Before we evaluate our a mock draft, a few notes:
*Check out the first-round draft thoughts for a division-by-division and team-by-team roundup of the first round, and the Football Relativity Twitter feed for initial thoughts on the weekend events. We’ll wrap everything draft-wise up next week.
Now that the preliminaries are out of the way, here are the first-round results, compared to what we predicted. As you can see, we only hit seven picks dead on, including the first six. That’s my best stretch to open a draft since 1998.
1. QB Sam Bradford, Rams– as predicted
2. DT Ndamukong Suh, Lions – as predicted
3. DT Gerald McCoy, Buccaneers – as predicted
4. OT Trent Williams, Redskins – as predicted
5. S Eric Berry, Chiefs – as predicted
6. OT Russell Okung, Seahawks – as predicted
7. CB Joe Haden, Browns – predicted 10th, off 3
8. LB Rolando McClain, Raiders – predicted 15th, off 7
9. RB C.J. Spiller, Bills – predicted 7th, off 2
10. DT Tyson Alualu, Jaguars – predicted 27th, off 17
11. OT Anthony Davis, 49ers – predicted 23rd, off 12
12. RB Ryan Mathews, Chargers – predicted 20th, off 8
13. DE Brandon Graham, Eagles – predicted 16th, off 3
14. S Earl Thomas, Seahawks – predicted 19th, off 5
15. DE Jason Pierre-Paul, Giants – predicted 13th, off 2
16. DE Derrick Morgan, Titans – predicted 8th, off 8
17. OG Mike Iupati, 49ers – predicted 18th, off 1
18. OG Maurkice Pouncey, Steelers – predicted 24th, off 6
19. OLB Sean Witherspoon, Falcons – predicted 29th, off 10
20. CB Kareem Jackson, Texans – predicted 30th, off 10
21. TE Jermaine Gresham, Bengals – as predicted
22. WR Demaryius Thomas, Broncos – predicted 11th, off 11; predicted to correct team
23. OT Bryan Bulaga, Packers – predicted 17th, off 6
24. WR Dez Bryant, Cowboys – predicted 14th, off 10
25. QB Tim Tebow, Broncos – not predicted in first round
26. DT Dan Williams, Cardinals – predicted 12th, off 14
27. CB Devin McCourty, Patriots – not predicted in first round
28. DE Jared Odrick, Dolphins – predicted 25th, off 3
29. CB Kyle Wilson, Jets – predicted 28th, off 1
30. RB Jahvid Best, Lions – not predicted in first round
31. DE Jerry Hughes, Colts – predicted 22nd, off 9
32. CB Patrick Robinson, Saints – not predicted in first round
So there you go. We had direct hits at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 21, while missing two players by one spot and another two by two spots. We also correctly matched Demaryius Thomas with the Broncos. Overall, we hit 28 of 32 first-rounders, including the first 24.
