{"id":1558,"date":"2014-05-06T13:58:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T17:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2014-05-07T11:26:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T15:26:05","slug":"the-2014-what-if-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1558","title":{"rendered":"The 2014 ‘What if’ Mock Draft…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you feel the excitement?!\u00a0 We are a mere two days away from the NFL Draft.\u00a0 Draft parties are finalized<\/a>, Big-Boards are coming together, smoke screens are thicker than Andy Reid’s mid-section, and Mock Drafts are\u00a0all looking….the same, 1) Jadeveon\u00a0Clowney\u00a02) Greg Robinson……blah, blah, blah.\u00a0 But the reason we are all tuning in Thursday (thru Saturday) is because the draft never falls the way any of us expect (NFL GM’s included).\u00a0 You never know where drama will unfold, but it does every year.\u00a0 Be it Aaron Rodgers free fall in 2005, Mario Williams going over Reggie Bush (and Vince Young) in 2006, or the Patriots trading up to make Jerod\u00a0Mayo a Top 10 pick in 2008.\u00a0 It’s reality television that pits your teams front office against the rest of the league.\u00a0 I’ll have plenty of time to\u00a0unvail\u00a0my “real” mock draft, but for now I’m going the contrarian approach and asking some hypothetical questions along the way.\u00a0 (Big shout out to KFFL for their Mock Draft Machine<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"WHATIF001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if the Texans aren’t sold on Clowney and view Mack as every bit the athlete and prospect.\u00a0 If so, and if he is a better scheme fit than why not make it back-to-back #1 overall picks for the MAC?!\u00a0 Move over SEC, there is a new powerhouse in NCAA Football.<\/p>\n

\"WHATIF002\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if the Jaguars are sick of “playing it safe”?\u00a0 What if this year they play to win…now!\u00a0 Johnny Football gives this team instant star power in a way few prospects can.\u00a0 How many seats does Wembley Stadium hold?\"WHATIF003\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if Mike Evans is the first WR off the board?\u00a0 It might send #TwitterMock into a tizzy, but it wouldn’t shock The Machine.\u00a0 People only want to focus on Evans height and wing span, which are\u00a0spectacularly awesome, but fail to mention how great of an athlete this kid is.\u00a0 Go look at his Combine numbers, they are off the chart.\u00a0 He is a height\/weight\/speed freak built\u00a0to play receiver in\u00a0todays NFL.<\/p>\n

What if the Falcons don’t do any wheeling-and-dealing and land the top OT?<\/p>\n

\"WHATIF004\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if Tampa Bay doesn’t believe in the Myth of the First Round Quarterback <\/a>and\u00a0feel like this is their only chance at landing a\u00a0Franchise QB prospect?<\/p>\n

What if the Vikings and Bills aren’t bullshitting\u00a0about their affinity\u00a0for Donald and Ebron, respectively?\u00a0 Will they put their money where their mouth is and bypass an elite OT prospect in Mathews to get “their guy”?<\/p>\n

\"WHATIF005\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if the G-men are content with their offseason offensive line make-over and instead give Eli another weapon?\u00a0 There hasn’t been a shortage of people willing to throw Rueben Randle under the bus<\/a> this offseason.<\/p>\n

\"WHATIF006\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if the Bears and Steelers swap notes on defensive\u00a0backs this year because both teams are in desperate need of secondary help?<\/p>\n

\"WHATIF007\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if WR’s::2014 1st Round as OT’s::2013 1st Round?<\/p>\n

What if Miami does something crazy like actually get value with a draft pick?<\/p>\n

\"WHATIF008\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if Teddy Bridgewater is as good as we all thought he was 6 months ago?\u00a0 This would allow the Chiefs\u00a0to let Alex Smith walk after this year.\u00a0 If the Packers can draft Aaron Rodgers with Brett Favre\u00a0on the roster than this pick not might not be as far-fetched as you might think.<\/p>\n

\"WHATIF009\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if Easley, Roby and Matthews turn out to be the best DL, CB, and WR of this draft class?\u00a0 The rich get richer.<\/p>\n

And finally, what if Kate Upton does show up the The Official Big Red Sports Machine 2014 Draft Party<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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I get all my Draft info from The Big Red Sports Machine.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can you feel the excitement?!\u00a0 We are a mere two days away from the NFL Draft.\u00a0 Draft parties are finalized, Big-Boards are coming together, smoke screens are thicker than Andy Reid’s mid-section, and Mock Drafts are\u00a0all looking….the same, 1) Jadeveon\u00a0Clowney\u00a02) … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,24,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-draft","category-nfl","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Bp3y-p8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}