2014 NFL Mock Draft

1st round

Pick	Team	Player	College	Position
1	Houston	Khalil Mack	Buffalo	OLB
2	St. Louis	Sammy Watkins	Clemson	WR
3	Jacksonville	Jadevown Clowney	South Carolina	DE
4	Cleveland	Blake Bortles	UCF	QB
5	Oakland	Johnny Manziel	Texas A&M	QB
6	Atlanta	Greg Robinson	Auburn	OT
7	Tampa Bay	Anthony Barr	UCLA	OLB
8	Minnesota	Teddy Bridgewater	Louisville	QB
9	Buffalo	Jake Mathews	Texas A&M	OT
10	Detroit	Justin Gilbert	Oklahoma State	CB
11	Tennessee	Mike Evans	Texas A&M	WR
12	New York G	Aaron Donald	Pittsburgh	DT
13	St. Louis	Eric Ebron	North Carolina	TE
14	Chicago	Darqueze Dennard	Michigan State	CB
15	Pittsburgh	Brandin Cooks	Oregon State	WR
16	Dallas	C.J. Mosley	Alabama	LB
17	Baltimore	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	Alabama	FS
18	New York J	Bradley Roby	Ohio State	CB
19	Miami	Taylor Lewtan	Michigan	OT
20	Arizona	Zach Martin	Notre Dame	OT
21	Green Bay	Marqise Lee	USC	WR
22	Philadelphia	Stephon Tuitt	Notre Dame	DT
23	Kansas City	Odell Beckham Jr.	LSU	WR
24	Cincinnati	Calvin Pryor	Louisville	FS
25	San Diego	Jace Amaro	Texas Tech	TE
26	Cleveland	Kelvin Benjamin	Florida State	WR
27	New Orleans	Ryan Shazier	Ohio State	OLB
28	Carolina	Timmy Jernigan	Florida State	DT
29	New England	ReShede Hageman	Minnesota	DT
30	San Francisco	Cyrus Kouandijo	Alabama	OT
31	Denver	Kyle Van Noy	BYU	OLB
32	Seattle	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	Washington	TE

Story of the first round: Khalil Mack to Houston

            As I previously mentioned in my last mock draft,  Houston’s coach Blll O’Brien does not need to select any quarterback in order to make an impact in year one. But instead by selecting Mack, an extremely athletic, productive force, to team up with J.J. Watt may solidify a once great defense in Houston. O’Brien can select a flyer on a quarterback in later rounds, but as a first year head coach he has a long leash in terms of finding his quarterback. Matt McGloin should be available.

Steal of the first round: Marqise Lee to Green Bay

            Finally Aaron Rodgers will get another playmaker to help him on the outside in Marqise Lee. The Packers needed not only to fill the hole left by James Jones, but upgrade the position in order to help the Packers offense to return to elite status. Eddie Lacy provided a much needed boost in the running game but the injuries to Randall Cobb, and the inconsistent play of James Jones and JaMichael Finley prevented the Packers offense from reaching their full potential. Lee is a very good route runner that will give Rodgers another reliable target.

2^nd Round

Pick	Team	Player	College	Position
1	Houston	Carlos Hyde	Ohio State	RB
2	Washington	DeVante Adams	Fresno State	WR
3	Jacksonville	Dee Ford	Auburn	DE
4	Cleveland	Tre Mason	Auburn	RB
5	Oakland	Jordan Mathews	Vanderbilt	WR
6	Atlanta	Louis Nix	Notre Dame	DT
7	Tampa Bay	Jason Verrett	TCU	CB
8	Minnesota	Allen Robinson	Penn State	WR
9	Buffalo	David Yankey	Stanford	OG
10	Detroit	Terrance Brooks	Florida State	FS
11	Tennessee	Derek Carr	Fresno State	QB
12	New York G	Chris Borland	Wisconsin	ILB
13	St. Louis	Jimmy Garoppolo	Eastern Illinois	QB
14	Chicago	Kony Ealy	Missouri	DE
15	Pittsburgh	Kyle Fuller	Virginia Tech	CB
16	Dallas	Carl Bradford	Arizona State	OLB
17	Baltimore	Ka’Deem Carey	Arizona	RB
18	New York J	Lache Seastrunk	Baylor	RB
19	Miami	C.J. Fiedorowicz	Iowa	TE
20	Arizona	Zach Mettenberger	LSU	QB
21	Green Bay	Marcus Robinson	Florida	CB
22	Philadelphia	Morgan Moses	Virginia	OT
23	Cincinnati	Christian Jones	Florida State	ILB
24	Kansas City	A.J. McCarron	Alabama	QB
25	San Diego	Antonio Richardson	Tenneessee	OT
26	Cleveland	Gabe Jackson	Mississippi State	OG
27	New Orleans	Dominique Easly	Florida	DT
28	Carolina	Bishop Sankey	Washington	RB
29	New England	Brandon Thomas	Clemson	OG
30	San Francisco	Craig Lotson	LSU	SS
31	Denver	Cyril Richardson	Baylor	OG
32	Seattle	Charles Sams	West Virginia	RB

Story of the second round: running backs galore 

            Hyde to the Texans, Mason to the Browns, Carey to the Ravens, Seastrunk to the Jets, Sankey to the Panthers, and Sams to the Seahawks, all of these running backs will reaffirm the role and significance of the position once again in 2014. As much as the league has turned into the pass-happy offensive style that we are now accustom to, many teams have learned from the mistake of not having balance on offense. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers are all great, but throwing 50-60 times in a game is not the way to win a Super Bowl. Just ask the Seahawks.

The steal of the second round: Jordan Mathews to Oakland

            But as much as things may change, much stays the same, the wide receiver position will also prove to be a valuable position in the second round. I see five wide receivers going in the first round, and all five of those wide receivers have varying abilities. Some have freakish size, speed, route running abilities and/or great hands. But Jordan Mathews may be the best all around wide receiver in the draft even though his ability may not jump out at you. If the Raiders go Manziel with their first pick they will need to provide him with more weapons. Mathews may fall right into their lap.