Mike Mayock's top 16 Big Board

[mav1234]

Lockout also made me even more cautious of taking a QB. =|

[Mother Grabber]

Dar-E-us!

[Floppin]

That list has no relationship to how folks will come off the board but his idea of who he thinks are the best players. He does this every year rarely drafting many quarterbacks at top picks. Nonetheless there are several that go off the board before many of his so-called top picks. He always go what he thinks is the BPA and most teams go best guy at their position of need. Many times they are very different.

Wait, wait, wait. I thought you couldn't understand this kind of ranking? I mean what is the basis for comparison!@??!? RIght? right?

[Urrymonster]

That list has no relationship to how folks will come off the board but his idea of who he thinks are the best players. He does this every year rarely drafting many quarterbacks at top picks. Nonetheless there are several that go off the board before many of his so-called top picks. He always go what he thinks is the BPA and most teams go best guy at their position of need. Many times they are very different.

Over react much?

He is always pretty clear when he does this that this is not how he thinks the draft will fall, purely a 'talent list'. I am pretty sure he does a mock closer to the draft where he then actually takes teams needs into consideration, so you can get your jollies off when he has Cam selected inside the top 10 :rolleyes:

[nosuchthingasapanther]

Wow this is actually surprising. If this was a mock it wouldn't but since this is a prospect ranking seeing Dareus so high is unexpected. Figured Peterson or Green were overall the best prospects in the draft.

it shouldn't be unexpected...dareus is the one player in the entire draft who is the most nfl ready, with the least downside/risk/lowest bust potential.

people think he has no upside, but one aspect people don't acknowledge about him is his high football intelligence...there's always something to learn at the next level, and dareus is going to soak it up.

he's going to get better.

dareus is the overall best prospect in this draft.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Rest of the top 32

17. Ryan Kerrigan

18. Muhammad Wilkerson

19. Gabe Carimi

20. Jake Locker

21. Cam Newton

22. Adrian Clayborn

23. Corey Liuget

24. Akeem Ayers

25. Nate Solder

26. Aaron Williams

27. Cameron Heyward

28. Mike Pouncey

29. Phil Taylor

30. Jimmy Smith

31. Stephen Paea

32. Kyle Rudolph

[BamaGuyInCarolina]

I can answer most questions about Dareus that anyone might have. I have inside connections within the U of A athletic dept. Dareus would be a fine, fine pick for Carolina; a Julius Peppers type pick. He has incredible speed for his size and knows the game at the pro level TODAY...no other pick in the top 5 has the pedigree, training, coaching Dareus had. He's a no risk player on the field and off.