Rock out with your mock draft out: Draft Countdown

Since it’s been nearly a month since last doing this, why not talk about a mock draft on a Friday night?

Now, if you think I’ve been writing this during a Friday evening, you’d be wrong. But that’s the beauty of future posting!

Anyway, this time we’re taking a look at the latest mock draft from Scott Wright of Draft Countdown. Wright boasts that this mock has more than 7,000 words of analysis. So, there’s that.

This is going to be an infrequent feature here at Mocking the Draft. The plan is to showcase some mock drafts from sites of name, and pull no punches. Instead of running down the first few picks opining on them, I’ll talk about some of the surprising choices.

The first surprise is Cleveland taking Jake Locker at second overall. At this point, the Browns are such a mess it seems a little tough to expect them to not take a player who could start immediately in the NFL. While Locker is loaded with as much talent as anyone in the nation, he seems like a player who might have to sit and learn a year.

As per usual, Wright does an overall nice job with this mock. He covers all his bases in his descriptions and his layout is always clean. But back to the issues.

If someone can convince me that Oklahoma left tackle Trent Williams is deserving of a top 15 pick based on this season, please do. And while C.J. Spiller is a nice running back, I don’t think he’s a workhorse worth the 12th pick overall, which Wright does giving him to the Seahawks.

Tim Tebow to the Jaguars ... moving on.

It’s a little surprising to see Wright putting Corey Wootton in the first round. Last year Wootton was one of my favorite players in the nation. This year he’s clearly not as good after suffering a devastating knee injury. And I still don’t get the Patrick Robinson as first-round talent argument. Someone please make it.

Like I said, though, this is a well-thought-out mock draft. That’s something you can expect from Wright.