Arizona Cardinals Mock Draft Round Up: Post Free Agency Edition
by Andrew602 on Mar 9, 2010 11:39 AM MST
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Now seems like a good time to drop some mock drafts on everyone, especially after the first few days of free agency. There's plenty of mock drafts for today and a lot of them have already changed. Defense seems to still be the primary need. I think I like Draft Tek's mock draft the best.
WalterFootball.com: 1st Round - Kyle Wilson, CB/PR - Boise State
Bryant McFadden was a bust free agent signing. He's better off in a reserve role; Arizona needs to find itself a new starting corner. Kyle Wilson is one of the top players available at this juncture.
WalterFootball.com: Round 2 - Vladimir Ducasse, OT/G, - UMass
WalterFootball.com: Round 3 - Jevan Snead, QB - Ole Miss
Jevan Snead is coming off a horrific junior season mired by terrible accuracy and decision-making, but to be fair, he lost his left tackle (Michael Oher) and top receiver (Mike Wallace) to the pros. Snead has some glaring flaws, but he has too much upside for the Cardinals to pass on here in the third round
WalterFootball.com: Round 4 - Phillip Dillard, ILB - Nebraska
It hurts that the Cardinals have to wait this long to address the inside linebacker position, but they suddenly have a lot of needs.
DraftSite.com - 1st Round - Brandon Graham, DE - Michigan
2010 NFL Mock Draft: 1st Round - Sergio Kindle, LB/DE - TCU
Adding some youth to their pass rush is something every team needs, especially to a team who?s top three pass rushers from the LB position are all 32 or older.
2010 NFL Mock Draft: Round Two - Jermaine Gresham, TE - Oklahoma
2010 NFL Mock Draft: 1st Round - Anthony Davis, OL - Rutgers
Davis is a monster and should anchor the line he goes to for years to come. He is a top 5 OL prospect in my 2010 NFL mock draft. I think he was passed over by Campbell and Williams at the 2010 NFL combine but he will still be a very good OL in the NFL. Arizona could use help up front especially with a new QB under center.
2010 NFL Mock Draft: 2nd Round - Reshad Jones, SS - Georgia
I love the size of Reshad Jones (6'2, 212 lbs.) He is a very aggressive player and is a big time hitter. I think Jones is a top 10 safety in the 2010 NFL mock draft.
2010 NFL Mock Draft: 3rd Round: Stefen Wisniewski, C - Penn State
2010 NFL Mock Draft: 4th Round - Devin McCourty, CB - Rutgers
2010 NFL Mock Draft: 5th Round - John Fletcher, DE - Wyoming
Draft Tek - 1st Round - Ricky Sapp OLB - Clemson
Sapp's right knee was pulled, prodded, felt up and down at the Combine enough to satisfy Arizona - not to mention a sub-4.7 forty, 23 reps and strong showings in the skills drills. He projects well as a hybrid in the Cardinals' defense and immediately upgrades the pass-rush.
Draft Tek - 2nd Round - Dominique Franks, CB - Oklahoma
The Cardinals moved fast to replace Rolle with Rhodes at the FS position - so now they can fill in their defensive backfield with young, fast CB's. Franks provides a "2 for 1" value at this selection, as he has excellent return capabilities to add to an already improving special teams unit.
Draft Tek - 3rd Round - Tony Pike, QB - Cin(88th pick), Marshawn Gilyard, WR - Cin(89th pick)
Draft Tek - 4th Round - Kyle Calloway OT - Iowa
Draft Tek - 6th Round - Perry Riley, ILB - LSU
Draft Tek - 7th Round - Jeron Mastrud, TE - Kansas State
2010 NFL Mock Draft - Round 1: Bruce Campbell, OT - Maryland
Bruce Campbell is a bit of a boom or bust type but that's never put the Cardinals off before. Their starting left tackle is old and uninspiring and Levi Brown has never quite looked like making the switch from the right side so Campbell makes a lot of sense for a team starting out with a new QB.
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you missed the other 3rd round pick on Walter’s mock draft, Koa Misi from Utah.
Like I've said before.
Sapp or Graham.
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walter football
jevan snead in the third round? i don’t see it. i don’t we’re going all in with leinart this year and won’t address the qb position till at least the 5th round… maybe 4th
I like Draft Teks draft
We would need to sign Foote though because he doesnt address ILB until round 6.
Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with.
Taking a center in the 3rd round is an interesting call.
I’m not sold on Sendelein. In 08 I thought he was awful. He played better in 09. At least he didn’t botch any snaps that I can remember. I don’t see the Cards making a change this season but drafting a center wouldn’t be a blindside pick in my opinion.
Though I'm okay with TE in the 7th, I sincerely hope we don't pick up Mastrud
Just because of the number of times we’re going to see it spelled “Mustard…”
3rd is too high for a QB. Well… maaaybe if we have 3 chances…
Looks like everybody forgot about NT. Considering our free agent moves, I am more and more thinking this is where we’re going to go.
I hope not.
Neither Terrence Cody or Dan Williams are locks as franchise NT’s – one is very lazy and takes plays off, and the other is “just” an oversized 4-3 NT who would be best off in that role, not 3-4 NT.
Unless one of the top OTs (Okung, Campbell, Davis) magically falls to us, which is extremely unlikely, then I hope we go with OLB. My personal favorite is Jerry Hughes, but there is no guarantee he’ll still be on the board for us. Sergio Kindle is also a possibility.
And how about this for out of left field – if all the top tackles and OLBs are taken, how about Mike Iupati? G isn’t a need this upcoming year, but Iupati does project to be an improvement over either Wells or Lutui, and could start for us for the next 5 years (at least).
I was wondering about the late-1st NT's
What you said matches up with what I’ve heard. Not exactly promising.
Cody seems to be turning his stock around. He’s actually losing weight, and did pretty good at his Pro Day from all accounts.
But still. Eh. There’s a draft class in about 2-3 years that will featured a bunch of MONSTER nose tackles.. I know as a FO type you can’t count on that, but I’d rather we bring in a stop-gap or something until then.
I wonder
If we do pick up another 3, and no stellar players are in the first round, should we trade down for a couple of seconds?
I know the obvious is “why the heck would we do that?” My logic is, at this point I am thinking the more talent he can bring in the better luck we will have on getting premier players. Remember guys like Dockett came in the third round. It’s a deep draft this year (supposedly) and I think snagging a lot of guys to fill positions and add depth may be the best way to go.
Remember, that is only if no one stellar drops to us.
They are who we thought they were!
I know things will change....
Because even on draft day I think we will make a move or two and we might also get a compensatory, but as it stands right now my first 2 rounds would be:
1) Sean Weatherspoon – I am convinced if he is available he will be picked but he is moving up the boards and we may need to move up to get him.
2) Dorin Dickerson – we have resigned Becht as our blocking TE, we have Ben Patrick to look to in the red zone, now we add a TE to stretch the field, something we didn’t do at all last year.
Thoughts?
Is that too high for Dickerson?
I thought he was supposed to be 4th-round talent, but that was before his excellent combine showing… Does he give us something we don’t have in Byrd?
His combine was incredible
His 4.40 40 and 43" vertical blew away all other TE’s. His 34" arms were topped only by Gronkowski and Gresham, the top2 rated TE’s, and even though he was the smallest TE at the combine, his 24 reps ranked 3rd on the bench behind only Harbor and Pitta and their arms were 1-1/2 – 2 inches shorter.
Looks like more of an oversized WR
Watching his highlight reel on youtube I don’t remember seeing him line up next to a tackle once. He’s projected 3-4 round. The Cardinals were reportedly looking into him at the combine. Apparently he lined up as an H back, tail back and WR at Pitt. He’s an intriguing choice.
Didn't see the game
But word was he did very well blocking Jason Pierre-Paul. At 220 he certainly isn’t a mauler.
No to Kyle Wilson in the first...
Not only does it look like he’s dropping the ball, but the picture also indicates that he’d be a horrible endzone dancer.
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