Greg Cox's 2012 NFL Mock Draft Picks 17-32

This guy is an idiot.

12 is too high for a MLB that runs around blocks rather than fights through them. Not a good fit for what Carroll is trying to do. They will probably go with a pass rusher at 12. Better value and a much bigger impact.

Hey guy
You wouldnt want someone saying your mock sucked so dont say his. Another thing the safety class is slim to none so drives up a mid rounder to a second to late first founder. After watching hours of film Harrison is a late third early fourth round grade which is better then most in this draft so seeing him go that high this year wouldnt be crazy.

Harrison Smith to Baltimore in the first round? Are you on drugs?

First off, having watched every ND game of his career, this guy is pretty awful. He misses too many tackles and is abysmal in coverage. He is a 6th round safety. In fact, take someone like Blake Gideon who is projected as a 5th rounder, and he was a far better college player than Harrison. I've seen Smith mocked in the late 2nd round, which is baffling. Seeing him go in the first round would be incomprehensible.

Secondly, the Ravens are one of the elite drafting teams around right now. They make very few draft day mistakes. Everyone in their draft room isn't fooled about Harrison Smith. There is 0% chance they draft him in round one, even if they had a starting safety spot open. The Ravens don't reach for needs. Draft after draft shows that. Smith is not a first round talent. The Ravens have both their starting safeties from arguably the league's best pass defense returning for 2012. Drafting any safety other than Mark Barron in the first round is utter stupidity.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Smith isn't even the best NFL safety to come out of ND in the 2012 draft. I think Robert Blanton is a better tackler and better coverage guy and projects better as a NFL safety than Smith. You could easily get Blanton in round #6.

I find it very hard to believe that the Rams would wait until the 3rd round to draft a WR.

Your an idiot ... why would the Dolphins take Blackmon then pass on Weeden (who played with him) and take Cousins.

I think you have it all wrong, if the Browns draft Tannehill, Cleveland will be furious. Local radio stations are begging not to draft Tannehill. They are willing to accept Claiborne over him and so would I. Plus this draft has another problem, NO PLAYMAKING WR! Running back isn't a bigger need than WR. Greg Little and who else? Exactly.

One more thing, Heckert gave the indication that Tannehill isn't going to be the pick at #4. If it's at #6-8 for a trade down, okay I see that but not at 4. He said and I quote, "We're targeting 2 players right now and we're sure one will be there it depends on WHAT THE VIKINGS DO AT 3".

That means that it can't be Tannehill. It's either Claiborne or Richardson.

I have it on good authority that the Texans will NOT, unfortunately, be taking a WR in the first round. They instead will be taking either an OT or OG to try and shore up the right side of their suddenly porous O-Line. Hopefully, it won't be pothead Mike Adams, although just about any other OT would seem like a reach. Oh, well. (sigh)

By the way a big hearty congratulations to Alfonso Dennard who decided less than a week before the draft he'd go party at a bar. Then at the bar he decided to drink. Then he decided to get in a fight. Then when the police showed up, rather than saying, "hey, the draft is coming up, just being here is now a big knock on my character" Dennard decided to throw down with one of the officers.

The reason I started w/"he decided to go party at a bar" is because these guys should all either be at home with their families or at a church if they're going out at all this close to the draft. Congratulations Alfonso on seeing your stock take a monstrous hit because you made some disastrous decisions less than a week before draft day.

You waited until less than a week before the draft to release this, and it's by far the worst one on this site so far. Bravo, man. Take a bow.

if this is the panthers draft, i would love it.

What the hell happened to Greg Cox? Spent a few months in county?

Check out my 3 round mock draft. Any comments or suggestions would be great
http://saltnutz1.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-made-3-round-mock-draft-for-2012-nfl.html

I could see the Cheifs and Jags trading first round picks. Chiefs pluck Tannehill from in front of Miami's nose, and the Jags can still take Floyd or Gilmore.

It's nice to see Konz being mocked to the Packers. He'd be great depth at guard during the Saturday interim.