Mel Kiper, Todd McShay Mock Draft: 5 worst picks
3. Why So Many Wide Receivers?
Passing is king in the NFL, but still… seven receivers? That’s 22 percent of the first round. I mean, passing is important, but it’s not that important, especially when some of those picks include the dubious Philip Dorsett of Miami and Ohio State’s Devin White.
4. No Wide Receivers for Cleveland Browns?
Few teams have a need as glaring as the Browns with wide receiver. Josh Gordon has been suspended for the year (and can’t even appeal this time), they lost Jordan Cameron and Miles Austin, and their only free agent signing at the position was the unremarkable Brian Hartline. That leaves them with a bunch of fourth-receiver types, (their projected number two receiver, Taylor Gabriel, has 36 career catches) and two first round picks. It’s not hard math to do.
5. Where’s Vic Beasley?
Multiple mock drafts project Beasley, the Clemson linebacker, as a top ten pick. Some have him going as high as third overall. But Kiper and McShay don’t have him going in the first round at all? I don’t buy it. Beasley is a Bruce Irvin-type, a punishing edge rusher who could make an immediate impact. Even if he lasts past the top 10 some team in the middle or bottom of the first round, like the Saints or the 49ers, would be bound to snap him up. It was a live broadcast, so can we assume Kiper and McShay simply forgot he existed for a while? That’s the only rational explanation.
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