Below is my fourth annual mock draft on Buffalobills.com. As always I will emphatically state that I don't claim to know any more than the collection of other media types who put a mock draft together. This is just how I think, and to a certain degree hope, things could pan out in round one. My intent here, as always, is to be informative and entertaining. After all, no one gets more than half of them right anyway!
| Team | Top 3 Needs | Possible Selections |
| 1. Miami | OT, DE, TE | Top choice:OT Jake Long - Michigan |
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Well I know I've got this one right, though I don't agree with it. I like Glenn Dorsey best in this draft. | ||
| 2. St. Louis | DL, WR, LB | Top choice:DE Chris Long - Virginia DT Glenn Dorsey |
| Though Dorsey would shore up an average run defense, the Long-Little combo off the edge is too tempting. | ||
| 3. Atlanta | QB, DL, OT | Top choice:DT Glenn Dorsey - LSU QB Matt Ryan |
| The LSU manchild should immediately help Mike Smith's rebuilding project on defense. | ||
| 4. Oakland | OL, LB, CB | Top choice:RB Darren McFadden - Arkansas DE Vernon Gholston |
| Lamont who? Al Davis gets JaMarcus Russell some dynamic run support to keep defenses honest. | ||
| 5. Kansas City | DL, OL, CB | Top choice:DE Vernon Gholston - Ohio State DT Sedrick Ellis |
| KC replaces Allen with Gholston and now holding the 17th pick may be able to get a top 5 tackle. | ||
| 6. New York Jets | WR, CB, OLB |
Top choice:OLB Keith Rivers - USC |
| If McFadden and Gholston are gone Jets will look to trade down with a suitor for Matt Ryan's services. | ||
| 7. New England | CB, ILB, OT |
Top choice:CB Leodis McKelvin - Troy |
| If the Jets don't trade down with a Matt Ryan pursuer, the Pats will do so to help someone leapfrog Baltimore. | ||
| 8. Baltimore | QB, OT, CB | Top choice: QB Matt Ryan - Boston College CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie |
| If Ryan is still on the board coach Harbaugh won't be able to resist. | ||
| 9. Cincinnati | DL, CB, C/G | Top choice:DT Sedrick Ellis - USC CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie |
| Some team could jump ahead of the Bengals to snatch Ellis is he slips this far. | ||
| 10. New Orleans | DL, OL, CB | Top choice:CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie - Tenn. St. OT Ryan Clady - Boise St. |
| Saints improve 30th ranked pass defense and add kick returner with DRC. | ||
| 11. Detroit | DE, LB, RB | Top choice:DE Derrick Harvey - Florida G/OT Branden Albert |
| Defensive-minded Rod Marinelli swaps spots with Buffalo to land top 3 pass rushing prospect. Bills pick up 3rd. | ||
| 12. Denver | OL, WR, DL | Top choice:G/OT Branden Albert - Virginia OT Jeff Otah |
| Broncos begin to re-fortify their aging offensive line. | ||
| 13. Carolina | OT, DL, LB | Top choice:OT Jeff Otah - Pitt OT Chris Williams |
| After being beaten to the punch on Harvey, Panthers turn to best offensive tackle option. | ||
| 14. Chicago | OL, RB, QB | Top choice:OT Ryan Clady - Boise State RB Rashard Mendenhall |
| The run on offensive tackles is officially on. | ||
| 15. Buffalo | WR, CB, TE |
Top choice:WR Devin Thomas - Michigan State |
| Bills move down to get a better value in Thomas and pick up an extra third in the process. | ||
| 16. Arizona | CB, RB, DE | Top choice:RB Rashard Mendenhall - Illinois CB Mike Jenkins |
| Cardinals grab heir apparent to Edgerrin James and wait to address cornerback need. | ||
| 17. Kansas City | OL, CB | Top choice:OT Chris Williams - Vanderbilt CB Mike Jenkins - South Florida |
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Chiefs get a technician for the quarterback's blind side whoever that will be. | ||
| 18. Houston | CB, OT, RB |
Top choice:CB Mike Jenkins - South Florida |
| With Dunta Robinson recovering from injury Texans fortify their secondary with a playmaker. | ||
| 19. Philadelphia | WR, DE, CB | Top choice:WR Limas Sweed - Texas DE Phillip Merling |
| Unable to unload Sheppard before they're on the clock, Eagles address big wideout need. | ||
| 20. Tampa Bay | WR, CB, OL | Top choice:WR Malcolm Kelly - Oklahoma LB Jerod Mayo |
| Jon Gruden can't resist another offensive weapon. | ||
| 21. Washington | WR, S, DE | Top choice:DE Phillip Merling - Clemson S Kenny Phillips |
| With the run on receivers in full swing Skins avoid reaching and bolster their pass rush. | ||
| 22. Dallas | CB, WR, OT | Top choice:CB Aqib Talib - Kansas OT Gosder Cherilus |
| Cowboys add playmaking corner to a secondary in need of one. | ||
| 23. Pittsburgh | OL, DE, RB | Top choice:OT Gosder Cherilus - Boston College LB Jerod Mayo |
| Steelers make proactive move in anticipation of possible loss of Marvel Smith to free agency in 2009. | ||
| 24. Tennessee | WR, DT, CB | Top choice:DT Kentwan Balmer - North Carolina LB Jerod Mayo |
| Balmer lined up next to Haynesworth will make for some long Sunday for AFC South backs. | ||
| 25. Seattle | OT, DT, TE | Top choice:TE Dustin Keller - Purdue ILB Dan Connor |
| Holmgren is too desperate for a pass catching threat at tight end to wait until the later rounds. | ||
| 26. Jacksonville | DE, OL, LB | Top choice:LB Jerod Mayo DE Lawrence Jackson |
| Jack Del Rio can't say no to a tough linebacker like Mayo after seeing Mike Peterson go down last year. | ||
| 27. New York Jets | WR, CB, OLB |
Top choice:WR James Hardy - Indiana |
| Jets move back into first round to grab last of big wideouts while Chargers get pick #36, a 4th and a 6th. | ||
| 28. Dallas | CB, WR, OT | Top choice:WR DeSean Jackson - Cal S Tyrell Johnson |
| Jerry Jones grabs Terry Glenn successor and dynamic return man. | ||
| 29. San Francisco | ILB, S, DE | Top choice:ILB Dan Connor - Penn State S Kenny Phillips |
| 49ers add more youth to front seven. | ||
| 30. Green Bay | CB, TE, OL | Top choice:CB Brandon Flowers - Virginia Tech S Tyrell Johnson |
| Packers address a position that's getting a bit long in the tooth. | ||
| 31. New England | CB, ILB, OT | Pick Forfeited |
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| 32. New York Giants | LB, S, OT | Top choice:S Kenny Phillips - Miami S Tyrell Johnson |
| Giants grab best replacement option for free agent depature Gibril Wilson. | ||
