Mel Kiper's 2012 NFL Mock Draft - April 4

[Walter]

Mel Kiper's April 4 2012 NFL Mock Draft:

1. IND - Andrew Luck QB
2. WAS - Robert Griffin QB
3. MIN - Matt Kalil OT
4. CLE - Trent Richardson RB
5. TB - Morris Claiborne CB
6. STL - Justin Blackmon WR
7. JAX - Melvin Ingram DE
8. MIA - Ryan Tannehill QB
9. CAR - Dontari Poe DT
10. BUF - Riley Reiff OT
11. KC - Luke Kuechly ILB
12. SEA - Quinton Coples DE
13. ARZ - Michael Floyd WR
14. DAL - Mark Barron SS
15. PHI - Fletcher Cox DT
16. NYJ - Courtney Upshaw DE/OLB
17. CIN - David DeCastro G
18. SD - Chandler Jones, DE/OLB (when did he become a first-round prospect? both Kiper and McShay have him high)
19. CHI - Whitney Mercilus DE
20. TEN - Dre Kirkpatrick CB
21. CIN - Stephon Gilmore CB
22. CLE - Cordy Glenn G/OT
23. DET - Jonathan Martin OT
24. PIT - Dont'a Hightower ILB
25. DEN - Michael Brockers DT
26. HOU - Kendall Wright WR
27. NE - Shea McClellin DE/OLB
28. GB - Nick Perry DE/OLB
29. BAL - Peter Konz C
30. SF - Stephen Hill WR
31. NE - Derek Wolfe DE/DT
32. NYG - Coby Fleener TE

33. STL - Jerel Worthy DT
34. IND - Kendall Reyes DE/DT
35. MIN - Harrison Smith SS
36. TB - Lavonte David OLB
37. CLE - Brandon Weeden QB
38. JAX - A.J. Jenkins WR
39. STL - Mike Adams OT
40. CAR - Janoris Jenkins CB
41. BUF - Brian Quick WR
42. MIA - Andre Branch DE
43. SEA - Ronnell Lewis DE/OLB
44. KC - Devon Still DE/DT
45. DAL - Kevin Zeitler G
46. PHI - Zach Brown OLB
47. NYJ - Bobby Massie OT
48. NE - Josh Robinson CB
49. SD - Doug Martin RB
50. CHI - Rueben Randle WR
51. PHI - Dwayne Allen TE
52. TEN - Vinny Curry DE
53. CIN - Brandon Taylor S
54. DET - Trumaine Johnson S
55. ATL - Jeff Allen OT
56. PIT - Kelechi Osemele G
57. DEN - LaMichael James RB
58. HOU - Dwight Bentley CB
59. GB - Jared Crick DE/DT
60. BAL - Terrell Manning ILB
61. SF - Brandon Brooks G
62. NE - Amini Silatolu G
63. NYG - David Wilson RB


Thoughts?

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[Zodiac]

Jeff Allen in the 2nd round.... LOLNO

[Jwarr37]

Derek Wolfe is a 3rd-4th round prospect. Amini Silatolu? Why are we reaching on a guard in the second round? Lots of other picks that just seem unresearched and a lot that any random fan can say "Oh they have a need here, I'll mock them this player!"

I used to actually listen to Mel but his quality has gone so far down this year it seems. Or maybe I'm just getting smarter.

[LayDownDead]

If the Patriots got Josh Robinson in the second, I would get the biggest boner.

[Simonds]

I would love it if the first two picks were Kalil/Smith for the Vikings.

[bball37]

18. SD - Chandler Jones, DE/OLB

Why exactly do McShay and Kiper love him so much? I haven't seen anything from him that warrants anything higher than the middle of the second round.

27. NE - Shea McClellin DE/OLB

Did I miss something? I've been under the assumption McClellin was a borderline 2nd/3rd round prospect at best.

31. NE - Derek Wolfe DE/DT

Not terrible, but I would typically think Wolfe is more of a second round prospect.

38. JAX - A.J. Jenkins WR

This one baffles me the most... I don't have Jenkins in my top 200 prospects, either my eyes are deceiving me when I watch him, or Mel's been dipping into the Kool-Aid

60. BAL - Terrell Manning ILB

I guess picks at the bottom of the second round are toss-ups, but Manning is just way too high. But then again, the Chargers drafted Jonas Mouton one spot later last year, so this pick's not totally out there.

[giantsfanmike]

No Lamar Miller, Jeffery or Sanu in his first two rounds. Agree wholeheartedly with Bball on those above picks, big reaches.

[Jwarr37]

I don't mind reaches, because reaches happen, but some of them are huuuuuge reaches and you're leaving out players like Jeffery, Sanu, and Miller for them. Plus they're going to teams that would never reach (like the Ravens and Patriots) and there's no real reasoning for it other than "The Pats need a Dlineman, and Derek Wolfe is that"

[giantsfanmike]

Kiper would fit in well with a lot of stupid front offices then.

[PR]

See, this Carolina draft I love.