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Working backwards:

7th Round:  Wiley and Jaden Hicks would be the steals of the draft if they went this late.

6th:  Way too late for Javon Baker.  I also have Jordan Travis going to the 49ers here.  He makes sense as a backup to Purdy.

5th:  Matt Lee (like most of UM players in the draft), would have been drafted higher last year.

4th:  You're spot on about Lovett.  I think teams who don't like Fiske's measurables and run defense in the middle, like Lovett for the opposite reasons.  35"+ arms, zero missed tackles last year.

What happened with Michael Hall?  You had him as a 1st rounder for months.

3rd:  Tampa and Nubin would be steals here.  I like DBs who can tackle.

2nd:  Miami needs a run defender at DT, and drafting Newton in the 1st and then drafting an OL here makes more sense.  Maybe a better strategy would be to draft to OLs, then get Lovett or Maason Smith at pick 158.

Either Verse or Turner can slip this far, but I think it's Turner.

1st:  JC Latham at the 5th pick??? OK, let's ignore Alabama's terrible record at developing OTs for the NFL in the past 10 years and super reach for the guy who is 5th OT, at best, on most boards.  This is the same guy as the last guy, who was the same guy as before.

I agree that ATL picks Latu as a "Win Now" guy.

KC is not in "develop a raw OT prospect mode" as they were in 2013.  They need to protect Mahomes, not get him killed while Kingsley learns to block.

Agreed.  The MIN/NYG trade is not plausible.  The only reason for MIN to trade up would be to get above NYG, the only team above them who MIGHT draft a QB that high.

Dixon before Rakestraw and TJ Tampa (4th round????) is unlikely.

Agreed.  The MIN/NYG trade is not plausible.  The only reason for MIN to trade up would be to get above NYG, the only team above them who MIGHT draft a QB that high.

Dixon before Rakestraw and TJ Tampa (4th round????) is unlikely.

Considering the numerous OT busts coming out of Alabama, I would avoid J.C. Latham.  

@Mr. Bitter 

I agree about Jones, but they aren't going to dig themselves out of that ridiculous contract with him.

Also, I think a good principle for GMs to follow is that if you think another team ahead of you in the draft will draft a player you really want, forget about trading with them and go to Plan B.  Doing so is the classic walking into a car dealership and screaming, "I have to have that blue Hyundai right now and I'm willing to pay anything for it!  Another customer MIGHT want it?  I'll pay double!"  The GM should calm the F down and know that there are other blue Hyundais.