MadDog49er Final Seven Round Projection April 30 2015 and Notes

Well, here we go. Christmas for draft junkies has arrived. Merry Christmas, all!

Below is my final Big 256, which is not intended to be a mock (too many trades), nor a best board (Winston and numerous others are off my board entirely). This is a projection. Before I paste, couple notes:
1. The draft status of Randy Gregory and La'El Collins is somewhere between mid-first round and undrafted. The cryptic reports on Gregory and what is going on upstairs leads one to believe: He is a psychopath, currently stringing cats in trees, or..he is a psychopath. Everybody is dancing around the subject, probably because they don't want to buried by the end of the day by a guy wearing a number 4 jersey. I'll just say he drops to the end of the second, and Belechik picks him up.
As for La'El, something strange is afoot. Why would a guy who broke up months ago with a girl be questioned about her death. I can imagine every team interested in Collins has begun some investigation that would make Watergate and Whitewater look like child's play. I'll say some team grabs him in the second, or seventh.

2. Seems like couple hot potatoes are Peat and Johnson. Could Peat leapfrog Scherff? Could Johnson leapfrog Waynes? There always is some shocker. Expect Ray to slide out of the first, but if pot is the only issue (compared to murder and insanity), some of these guys like Ray might get a bump.

3. I have Collins dropping out of the first and Randall replacing him. I am glad people are finally watching Collins play football. There are blaring red lights everywhere, but it seems like nobody noticed until this week.

4. Rowe, Rowe, Rowe your boat to bigger money- I think he could sneak inside the top 20 picks.

5. I think teams will select Johnson over Waynes. That shuttle time for Waynes was about as fast as a octogenarian crossing the road with a walker.

6. Expect the Browns to screw this up. It is what they do.

7. Expect the Raiders to make a safe pick: It will be Cooper. Write that in granite. Al Davis is currently attempting to climb out of the grave with a scribbled draft card that says. "Breshad Perriman".

8. More later with a final best board and I will be lurking on the draft thread when the action starts in 13 hours. Release the dog!!!

2015 NFL Draft 256 Big Board
Pick Player School Position
1 Jameis Winston Florida St QB
2 Marcus Mariota Oregon QB
3 Leonard Williams USC DT
4 Amari Cooper Alabama WR
5 Kevin White West Virginia WR
6 Dante Fowler Florida DE/LB
7 Vic Beasley Clemson LB
8 Brandon Scherff Iowa OT
9 Andrus Peat Stanford OT
10 Todd Gurley Georgia RB
11 DeVante Parker Louisville WR
12 Danny Shelton Washington DT
13 Kevin Johnson Wake Forest CB
14 Ereck Flowers Miami OT
15 Arik Armstead Oregon DE/DT
16 Trae Waynes Michigan St CB
17 Alvin Dupree Kentucky DE/OLB
18 DJ Humphries Florida OT
19 TJ Clemmings Pittsburgh OT
20 Eric Rowe Utah S/CB
21 Malcom Brown Texas DT
22 Cameron Erving Florida St C/G
23 Breshad Perriman Central Florida WR
24 Nelson Agholor USC WR
25 Melvin Gordon Wisconsin RB
26 Eddie Goldman Florida St DT
27 Damarious Randall Arizona St S
28 Jaelen Strong Arizona St WR
29 Jake Fisher Oregon OT
30 Cedric Ogbuehi Texas A&M G
31 Eli Harold Virginia DE/OLB
32 Marcus Peters Washington CB
33 Byron Jones Connecticut CB
34 Carl Davis Iowa DT
35 Bryce Petty Baylor QB
36 Shane Ray Missouri DE/LB
37 Landon Collins Alabama S
38 Phillip Dorsett Miami WR
39 La'El Collins LSU OT/G
40 Jalen Collins LSU CB
41 TJ Yeldon Alabama RB
42 Mario Edwards Florida St DE
43 Jordan Phillips Oklahoma DT
44 Dorial Green-Beckham Missouri WR
45 AJ Cann South Carolina G
46 Eric Kendricks UCLA LB
47 Stephone Anthony Clemson LB
48 Owamagbe Odighizuwa UCLA DE/OLB
49 Paul Dawson TCU LB
50 Maxx Williams Minnesota TE
51 Benardrick McKinney Mississippi St LB
52 Preston Smith Mississippi St DE
53 Xavier Cooper Washington St DT
54 Quinten Rollins Miami (OH) CB/S
55 Denzel Perryman Miami LB
56 Devin Smith Ohio St WR
57 Michael Bennett Ohio St DT
58 Ronald Darby Florida St CB
59 Shaq Thompson Washington LB
60 PJ Williams Florida St CB
61 Ty Lockett Kansas St WR
62 Donovan Smith Penn St OT
63 Laken Tomlinson Duke G
64 Randy Gregory Nebraska DE/LB
65 Grady Jarrett Clemson DT
66 Garrett Grayson Colorado St QB
67 Devin Funchess Michigan WR/TE
68 Sammie Coates Auburn WR
69 Brett Hundley UCLA QB
70 Tevin Coleman Indiana RB
71 James Sample Louisville S
72 Marcus Hardison Arizona St DT
73 Ali Marpet Hobard C
74 Hroniss Grasu Oregon C
75 Jay Ajayi Boise St RB
76 Ty Sambrailo Colorado St OT
77 Danielle Hunter LSU LB
78 Cody Prewitt Mississippi S
79 Nate Orchard Utah DE/OLB
80 Henry Anderson Stanford DT
81 Clive Walford Miami TE
82 David Johnson Northern Iowa RB
83 Jaquiski Tartt Samford S
84 Ameer Abdullah Nebraska RB
85 Tre' Jackson Florida St G
86 Derron Smith Fresno St S
87 Duke Johnson Miami RB
88 Josh Shaw USC CB
89 Adrian Amos Penn St S
90 Jamil Douglas Arizona St G
91 Lorenzo Mauldin Louisville OLB
92 Tre McBride William and Mary WR
93 Anthony Harris Virginia S
94 Trey Flowers Arkansas DE/OLB
95 D'Joun Smith Florida Atlantic CB
96 Kwon Alexander LSU DE/OLB
97 John Miller Louisville G
98 Ifo Ekpre-Olomu Oregon CB
99 Doran Grant Ohio St CB
100 David Cobb Minnesota RB
101 Sean Mannion Oregon St QB
102 Mitch Morse Missouri OT/G
103 Rob Haverstein Wisconsin OT
104 Darryl Williams Oklahoma OT
105 Steven Nelson Oregon St CB
106 Markus Golden Missouri DE/OLB
107 David Parry Stanford DT
108 Za'Darius Smith Kentucky DE
109 Rakeem Nunez-Roaches Southern Miss DT
110 Jordan Hicks Texas LB
111 Justin Hardy East Carolina WR
112 Rashad Greene Florida St WR
113 Jeff Heuerman Ohio St TE
114 Alex Carter Stanford CB
115 Ibraheim Campbell Northwestern S
116 Jamison Crowder Duke WR
117 Hayes Pullard USC LB
118 Arie Kouandjio Alabama G
119 Anthony Chickillo Miami DE
120 Javoris Allen USC RB
121 Chris Conley Georgia WR
122 Durell Eskridge Syracuse S
123 Dres Anderson Utah WR
124 Martrell Spaight Arkansas LB
125 Dezmin Lewis Central Arkansas WR
126 Jesse James Penn St TE
127 Kurtis Drummond Michigan St S
128 Nick O'Leary Florida St TE
129 Jordan Richards Stanford S
130 Gerod Holliman Louisville S
131 Gabe Wright Auburn DT
132 Joey Mbu Houston DT
133 Antwan Goodley Baylor WR
134 Darren Waller Georgia Tech WR
135 Jeremy Langford Michigan St RB
136 Jeremiah Poutasi Utah OT
137 Andy Gallik Boston College C
138 Tyler Kroft Rutgers TE
139 Andrew Donnal Iowa OT
140 Charles Gaines Louisville CB
141 Lynden Trail Norfolk St DE/OLB
142 Corey Robinson South Carolina OT
143 Davis Tull Tennessee Chattanooga LB
144 Senquez Golson Mississippi CB
145 Leterrius Walton Central Michigan DT
146 Clayton Geathers Central Florida CB/S
147 Taiwan Jones Michigan St LB
148 BJ Finney Kansas St C
149 Wes Saxton South Alabama TE
150 Mario Alford West Virginia WR
151 Max Valles Virginia OLB
152 Frank Clark Michigan DE/OLB
153 Kenny Bell Nebraska WR
154 Titus Davis Central Michigan WR
155 Stefon Diggs Maryland WR
156 Tyrus Thompson Oklahoma OT
157 Robert Myers Tennessee St G
158 Tyeler Davison Fresno St DT
159 Ty Montgomery Stanford WR
160 Max Garcia Florida C
161 Jake Ryan Michigan LB
162 Ben Heeney Kansas LB
163 Kevin White TCU CB
164 Cedric Reed Texas DE
165 Derrick Lott Tennessee Chattanooga DT
166 Shaq Mason Georgia Tech G
167 Xavier Williams Northern Iowa DT
168 Obum Gwachum Oregon St DE/OLB
169 Kyle Emanuel North Dakota St DE/OLB
170 Hau'oli Kikaha Washington DE/OLB
171 Jamon Brown Louisville OT
172 Mike Hull Penn St LB
173 Bobby Richardson Indiana DT
174 Ramik Wilson Georgia LB
175 Bryce Hager Baylor LB
176 Geneo Grissom Oklahoma LB
177 Brandon Bridge South Alabama QB
178 Tony Lippett Michigan St WR
179 Tray Walker Texas Southern CB/S
180 Reese Dismukes Auburn C
181 Randall Evans Kansas St CB
182 Jalston Fowler Alabama FB
183 Tyler Varga Yale RB
184 JJ Nelson UAB WR
185 Chris Hackett TCU S
186 Jordan Taylor Rice WR
187 Mike Davis South Carolina RB
188 Mark Glowinski West Virginia G
189 Deontay Greenberry Houston WR
190 Laurence Gibson Virginia Tech OT
191 Jarvis Harrison Texas A&M G/T
192 Sean Hickey Syracuse OT/G
193 Imoan Claiborne Northwestern St CB
194 Craig Mager Texas St CB
195 Quayshawn Buckley Idaho DT
196 Quinton Spain West Virginia OL
197 DC Celiscar Western Michigan CB/S
198 Christian Covington Rice DT
199 Geremy Davis UConn WR
200 Ladarius Gunter Miami CB
201 Bryce Callahan Rice CB
202 Josue Matias Florida St G
203 Cedric Thompson Minnesota S
204 Chaz Green Florida OT
205 Rory Anderson South Carolina TE
206 Marcus Rush Michigan St LB
207 Ben Koyack Notre Dame TE
208 Trenton Brown Florida OT
209 Ryan Russell Purdue DE/OLB
210 Damian Swann Georgia CB
211 Bobby McCain Memphis CB
212 Zach Vigil Utah St LB
213 Karlos Williams Florida St RB
214 MyCole Pruitt Southern Illinois TE
215 Darryl Roberts Marshall CB
216 Jacoby Glenn Central Florida CB
217 Brian Parker Albany TE
218 Ray Drew Georgia DE
219 Darius Philon Arkansas DT
220 Junior Sylvestre Toledo LB
221 Rannell Hall Central Florida WR
222 Nick Boyle Delaware TE
223 Tory Slater West Georgia DT
224 Cameron Artis-Payne Auburn RB
225 Brian Suite Utah St S
226 Xzavier Dickson Alabama LB
227 Deiontrez Mount Louisville DE/OLB
228 JaCorey Shepherd Kansas CB
229 Vince Mayle Washington St WR
230 Jeff Luc Cincinnati LB
231 Corey Grant Auburn RB
232 Antoine Everett McNeese St OT/G
233 Terry Poole San Diego St OT
234 Nick Marshall Auburn CB
235 Aaron Ripkowski Oklahoma FB
236 Deion Barnes Penn St DE
237 EJ Bibbs Iowa St TE
238 Kaleb Eulls Mississippi St DT
239 Terrance McGee LSU RB
240 Justin Coleman Tennessee CB
241 Matt Jones Florida RB
242 Corey Crawford Clemson DE
243 Darius Kilgo Maryland DT
244 Zach Zenner South Dakota St RB
245 Neiron Ball Florida LB
246 Malcolm Agnew Southern Illinois RB
247 Deon Simon Northwestern St DT
248 Akeem Hunt Purdue RB
249 Justin Manton Louisiana-Monroe K
250 Miles Dieffenbach Penn St G
251 Adam Shead Oklahoma G
252 Blake Bell Oklahoma TE
253 Malcolm Brown Texas RB
254 Kyle Loomis Portland St P
255 Alani Fua BYU LB
256 Deshazor Everett Texas A&M CB

Will print this off and reference it during the draft

MERRY CHRISTMAS MD!

Originally posted by Pillbusta:
Will print this off and reference it during the draft

This. (Maybe I'll just keep it on screen in a Window...)

Yes - Merry Christmas!

MD - I see in your final board you have Armstead at #15. Since so many mocks have us taking him there, do you believe that the various red flags that have been tied to him regarding "Dedication" are overblown? I personally don't want him as I don't think his game was that impressive considering his physical size. He needs lotsa work, and with questions about how committed he really is, I have concerns.

Also, you mentioned red flags keeping many off of your board. Could you share those?

I can't ever remember a year where so many of the Top players coming out had issues. It will likely make for a lot of movement and unpredictability.

Ugh I hate keep seeing Armstead anywhere near that 15. Take him off maddog! Do it! Do it! Please

Good stuff MD! Plan to use your board to judge a lot of the draft.

I'm praying we grab your dude Erving...

DRAFT Kevin's Johnson!

Interesting. I fully agree that this is the wrong year to have off the field question marks and that players may drop significantly more than usual because of them. Especially those with things popping up last minute that could scare teams who don't have time to fully research and vet new developments.

But what are you hearing about Gregory and Collins that I have missed? The "psychopath" thing is new to me. Poor decision maker, possible work ethic issue, stuff like that is what I've heard. What reports have you seen that have him reading as bananas?

Similarly, as I understand the Collins thing, he has a rock solid alibi and was nowhere near when any of this went down. He is just someone police want to talk to because he is her ex and may have useful information. Also, I guess there is a possibility he is the father of the child. But so far (from what I understand) he is not a suspect in any way. Is there some speculation/fear that even if the didn't do it himself, he could be involved or have orchestrated it and this could be a Aaron Hernandez situation?

Maddog
Are you going to give the niners big board and are going to give your opinion of the Niners draft?

Originally posted by Zachary:
MERRY CHRISTMAS MD!

Merry Christmas to you.

Originally posted by SoCold:
DRAFT Kevin's Johnson!

Might not be there. He is the best cover corner off the LOS, and I moved him past Waynes in my latest best board which I will post later today. Look out for NO at 13.

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:
Good stuff MD! Plan to use your board to judge a lot of the draft.

I'm praying we grab your dude Erving...

Safe player, great player. Won't have to worry about the middle of the offense for a long time.

Originally posted by Ninefan56:
Maddog
Are you going to give the niners big board and are going to give your opinion of the Niners draft?

Two more boards and threads coming: Best Board and Niners' Best Board

Originally posted by TexasNiner:
Interesting. I fully agree that this is the wrong year to have off the field question marks and that players may drop significantly more than usual because of them. Especially those with things popping up last minute that could scare teams who don't have time to fully research and vet new developments.

But what are you hearing about Gregory and Collins that I have missed? The "psychopath" thing is new to me. Poor decision maker, possible work ethic issue, stuff like that is what I've heard. What reports have you seen that have him reading as bananas?

Similarly, as I understand the Collins thing, he has a rock solid alibi and was nowhere near when any of this went down. He is just someone police want to talk to because he is her ex and may have useful information. Also, I guess there is a possibility he is the father of the child. But so far (from what I understand) he is not a suspect in any way. Is there some speculation/fear that even if the didn't do it himself, he could be involved or have orchestrated it and this could be a Aaron Hernandez situation?

Not sure. He said earlier today he will not speak to the New Orleans police until the draft is over. This appears messy one way or the other.

As for Gregory, there are numerous reports floating out there that he mental unstable or something else. Nobody is being specific. Here was Albert Greer of NFL Network:

"according to more than a dozen coaches, scouts, personnel chiefs and GMs, there is concern about Gregory's ability to handle the mental rigors of professional football. And just how far he drops in this week's draft will likely hinge on the individual psychological profiles (and the results of related testing) put together by each team, according to multiple veteran evaluators. He has been taken off a several team's draft boards, according to multiple sources"

I read a couple other coded language posts in the last 24 hours. It seems like there are major issues that the media is afraid to fully explain. Simply strange

My body is ready!