Round One
2010 NFL Draft Coverage
Mock Drafts: Round One | Round Two
Draft Prospects: Big Board – Top 32 | Position Rankings
With the Scouting Combine finished, this year’s class has just one chance left to prove their value to the teams that are lined up to select them in April. Plenty of players shined throughout the weekend, pushing themselves upwards through round one and potentially into the top ten. Others did just the opposite, showing up out of shape and overweight, damaging their stock at what could be the most critical moment of their young careers.
So who’s in and who’s out? We’ve got our thoughts on those that belong in the top ten, along with those that don’t. Keep reading if you’re looking for more.
Feel free to chime in with your thoughts on the selections, along with your own picks in the comment section!
The order for the 2010 NFL Draft is based on the final win/loss standings. All tiebreakers were determined by the strength of schedule, as posted here.
* Updated on 03/18/10
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1. Sam Bradford QB – Oklahoma |
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12. Dan Williams DT – Tennessee |
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23. Trent Williams OT – Oklahoma |
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2. Russell Okung OT – Oklahoma St. |
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13. Joe Haden CB – Florida |
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24. Brian Price DT – UCLA |
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3. Ndamukong Suh DT – Nebraska |
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14. Charles Brown OT – USC |
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25. Rolando McClain LB – Alabama |
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4. Bryan Bulaga OT – Iowa |
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15. Derrick Morgan DE – Georgia Tech |
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26. Sergio Kindle DE/LB – Texas |
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5. Eric Berry S – Tennessee |
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16. Jason Pierre-Paul DE/LB – South Florida |
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27. Taylor Mays S – USC |
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6. Gerald McCoy DT – Oklahoma |
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17. C.J. Spiller RB – Clemson |
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28. Jahvid Best RB – Cal |
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7. Earl Thomas S – Texas |
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18. Mike Iupati OG – Idaho |
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29. Golden Tate WR – Notre Dame |
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8. Bruce Campbell OT – Maryland |
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19. Brandon Graham DE – Michigan |
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30. Kyle Wilson CB – Boise St. |
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9. Anthony Davis OT – Rutgers |
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20. Ryan Matthews RB – Fresno St. |
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31. Daryl Washington LB – TCU |
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10. Sean Weatherspoon LB – Missouri |
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21. Carlos Dunlap DE – Florida |
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32. Everson Griffin DE – USC |
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11. Dez Bryant WR – Oklahoma St. |
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22. Jared Odrick DE/DT – Penn St. |
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Re draft order: Cleveland & Detroit play this weekend so one of them must win Game 2 (although, a tie would be wonderful). I don’t know if Tampa Bay will win again in 2009, & I am a Bucs fan.
I am drooling over Suh!!
Seattle will select Locker if still there, they need a QB more then anything.
Cleveland has a quarterback . The Browns need other offensvie players like right o-linemen, receivers and runnig backs.
When they get those you young guys will see how much better a quarterback can be. A quarterback will always look bad if he
has no support. Other than that the Browns need 5 defensive backs and 3 linebackers and Suh.
I couldn't agree more Erich, but I think the Browns will see it differently next spring, especially if Mangini is still around. He hates Quinn and Anderson sucks, so the logical thing is to pick a QB. Even if he gets fired, a new coach isn't likely to stake his claim with Quinn as the starter, so drafting Clausen or Locker may be the best bet regardless.
I would be interested in your thought s now that Holmgren is on board
How do you know he supposedly hates Quinn? And last I saw, Quinn pretty much sucked as much as Anderson. What do you guys see in Quinn? Holy cow, he's no better than DA! I'd take Tony Pike or that QB from Central MI in the second or third round and sign a real QB to start for a year or two. Then you'd have upgraded the position.
But Erich, it's funny how you use all those excuses for Quinn…..yet say you can't use them for DA. And five defensive backs? What the…..?
This draft is a little confusing, you have Danario Alexander (Wide Receiver – Missouri) going #16 to the Jets but not in the top 32 big board? And how is he the second wr off the boards if you have Dez Bryant, Eric Decker and Brandon Lafell ranked higher?
Thanks for your question HBA… Alexander isn't on the big board because that list only has senior prospects on it. Once the declaration deadline is past, I will update that page to reflect the top players regardless of whether they're an underclassman or not. My true WR prospect list would have Alexander ranked second behind Bryant, followed by LaFell in round one.
Hope that helps… cheers
With the depth at DT in the 2010 draft, this may be the way for Tampa to go, picking up a tackle top of Rd. 2 & then a corner or wideout with the Bears' pick.
How does all this change not that Locker is not coming out?
Hate to break it to you, but Danario Alexander is a senior.
I stand corrected. Every now and then we do make mistakes. This is one for sure. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I'll add him in to the Big Board asap.
Are you kidding me? Simply adding Suh will make the Lions D a force to be reckoned with? You must have watched absolutely no Lions games this year. That defense is horrendous. They need more than a rookie DT to even make that defense mediocre. You are way off!
Roary… thanks for your comment. Yes I do think that adding Suh will make the Lions D a force to be reckoned with. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be a top ten defense or anything close, but having a player of his caliber on the field will make everyone around him better instantly. Especially when Schwartz gets his hands on him… Suh will be 10x the player that Haynesworth ever was or will be… look at the impact he had in Tennessee.
That’s my opinion. Obviously, I could be wrong. But I’ll stick with it for the time being, and I would add that if you want to share your own opinion, at least try to do so next time without the smack talk.
It wouldn't hurt for you to research the teams a little bit before making your mock. Oakland wouldn't draft Mays cuz safety is not a position of need for Oakland. Not with the emergence of Branch and Huff. Mike Mitchell was starting to play pretty good and was getting better towards the end of the season. I got my money on McClain or Gerald McCoy if he falls. If both are gone, then Oakland is gonna draft the best OT or DT available. I would love for them to trade down to accumulate more picks, but that ain't gonna happen… If Mount Cody really is available in the 2nd, easy pick for Oakland. Our run defense has been bad, McCoy and Cody in the middle helps tremendously….
Hey Jedi… thanks for your comment. Just so you know, I do research the teams quite a bit before I prognosticate on who they'll pick in the draft. Obviously, I'm not an expert (or I would be posting my thoughts at ESPN a la Kiper or McShay) and I do get things wrong. That's all part of making mocks… they change a lot.
I get where you're coming from on the Raiders not needing a safety, and that would definitely be the case if a normal human being was drafting for them in April. But as we all know, Al Davis is not normal in any sense of the word, and as such he focuses on size, speed, and freakish ability when he picks his players in the draft (see Heyward-Bey in 2009). Mays has all three things Davis loves and while a MLB like McClain or stud DT would be better choices for filling needs, that's not how Al operates. Thus my selection of Mays… thanks again for the comment and drop back in anytime. I update the mock twice a week and will keep your thoughts in mind next time.
Nice mock, but Cleveland has far too many defensive needs to draft another OT, especially if it isn't Okung. John St. Clair played much, much better as the year progressed, and the team should look to add depth to the line through free agency and the later rounds of the draft. To bypass a quality bpa defensive player or Sam Bradford–Quinn isn't the answer and has proven absolutely nothing in this league–for Bruce Campbell would be a huge mistake.
the rams need a good QB so thy will get a free agent michael vick
I HATE taking WRs or DEs in rd. 1; they have high bust rates.
I am starting to believe that the Rams (they almost have to) will select Bradford. If they don't, a team or two will want to trade up to #3 in order to take Sam ahead of Washington.I hope.
Nice leaving one of the best prospects in Gerald McCoy of the board, and putting a fringe 1st/second round Rb at 6. I hope this was a mistake and you meant to put McCoy there
Totally a mistake… not intentional at all. It's fixed now. Got to stop updating things at 2 in the morning.
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