First Mock of the Season

To make life easy at this point I assumed the Dolphins finished with the worst record and therefore no need to project an Andrew Luck trade. 

1.       Miami: Andrew Luck  QB  Stanford…..Dolphins fans have waited a long time for their next Marino well they get it and potentially more in Luck.   It will be an entire new regime but if I were a betting man I’d say Andrew Luck, Head Coach-Bill Cowher and GM Carl Peterson sounds about right.

2.       St. Louis:  Alshon Jeffery  WR  South Carolina….This team is desperate for a top tier WR talent and at this point it appears Alshon is the best of a deep bunch.

3.       Indianapolis:  Landry Jones  QB  Oklahoma…..You don’t want to draft this high but if you do you want to make sure you land a player who will make sure you don’t return anytime soon so the Colts grab Landry Jones as Peyton’s heir apparent.    Landry is a smart player who could sit for two years and learn from the best in the business or if Peyton doesn’t comeback from neck surgery, take over and become the new face of the Colts.

4.       Minnesota:  Quinton Coples  DE  North Carolina……With the Ponder regime poised to start for a full season in 2012 so now they need to upgrade the defense and getting the best defensive player on the board is a good start.

5.       Jacksonville:  Justin Blackmon   WR  Oklahoma State……Give Gabbert a number one target and hopefully help put a few more people in the seats and help the leagues worse offense.

6.       Carolina:  Zach Brown  OLB  North Carolina….Cam can lead the offense but they need to upgrade the defense and grabbing in-state star Zach Brown is a nice addition.  Hopefully he can stay healthier than past linebackers in Carolina.

7.       Denver: Matt Barkley  QB  USC …..After the Tebow experiment is done this year John Elway will look to his former college conference for the QB to take over the Broncos. 

8.       Arizona:  Matt Kalil  OT  USC…..Protection for your QB is vital and the Cards can always get better on the offensive line.

9.       Philadelphia:  Jonathan Martin   OT   Stanford…..Eagles offensive line is horrible and need a premier tackle if they want Mike Vick to make it for a full season and lead them to the promise land.

10.   Seattle:  Dre Kirkpatrick   CB   Alabama…Kirkpatrick is a freak talent who can match up with the biggest #1 wide receiver out there and a talent like that is rare and he is an immediate starter. With Trufant injured Kirkpatrick will immediately become the leader of the secondary.

Read the rest of the first round at Cowboys Confidential