NFL Draft 2018--Jon's Mock Draft
Today's the day! The day all NFL draftniks like me have been waiting for!! The 2018 NFL Draft! Throughout the nation, countless mock drafts have been created and dissected in the same manner a high school biology student dissects a frog in class. An intense debate has emerged about which QB will be the first one taken. It would be akin to which bad 1970's fashion fad was the "best". This QB class is underwhelming, in my honest opinion. The real value is offensive line and secondary. While I think a couple will be very good quarterbacks in the future, a few could end up being colossal busts or marginal starting QB's. Without further adieu, here is my 2018 Mock Draft:
1. Cleveland: Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming
2. New York Giants: Sam Darnold, QB, USC
3. New York Jets: Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma
4. Cleveland: Bradley Chubb, DE, NC State
5. Arizona (from Denver): Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA
6. Indianapolis: Quentin Nelson, G, Notre Dame
7. Tampa Bay: Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State
8. Chicago: Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State
9. San Francisco: Minkah Fitzpatrick, SS/FS, Alabama
10. Oakland: Roquan Smith, LB, Georgia
11. Miami: Derwin James, SS, Florida State
12. Buffalo: Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville
13. Washington, Vita Vea, DT, Washington
14. Green Bay, Joshua Jackson, CB, Iowa
15. Denver (from Arizona): Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech
16. Baltimore: Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State
17. Los Angeles Chargers: Da'Ron Payne, DT, Alabama
18. Carolina (from Seattle): D.J. Moore, WR, Maryland
19. Dallas: Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama
20. Cleveland (from Detroit): Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame
21. Cincinnati: Frank Ragnow, C, Arkansas
22. Detroit (from Cleveland): Harold Landry, DE/Edge, Boston College
23. New England: Kolton Miller, OT, UCLA
24. Seattle (from Carolina): Will Hernandez, G, UTEP
25. Tennessee: Rashaan Evans, ILB, Alabama
26. Atlanta: Taven Bryan, DT, Florida
27. New Orleans: Hayden Hurst, TE, South Carolina
28. Pittsburgh: Justin Reid, SS, Stanford
29. Jacksonville: Isaiah Wynn, G, Georgia
30. Minnesota: James Daniels, C, Iowa
31. New England: Jaire Alexander, CB, Louisville
32. Philadelphia: Isaiah Oliver, CB, Colorado.
Analysis: Cleveland gets their franchise QB with a howitzer of an arm that will bode well in those cold Cleveland December days, and they get their bookend DE to terrorize AFC offenses. Pittsburgh gets their franchise safety to fill the shoes of Troy Polamalu. Baltimore gets their franchise LB to fill Ray Lewis' shoes.