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2014 NFL Mock Draft

Pick	Team	Player	College	Position
1	Atlanta Trade w/Houston	Jadevown Clowney	South Carolina	DE
2	St. Louis	Greg Robinson	Auburn	OT
3	Jacksonville	Khalil Mack	Buffalo	OLB
4	Cleveland	Sammy Watkins	Clemson	WR
5	Oakland	Eric Ebron	UNC	TE
6	Houston Trade w/Atlanta	Jake Mathews	Texas A&M	OT
7	Dallas Trade w/Tampa Bay	Johnny Manziel	Texas A&M	QB
8	Minnesota	Blake Bortles	USF	QB
9	Buffalo	Mike Evans	Texas A&M	WR
10	Detroit	Justin Gilbert	Oklahoma State	CB
11	Tennessee	Anthony Barr	UCLA	OLB
12	New York G	Aaron Donald	Pittsburgh	DT
13	St. Louis	Marqise Lee	USC	WR
14	Chicago	Darqueze Dennard	Michigan State	CB
15	Pittsburgh	Ha Ha Clinton Dix	Alabama	S
16	Tampa Bay Trade w/Dallas	Dee Ford	Auburn	DE
17	Baltimore	CJ Mosley	Alabama	LB
18	New York J	Brandin Cooks	Oregon State	WR
19	Miami	Taylor Lewtan	Michigan	OT
20	Arizona	Zach Martin	Notre Dame	OT
21	Green Bay	Kelvim Benjamin	Florida State	WR
22	Philadelphia	Louis Nix	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	Derek Carr	Fresno State	QB
27	New Orleans	Ryan Shazier	Ohio State	OLB
28	Carolina	Bradley Roby	Ohio State	CB
29	New England	ReShede Hageman	Minnesota	DT
30	San Francisco	Gabe Jackson	Mississippi State	OG
31	Denver	Kyle Van Noy	BYU	OLB
32	Seattle	Carl Bradford	Arizona State	OLB

Story of the first round: Dallas trades up for Johnny Manziel

           The Cowboys have just recently given Tony Romo a new contract, a six-year 108 million dollars, 40 of which is guaranteed. But as much as many may not want to believe it is possible that the Cowboys trade their franchise player, owner Jerry Jones can tolerate another 8-8 season. The Cowboys have another brutal schedule, as was revealed on Wednesday night and they have made no significant offseason maneuvers. With the exception of losing their best defensive player in Demarcus Ware, the loudest move Jerry has made was signing Cleveland Brown castoff, Brandon Weeden. To make it short and simple, Jerry is primed to make a big move at the quarterback position…and I am not talking about Brandon Weeden.

           

So here is how it happens:

Tampa Bay: Gets QB Tony Romo, and the Cowboys first round pick (16^th overall)

Dallas: Gets: Gets the Buccaneers first round pick (7^th overall)

Cowboys Rationale

            Every team in the NFC East has made some sort of significant offseason move with the exception of the Cowboys. Nothing would rectify this situation more than getting the most highly touted player from the state of Texas than Johnny Manziel. Let’s face it, the Cowboys, even with the surplus amount of talent they have had, have been one of the most snake-bitten teams in the league. Can you think of a better way to reverse the Cowboy curse by snatching the ideal Texan quarterback? Regardless, Jerry Jones would have people talking about the Cowboys once again, and at least in the beginning, it would be about something positive and exciting.

Also, this is not as bizarre as many people may think. Remember, it was the New England Patriots who traded Drew Bledsoe in 2002, who just a year earlier, signed a-102 million dollar deal. The Patriots of 02’ and the Cowboys of ’14 are teams of different circumstances, but to say a deal could not happen because of the contract is untrue.

But would Tampa be able to take on this large contract?

Buccaneers Rationale

            They are currently 13 million dollars under the cap. In order to be able to afford Romo they would need to clear another 4 million dollars, which they could simply do but just cutting, they newly acquired Josh McCown who would then become unneeded by acquiring Romo. The year after that the Bucs are more than fine as they will be almost 20 million dollars under the cap even with Romo’s contract (http://espn.go.com/blog/tampa-bay-buccaneers/post/_/id/4160/bucs-are-13-million-under-cap). So economically the Bucs may be the only team that can make this happen.

            The Buccaneers have been setting smoke screens by leaking they are interested in Johnny Manziel, but drafting the less than surefire Hesiman winner does not match with the strengths of new head coach Lovie Smith. He may be a brilliant defensive mind, and an excellent players coach, but developing a quarterback is not his thing. During his tenure with the Bears, year in and year out the Bears would not commit to building a “quarterback of the future” and I doubt the Bucs brought him in, to draft a quarterback and go down that road. Lovie has won with the likes of Tony Romo and Kyle Orton. If the Buccaneers have ambitions of making Tampa back into a Super Bowl caliber team, Tony Romo would be the quarterback that could take them there.  

Tony Romo Rationale

            The guy is in a desperate need of a change of scenery. Tampa Bay would offer Romo a lot less pressure, less focus, less heart-ache, and less likely of a chance of having a reality show on the Bravo Network. Under Lovie Smith, Romo would have a head coach who can run and most likely produce a top 10 defense, which would continue to take off even more pressure off his shoulders. There are a few weapons already in the Bucs offense arsenal, and even more if Doug Martin can return to form, the division is not as brutal as the NFC East, and Tony Romo’s story may be able to change for the better.

           

2^nd Round

Pick	Team	Player	College	Position
1	Houston	Teddy Bridgewater	Louisville	QB
2	Washington	DeVante Adams	Fresno State	WR
3	Jacksonville	Jimmy Garoppolo	Eastern Illinois	QB
4	Cleveland	Carlos Hyde	Ohio State	RB
5	Oakland	Jordan Mathews	Vanderbilt	WR
6	Houston	Stephon Tuitt	Notre Dame	DT
7	Tampa Bay	Jason Verrett	TCU	CB
8	Minnesota	Allen Robinson	Penn State	WR
9	Buffalo	Tre Mason	Auburn	RB
10	Detroit	Terrance Brooks	Florida State	FS
11	Tennessee	Tom Savage	Pittsburgh	QB
12	New York G	Chris Borland	Wisconsin	ILB
13	St. Louis	Kadeem Carey	Arizona	RB
14	Chicago	Kony Ealy	Missouri	DE
15	Pittsburgh	Kyle Fuller	Virginia Tech	CB
16	Dallas	Calvin Pryor	Lousiville	S
17	Baltimore	Lache Seastrunk	Baylor	RB
18	New York J	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	Washington	TE
19	Miami	C.J. Fiedorowicz	Iowa	TE
20	Arizona	Zach Mettenberger	LSU	QB
21	Green Bay	Marcus Robinson	Florida	CB
22	Philadelphia	Timmy Jernigan	Florida State	DT
23	Cincinnati	Christian Jones	Florida State	ILB
24	Kansas City	Donte Moncrief	Ole Miss	WR
25	San Diego	Antonio Richardson	Tenneessee	OT
26	Indianapolis	Jeremiah Attaochu	Georgia Tech	LB
27	New Orleans	Dominique Easly	Florida	DT
28	Carolina	Bishop Sankey	Washington	RB
29	New England	AJ McCarron	Alabama	QB
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: Teddy Bridgewater falls to the 2^nd Round  

            There are so many people on this development that it is impossible to ignore. Bridgewater has plummeted an epic rate because of his poor combine and pro day performances, and too many are concerned with his accuracy and velocity. Bridgewater looks to be the Geno Smith of ’14, but it may not be all that bad for Bridgewater if this scenario played out. He would be hooked up with Bill O’Brien a well-known quarterback guru who could fix a lot of the same problems that Tom Brady had when he came out of college. But if Houston decides to pass on Bridgewater in round 2, and with the rumblings that Jacksonville really like Jimmy Garoppolo, it will be interesting, and for Bridgewater stressful to see where he ends up.