GM Experiment 2018

Once again, NFL Draft Pros will be taking our swing at showing our GM-ness during the 2018 NFL Draft.

This will be our 10th year performing this ongoing experiment. Here is how we do it. We will have the same amount of time as the NFL teams do. We will go on the clock as soon as pick 16 in each round in revealed, and will have until pick 17 in each round is announced. We can draft any player that is still undrafted. In addition to the picks in the middle of each round. We will take the very last pick in rounds 4, 5, 6 & 7. Call these our compensatory picks. So we will have a total of 10 picks. On Saturday night, immediately following Mr. Irrelevant,  we will then "sign" between 5-10 Undrafted Free Agents. We do it right away to ensure that we don't know where those players eventually do sign. Nothing is perfect, but we think the system we have now is pretty good.

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It's always easy in a few years for fans to say, "I would have taken..." or "Why didn't we take..." But in the heat of the draft, with minutes to make the pick and 100s of players staring at you from your spreadsheet, it's a little tougher, but a great exercise for anyone who loves the draft.

Now, with the first pick of the 2018 NFL Draft....

2018 Mock Draft FINAL

	Team	Name	Pos	School
1	Browns	Sam Darnold	QB	USC
2	Giants	Saquon Barkley	RB	Penn St.
3	Jets	Baker Mayfield	QB	Oklahoma
4	Browns	Bradley Chubb	DE	North Carolina St.
5	Broncos	Josh Rosen	QB	UCLA
6	Colts	Josh Allen	QB	Wyoming
7	Bucs	Derwin James	S	Florida St.
8	Bears	Quenton Nelson	OG	Notre Dame
9	49ers	Roquan Smith	ILB	Georgia
10	Raiders	Minkah Fitzpatrick	S	Alabama
11	Dolphins	Vita Vea	DT	Washington
12	Bills	Tremaine Edmunds	OLB	Virginia Tech
13	Washington	Denzel Ward	CB	Ohio St.
14	Packers	Josh Jackson	CB	Iowa
15	Cardinals	Lamar Jackson	QB	Louisville
16	Ravens	Marcus Davenport	DE	UT-San Antonio
17	Chargers	Harold Landry	OLB	Boston College
18	Seahawks	Derrius Guice	RB	LSU
19	Cowboys	Calvin Ridley	WR	Alabama
20	Lions	De'Ron Payne	DT	Alabama
21	Bengals	Will Hernandez	OG	UTEP
22	Bills	DJ Moore	WR	Maryland
23	Patriots	Leighton Vander Esch	OLB	Boise St.
24	Panthers	Jaire Alexander	CB	Louisville
25	Titans	Rashaan Evans	ILB	Alabama
26	Falcons	Taven Bryan	DT	Florida
27	Saints	Dallas Goedert	TE	South Dakota St.
28	Steelers	Sam Hubbard	DE	Ohio St.
29	Jaguars	Christian Kirk	WR	Texas A&M
30	Vikings	Mike Hughes	CB	Central Florida
31	Patriots	Mike McGlinchey	OT	Notre Dame
32	Eagles	Ronnie Harrison	S	Alabama

Top 32

**NOT A MOCK DRAFT**

These are my top 32 prospects.

Rk	Name	Pos	School
1	Saquon Barkley	RB	Penn St.
2	Quenton Nelson	OG	Notre Dame
3	Bradley Chubb	DE	North Carolina St.
4	Roquan Smith	ILB	Georgia
5	Sam Darnold	QB	USC
6	Minkah Fitzpatrick	S	Alabama
7	Vita Vea	DT	Washington
8	Denzel Ward	CB	Ohio St.
9	Tremaine Edmunds	OLB	Virginia Tech
10	Derwin James	S	Florida St.
11	Josh Jackson	CB	Iowa
12	Josh Rosen	QB	UCLA
13	Calvin Ridley	WR	Alabama
14	Jaire Alexander	CB	Louisville
15	Derrius Guice	RB	LSU
16	Will Hernandez	OG	UTEP
17	Harold Landry	OLB	Boston College
18	Marcus Davenport	DE	UT-San Antonio
19	Lamar Jackson	QB	Louisville
20	Mike McGlinchey	OT	Notre Dame
21	Taven Bryan	DT	Florida
22	De'Ron Payne	DT	Alabama
23	Leighton Vander Esch	OLB	Boise St.
24	Josh Allen	QB	Wyoming
25	James Daniels	C	Iowa
26	Rashaan Evans	ILB	Alabama
27	Billy Price	C	Ohio St.
28	Sam Hubbard	DE	Ohio St.
29	Ronnie Harrison	S	Alabama
30	Mike Hughes	CB	Central Florida
31	DJ Moore	WR	Maryland
32	Dallas Goedert	TE	South Dakota St.

GM Experiment Draft Results

We have once again taken the challenge of building a fictional team in real time during the NFL Draft. As a refresher, we had the same amount of time as the NFL teams do. We went on the clock as soon as pick 16 in each round was revealed, and until pick 17 was announced. We can draft any player that is still undrafted at that point of the draft.


In addition to the pick between #16 and #17 we also take the very last pick in rounds 4, 5, 6 & 7, we call these our compensatory picks.


Immediately following Mr. Irrelevant,  we "signed" between 5-10 Undrafted Free Agents.

 It's always easy in a few years for fans to say, "I would have taken..." or "Why didn't we take..." But in the heat of the draft, with minutes to make the pick and 100s of players staring at you from your spreadsheet, it's a little tougher, but a great exercise for anyone who loves the draft.


Here are the results from 2017.

	2017
1	OJ Howard, TE, Alabama
2	DeShone Kizer, QB, Notre Dame
3	Josh Reynolds, WR, Texas A&M
4	Desmond King, S, Iowa
4c	Jermaine Eluemunor, OG, Texas A&M
5	Jeremy Clark, CB, Virginia Tech
5c	Chase Roullier, C, Wyoming
6	Sam Rogers, FB, Virginia Tech
6c	Brad Seaton, OT, Villanova
7	Malachi Dupre, WR, LSU
7c	Ben Boulware, ILB, Clemson
UFA	KD Cannon, WR, Baylor
UFA	Devonte Fields, OLB, Louisville
UFA	Avery Gennesy, OT, Texas A&M
UFA	Jon Toth, C, Kentucky
UFA	Gabe Marks, WR, Washington St.
UFA	Jarron Jones, DT, Notre Dame

Mock Draft - FINAL

	Team	Name	Pos	School
1	Cleveland	Myles Garrett	DE	Texas A&M
2	San Francisco	Marshone Lattimore	CB	Ohio St.
3	Chicago	Solomon Thomas	DE	Stanford
4	Jacksonville	Leonard Fournette	RB	LSU
5	Tennessee	Jamal Adams	S	LSU
6	New York Jets	Deshaun Watson	QB	Clemson
7	LA Chargers	Malik Hooker	FS	Ohio St.
8	Carolina	Derek Barnett	DE	Tennessee
9	Cincinnati	Mike Williams	WR	Clemson
10	Buffalo	OJ Howard	TE	Alabama
11	New Orleans	Reuben Foster	ILB	Alabama
12	Cleveland	Mitchell Trubisky	QB	North Carolina
13	Arizona	Corey Davis	WR	Western Michigan
14	Philadelphia	Christian McCaffrey	RB	Stanford
15	Indianapolis	Jonathan Allen	DT	Alabama
16	Baltimore	John Ross	WR	Washington
17	Washington	Marlon Humphrey	CB	Alabama
18	Tennessee	David Njoku	TE	Miami
19	Tampa Bay	Dalvin Cook	RB	Florida St.
20	Denver	Ryan Ramczk	OT	Wisconsin
21	Detroit	Haason Reddick	LB	Temple
22	Miami	Kevin King	CB	Washington
23	New York Giants	Cam Robinson	OT	Alabama
24	Oakland	Raekon McMillan	LB	Ohio St.
25	Houston	Garett Bolles	OT	Utah
26	Seattle	Forrest Lamp	OG	Western Kentucky
27	Kansas City	Tredavious White	CB	LSU
28	Dallas	Quincey Wilson	CB	Florida
29	Green Bay	Charles Harris	LB	Missouri
30	Pittsburgh	Budda Baker	FS	Washington
31	Atlanta	Evan Engram	TE	Ole Miss
32	New Orleans	Jabrill Peppers	S	Michigan

Top 10 RBs, WRs & TEs

When the 2016 draft is reviewed years from now how will the draftees stack-up? Here's how we see it. Here's who we see having the longest and most impactful career in the NFL.

RBs

1	Leonard Fournette	RB	LSU
2	Christian McCaffrey	RB	Stanford
3	Dalvin Cook	RB	Florida St.
4	Alvin Kamara	RB	Tennessee
5	Samaje Perine	RB	Oklahoma
6	Joe Mixon	RB	Oklahoma
7	Marlon Mack	RB	South Florida
8	Kareem Hunt	RB	Toledo
9	Wayne Gallman	RB	Clemson
10	D'Onta Foreman	RB	Texas

WRs

1	Mike Williams	WR	Clemson
2	Corey Davis	WR	Western Michigan
3	John Ross	WR	Washington
4	Curtis Samuel	WR	Ohio St.
5	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	Southern California
6	Chris Godwin	WR	Penn St.
7	Zay Jones	WR	East Carolina
8	ArDarius Stewart	WR	Alabama
9	Cooper Kupp	WR	Eastern Washington
10	Chad Hansen	WR	California

TEs

1	O.J. Howard	TE	Alabama
2	David Njoku	TE	Miami
3	Evan Engram	TE	Ole Miss
4	Adam Shaheen	TE	Ashland
5	Gerald Everett	TE	South Alabama
6	Jordan Leggett	TE	Clemson
7	Bucky Hodges	TE	Virginia Tech
8	Jake Butt	TE	Michigan
9	Jonnu Smith	TE	Florida International
10	Jeremy Sprinkle	TE	Arkansas