Saturday, April 29, 2006

Mocking the Draft

It's amazing to me that "Draft Experts" like Mel Kiper get paychecks. The experts' mock draft is almost never right and has little chance of being so. So why try to make a definitive list? I'd rather see a team by team list of options and exceptions.

Below are two examples of Mock drafts by high profile experts from just a few days ago. The correct picks are in bold; wrong picks have the correction in parentheses.

1 HOU Reggie Bush, RB (2)
2 NO A.J. Hawk, LB (5)
3 TEN Vince Young, QB
4 NYJ D'Brickashaw Ferguson, T
5 GB Mario Williams, DE (1)
6 SF Michael Huff, DB (7)
7 OAK Matt Leinart, QB (10)

1. HOU Reggie Bush, RB (2)
2. NO D'Brickashaw Ferguson, T (4)
3. TEN Matt Leinart, QB (10)
4. NYJ Mario Williams, DE (1)
5. GB A.J. Hawk, LB
6. SF Vernon Davis, TE
7. OAK Vince Young, QB (3)

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It looks like the Chiefs have just picked the human interest story of the draft, Tamba Hali, a defensive end from Liberia by way of Penn St. More on him later.

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