Rankings: Best Mock Drafters of All-Time

[Lout]

Here are the rankings of the top mock drafters (averaged) over the past 5 years.

I am only listing the Top10 (active) mock drafters.

http://www.thehuddle...ftscoring.shtml

Also list some other noteable mock drafters that do not have a 5 year history.

Please Sticky

TOP 10

#1 - Rick Gosselin (Dallas Morning News)

Not out yet

#2 - Mel Kiper Jr (ESPN)

Paysite

#3 - Al Fronczak (EastCoastSportsNews)

http://www.eastcoast..._NFL_Draft.html

#4 - Robby Esch (TheHuddleReport)

http://thehuddlereport.com/

#5 - Scott Wright (Nfl Draft Countdown)

http://www.draftcoun...ock-Draft-A.php

#6 - Ryan McCrystal (Draft Ace)

http://draftace.com/blog/mockdraft/

#7- Dan Kadar (Mocking the Draft)

http://www.mockingth...ages/mock-draft

#8 - Colin Lindsay (Great Blue North Draft Report)

http://www.gbnreport...projection.html

#9- Matt Bitonti (Draft Daddy)

http://www.draftdadd...D/draft2012.htm

#10 - Tommy Lawlor (Scouts Notebook)

http://scoutsnotebook.com/mock-draft/

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Noteable Mock Drafters:

Rob Rang (CBS Sports)

http://www.cbssports...ftscout-RobRang

Russ Lande (AOL Sporting News)

http://www.russlande...012-mock-draft/

Wes Bunting (National Football Post)

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Mock-Draft-50-7915.html

Don Banks (Sports Illustated)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/don_banks/03/23/2012.mock.draft.3/index.html

Walter Cherepinsky (WalterFootball)

http://walterfootbal...m/draft2012.php

Jesse Bartolis (NFLmocks.com)

http://nflmocks.com/...nfl-mock-draft/

Clint Clearwater (TheFootballExpert)

http://thefootballex...2mockdraft.html

DraftTek (DraftTek)

http://www.drafttek.com/CMDRound1.asp

Matt Miller (New Era Scouting)

http://www.newerasco...com/mock-draft/

Eric Galko (Optimum Scouting)

http://optimumscouti...mock-draft.html

[Cat'sGrowl]

Gosselin has been a legend in this business for a while now.

Where you get the nerve posting some of the biggest laughing stocks of mock drafts on the net up there with him offends me, truly.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Also notice Kiper at 3. Kiper may be an annoying chump but he's a lot better than most give him credit for.

[Cat'sGrowl]

This is Gosselin's mock draft from last year:

1 - Panthers - Newton - QB

#2 - Broncos - Miller - LB

#3 - Bills - Dareus - DE

#4 - Bengals - Green - WR

#5 - Cardinals - Peterson - CB

#6 - Browns - Jones - WR

#7 - 49ers - Gabbert - QB

#8 - Titans - Locker - QB

#9 - Cowboys - Tyron Smith - OT

#10 - Redskins - Ponder - QB

#11 - Texans - Aldon Smith - OLB

#12 - Vikings - Dalton - QB

#13 - Lions - Fairley - DT

#14 - Rams - Ingram - RB

#15 - Dolphins - Pouncey - OG/C

#16 - Jags - Kerrigan - DE

#17 - Pats - Jordan - DE

#18 - Chargers - Liuget - DT

#19 - Giants - Solder - OT

#20 - Bucs - Quinn - OLB/DE

#21 - Chiefs - Carimi - OT

#22 - Colts - Castonzo - OT

#23 - Eagles - J. Smith - CB

#24 - Saints - Clayborn - DE

#25 - Seahawks - Amukamara - CB

#26 - Ravens - Watt - DE

#27 - Falcons - Taylor - NT

#28 - Patriots - Watkins - G

#29 - Bears - Austin - DT

#30 - Jets - Sherrod - OT

#31 - Steelers - Heyward - DE

#32 - Packers - Williams - CB

The guy is good. Nailed a great percentage of the picks, also foresaw guys like Amukamara, Fairley and such falling, and Locker and Ponder going high. It Atl hadn't screwed everything up with a bogus trade, he'd have been even better.

[SOJA]

This is Gosselin's mock draft from last year:

1 - Panthers - Newton - QB

#2 - Broncos - Miller - LB

#3 - Bills - Dareus - DE

#4 - Bengals - Green - WR

#5 - Cardinals - Peterson - CB

#6 - Browns - Jones - WR

#7 - 49ers - Gabbert - QB

#8 - Titans - Locker - QB

#9 - Cowboys - Tyron Smith - OT

#10 - Redskins - Ponder - QB

#11 - Texans - Aldon Smith - OLB

#12 - Vikings - Dalton - QB

#13 - Lions - Fairley - DT

#14 - Rams - Ingram - RB

#15 - Dolphins - Pouncey - OG/C

#16 - Jags - Kerrigan - DE

#17 - Pats - Jordan - DE

#18 - Chargers - Liuget - DT

#19 - Giants - Solder - OT

#20 - Bucs - Quinn - OLB/DE

#21 - Chiefs - Carimi - OT

#22 - Colts - Castonzo - OT

#23 - Eagles - J. Smith - CB

#24 - Saints - Clayborn - DE

#25 - Seahawks - Amukamara - CB

#26 - Ravens - Watt - DE

#27 - Falcons - Taylor - NT

#28 - Patriots - Watkins - G

#29 - Bears - Austin - DT

#30 - Jets - Sherrod - OT

#31 - Steelers - Heyward - DE

#32 - Packers - Williams - CB

The guy is good. Nailed a great percentage of the picks, also foresaw guys like Amukamara, Fairley and such falling, and Locker and Ponder going high. It Atl hadn't screwed everything up with a bogus trade, he'd have been even better.

That is crazy

[Lout]

Gosselin has been a legend in this business for a while now.

Where you get the nerve posting some of the biggest laughing stocks of mock drafts on the net up there with him offends me, truly.

You sir, need counseling if something so minor, offends you. I will leave it to you to make a thread about Rick Gosselin, but this thread is about the Top 15. Kthx.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Lout creates thread about the best mock drafters of all time.

Lout links us to a mock draft that looks like this in the top 16:

Luck

Kalil

Barkley

Jonathan Martin

Blackmon

Landry Jones

Morris Claiborne

Coples

Kirkpatrick

Jeffery

Jayron Hosley

Vontaze Burfict

Barrett Jones

Reiff

Dennard

Casey Hayward (which he didn't even spell right)

The second half of the first round is loaded with the players who should have been on the list above.

[Lout]

Lout creates thread about the best mock drafters of all time.

Lout links us to a mock draft that looks like this in the top 16:

Luck

Kalil

Barkley

Jonathan Martin

Blackmon

Landry Jones

Morris Claiborne

Coples

Kirkpatrick

Jeffery

Jayron Hosley

Vontaze Burfict

Barrett Jones

Reiff

Dennard

Casey Hayward (which he didn't even spell right)

The second half of the first round is loaded with the players who should have been on the list above.

Like I said, many of the drafts have not been updated for a month. Obviously, things will look nowhere near this after the combine.. which is why most of the top end mock drafters don't release their mock's until after the combine. It seems like you like to troll most threads lately. Accurate assessment?

[KaseKlosed]

2011 Draft Grades: Carolina Panthers

May 9, 2011 | Posted by Ryan McCrystal

Three years from now, when the Carolina Panthers have replaced the Lions as the laughingstock of the NFL, we’ll look back on this draft as the turning point for the franchise. GM Marty Hurney and head coach Ron Rivera have hitched their wagons to Cam Newton and their future with the franchise is now directly tied to Newton’s success.

You can say all you want about Newton’s athleticism and arm strength, the only thing that matters is his sense of entitlement. Has a quarterback with an overinflated ego ever been selected in the top 10 and gone on to great success in the NFL? Handing millions of dollars to a guy like Newton before he sets foot on the field is a recipe for failure. He’ll provide some highlights early in his career, just like Vince Young did in Tennessee, but this story isn’t going to have a happy ending for anyone involved.

Boy was draft ace wrong :rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Lout]

Updated. Looks like most mocks have us taking Dontari Poe. I hope to God that does not happen.

Poe - 8

Brockers - 4

Still - 2

Cox - 2

Reiff - 1

Kirkpatrick - 1

Coples - 1

[Ivan The Awesome]

Jesus, all those votes for Poe. I hope to god we don't get him..

[KendrickPanther]

That Gosselin mock was pretty amazing.