The Village Elliot's 2017 NFL Mock Draft

I have Mike Williams as a Top 10 Pick, ahead of his QB, Deshaun Watson. 

    I'm not sure why we make mock drafts, but since many of my friends make them, here's mine to poke fun at too.   This is my guess at the order that the players get picked (not my list of the 32 best players).  I have the Browns taking Myles Garrett.  To be honest, my untrained eyes do not see the same things that the experts see, but almost all of the best experts say Garrett is the top guy in the draft.  I originally had Mitch Trubisky going first overall to the Browns, but after a so-so Sun Bowl performance, I decided he might not be a Hall of Famer after all, and downgraded him to second overall.  Besides the Browns do not really need a quarterback as much as they need to help an underperforming defense and terrible offensive line.  

    But everyone likes to pay special attention to quarterbacks, so here's my reasoning on them.  I like Trubisky because of his accuracy and low INT rate.  I also think his wide receivers were average or below, which is why his stats are not as good as, say, a Big 12 quarterback.     

   I placed Deshaun Watson after Mike Williams of Clemson, who I think is the best NFL prospect on that team.  I figured New Orleans might like him as a Quarterback of the Future, and Sean Payton could cure his interception problems while he learnes under future Hall of Famer Drew Brees.  

     I was thinking of bumping Deshone Kizer all the way to the second round, but I figure his talent level is so high that someone will take a chance on him late in the first round, despite underperforming at Notre Dame. Houston would be a good fit, since that team loves to gobble up quarterbacks almost as much as the Browns.  My take is that in 2016 his receiving talent was not nearly as good as 2015, when the team sent three wideouts to the NFL.    So maybe we can foregive his relatively ordinary stats and focus on his exceptional throwing ability.  

      Conversely I've published that I like Brad Kaaya a lot, but I decided to ding him for being not quite as athletic as his competition.  Like Kizer and Trubisky, his stats are not quite as good as  you would really like to see,  and I think he may not be taken until the second round.  It really looks like a deep draft for quarterbacks, with a lot of raw but under-developed talent in the late rounds.  

    In this year's draft I really like the first half of the first round, and I think there will a drop off after that.  So, when it's the Browns' turn again at number 12,  it would take a pretty good deal to convince me to drop  more than a few places.  For example, I was crazy about Jabrill Peppers until the OSU game, at which time I started questioning whether his true speed is as good as Michigan says (4.3).   If he runs that at the combine, he might reclaim a spot in the Top 5.  I like Ryan Rmczyk of Wisconsin at 12.  The Browns do need a right tackle to stabilize that Offensive Line.   

1	Browns	Myles Garrett	TAMU	DE
2	SF	Mitch Trubisky	UNC	QB
3	Chi	Jonathan Allen	Alabama	DE
4	Jacksonville	Teez Tabor	Florida	CB
5	Titans	Mike Williams	Clemson	WR
6	Jets	Leonard Fournette	LSU	RB
7	Chargers	Jamal Adams	LSU	S
8	Panthers	Cam Robinson	Alabama	T
9	Bengals	Derek Barnett	Tennessee	DE
10	Bills	Reuben Foster	Alabama	LB
11	Saints	Deshaun Watson	Clemson	QB
12	Browns	Ryan Ramczyk	Wisconsin	T
13	Cardinals	Marshon Lattimore	OSU	CB
14	Eagles	Jabrill Peppers	Michigan	S
15	Colts	Quincy Wilson	Florida	CB
16	Ravens	Malik McDowell	Mich St	DE
17	Washington	Tim Williams	Alabama	LB
18	Titans	Charles Harris	Missouri	DE
19	Tampa	John Ross	Washington	WR
20	Broncos	Jarrad Davis	Florida	LB
21	Lions	Marlon Humphrey	Alabama	CB
22	Miami	OJ Howard	Alabama	TE
23	Giants	Dalvin Cook	Florida State	RB
24	Raiders	Raekwon McMillan	OSU	LB
25	Texans	DeShone Kizer	ND	QB
26	GB	Taco Charlton	Michigan	DE
27	Seahawks	Caleb Brantley	Florida	DT
28	Atlanta	Takkarist McKinley	UCLA	OLB
29	Steelers	Dawaune Smoot	Illinois	OLB
30	KC	DeMarcus Wlaker	Florita State	DE
31	Cowboys	Corey Davis	W Mich	WR
32	NE	Christian McCaffrey	Stanford	RB

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