If you haven't seen it , you
ould probably check out our first ESPN NFL Nation mock draft, which we did live
Tuesday. It's definitely interesting with the Buffalo Bills kicking things off
by trading their first-round pick (No. 9 overall), a 2015 first-round pick, 2015
third-round pick and a 2016 second-round pick to the Houston Texans to move up
eight spots to No. 1, where they took South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon
Clowney.2014 NFL DRAFTRound 1: May 8, 8 p.m. ETRds. 2-3: May 9, 7 p.m. ETRds.
4-7: May 10, noon ETRadio City Music HallNew York CityNFL draft home page
? Kiper-McShay: Three-round mock ? Todd McShay's Mock 6.0 ? Mel Kiper Jr.'s Mock 5.0 ? Mel Kiper Jr.'s Mock Draft Tool ? Gruden's QB Camp schedule? Draft Mhine: Create your own mock? NFL draft player rankings ? Rank 'Em: Rate the top prospectsPlaying general manager for the Chicago Bears, we didn't make any spla trades, and instead, stuck to filling a need in taking Louisville safety Calvin Pryor at No. 14.Rich Cimini , who covers the New York Jets for NFL Nation, offered a trade -- a third-round pick -- to swap spots, moving the Bears to No. 18 overall. But with Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Aaron off the board already to Detroit and St. Louis at Nos. 10 and 13, I didn't want to risk losing targeted prospects by moving bk four spot.Obviously, with hindsight being 20-20, I probably would've taken the trade knowing what I know now. Alabama linebker C.J. Mosely doesn't e off the board until 17th, while Justin Gilbert, Ra'ede Hageman and Kyle Fuller stick around until picks No. 21, 23 and 24. Knowing that, I probably would've pulled the trigger on the trade, drafted one of the players above and scooped up the extra draft pick.Either way , Pryor addresses a need for the Bears, which currently have openings at both safety spots. Despite picking up Ryan Mundy, M.D. Jennings and Danny McCray in free agency, I'm not convinced any of those players is the answer for one of the starting jobs. Meanwhile, Chris Conte is ing off oulder surgery and could start training camp on the physically unable to perform list. So why not intensify the petition for the starting safety jobs by adding a promising prospect in Pryor, who could turn out to be an intimidating presence on the bk end if he can win a starting job as a rookie?At this point, it appears Chicago's most pressing needs e along the defensive line and in the secondary.So a defensive tkle would seem to provide the most value at 14 for the Bears, but with Donald already off the board, it just made more sense to grab Pryor, who possesses the potential to e in and start.
? Kiper-McShay: Three-round mock ? Todd McShay's Mock 6.0 ? Mel Kiper Jr.'s Mock 5.0 ? Mel Kiper Jr.'s Mock Draft Tool ? Gruden's QB Camp schedule? Draft Mhine: Create your own mock? NFL draft player rankings ? Rank 'Em: Rate the top prospectsPlaying general manager for the Chicago Bears, we didn't make any spla trades, and instead, stuck to filling a need in taking Louisville safety Calvin Pryor at No. 14.Rich Cimini , who covers the New York Jets for NFL Nation, offered a trade -- a third-round pick -- to swap spots, moving the Bears to No. 18 overall. But with Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Aaron off the board already to Detroit and St. Louis at Nos. 10 and 13, I didn't want to risk losing targeted prospects by moving bk four spot.Obviously, with hindsight being 20-20, I probably would've taken the trade knowing what I know now. Alabama linebker C.J. Mosely doesn't e off the board until 17th, while Justin Gilbert, Ra'ede Hageman and Kyle Fuller stick around until picks No. 21, 23 and 24. Knowing that, I probably would've pulled the trigger on the trade, drafted one of the players above and scooped up the extra draft pick.Either way , Pryor addresses a need for the Bears, which currently have openings at both safety spots. Despite picking up Ryan Mundy, M.D. Jennings and Danny McCray in free agency, I'm not convinced any of those players is the answer for one of the starting jobs. Meanwhile, Chris Conte is ing off oulder surgery and could start training camp on the physically unable to perform list. So why not intensify the petition for the starting safety jobs by adding a promising prospect in Pryor, who could turn out to be an intimidating presence on the bk end if he can win a starting job as a rookie?At this point, it appears Chicago's most pressing needs e along the defensive line and in the secondary.So a defensive tkle would seem to provide the most value at 14 for the Bears, but with Donald already off the board, it just made more sense to grab Pryor, who possesses the potential to e in and start.