I don't think Cam Newton will be very good. Same goes for Blaine Gabbert. Newton never seemed to make any NFL plays in college, and I never thought his arm looked too good. He's going to get wrecked constantly on Carolina. I see Carolina picking another QB in the first round in 4 years. Do you know where Blaine Gabbert came from? It seems like he would have been a 6th round pick last year, and after one mediocre season he is supposed to be the next Elway. I don't think so. He's David Carr, Joey Harrington, and Tim Couch reincarnate.
My favorite QB in this draft is Ryan Mallet. He just looks like a QB, and he reminds me of Sam Bradford. I know this sounds like I'm Mel Kiper, but he's big, tall, accurate, played in a pro-style offense, and had success in college. What's not to like? His attitude, apparently. Whatever, Philip Rivers and Jay Cutler have bad attitudes, and they appear to be doing alright. It's better to have a bad attitude than no attitude like Matt Schaub.
I don't really know what Jake Locker is going to be like in the pros, but I will say that he never did anything that impressed me in college. I wouldn't pick him. Andy Dalton did well in college, but I'm not sure he's built for the pros. He reminds me of Colt McCoy. If McCoy makes it big, then so will Dalton.
Why is Nick Fairley not a top 3 pick? He was the most dominant defensive player I saw in college football last year. I have never seen anyone make so many clutch plays in big games. He basically won that Alabama game single-handedly. When the first mock drafts were coming out he was a top 3 pick, so what changed? I'm terrified the Titans are gonna pick him, and we're going to have to deal with him for the next 10 years.
It's okay, though, because we'll have Aldon Smith, or whatever other crappy transitional 3-4 DE/OLB the Texans pick. Here is what the Texans should do with no exceptions: Trade their 2nd and 4th round picks (or whatever it takes) to move up and take Patrick Peterson. Just once I'd like to have a dominant secondary player on the Texans. By all accounts, Peterson is a virtual lock to be a shutdown corner. However, there's no way we'll do that. We'll probably pick Aldon Smith or even move down in the draft to get some extra draft picks. That would be a big move for us because you can never have enough 4th round tight ends...
One more thing. If the Texans draft Aldon Smith over Da'Quan Bowers, I'm gonna kill myself. Oh, but Aldon Smith has upside and could be the next DeMarcus Ware you say. Bullshit. He's going to be the next Aaron Maybin, and you know it. Da'Quan Bowers was the best DE in college football last year. If you get him at 11, you should count your blessings.
Players I like or at least think they should go higher than they are currently going in mock drafts:
Julio Jones
Robert Quinn
Prince Amukamara
Da'Quan Bowers
Mark Ingram
Nick Fairley
Patrick Peterson
Ryan Mallet
Ryan Kerrigan
Players I don't like or think are overrated:
Cam Newton
Blaine Gabbert
Marcell Dareus
Cameron Jordan
Corey Liuget
All that being said, I have no clue who is going to be good in the NFL, and neither do you. It's all one big crapshoot.
