Sirius XM’s Moving The Chains, Mock V1.0

[rockywoj]

On Friday Jim Miller and Pat Kirwin held their first Mock draft of the year.  In it, Barkley went # 2 to the Giants and Chubb went # 4 to the Browns.  I was worried about the Broncos, but they went QB, allowing the Colts to take Nelson in the six slot.

 

This version 1.0 Mock did not allow for trades.

 

They projected us sneaking in to get one of the big three non QBs.  I would be very pleased if this were to be the outcome, assuming no further trade down.  

 

I think I have evolved into preferring Chubb and going OL in the second, but it looks more and more like there is no way Chubb will slide.  Nelson would be an excellent consolation.

[richard pallo]

10 hours ago, rockywoj said:

On Friday Jim Miller and Pat Kirwin held their first Mock draft of the year.  In it, Barkley went # 2 to the Giants and Chubb went # 4 to the Browns.  I was worried about the Broncos, but they went QB, allowing the Colts to take Nelson in the six slot.

 

This version 1.0 Mock did not allow for trades.

 

They projected us sneaking in to get one of the big three non QBs.  I would be very pleased if this were to be the outcome, assuming no further trade down.  

 

I think I have evolved into preferring Chubb and going OL in the second, but it looks more and more like there is no way Chubb will slide.  Nelson would be an excellent consolation.

The mocks are pretty much all we have left to have fun with.  But I think we all know there will be at least one more trade in the top 10. so the mocks are all about keeping readership and interest. These mocks should quickly turn into trying to project trades to maintain interest for as long as they can.  

[jskinnz]

11 hours ago, rockywoj said:

On Friday Jim Miller and Pat Kirwin held their first Mock draft of the year.  In it, Barkley went # 2 to the Giants and Chubb went # 4 to the Browns.  I was worried about the Broncos, but they went QB, allowing the Colts to take Nelson in the six slot.

 

This version 1.0 Mock did not allow for trades.

 

They projected us sneaking in to get one of the big three non QBs.  I would be very pleased if this were to be the outcome, assuming no further trade down.  

 

I think I have evolved into preferring Chubb and going OL in the second, but it looks more and more like there is no way Chubb will slide.  Nelson would be an excellent consolation.

 

Not trying to stir the pot here - just found the bolded to be a funny line.  I am glad that you can rest easy knowing a mock draft went the way you wanted.

 

I don't see how one of Nelson, Chubb or Barkley don't fall to Indy at # 6.  I am not convinced that:

     * the Giants trade of JPP means they are in on Chubb

     * Gettleman saying Eli has years left means they are out on a QB.

     * Denver signing Keenum means they won't draft a QB

 

I think at least 3 QB's go in the top 5 and would not be surprised if that actually turns into 4.

[rockywoj]

26 minutes ago, jskinnz said:

 

Not trying to stir the pot here - just found the bolded to be a funny line.  I am glad that you can rest easy knowing a mock draft went the way you wanted.

 

I don't see how one of Nelson, Chubb or Barkley don't fall to Indy at # 6.  I am not convinced that:

     * the Giants trade of JPP means they are in on Chubb

     * Gettleman saying Eli has years left means they are out on a QB.

     * Denver signing Keenum means they won't draft a QB

 

I think at least 3 QB's go in the top 5 and would not be surprised if that actually turns into 4.

The line you bolded is meant to be my expression that in the real draft, I am concerned that Denver might wreck it for who I hope the Colts get.  Thus, I was anxious to see who Jim Miller & Pat Kirwin mock to Denver, for I respect them as learned prognosticators.  Ergo, if all of the learned prognosticators are predicting that Denver messes up who I hope the Colts can get, then that concerns me.  If instead predictions are for things not getting messed up, then I have a level of comfort, even though I am well aware that things might be different in the real draft.

 

In the Sirius XM Mock, they had the Giants take Barkley, not Chubb.  I agree, though, that the trade makes the selection of Chubb a much more likely possibility.  In fact, Kirwin has been saying for the past week that if the Giants don’t trade out of the #2 spot, he would say they either take Chubb or draft their future QB.  In this first mock of theirs, though, Jim Miller had the even draft numbers and he prefers the Giants go Barkley.

 

Giants QB situation, question is does Eli have just a couple of years, or years as in 3-4 or more?  If it’s only a couple, strong argument can be made to take the QB of the future, as they’re in a spot to do so, whereas in the years to come, they will likely not be in such a great draft spot.

 

In the four spot, pretty sure the Browns take either Barkley, Chubb, or Nelson, depending upon who’s available, unless they trade out of that spot, which I think is unlikely, but you never know. 

 

I disagree about Keenum and I don’t buy Elway saying or implying Keenum is their answer at QB.  He’s a bridge QB for maybe a couple of years at best, no more than that.  If the Broncos see a QB available that they think can be their long term answer, it does make sense to grab him at five.  If it were me doing the drafting, though, I’d prefer to take Nelson to rebuild their OL.  Hence, my worry that one of Chubb, Nelson, or Barkley can even get to the six spot.