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Razor’s Zero Research, One Round, Two Facepalms, Mock Draft. Version 1.0 1. Cleveland Browns: Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M The Browns could a lot of help on both sides of the ball. The game starts in the trenches though, and after picking up Zeitler and Tretter to shore up the offensive line, the best prospect on the defensive line is the natural fit for the first overall pick. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the Browns trade down if someone offers them an insane deal, maybe to jump a QB starved team in the top 7. 2. San Francisco 49ers: Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson The 49ers are desperate for something resembling good QB play, and neither Matt Barkley nor Brian Hoyer are going to provide it. Kyle Shanahan needs someone who can either move around in the pocket well, or run an offense with laser guided precision. You won’t find many QB’s out of the box who can do that second thing well, but Watson is a dynamic enough player to make an impact in the NFL, and you can count on Shanahan adjusting his scheme for the shorter than average QB while coaching him up. This is definitely a new regime sort of pick. 3. Chicago Bears: Jonathan Allen, 3-4 DE, Alabama The biggest problem for the Bears was getting first downs on offense, and getting turnovers on defense. The Bears have put a lot of effort in free agency into their offense, and while I don’t particularly think the moves they made help their team a great deal, it does mean that drafting offense would be wasteful Cue Jonathan Allen, he’ll immediately give their defensive line a punishing force which they just didn’t have before. 4. Jacksonville Jags: OJ Howard, TE, Alabama The Jags are a mess. They spend so much money is free agency trying to bolster their defense and it just isn’t producing results. Blake Bortles isn’t good, TJ Yeldon isn’t good, their offensive line is in shambles, the whole team is a laugh. If there were any offensive linemen worth taking early, I’d recommend it. Sadly there isn’t. If the Jags are still committed to the Bortles experiment, you have to give him some help, which is why Howard is going here. The Jags are counting too much on their free agents from other teams to fill their many gaps. 5. Tennessee Titans (From (LAR): Marshon Lattimore, CB, Ohio State If the Titans are serious about playing a ball control offense in the modern age, they need a defensive backcourt that doesn’t just give those points back on a few quick throws. Lattimore has the speed and cover ability to attempt to hang with the number one receivers in this league. He’s going to need some serious coaching up though. 6. New York Jets: Jamal Adams, S LSU Jamal gives the Jets a physical rangy leader in their secondary which they just don’t have at this moment. Their pass defense was atrocious, and any help they can get is an absolute must in this draft. Pairing him with Calvin Pryor makes the centerfield a place where any receiver would fear to tread. 7. Los Angeles Chargers, Mitch Trubisky, QB, UNC The Chargers have made it work with a QB with wonky mechanics before, giving Trubisky some time to develop with a few decent offensive weapons should give the confused Los Angeles fans something to talk about when it comes to the Chargers. Rivers is getting up there in age, it’s better to have a replacement ready than it is to hope and pray on a free agent stopgap or some random UDFA. 8. Carolina Panthers, Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU The Carolina offense is predicated on having at least two giant bowling balls in the backfield to roll people over, and when Stewart isn’t healthy the Panthers just don’t have that. Fournette is the right back to come in and straight up demoralize the other team with his physicality. Teams know how to beat the Panthers, but that doesn’t matter if your defense is not physically capable of doing it. That’s why they need Fournette here. 9. Cincinnati Bengals, Solomon Thomas, DL, Stanford A defensive line can always use more pass rushers, and the Bengals were certainly lacking in impact last year. Geno is a force inside, but you pair him with a guy like Thomas and you have a chance at fighting the tough interior lines in the AFC North. 10. Buffalo Bills, Malik Hooker, S, Ohio State Losing Stephon Gilmore is a huge deficit for this team, but Micah Hyde is a decent replacement if they’re asking Darby to move up to take on the other team’s top receiver. Problem is if you want to play him as your second corner, you need some actual safeties. Good thing this class is loaded with em. 11. New Orleans Saints, Derek Barnett, DE, Tennessee Yo dawg, you need some pass rushers? I got you covered fam. The Saints are covered, fam. 12. Cleveland Browns (From PHI), Marlon Humphrey, CB, Alabama Humphrey gives the Browns a big physical corner, and when you’re fixing a team full of holes, improving your pass defense and your trenches are the best places to start. As always, the Browns have a ton of ammo to move around, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the Browns moved down some more to grab literally anyone else. 13. Arizona Cardinals, Haason Reddick, LB, Temple Bruce Arians loves giving freak athletes with character issues a second chance. The Cards took Nkemdiche a year ago, and Tyrann Mathieu a few years before that, I don’t see why they wouldn’t take a guy who so clearly fills a need on their defense here. He can play outside and inside and has great instincts. He’d be a natural fit for them here. 14. Philadelphia Eagles (From MIN), Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State This feels like too much of a luxury pick to seriously be worth considering, but I think his talent makes him a viable choice at this point in time. It also changes the Eagles backfield from 4 backs with question marks to one back who can do it all with a few decent spell backs. I don’t think it’s the smartest option, but It’s probably still too early to reach on an offensive lineman. A trade down to further recoup draft pick losses from the Carson Wentz trade may be in order. 15. Indianapolis Colts, Jabrill Peppers, S, Michigan Teams threw on the Colts like they were a flaming trash can, and it’s for good reason The only thing they had that could cover the whole field was their stench. Adding a playmaker like Peppers is bound to make the whole team better. He could be their healthy Bob Sanders. Maybe. The draft is an art, not a science after all. 16. Baltimore Ravens, Corey Davis, WR, Western Michigan When you’re in the Joe Flacco hope and pray for PI offense, it helps to have a QB who can occasionally get at those hope and prayer balls. Davis gives the Ravens a body on the outside that they just don’t have, considering all Breshard Perriman does is get hurt. He isn’t a specialist, but he has a lot of favourable traits worth considering. 17. Washington Redskins, John Ross, WR, Washington It’s time to start a run on WR’s I suppose. Mister fastest man at the combine provides the speedy replacement for DeSean Jackson the Redskins need. Josh Doctson will be asked to step up as well, coming off an achilles’ injury last year. Their defense is still atrocious, but the Skins are a garbage fire, I don’t expect sensible choices. 18. Tennessee Titans, Reuben Foster, ILB, Alabama Foster gives the Titans another rangy player who can play all three downs and add some much needed bite to a defense sorely lacking in it. Wide Receiver is also an option here, but it’s not as urgent a need for the Titans style of play. There is depth to be had later, after all. 19. Tampa Bay Bucs, David Njoku, TE, Miami Well the Austin Sef-Jenkins project failed spectacularly, hopefully this guy won’t be as big a joke. Or a Njoku… ha ha ha ugh. Seriously though, having an athlete like Njoku to complement Mike Evans and DeSean outside will help make the Bucs offense dynamic enough to compete with the rest of the division. 20. Denver Broncos, Ryan Ramczyk, OT, Wisconsin Speaking of njokus, there wasn’t a bigger one than the Denver Broncos offensive line. When you’ve got a couple of young QB’s you need to protect, time is crucial and nobody on the outside gave Siemian or Lynch a second. Neither Sambrailo nor Stephenson could fill the role on the right side, and Okung was good for a false start and a sack every game last year. Ramczyk hopefully gives the Broncos a blindside protector worth paying for. 21. Detroit Lions, Zach Cunningham, OLB, Vanderbilt Cunningham provides an immediate replacement for longtime starter DeAndre Levy. He’s a bit lanky, but has good instincts and speed to hit the hole on time. The Lions need a lot of help with consistency, having a game breaking LB should help. 22. Miami Dolphins, Forrest Lamp, OG, Western Kentucky The biggest problem for the Dolphins down the stretch were injuries, especially to the secondary and offensive line. When they had all of their high round offensive linemen healthy, the Dolphins balled out, Ajayi ran like a madman and Tannehill showed why he was worthy of being picked only a few slots behind Andrew Luck. when that line wasn’t healthy they looked like Joe Philbin after a chemo treatment. Grabbing Lamp here means they can put Laremy Tunsil safely at LT, and keep Tannehill on his feet. 23. New York Giants, Cam Robinson, OT, Alabama Ereck Flowers was so bad. He made Benny Sapp seem competent. There’s zero chance the Giants can go into 2017 with Ereck Flowers starting in any capacity. Signing Robinson and picking up Fluker from the Chargers should prevent that worst case scenario. 24. Oakland Raiders, Malik McDowell, DT, Michigan State McDowell gives the Raiders a big wall of beef in the middle of their defensive line, combining with Dan Williams for a massive pile of GTFO. The Raiders need to be stouter on defense if they want to continue to make playoff runs with their squad. 25. Houston Texans, DeShone Kizer, QB, Notre Dame The Texans have lost a lot of pieces in free agency, and gave up a second rounder just to get Brock Osweiler off their roster. That makes QB the number one priority, but lucky for them someone fell into their lap. Kizer is a bit of a developmental project, but he played in 2015 when he had the talent around him, and he gets to be reunited with his old number 1 WR in Will Fuller. He can’t actually be worse than Brock, can he? 26. Seattle Seahawks, Cordrea Tankersley, CB, Clemson Offensive Line is definitely priority number one for the Seahawks, but I just don’t see a player worth taking with a first round pick. Not to mention it’d be a waste pick since the Seahawks are terrible at developing linemen. Taking a large physical corner here makes more sense. The Legion of Boom really wants a consistent second corner to pair with Richard Sherman. 27. Kansas City Chiefs, Mike Williams, WR, Clemson KC has no shortage of speed in their WR corps, led by domestic abuser Tyreek Hill and Jeremy Maclin, but they lack a big guy on the outside to outmuscle and come down with hard catches in the redzone. Enter Mike Williams. He’ll probably bust because nobody named Mike Williams succeeds in the NFL, but he does fill a need and he fills it well. 28. Dallas Cowboys, Obi Melifonwu, SS, Connecticut Obi wowed at the combine, which means Jerry Jones is salivating about another HWS guy for their secondary. He’ll make a fine replacement for Barry Church. 29. Green Bay Packers, Tre’Davious White, CB, LSU The Pack lost a lot of pieces in free agency, but most crucial of all is finding a corner to replace the impact guys like Heyward, Shields and Hyde all had. They can’t just rely on 7th rounders and UDFA’s in their secondary if they want to win games. Having the best QB in football is a boon, but you can’t rely on him to do it by himself forever. 30. Pittsburgh Steelers, Patrick Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech So yeah, 4th QB off the board. Considering I don’t have trades in this mock, it’s possible the Steelers trade down and instead grab a more palatable corner or linebacker, but at this position and at this time… the Steelers need QB help. Ben has had a great career, but he’s slowing down, and the offense around him will never be more dynamic. They need fresh blood and they need a QB who can play when Ben inevitably misses a few games this year. Landry Jones is not the QB of the future. Certainly not any future steelers fans want to be a part of. 31. Atlanta Falcons, Vidauntae ‘Taco’ Charlton, DE, Michigan The Falcons defense needs a second pass rusher, it’s clear from the super bowl that Vic Beasley can’t be expected to do everything for the Falcons. Taco has a lot of upside as a pass rusher, but needs coaching to developing his pass rush repertoire, and produce in this league. 32. New Orleans Saints (From NE), Gareon Conley, CB, Ohio State And we wrap up this draft with the Saints taking another helper for their atrocious defense. If they can turn Brandin Cooks into two defensive players who provide a positive impact, they’re getting out way ahead on their trade with the Pats.