2015 NFL mock draft
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfl-draft-scout/24558655/big-ten-acc…
Predicts Funchess at 28 and 8 total B1G players in the 1st round.
Can anyone explain to me the fascination behind mock drafts?
I just don't get it at all. Year after year they're hardly ever even close to being right, but so many people just eat em up. Why?
When you figure that one out turn your attention to "Bracketology" which has already begun for next year before we've even played ONE GAME! Those are equally ridiculous.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2014/05/06/usa-today-sports-…
Hooray....looks like we're gonna be a three seed and playing here in Columbus!
Will it be a Thursday or Friday game? When do the tip-off times get released? I have a wedding to go to on that Friday and need to know if I should try to break the couple up. Please let me know as soon as you can.
Thanks.
It's the same thing that draws people to recruiting. Fans want to look at the future and either think that better days are coming or that the good times will continue.
I don't understand the fascination of mock drafts either and yes, they are almost certainly wrong.
I like them because they give me an idea of who to watch specifically during the college football season. It is especially helpful with regards to QBs, DEs, and WRs.
Can anyone explain heroin addiction?
Same basic concept.
If you're a fan of the Detroit Lions, the Draft (and by extension, mock draft) is the most excitement/optimism you can hope for. We've been conditioned...
I have the attention span of a hamster; I've already forgotten there was a draft, like, maybe the past... I dunno. Moar football!!!
90% of it is I want to see how bad other people think the Browns will be, and how good other people think Michigan players will be.
The other part of it is watching hype trains promptly fall on their face, like Tom Gholston. (I don't consider being a 4th rd pick a bust, but some people had him going in the top 20 before the season started)
This mock is my 2015 mock draft:
1) Oakland: Devin Gardner
2) Jacksonville: Jake Ryan
3) Cleveland: Frank Clark
4) Washington: Devin Funchess
5) Tampa Bay: Desmond Morgan
6) Buffalo: Raymon Taylor
7) Atlanta: Brennan Beyer
not to have the Lions in the top 7.
Lions are going to fold as a franchise.
Cleveland with a top 3 pick? Psh... I thought with Manziel they'd be SB favorites!
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sounds pretty accurate to me
In my mock I have Buffalo trading their 2015 2nd round and 2017 1st round picks to the Browns to move up and take Taylor.
The Browns will take Will Hagerup with that additional 2nd round pick.
That's how the simulated EA draft generally looks after I finish editing my NCAA roster.
It's insane to try and predict the order of finish of 32 NFL teams, which will determine based on individual need (for the most part) what order players will be selected in. The chances of doing this correctly are what, less than 1 in 1000? (.001 PERCENT)
It's almost as difficult to predict which players will have great seasons and just as importantly great combines.....again, .001 percent chance at best?
Now consider that a mock draft has to do both of these impossible tasks, effectively multiplying .001 percent by .001 percent - so the likelihood that these mock drafts done 11 months in advance can even be remotely accurate is somewhere around 0.000001 percent?
As long as they're done for amusement purposes that's great, but if anyone gets worked up over these....I don't know what to tell you.
So this is what math looks like.... it's been a while.
I'll just get this out of the way, "Damn it Lions, yet another wasted pick!".
244
Jeremy Gallon | WR, Michigan
Gallon is a sure-handed, short-area-quick slot receiver who lacks toughness and speed, but has a knack for finding space underneath.
C+
Lacks toughness?
He's on trial for being a dwarf.
Lacks toughness?
I think excelling in B1G football at 5'7" is the definition of tough....
I saw four mock drafts today. 3 had Funchess in the late 20's and one had him at 11(!).
That's what I'm expecting to hear.
He was listed as a TE. I am sure it is a clerical error.
Who is this TE Devin Funchess dude? I know we have a WR named Devin Funchess but I haven't heard of that other guy...
I found this write up grading the accuracy of various mock drafts, i.e. Kiper's, McShay's, etc.. Pretty interesting read.
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2014/05/nfl_mock_drafts_how_a…
They are fun and basically right. If you're looking to be informed about the top prospects in the next draft (which I would guess most mock readers are) then the mocks basically get it right. It's a "top prospects" list with teams tagged on for fun.
This mock from December had only a couple of it's top 15 NOT go in round 1.
http://walterfootball.com/draft2014overreaction.php
If your standard is picking the right team and spot, then they suck, but only a complete fool would expect that given trades alone. No reasonable person would expect perfection from a mock draft anymore than they would an NCAA bball bracket. It's still interesting to look at in small doses.
Why the hell is Calhoun still in East Lansing if this is the read on him? He was a redshirt sophomore last year and could have gone.