Big Blue View

Mock drafts are an exercise in "What if." They are not an accurate tool for prediction or a yardstick for understanding the draft. They unfold in one of two ways; either they're based on insider knowledge from team sources on who their team may be targeting, or they're based on an analyst's view of what a team's roster has and what it needs. Sometimes, it's a little of both. The most important thing to remember is; they're never totally right. I have never seen one fully accurate mock draft. Have you? I'm pretty sure we would know that person's name and speak of it the way, characters from 'The Matrix' talk of "The One." The idea that any attempt is going to be a faithful representation of what unfolds on draft night is crazy. So, what I've done here is scrap the idea of realism, and instead, I've generated a mock draft based on whatever the most out-of-the-box pick would be for each team. I have included trades, and reaches, and a general lack of conventional wisdom. I bet some of these come true, but please don't think that's what I'm going for. This is about the joy of the oddity. If I've raised your eyebrow, or made you call me an idiot, I've done my job.