To me, there's only one person when it comes to NFL drafting and that's Mel Kiper. Mel puts up a big board and then he does a mock draft. Everyone else in the mock draft business is copying an industry Mel Kiper basically started.
So, using only Mel's big board and my knowledge, I'm going to try a mock draft, like the other basement-dwelling Trolls (like Todd McShay) and compare it to the other professionals. Afterwards, I'm going to grade how well everyone did. Not on the quality of the picks, but if I (and the professionals) guessed right.
1. Cleveland Browns
QB - Sam Darnold (USC) 2. New York Giants
QB - Josh Rosen (UCLA) 3. New York Jets
QB - Baker Mayfield (Oklahoma) 4. Cleveland Browns
RB - Saquon Barkley (Penn St.) 5. Denver Broncos
QB - Josh Allen (Wyoming) 6. Indianapolis Colts
OG - Quenton Nelson (ND) 7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DE - Bradley Chubb (NC State) 8. Chicago Bears
WR - Calvin Ridley (Alabama) 9. San Francisco 49ers
S - Minkah Fitzpatrick (Alabama) 10. Oakland Raiders
LB - Tremaine Edmunds (VaTech) 11. Miami Dolphins
DE - Marcus Davenport (UT San Antonio) 12. Buffalo Bills
QB - Lamar Jackson (Louisville)
13. Washington Redskins
LB - Harold Landry (Boston College)
14. Green Bay Packers
CB - Denzel Ward (Ohio State) 15. Arizona Cardinals
CB - Josh Jackson (Iowa)
16. Baltimore Ravens
DT - Vita Vea (Washington)
17. Los Angeles Chargers
LB - Roquan Smith (Georgia)
18. Seattle Seahawks
DT - Da'Ron Payne (Alabama)
19. Dallas Cowboys
S - Derwin James (Florida State)
20. Detroit Lions
RB - Derrius Guice (LSU)
21. Cincinnati Bengals
OT - Orlando Brown (Oklahoma)
22. Buffalo Bills
OG - Isaiah Wynn (Georgia) 23. New England Patriots
TE - Dallas Goedert (South Dakota State)
24. Carolina Panthers
LB - Rashaan Evans (Alabama)
25. Tennessee Titans
DE - Sam Hubbard (Ohio State)
26. Atlanta Falcons
WR - D.J. Moore (Maryland)
27. New Orleans Saints
WR - James Washington (Oklahoma State)
28. Pittsburgh Steelers
C - Billy Price (Ohio State)
29. Jacksonville Jaguars
WR - Christian Kirk (Texas A&M)
30. Minnesota Vikings
DT - Maurice Hurst (Michigan)
31. New England Patriots
RB - Dimitri Flowers (Oklahoma)
32. Philadelphia Eagles
CB - Mike Hughes (UCF)
I don't know why I don't like Todd McShay, but I don't. I was reading an article on cleveland.com about McShay's hit or miss ratio today when it comes to Quarterbacks in the NFL Draft. I had to respond and.....
And again blocked.
Editor's Note: Addendum April 25, 2018
Since cleveland.com has a reporter in the Browns building, basically 365 days a year, they only have to get the first pick right. And according to the cleveland.com reporter, the first pick is.....
How did I pick my 2 choices? I just picked the guy most experts agreed on at 1 and the best guy on the board at 4. If I was picking for the Browns, I like that kid from Louisville, Lamar Jackson. But what do I know?