http://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2018/i...l-kiper-plays-gm-three-rounds-first-100-picks The ground rules: At each slot, I make a pick in the best interest of only the team with the pick No trades. I try to address team needs, but as with the actual draft, value can supersede need. I'm not projecting picks. This is more of a look at where I see value up and down the board, based on my rankings. Houston Texans Round 3 (68): Anthony Averett, CB, Alabama Round 3 (80): Desmond Harrison, OT, West Georgia Round 3 (98): P.J. Hall, DL, Sam Houston State Both of the Texans' top picks went to the Browns in last year's Deshaun Watson trade, but Houston added a third-rounder in the deal that sent Duane Brown to the Seahawks. If the Texans can get one starter out of these three picks, it would be considered a success -- drafting is really tough, and there are so many prospects already off the board. In this case, I went with projects with these picks. All three are raw talents. Averett is undersized but super-fast (he ran a 4.36 40 at the combine). Harrison was out of football for a few years but resurfaced at D-II West Georgia. He looks like a tight end without pads and has great feet, but can he be coached up? Hall had stellar stats at Sam Houston State but is a tweener in the NFL. Could he play defensive end in Houston's 3-4? Spoiler Kiper's 1-100 projection 1. Cleveland: Josh Allen | QB | Wyoming 2. NY Giants: Sam Darnold | QB | USC 3. NY Jets: Josh Rosen | QB | UCLA 4. Cleveland: Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State 5. Denver: Baker Mayfield | QB | Oklahoma 6. Indianapolis: Bradley Chubb | DE | NC State 7. Tampa Bay: Minkah Fitzpatrick | DB | Alabama 8. Chicago: Quenton Nelson | OG | Notre Dame 9. San Francisco: Roquan Smith | LB | Georgia 10. Oakland: Denzel Ward | CB | Ohio St. 11. Miami: Derwin James | S | Florida St. 12. Buffalo: Tremaine Edmunds | LB | Virginia Tech 13. Washington: Da'Ron Payne | DT | Alabama 14. Green Bay: Marcus Davenport | DE | Texas San Antonio 15. Arizona: Kolton Miller| OT | UCLA 16. Baltimore: Calvin Ridley | WR | Alabama 17. LA Chargers: Vita Vea | DT | Washington 18. Seattle: Jaire Alexander | CB | Louisville 19. Dallas: Rashaan Evans | LB | Alabama 20. Detroit: Taven Bryan | DT | Florida 21. Cincinnati: Mike McGlinchey | OT | Notre Dame 22. Buffalo: Lamar Jackson | QB | Louisville 23. New England: Leighton Vander Esch | LB | Boise St. 24. Carolina: Justin Reid | S | Stanford 25. Tennessee: Dallas Goedert | TE | South Dakota State 26. Atlanta: D.J. Moore | WR | Maryland 27. New Orleans: Hayden Hurst | TE | South Carolina 28. Pittsburgh: Harold Landry | OLB | Boston College 29. Jacksonville: Mason Rudolph | QB | Oklahoma State 30. Minnesota: Josh Jackson | CB | Iowa 31. New England: Mike Hughes | CB | Central Florida 32. Philadelphia: Derrius Guice | RB | LSU 33. Cleveland: Maurice Hurst | DT | Michigan 34. NY Giants: Isaiah Wynn | OG | Georgia 35. Cleveland: Geron Christian | OT | Louisville 36. Indianapolis: Ronald Jones II | RB | USC 37. Indianapolis: Connor Williams | OT | Texas 38. Tampa Bay: Will Hernandez | OG | UTEP 39. Chicago: Lorenzo Carter | OLB | Georgia 40. Denver: Donte Jackson | CB | LSU 41. Oakland: Christian Kirk | WR | Texas A&M 42. Miami: James Washington | WR | Oklahoma State 43. New England: Brian O'Neill | OT | Pitt 44. Washington: Sony Michel | RB | Georgia 45. Green Bay: D.J. Chark | WR | LSU 46. Cincinnati: B.J. Hill | DT | NC State 47. Arizona: Courtland Sutton | WR | SMU 48. LA Chargers: Jessie Bates | S | Wake Forest 49. Indianapolis: Harrison Phillips | DT | Stanford 50. Dallas: Mike Gesicki | TE | Penn State 51. Pittsburgh: Nick Chubb | RB | Georgia 52. Baltimore: Mark Andrews | TE | Oklahoma 53. Buffalo: Anthony Miller | WR | Memphis 54. Kansas City: Ronnie Harrison | S | Alabama 55. Carolina: Tyquan Lewis | DE | Ohio State 56. Buffalo: Billy Price | C/G | Ohio State 57. Tennessee: Austin Corbett | C/G | Nevada 58. Atlanta: Rasheem Green | DL | USC 59. San Francisco: Isaiah Oliver | CB | Colorado 60. NY Giants: Rashaad Penny | RB | San Diego State 61. Jacksonville: Uchenna Nwosu | DE/OLB | USC 62. Minnesota: Orlando Brown | OT | Oklahoma 63. New England: Kyle Lauletta | QB | Richmond 64. Cleveland: Sam Hubbard | DE | Ohio State 65. Buffalo: Carlton Davis | CB | Auburn 66. San Francisco: Nyheim Hines | RB | NC State 67. Indianapolis: Ogbonnia Okoronkwo | OLB | Oklahoma 68. Houston: Anthony Averett | CB | Alabama 69. NY Giants: Da'Shawn Hand | DL | Alabama 70. San Francisco: Dante Pettis | WR | Washington 71. Denver: Braden Smith | OG | Auburn 72. NY Jets: R.J. McIntosh | DT | Miami (Fla) 73. Miami: Jerome Baker | OLB | Ohio State 74. New England: Kerryon Johnson | RB | Auburn 75. Oakland: Oren Burks | LB | Vanderbilt 76. Green Bay: Duke Dawson | CB | Florida 77. Cincinnati: DaeSean Hamilton | WR | Penn State 78. Kansas City: Martinas Rankin | OT | Mississippi State 79. Arizona: Luke Falk | QB | Washington State 80. Houston: Desmond Harrison | OT | West Georgia 81. Dallas: Nathan Shepherd | DT | Fort Hays State 82. Detroit: Breeland Speaks | DL | Mississippi 83. Baltimore: Frank Ragnow | C | Arkansas 84. LA Chargers: Brandon Parker | OT | North Carolina A&T 85. Carolina: Jordan Lasley | WR | UCLA 86. Kansas City: Tim Settle | DT | Virginia Tech 87. LA Rams: Andrew Brown | DL | Virginia 88. Carolina: Jaylen Samuels | HB | NC State 89. Tennessee: Michael Gallup | WR | Colorado State 90. Atlanta: Jordan Akins | TE | Central Florida 91. New Orleans: Mike White | QB | Western Kentucky 92. Pittsburgh: Christian Campbell | CB | Penn State 93. Jacksonville: Tre'Quan Smith | WR | Central Florida 94. Minnesota: Colby Gossett | OG | Appalachian State 95. New England: Kalen Ballage | RB | Arizona State 96. Buffalo: Daurice Fountain | WR | No. Iowa 97. Arizona*: Shaquem Griffin | OLB | Central Florida 98. Houston*: P.J. Hall | DL | Sam Houston State 99. Denver*: Dorian O'Daniel | OLB | Clemson 100. Cincinnati*: Genard Avery | ILB | Memphis *compensatory pick
http://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2018/i...-mcshay-plays-gm-three-rounds-first-100-picks Below is my three-round mock draft, which has a simple concept: I'm the general manager for each team at each pick, from No. 1 to No. 100. I'm not projecting picks based on what I'm hearing around the league. This is me making 100 picks -- three full rounds -- based on what's best for each team at that slot, so that each team gets an "A" grade from me. And yes, I'm following Kiper's rules on this one and not making any trades. Houston Texans Round 3 (68): Arden Key, DE, LSU Round 3 (80): Desmond Harrison, OT, West Georgia Round 3 (98): Kyzir White, S, West Virginia The Texans gave up a lot last year to move up in the first round to get Deshaun Watson, but assuming he comes back healthy, they have to be happy with that decision. Key is an extremely talented pass-rusher, but has fallen due to off-field issues. Harrison is a small-school prospect who will bolster the line. White is a good in-the-box safety. Spoiler McShay's 1-100 projection 1. Cleveland: Sam Darnold | QB | USC 2. NY Giants: Bradley Chubb | DE | NC State 3. NY Jets: Josh Rosen | QB | UCLA 4. Cleveland: Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State 5. Denver: Denzel Ward | CB | Ohio State 6. Indianapolis: Quenton Nelson | OG | Notre Dame 7. Tampa Bay: Minkah Fitzpatrick | DB | Alabama 8. Chicago: Roquan Smith | LB | Georgia 9. San Francisco: Calvin Ridley | WR | Alabama 10. Oakland: Tremaine Edmunds | LB | Virginia Tech 11. Miami: Josh Allen | QB | Wyoming 12. Buffalo: Baker Mayfield | QB | Oklahoma 13. Washington: Vita Vea | DT | Washington 14. Green Bay: Derwin James | S | Florida State 15. Arizona: Jaire Alexander | CB | Louisville 16. Baltimore: Dallas Goedert | TE | South Dakota State 17. LA Chargers: Da'Ron Payne | DT | Alabama 18. Seattle: Marcus Davenport | DE | Texas San Antonio 19. Dallas: Taven Bryan | DT | Florida 20. Detroit: Will Hernandez | OG | UTEP 21. Cincinnati: James Daniels | OC/OG | Iowa 22. Buffalo: Rashaan Evans | LB | Alabama 23. New England: Mike McGlinchey | OT | Notre Dame 24. Carolina: D.J. Moore | WR | Maryland 25. Tennessee: Connor Williams | OG | Texas 26. Atlanta: Maurice Hurst | DT | Michigan 27. New Orleans: Hayden Hurst | TE | South Carolina 28. Pittsburgh: Mike Hughes | CB | UCF 29. Jacksonville: Lamar Jackson | QB | Louisville 30. Minnesota: Isaiah Wynn | OG | Georgia 31. New England: Josh Jackson | CB | Iowa 32. Philadelphia: Ronnie Harrison | S | Alabama 33. Cleveland: Donte Jackson | CB | LSU 34. NY Giants: Sony Michel | RB | Georgia 35. Cleveland: Justin Reid | S | Stanford 36. Indianapolis: Derrius Guice | RB | LSU 37. Indianapolis: Harold Landry | OLB | Boston College 38. Tampa Bay: Ronald Jones II | RB | USC 39. Chicago: Billy Price | OC/OG | Oklahoma State 40. Denver: D.J. Chark | WR | LSU 41. Oakland: Isaiah Oliver | CB | Colorado 42. Miami: Harrison Phillips | DT | Stanford 43. New England: Darius Leonard | LB | South Carolina State 44. Washington: Christian Kirk | WR | Texas A&M 45. Green Bay: Tyrell Crosby | OT | Oregon 46. Cincinnati: Leighton Vander Esch | LB | Boise State 47. Arizona: Courtland Sutton | WR | SMU 48. LA Chargers: Kolton Miller | OT | UCLA 49. Indianapolis: Anthony Miller | WR | Memphis 50. Dallas: Mike Gesicki | TE | Penn State 51. Pittsburgh: Nick Chubb | RB | Georgia 52. Baltimore: Antonio Callaway | WR | Florida 53. Buffalo: Carlton Davis | CB | Auburn 54. Kansas City: Lorenzo Carter | OLB | Georgia 55. Carolina: Geron Christian | OT | Louisville 56. Buffalo: Jordan Lasley | WR | UCLA 57. Tennessee: Sam Hubbard | DE | Ohio State 58. Atlanta: James Washington | WR | Oklahoma State 59. San Francisco: Jessie Bates III | S | Wake Forest 60. NY Giants: Jerome Baker | LB | Ohio State 61. Jacksonville: B.J. Hill | DT | NC State 62. Minnesota: Ian Thomas | TE | Indiana 63. New England: Rasheem Green | DE | USC 64. Cleveland: Brian O'Neill | OT | Pittsburgh 65. Buffalo: Nathan Shepherd | DT | Fort Hays State 66. San Francisco: Martinas Rankin | C | Mississippi State 67. Indianapolis: Tim Settle | DT | Virginia Tech 68. Houston: Arden Key | DE | LSU 69. NY Giants: Uchenna Nwosu | LB | USC 70. San Francisco: Josh Sweat | DE | FSU 71. Denver: Austin Corbett | OG | Nevada 72. NY Jets: Rashaad Penny | RB | San Diego State 73. Miami: Braden Smith | OG | Auburn 74. New England: Anthony Averett | CB | Alabama 75. Oakland: Orlando Brown | OT | Oklahoma 76. Green Bay: Isaac Yiadom | CB | Boston College 77. Cincinnati: Derrick Nnadi | DT | FSU 78. Kansas City: Holton Hill | CB | Texas 79. Arizona: Mason Rudolph | QB | Oklahoma State 80. Houston: Desmond Harrison | OT | West Georgia 81. Dallas: DaeSean Hamilton | WR | Penn State 82. Detroit: Jalyn Holmes | DE | Ohio State 83. Baltimore: Tyquan Lewis | DE | Ohio State 84. LA Chargers: Terrell Edmunds | S | Virginia Tech 85. Carolina: M.J. Stewart | CB | North Carolina 86. Kansas City: Mason Cole | C | Michigan 87. LA Rams: Josey Jewell | LB | Iowa 88. Carolina: Kameron Kelly | S | San Diego State 89. Tennessee: Deon Cain | WR | Clemson 90. Atlanta: Malik Jefferson | LB | Texas 91. New Orleans: Parry Nickerson | CB | Tulane 92. Pittsburgh: Dante Pettis | WR | Washington 93. Jacksonville: Duke Dawson | CB | Florida 94. Minnesota: Avonte Maddox | CB | Pittsburgh 95. New England: Kyle Lauletta | QB | Richmond 96. Buffalo: Jamarco Jones | OT | Ohio State 97. Arizona*: Frank Ragnow | C | Arkansas 98. Houston*: Kyzir White | S | West Virginia 99. Denver*: Dorance Armstrong Jr. | DE | Kansas 100. Cincinnati*: Cedrick Wilson | WR | Boise State *compensatory pick
I'd LOVE to get PJ Hall. He's a DL in the mold of JJ. Stuffs the run and gets to the QB. He dominated the Southland Conference for SHSU.
I graduated from Sam in 2016 and PJ was dominant from the very first time he stepped on the field. He would be a great addition to any NFL team and I would love to see the Texans draft him. That being said, when we draft for the first time we probably have more pressing needs than the defensive line.
