ClanRam Insiders Mock Draft - Official Discussion Thread

[AvengerRam]

I like Givens at that spot. I think he's got a lot of potential, and Manning will bring it out.

[laram0]

I like Givens at that spot. I think he's got a lot of potential, and Manning will bring it out.

If Givens was available I would have taken him for the Texans.

[Nick]

And there we have it, folks! Insiders Mock is done!

Great job to all of those who participated, and we appreciated the awesome discussion that developed as these picks were made. Lots of fun had by all!

[Tampa_Ram]

I had fun, cant wait to see how close/far off we are in a few weeks.

[HUbison]

Some names for the Rams in the 3rd....

Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska
Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse
Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska
Bruce Irvin, OLB, West Virginia
Trumain Johnson, CB, Montana
Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska
Juron Criner, WR, Arizona
Markelle Martin, S, Ok. State
Jayron Hosley, CB, Va Tech
Ronnell Lewis, OLB, Oklahoma
Marvin Jones, WR, California
Brandon Mosley, OT, Auburn
Hebron Fangupo, DT, BYU
Brandon Washington, OG, Miami
James Brown, OT, Troy
Tony Bergstrom, OG, Utah
Brandon Brooks, OG, Miami (Ohio)

[AvengerRam]

Great job by our insiders and lots of good discussions! Thanks to all!

[RAMarkable]

Hebron Fangupo? I'm all for taking this guy....With a name like that he's gotta be good!!

[HUbison]

The one thing (well, not one thing, but the main thing) that has bothered me about our mock is the Ingram drop. I just don't see how he falls to #26. Now, I may be the initial perpetrator of this debacle. By allowing the Jags' owner, Shahid Khan, to grab his Chicago based WR instead of Ingram, I may have started the descent.

I still feel the Jags could go either way, but come draft day, we may well be 19 spaces off relative to Ingram.

[tomahawk247]

The one thing (well, not one thing, but the main thing) that has bothered me about our mock is the Ingram drop. I just don't see how he falls to #26. Now, I may be the initial perpetrator of this debacle. By allowing the Jags' owner, Shahid Khan, to grab his Chicago based WR instead of Ingram, I may have started the descent.

I still feel the Jags could go either way, but come draft day, we may well be 19 spaces off relative to Ingram.

Maybe, but maybe not. Strange things happen in the draft. Aaron Rodgers sat for about 20 picks longer than he should have. I don't think many, if any, predicted Tyson Alualu as being a first round pick, especially not 10th overall.

You could find teams are wary of Ingram's height and arm length

[Nick]

The one thing (well, not one thing, but the main thing) that has bothered me about our mock is the Ingram drop. I just don't see how he falls to #26.

Yeah, I really don't see how he escapes the Top 20 in this draft. If he makes it by the Jags, I could see Arizona, Dallas, New York, and San Diego all making him their pick. But you never know until the draft itself.

[Nick]

26. Houston Texans: Melvin Ingram, DE, South Carolina

I can't see anyway that Houston would pass on WR here with Randle, Sanu, Hill, Jones and Jeffery all available....

Houston let Mario Wiliams walk because their defense did a fine job without him....If you want to add depth in a pass rusher you can clearly do that in round 2 or 3....

WR for the Texans is probably the highest priory and secondary help would be next...

I cant see how you can validate this pick

I am willing to make a friendly wager that the Texans go WR or CB and you can have OLB or DE in Round 1

"With the 26th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Houston Texans select Whitney Mercilus, linebacker, Illinois."

Why did no one take this bet???