality that offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie eats up more than just space on the offensive line. | |
| 30. San Francisco 49ers | G Kevin Zeitler, Wisconsin |
| The 49ers' well-stocked roster includes one clear-cut starting vacancy right now: right guard. But after picking Zeitler, it won't. | |
| 31. New England Patriots | DT Jerel Worthy, Michigan State |
| The Patriots have a penchant for trading down so they might not be using this pick; if they do, a cornerback like Trumaine Johnson is a possibility, as well. | |
| 32. New York Giants | OT Jonathan Martin, Stanford |
| The final pick of the first round is the guy trained to protect the first pick of the round. | |
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