Final NFL Mock Draft- Round 1 & Seahawk Potentials

At 5pm (West Coast), Roger Goodell will walk out to the podium to a mixture of claps and boos, thank everyone for being there or watching, and announce that the Kansas City Chiefs are on the clock.   Everybody who follows the draft some knows that Kansas City is going to take a tackle.  For weeks, Texas A&M's Luck Joeckel has been the consensus number one pick, though Central Michigan's Eric Fisher has a legitimate chance of going number 1.  I don't know who it will be.  Andy Reid has his guy.  John Dorsey has his.  Are they the same?  For now, this is how I project the mock draft to go, without any trades- though at the end I will give the top 5 trade scenarios for round one.

1.  KC- Luke Joeckel OT/Texas A&M
2.  JAX- Eric Fisher OT/Central Michigan
3.  OAK- Sharrif Floyd DT/Florida
4.  PHI- Lane Johnson OT/Oklahoma
5.  DET- Ezekiel Ansah DE/BYU
6.  CLE- Geno Smith QB/West Virginia
7.  ARZ- Dion Jordan OLB/Oregon
8.  BUF- Chance Warmack OG/Alabama
9.  NYJ- Dee Milliner CB/Alabama
10.  TEN- Jonathan Cooper OG/North Carolina
11.  SD- Tavon Austin WR/West Virginia
12.  MIA- DJ Fluker OT/Alabama
13.  NYJ- Barkevious Mingo OLB/LSU
14.  CAR- Star Lotulelei DT/Utah
15.  NO- Jarvis Jones OLB/Georgia
16.  STL- Kenny Vaccaro S/Texas
17.  PIT- Tyler Eifert TE/Notre Dame
18.  DAL- Melenik Watson OT/Florida State
19.  NYG- Sheldon Richardson DT/Missouri
20.  CHI- Kyle Long OT/Oregon
21.  CIN- Jonathan Cyprien S/Florida Int'l
22.  STL- Justin Hunter WR/Tennesee
23.  MIN- Robert Woods WR/USC
24.  IND- Xavier Rhodes CB/Florida State
25.  MIN- Manti T'eo ILB/Notre Dame
26.  GB- Desmond Trufant CB/Washington
27.  HOU- Cordarelle Patterson WR/Tennessee
28.  DEN- DJ Hayden CB/Houston
29.  NE- Margus Hunt DL/SMU
30.  ATL- Jamar Taylor CB/Boise State
31.  SF- Matt Elam S/Florida
32.  BAL- Alec Ogletree ILB/Georgia

Seattle Picks:
2 Kawaan Short DT/Purdue
3 Brennan Williams OT/North Carolina
4 Zavier Goodson OLB/Missouri
5 Will Davis CB/Utah State
5 Everett Dawkins DT/Florida State
6 Ryan Otten TE/San Jose State
7 Kenny Tate OLB/Maryland
7 Courtney Gardner WR/Sierra
7 Stefphon Jefferson RB/Nevada
7 Dustin Hopkins K/Florida State

Most Likely Trades:

1. Someone trades up for a tackle.  San Diego, Miami and even the Jets could all be in a position to trade up for Fisher/Joeckel/Johnson.  Oakland at 3 could easily move out.
2. Buffalo trades back- Buffalo wants a reunion with Ryan Nassib and Doug Marrone, and by trading into the mid teens, they can still get their guy and add more picks.  A deal with NO would make sense so they could get Jordan/Mingo.
3. Someone trades back into round 1 for a QB.  Looking at you Chip Kelly...  Philidelphia could maneuver over Jacksonville and other teams trying to trade back in to take QB EJ Manuel, who would be a great fit in Philly.  I expect Manuel to go between 27-32 because of a trade back in for PHI.
4. San Francisco moves up- They have way to many picks not to move up some, and they could target safeties like Vacarro and Cyprien in the late teens to replace new TB safety Dashon Goldson.  They have numerous picks later on too, so expect to see risks taken.
5. Watch St Louis and Minnesota- they each have two picks in round one, and could easily trade up quite a ways, or use one pick to trade down.  Each of these teams could be a pivot point in the draft tonight.

So, watch the draft!  It is one of the top 5 days in sports (yeah- I said it), and is the best reality TV one could ask for.  Kiper will be flabbergasted at some picks (Jets?), Jon Gruden will talk about how much he loves each quarterback- like a lot...- and Berman will make a few "Bermanisms" that we all expect.  It will be a fun night that you will not want to miss.

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