First-Pick mock draft site

[shopson67]

Don't know if anyone else has tried this site, but it's pretty addictive if you're into mock drafts.

First-Pick.com


Here's my latest attempt for the Bills (traded down in the 3rd to pick up a 4th rounder):

Your score is: 5612 (GRADE: B+)

Your Picks:
Round 2 Pick 18: Brett Hundley, QB, UCLA (B+)
Round 3 Pick 19 (S.D.): D.J. Humphries, OT, Florida (A+)
Round 4 Pick 16 (CLE): Ben Koyack, TE, Notre Dame (B)
Round 5 Pick 19: Jake Ryan, OLB/ILB, Michigan (B+)
Round 6 Pick 12: Vince Mayle, WR, Washington State (A-)
Round 6 Pick 18: Anthony Jefferson, SS, UCLA (B)
Round 7 Pick 17: Jarvis Harrison, OG, Texas A&M (C)

Weird to see Humphries still available in the 3rd round, but if you don't believe that will happen, he could be replaced by someone like Tre Jackson (OG), Donovan Smith (OT), or Daryl Williams (OT), etc. This draft fills a lot of needs, while also not reaching for those needs. I like Mayle as a developmental WR, as he would give the Bills a bigger, physical receiver.

 

[TKOSpikes]

I'd rather throw darts at QB's than waste a pick on a WR. And it would be an absolute waste to even look at WR.

 

[johnson]

Brett Hundley will never be an NFL starter. I've watched him his whole career...this would be a wasted draft pick. So far as an NFL skill set, most years he was not even in the Top 4 in the PAC-12.

100% agree not to waste a pick in any round on a WR.

Love the Humphries pick.

The great thing about mock drafts is you can relax if you are drafting for the Bills since they don't have a pick in the first round. Thanks GM Whaley!

 

[shopson67]

Bills don't have that physical receiver, which is why I picked Mayle. It wasn't just to pick a WR, it was that player specifically. Plus it was the 6th round...you're pretty much throwing darts at that point. Of the Bills WR corps, who's locked in for more than this season? Watkins and Woods essentially. Harvin's contract is basically 1 year, Easley has been special teams only, Goodwin has regressed, and everyone else is basically league minimum short term contracts (Hogan is a keeper, the others not so much).

I disagree about Hundley (I see him as a less polished, but more athletic Mariota, but I'm also not real big on Mariota), but you could slot Petty/Grayson there if you prefer. I don't know if any of the top 5 QBs will be left on the board for the Bills 3rd round pick, so it's probably 2nd round or take a flyer late.

 

[shopson67]

Here's another attempt.

Your score is: 4820 (GRADE: B)

Your Picks:
Round 2 Pick 18: Cedric Ogbuehi, OT, Texas A&M (B)
Round 3 Pick 17: Phillip Dorsett, WR, Miami (Fla.) (A+)
Round 5 Pick 19: Nick O'Leary, TE, Florida State (A)
Round 6 Pick 12: Bryce Hager, ILB, Baylor (C+)
Round 6 Pick 18: Anthony Harris, SS/FS, Virginia (C+)
Round 7 Pick 17: Chris Bonner, QB, CSU - Pueblo (D-)

Did pick another WR, Dorsett was way too good a value in the 3rd round. First-pick's opinions on what Buffalo needs (and where they will ultimately be drafted) don't necessary jive with mine. I picked Ogbuehi, who can play inside or outside to help fill out the O-line depth. O'Leary fills the 2nd TE need with another clutch receiver who can block inline. Harris can help backfill the safety position and the Bills have shown interest in Bonner, an interesting developmental QB prospect.

 

[TKOSpikes]

Dorsett lasts till the 3rd? Can't see it.

Still, I feel WR is a waste of all wastes. Even without Harvin I wouldn't have wanted another. Remember James Hardy? We don't need a big physical WR. It's a paper move. As in, looks good on paper. Watkins and Woods is a great tandem! Percy is the x factor. Hogan is fearless and scrappy. Goodwin is a track star. In Rex's offense, we don't need to be five deep at WR...this year or three years from now.

Since our stupidity of not resigning Spikes, LB should be our main focus.

 

[shopson67]

Another try, traded down with the Eagles in the 3rd to pick up a 4th:

Your score is: 5242 (GRADE: B)

Your Picks:
Round 2 Pick 18: D.J. Humphries, OT, Florida (A)
Round 3 Pick 20 (PHI): Garrett Grayson, QB, Colorado State (B+)
Round 4 Pick 14 (PHI): Ben Koyack, TE, Notre Dame (B)
Round 5 Pick 19: Markus Golden, OLB/DE, Missouri (A-)
Round 6 Pick 12: Damian Swann, CB, Georgia (B+)
Round 6 Pick 18: Kyle Emanuel, OLB, North Dakota State (B-)
Round 7 Pick 17: Erick Dargan, SS, Oregon (C)

 

[TKOSpikes]

Much better!

 

[shopson67]

Bored at work, lol...

Your score is: 5410 (GRADE: B+)

Your Picks:
Round 2 Pick 25 (CAR): Cedric Ogbuehi, OT, Texas A&M (B+)
Round 3 Pick 17: Bryce Petty, QB, Baylor (A-)
Round 3 Pick 24 (DET): Hau'oli Kikaha, OLB/DE, Washington (B)
Round 3 Pick 25 (CAR): John Miller, OG, Louisville (B+)
Round 5 Pick 19: Nick O'Leary, TE, Florida State (A)
Round 6 Pick 12: Derrick Lott, DT, Chattanooga (A-)
Round 6 Pick 18: Greg Mancz, C, Toledo (D)
Round 7 Pick 17: Jeff Luc, ILB, Cincinnati (A-)

Traded down twice in the 2nd, picked up 2 3rd rounders.

 

[johnson]

Okay, who's pumped for the Bills for tonight? First round of the draft baby! Oh wait....

 

[shopson67]

Okay, who's pumped for the Bills for tonight? First round of the draft baby! Oh wait....

Local radio station is having a Bills draft party tonight. Why? They should've held that tomorrow night.

 

[johnson]

I love the PR spin the Bills had about the draft posting pics of Watkins and saying "Last year the first round is all about this guy and so is this year." As if the fans with half a brain don't realize they traded up AGAIN for no reason and this time even squandered a 1st in next year's draft.

If you say you wouldn't rather have Odell Beckham and a first round pick this year instead of Watkins you are lying.

 

[TKOSpikes]

I was hoping for Rowe or Perryman there, but they both got snagged in front of us!

 

[TKOSpikes]

Glad we didn't go with Petty or Hundley there. Great pick with Miller. He's raw, but can make an impact in the ground game. Good depth.

 

[TKOSpikes]

Karlos Williams. Good pick. Tough runner, and converted safety. Betcha he makes a good special teamer.

 

[johnson]

Rose-colored glasses on everyone? This could go down as one of the least productive drafts in Bills history. No first round pick, and bad selections with the few they have. GM Whaley is lucky this team already has enough talent to compete because if he needed to build through the draft, they'd be 0-16 every year.

 

[TKOSpikes]

Whatever.

Quit whining about the first round pick! Who from 19 on were you so desperate to have? Darby is electric, a project, but a good group to learn from. A tough Guard to fill some depth. A tough RB to compete in S/T.

Had a great free agency period (still could get better if we sign Spikes). Have money to extend Dareus.

Rose coloured glasses? Maybe, but better than blinders.

 

[shopson67]

Rose-colored glasses on everyone? This could go down as one of the least productive drafts in Bills history. No first round pick, and bad selections with the few they have. GM Whaley is lucky this team already has enough talent to compete because if he needed to build through the draft, they'd be 0-16 every year.

These picks make sense if you dig a little deeper. Darby gets a year to learn, then next year Brooks, Robey, Butler, and Rambo are all free agents. McKelvin and Gilmore are free agents the year after.

Miller is the road-grating G the Bills have needed.

O'Leary is the 2nd TE needed for Roman's offense.

Karlos Williams is bit tougher, but he has elite athleticism; maybe they move him back to safety?

Steward is a tougher pick to make sense of. He was an elite OLB prospect out of high school, but 2 ACL injuries have slowed him a bit. He should still be a solid special teams contributor at worst, and can contribute depth at LB as well.

Dezmin Lewis is a solid WR prospect on the taller size. I was surprised he lasted to the 7th round, and should be a nice developmental WR that at least gives the Bills some size and a red zone threat at the position.

What didn't they get that you were expecting? A QB maybe, but as you can see nobody seems to like these QBs much beyond the top 2.

 

[TKOSpikes]

O'leary also played with EJ at FSU. His grandfather is Jack Nicklaus, speaking of champions!

Still wish we threw a dart at another LB at the end...but that's nothing to get disgruntled about. Plus it makes us need Spikes that much more!

 

[johnson]

Sorry, but typical Bills fan stuff here.

Mel Kiper just graded the draft and the Bills came in "dead last". I'm not a huge Kiper fan, but I think he usually gets the obvious stuff right (who will go first overall, who had the worst draft, etc). GM Whaley has had his head up in his butt in the draft the past two years. He's lucky he came into the job with enough great talent to mask his incompetence for a while.