Arizona Cardinals Mock Draft Round Up
by Andrew602 on Mar 2, 2010 3:49 PM MST
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PrintThe combine ends today so you can imagine that the mock draft boards will be changing. They've already changed in a matter of a week and the majority feel the Cardinals will be selecting tight end Jermaine Gresham. I'm not sure how I feel on this one. I'm assuming the Cardinals will bring back Ben Patrick and Stephen Spach with Anthony Becht as the odd man out. If that should happen, I can't imagine them selecting a tight end with the 26th overall pick when defense is such a high priority. Here's your mock draft round up:
NFL mock draft 2010 - First Round - Jermaine Gresham, TE - Oklahoma
He is 6-6, the best tight end in the draft, and if Matt Leinart is going to have any immediate impact running this franchise, he is going to need a big target he can find quick. That's Gresham, even though he missed all of last season due to injury.
2010 Mock NFL Draft by FFToolbox - 1st Round - Brandon Graham, DE - Michigan
Whether the Cardinals choose to re-sign Karlos Dansby or trade Anquan Boldin could dictate what they do here. Regardless, they have been looking for an outside pass rusher and the 6'1 Graham was named MVP of the Senior Bowl after generating two sacks and forcing a fumble.
2010 Mock Draft - 1st Round - Charles Brown, OT - USC
Kurt Warner's quick release and incredible pocket awareness have masked the Cardinals offensive line issues for the past few years. But with Leinart under center those weaknesses will quickly be exposed. Left tackle Mike Gandy is an unrestricted free agent and right tackle Levi Brown has been a liability in pass protection. Charles Brown may not have the unlimited upside of someone like Bruce Campbell, but he is more polished right now and may be the safer pick.
2010 Mock Draft - 2nd Round - Amari Spievey, CB - Iowa
The Cardinals are lacking quality depth in their secondary.
2010 NFL Mock Draft - 1st Round - Jermaine Gresham, TE - Oklahoma
The Cardinals are going to be a completely different team now that Kurt Warner has retired. There are a few holes on this squad, but first and foremost is giving Matt Leinart a reliable target to dump the ball off to. With Anquan Boldin possibly leaving, Jermaine Gresham could become a staple of this offense.
Draft Empire - 1st Round - Jermaine Gresham, TE - Oklahoma
With a new starting quarterback the Cardinals might need to go the predictable safety-valve route. Gresham suffered a season-ending injury early in the 2009 campaign, but still projects as the best tight end prospect in the class. In addition to having ideal size, Gresham is a smooth route runner and has reliable hands.
2010 NFL Mock Draft, Version 1.0 - 1st Round - Tim Tebow, QB - Florida
This one is pure projection on my behalf, but hear me out: Tebow's rough week at the Senior Bowl notwithstanding, it's only going to take one team to fall in love with him to make him a low first-rounder.
2010 NFL Mock Draft - 1st Round - Bruce Campbell, OT - Maryland
Campbell ran an official 4.85-second 40-yard dash, turned in a 32-inch vertical jump and put up 34 repetitions on the standard 225-pound bench press.
2010 NFL Mock Draft - 1st Round - Dan Williams, DT - Tennessee
I had the Cardinals taking an OT with this pick previously. With this pick I have them taking Dan Williams because he is a great player and he is falling late in this 2010 NFL Mock Draft.
WalterFootball.com: 1st Round - Sean Weatherspoon, ILB - Missouri
Weatherspoon is a natural 4-3 weakside linebacker, but he could also be very effective in the middle of a 3-4. He'll take Dansby's spot and offer his tremendous leadership to an Arizona defense that surrendered 90 points in its final two games last year.
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Some good picks
I like Dan Williams. He is very athletic for his size. I really like Sean Weatherspoon to replace Dansby. Bruce Campbell will be long gone by 26. I’ll be surprised if the cards take Gresham. He may be gone as well. I think if Becht resigns Spach would be the odd man out. He doesn’t block well enough.
I believe w/o a doubt....
….the cards will go somewhere on the defensive side of the ball unless by some crazy series of events someone too talented to pass on falls to 26 – which i find highly doubtful.
Don Banks is a moron.
Nobody is taking Tebow in the first round. Unless their owners are idiots like the Raiders.
I have already said how much I like Brandon Graham as the first pick.
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Dorin Dickerson
I read an article that said the Cards interviewed H-Back, Dorin Dickerson. He ran a 4.40 40 and had a 43.5" verticle at 6-4, 226 lbs. He is a decent blocker who could play FB/TE and split out at WR. Would be an interesting middle round pick.
He's in the top 10 or 15 for the 40
Out of everybody at the combine. I am very interested in bringing him in, but I have to imagine he’s getting looked at by everybody now.
I would be happy with Williams or Weatherspoon
the more I see of Weatherspoon the more I like him and think he could take over the vacated role for from Dansby and shine just as bright (give him a season). I also think he may have the ability to play a little OLB.
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Weatherspoon
I origuinally fell in love with Graham because of his Senior Bowl performance, but now I am keeping my fingers crossed that Weatherspoon falls to us. The guy made 285 tackles the last 2 years with 29 TFL, his combine numbers were near the top of every category, he has soft hands and I keep remembering that play in the Senior Bowl where he avoided a pick, took a near perfect angle to catch Dexter McCluster in the end zone and then turn, find the ball and make a play 25 yards downfield. And he is a leader that would bring some added life to our defense. I can see him and 9-0 working together to bring this defense to another level, with some help of course.
Right now, there seems to be 3 teams he needs to get past for him to drop to us. Pit, Pha and NYG. If Karlos signs with Pha, that takes them off the list. If one of the top 4-5 OT’s(if Oak drafts Cambell that should happen) are available I think Pit will go that way, which leaves the NYG and if Rolando McClain happens to still be available that would take care of that. But even still, the GMen can go in a number of different ways and they may feel at 15 it is a little to high for him since there will obviously still be some very good players still on the board and if Earl Thomas is still on the board, that would probably be the other way to go.
As I said, my fingers are crossed and I only hope that if he gets past Pitt and NYG and Pha hasn’t signed Dansby that we do what we can to move up a couple of spots to grab him
Missouri
is the Show Me state. The fact that Weatherspoon tallied all those numbers as a LB in a league that puts a huge emphasis on throwing the ball all over the field shows me that he’d be an upgrade in our coverage packages…the initial jumps to the ball aren’t quite as impressive as Graham’s, but certainly either would be welcome additions to the D.
I hope the Cardinals do consider him.
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds
Him and Graham are pretty close in what I'm looking at.
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Draft
I keep hearing Gresham is the best TE in the draft, but I also keep hearing he is not a very good blocker and I’m told to go watch the Oklahoma-Texas game where Orkapo and Kindle went right through him,. Why would we select him in the 1st round if he isn’t a good blocker which is what Whiz would want in a TE. I would love if Dan Williams fell to use that would give us a nice defense line. I also wouldn’t mind getting Graham, Kindle, Washington, or Weatherspoon that would help our LBs. I have been hearing about Thaddeus Gibson of Ohio State that would make a nice OLB and it would be interesting to get him in the 2nd round.
seriously
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds
Little help if possible....
Over on the DailyNorseman (Vikings blog) they are doing the same thing.
I’m looking to see how Arizona likes to draft….
Do they generally take the best player available? Or do they attempt to fill their needs at highest priority first.
With Warner’s retirement, is there a need for a solid backup?
Just hoping to find a nice link to all of this one page, versus having to cross-reference alot.
Cardinals do a little of both
If a WR is the BPA, clearly they won’t take him. But if it comes down to a ILB, OLB, DT, DE, then the Cardinals will go BPA.
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds
Looks like...
You guys are focusing on your defense and O-line so far…
Is Leinhart having great potential? Or are you looking to draft another QB in the higher rounds to have them battle it out?
Expectations
are that the Cardinals will go after a veteran QB to back up Leinart and draft a mid to late round QB to develop. With Leinart’s contract situation the Cardinals need to put him to the test in 2010.
I see
I saw a fan-post of a Possible Vick back-up. I also saw people considering D. McNabb. I coudln’t see D. McNab backing up Leinhart, but I could see Vick doing that.
At least Leinart got some decent game – time to give you a little idea of what to expect.
McNabb and Vick
Reports out of the Cardinals own website indicate that they are not interested in either.
got to go D
come on our TE are fine, they catch well (well at least BP and SP), we need defense bad!
by Punisher3190 on Mar 2, 2010 10:16 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
I
commented back in November that one of my draft picks would be Sean Weatherspoon. People disagreed with me on the selection and said that he is strictly a 4-3 OLB but now they see that he is versatile enough to fill out ILB or OLB. That Gresham pick is getting annoying! Defense should be the first round pick but anything can happen in the draft.
by kj197728 on Mar 2, 2010 10:30 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
What?
Who ever had us pick Tebow first must be using tea leaves and coffee grounds to predict the future….
And a TE? Do any of these people read the news or follow our team news?! We lost both our starting OLBs, MLB, probably FS and NT and we go with a TE?
I think the Cards have no media respect again and these guys have no clue what’s going on with the team…
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Mar 2, 2010 11:33 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
It really is pathetic
There’s no way we go O in the 1st round, maybe even the 2nd.
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds
Why not a K in the 1st?
That’s a reasonable as that TE selection given that D could reasonably use all 7 rounds in the draft to ‘get things right’…sheeesh. The idea is ‘conceivable’ – revamp the OFF to bring ‘security’ to Leinart – but the other needs are too gross. besides, if Leinart can’t function in the offense then he’s one and done…invest in the future, not tomorrow
Agree
If he can’t succeed with Beanie Wells, Hightower, Larry Fitzgerald, Steve Breaston, and maybe Anquan Boldin, then he never will.
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
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LB or NT or FS
In the 1st I think Dan williams if he is there then if not we take either witherspoon or bowman mabye try to get pat angerer in the 4 or 5 but what do you think about taylor mays. Also russ grims boy cody grim looked good in the combine but said he is more like a SS than a LB even though that was the group he was in
The Devil Birds just got cha
by DaCards on Mar 3, 2010 9:17 AM MST via mobile reply actions
Cody Grimm
I can’t get behind the idea of drafting a coach’s kid just because there is a relationship there. If he isn’t the best guy to take then they shouldn’t take him. As an UFA I would say fine, grab him. If he can play LB with coverage skills he could fit in. Likely he’d play mostly special teams.
Don't forsee
Mays but the others are possible. Mays doesn’t project very well to anything other than strong safety and obviously we’re set at that position.
My Wish List
I think this guy would be a steal to develop as our ILB for years to come. He’s projected to go in the 5th round but if you watch his college tape or recall games where he tore it up as an Iowa Hawkeye you’d think he’d go a lot higher than that. Great leader on the field too. If the first four rounds of our draft could go as follows I’d be stoked.
1st round – Kindle, or Weatherspoon (Really any of the premier OLB)
2nd round – Charles Brown (Any of the top 5 or 6 Tackles
3rd round – Aaron Hernandez TE from Florida (Would pair up well with Patrick and give Leinart a dump-off option which I’m sure he’ll use frequently)
4th round – Pat Angerer ILB Iowa (A monster linebacker who was a leader of the amazing hawkeye defense which I believe finished among the best in the NCAA)
I would be ecstatic if this came to fruition. Don’t really care about rounds 5-7 because those are more or less players that take time to develop. What do you guys think?
by cardsfanforlife24 on Mar 3, 2010 1:53 PM MST reply actions
I hope we pick up a guy like him
Love late round draft picks. They always have a chip on their shoulders and always push hard in training camps and preseason.
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Mar 3, 2010 3:58 PM MST up reply actions
If past history repeats itself
you should care about rounds 5-7 (i.e. – Hightower, Breaston, Keith, Johnson, Patrick, LSH) are all either starters or project as potential starters for 2010.
Out of what you did pick, it looks pretty solid. The only questions I’d have is how well would Angerer play in a 3-4 (a little undersized) and I don’t know if Hernandez’s blocking is up to the Whiz’s standard. However, I do see a draft that focuses on LB’s (inside and outside), possibly a OL, and a TE so I think what you put is realistic.
Here's one I have yet to read
what if Rolle signs with someone else and Texas S Earl Thomas slips to #26?
Bang
is the sound of staff pulling the trigger.
But only if he’s got a significant lead in BPA over our LB/NT/OT needs.
Agreed
I’m not necessarily saying I’d do it if I were them, but I think it would create a lot of discussion in the war room if he slips (which he probably won’t). But with the grade most scouts have on him he’d likely be the BPA at #26 by a pretty good distance.
Anyways, here’s hoping that we are able to sign Rolle and this scenario will be rendered meaningless.
Someone on NFL Live said that we should take Tebow because Whisenhunt would know how to use him.
facepalm
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by JoeCB1991 on Mar 3, 2010 6:59 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Mock Draft from DailyNorseman
I chose the Arizona Cardinals for the team over at DailyNorseman (MN Vikings) to do your guys pick.
I was fortunate enough to get a chance to pick Sean Weatherspoon at PICK # 26.
Thanks for all the info from this site to help me make a decision.
If you wish to see the list (check this link)
http://www.dailynorseman.com/2010/3/6/1360212/2010-mock-draft-complete
I figured Weatherspoon would be a great addition to your guys defense. I was considering a great offensive linemen to help give pass-coverage in case Leinart’s was slow on the release. But you can’t pass up building up a great defense when its possible.
Anyone think they would of went for someone else at this point?
Realistically, I would of expected someone like Weatherspoon to not be available by #26 (I assume he would go to a team like the Pittsburgh Steelers).
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