http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/01/25/mock.draft1.part3/index.html 30 S Michael Griffin Texas Sr. 6-0 205 Griffin got a bump from his Senior Bowl week as well, and gets high marks for his work in both coverage and against the run. The Chargers need help at receiver, too, so if Bowe should tumble they'd have a choice to make.
Interesting mock , funny how much the senior bowl effects players projections.Losers 1) Leon Hall CB 5-11,195 michigan Wach him drop 2) Marcus McCauley CB 6-0, 205 Fresno State He lost a ton $ 3) Quinn Pitcock DT 6-3, 295 Ohio State should fall out of 1st round 4) Quentin Moses DE 6-5, 250 Georgia lot of folks had him top 5 won't be in 1st round 5) Jeff Samardzija WR 6-5, 215 Notre Dame tons of folks ignored baseball and had him 1st round. 6) Ryan Harris OT 6-5, 295 Notre Dame killed draft position maybe 5th round or fa now Winners 1) Dwayne Bowe WR 6-2. 220 LSU made a ton $lots of folks saw him as a 2nd round or lower player. 2) Levi Brown OT 6-5, 325 Penn State locked up 2nd OT off board 3) Adam Carriker DE 6-5, 280 Nebraska locked 1st round 4) Aaron Ross CB 6-0, 195 Texas helped over come poor bowl game to get back into 1-2 round hunt 5) Ben Grubbs OG 6-3, 315 Auburn top OG on board 6) David Irons CB 5-10, 190 Auburn should find home day 1 7) Ray McDonald DE 6-3, 275 Florida day one 8) Manny Ramirez OG 6-3, 335 5.20 Texas Tech depending on his time should go in the 3rd or 4th showed he belongs
I would take Weddle instead but assuming that mock is dead wrong on where Willis will go, I can see him going to NE. They love drafting guys like him who everybody overlooks but who will end up being a championship caliber player. Weddle is just solid through and through, I cannot say enough about him. A lot of people look at him and say "oh a white boy safety from the MWC... he doesn't deserve to be a 1st rounder". Weddle just rules plain and simple, the guy is competitive as hell and is a great athlete and team player who spends hours in the film room and is not only coachable but a coach on the field... exactly what you want in a safety. Wherever he ends up he will be starting for a long time and will make game changing plays in coverage when given the opportunity.
