Minnesota Vikings – CB Josh Norman (Coastal Carolina). To be fair, he is a good run stopper on the best defensive line in the NFL, so he doesn’t really get much fan fare. But I look at it this way — put Griffin on the Seahawks, and what will the result be? The Eagles don’t get Fletcher Cox in the re-draft, but they still get a great defensive player. 26. 32. It’s obvious who would have been a better pick. I'm Alex. ( Log Out /  Joseph Barksdale and King Dunlap have never been dominant players and the drafting of DJ Fluker looks like a wash. Carolina Panthers – MLB Bobby Wagner (Utah State). Mike Daniels on the other hand has quietly been one of the best players on the Packers’ defense. Stephon Gilmore is not that bad of a pick, he is a startable corner for a team that has a pretty deep secondary, however Janoris Jenkins has just become a better cornerback. The Bengals would have been wise to grab Harrison Smith at this spot back in 2012. That didn’t work out. He filled a big need for the Cardinals when he arrived and would have filled that need sooner if they had taken him in 2012.

Arguably the guy showed himself as the best pass-rusher from the draft and the Patriots used him as a center piece on their defense for their Super Bowl win. That ended up being a good thing, as Wright was, by default, the better player in the NFL, but the Titans can do better in a re-draft. The Steelers stick with their original pick here at 24. 30. While Foles isn’t close to the top four guys selected, he’s developing into a good starter under the right system — although he has a lot of things to fix, including his messy footwork. Wilson vs Luck is a very interesting debate, but I just don’t think the Colts would change their mind. Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved. Los Angeles Rams – OT Cordy Glenn (Georgia).

Perry did have a decent playoff run in 2015 racking up 3.5 sacks, which keeps him from being a total bust, but Jackson had a better playoffs being a key component in the Broncos winning the Super Bowl. The Buccaneers made a lot of mistakes over the past few years; this was not one of them. In fact, Zeitler has more than double the amount of starts Kirkpatrick has made in his career, 71 vs. 34. However, their initial pick made no sense in 2012 because A.J.

Hilton is basically a carbon copy of the future Hall-of-Famer, so having him as a tutor would have tremendously helped the young receiver. The first-overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft might very well be at the top of this list in a few months. San Francisco 49ers – DT Damon Harrison (Hampton). Tannehill actually played very well in 2013 with a mediocre supporting cast, including an NFL-worst offensive line. At this point in his career people seem to write Robert Griffin off as a bust. Even Colin Kaepernick has a higher career passer rating than does Luck. Is he too nice? He has 14.5 sacks and 220 tackles, but he just cannot stay healthy and when it comes to the playoff he pretty much disappears. Perry has never been able to take over the starting role and hasn’t gotten more than 4 sacks in a season.

Updated: Feb 04, 2014 03:14 am (ET) Draft date: June 28th, 2012 @ 2:00 AM, in Newark, NJ. He would have been higher in this redraft if not for that, but unfortunately it knocks him very far back. If the Browns took Cousins at 3, they’d probably rush him into action too early and mess up his career, so I’m going to give them a much safer option. Drafting is hard. In this scenario, the Jets take Jackson in 2012 to start next to Wilkerson and hopefully focus on other positions in 2013 and 2014. Reiff has played almost every game since he was drafted and played well. Half of those came in 2015 alone.


http://ffgator.com/gatorblog.php A group of guys got together and are redoing the 2012 draft now that we've seen the rookies play. Dallas got lucky that Kuechly is still on the board; the top five picks were all quarterbacks and Kuechly is the best defensive player in this draft and probably the second-best player overall (behind Luck).

From 1998 to maybe at least 2025, Colts fans have had the fortune of watching Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck, and nobody else.
At the end of the 2011 season Carolina knew they had their franchise QB with Cam Newton, but the receiving corp. was comprised of Steve Smith and a ragtag group of NFL journeymen. He’s a smart player. This is a tough one. He’s not a running quarterback — he’s a pocket passer with a running asset. Cleveland Browns – MLB Luke Kuechly (Boston College).

1. If the Texans had a guy like Derek Wolfe at the nose tackle position, Watt would be free (well free-er) to attack the QB. While the Colts would still take Luck over him, there’s an argument to be made that Wilson is better than Luck, so he’s a no brainer choice for the Redskins at 2. Defensive line was the weakest group on the team, and many of the players they had been relying on were aging quickly. If Andrew Luck continues to play the way he was before the injuries that limited him to only 7 games and the Colts manage to put a line in front of him, then he will find himself winning a Super Bowl soon. We have Chicago grabbing Michael Floyd here. Hilton was a steal in the draft as a 3rd round pick, even though at the time many people were questioning the team’s logic as guys like Nick Toon and Juron Criner were still on the board (seriously they were supposed to be safer picks). However, that’s all he really ever did as he has been suspended all but 4 games since then. Last year he held DeAndre Hopkins, Mike Evans, TY Hilton, Dez Bryant, Julio Jones to combined 9 receptions for 89 yards, and his play against Odell Beckham Jr. was legendary. In 2013, the Rams traded down again from 22nd to 30th with the Falcons, picking up the 92nd pick in the process. I love movies, comic books, pop culture, and sports. The biggest issue with Gilmore is the fact that he is injury prone and hasn’t been able to play a full season since his rookie year. In his four years playing he has made the Pro-Bowl 3 times, he led the league in tackles twice, won Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2012, and followed up by winning Defensive Player of the Year in 2013. In this re-draft, they select Hayward and don’t leave him buried on the depth chart like the Packers did. Kansas City Chiefs – DE Mike Daniels (Iowa). They made the right call drafting the Iowa product, and they would do the same thing again given the chance. Tannehill is still developing as a quarterback, but he was a solid starter last year, and with some more weapons and a better line, he should improve even more this year. Originally the 12th pick in the draft by the Eagles, Fletcher Cox has developed into one of the best defensive players in the league and would undoubtedly go higher in a re-draft. Other than Lee, there’s no depth at all on that defense. Finally.

This is a no brainer. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. He is a strong tackler and has the ability to pick off a ball or two every year. Matthew Stafford has played very well behind his line and if Detroit could just put some pieces around them they might have a chance to get to the playoffs. The Cowboys traded way up in the 2012 draft to pick up a guy who was billed as the next great corner. What is hard to account for his the fact that Kalil has started every game of his career, and that’s something you don’t see from a lot of players.

Coples was fine at first and may see a career resurgence in Los Angeles, but Irvin would have been the better pick up and would have been the pick if things went a different way. Josh Norman, a 5th round pick originally, took a few years to develop, but has become one of the best cornerbacks in the league. Cincinnati Bengals – OLB Vontaze Burfict (Arizona State). They have to take him a round earlier in this re-draft, but it’s worth it. He’d definitely contribute more than the Jags’ actual pick — Blackmon’s status for the rest of his career is in doubt coming off two big suspensions. Like Zeitler, he has made significantly more starts (56 vs. 34) than Kirkpatrick and he’s been the better player too. He would play in the Cowboys’ defense either in place of Lee or right next to him. The Colts have done a terrible job of surrounding Luck with talent on both sides of the ball and I think if you dropped Wilson into that situation he might struggle early in his career. 2015 was the only season where he was able to start more than 9 games, and throughout the four years he has been in the NFL, he has only started in 28. You like that? Offensive line was a problem for the Seahawks back then and it’s even worse now. He has been named to 2 Pro-Bowls, 2 All-Pro teams, and was a key part on a defense that has played in 2 Super Bowls. Here’s another team keeping a player they drafted in a later round. 2012 NBA Re-Draft . Kelechi Osemele can play both tackle positions and both guard positions and has developed into one of the best left guards in the league, signing a 5-year, 58.5 million dollar deal with the Raiders last off-season, after spending the first 4 seasons of his career with the Ravens, who selected him in the 2nd round in 2012.

They keep finding old men on the street, who happen to be ex-NFL pass rushers, to plug in, but that shouldn’t have worked. 31.

There’s no in-between. He also has never had any serious injuries, while Poe had to accept a one-year deal in Atlanta as a free agent this off-season because of concern about his back. The 2012 2nd round pick is much better in a 3-4.

The Ravens traded this pick with the Vikings for their second and fourth round picks, but in this redraft Vikings would not have wanted to jump up this high because Harrison Smith was not there. The Rams used the 30th pick on linebacker Alec Ogletree and the 92nd pick on wide receiver Stedman Bailey and then in 2014 used the Redskins’ #2 overall pick on Greg Robinson. If we were to go back in time, who would have been drafted in the first round? Actual pick: Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama. Bruce Irvin played a similar role, and played better. Tennessee Titans – DE Whitney Mercilus (Illinois). The Titans really wish they could redo this draft. The Texans are consistently looking for someone to line up across from JJ Watt and they used their 2012 first round pick on Whitney Mercilus for that exact reason. However he doesn’t play very often. And I like Mike Glennon, and I think he should be given a fair opportunity to compete against Josh McCown this year, so I’m not giving the Bucs a quarterback here. Luck was a once-in-a-generation prospect and he’s been the best player, much less quarterback, from this draft class. Seriously, the ever-injured Percy Harvin, and Jerome Simpson highlighted their receiving corp., but that’s pretty much all they had. Kuechly is one of the best linebackers in the league and the 2013 Defensive Player of the Year. In this re-draft, they can’t get either player, but it’s a deep enough draft that they can find good replacements for both. Actual pick: Matt Kalil, OT, Southern California. 2012 was an oddly good year for QB, but so many of them went after the first round. Gil Brand’s 2012 NFL Draft re-do has the Cowboys landing a different cornerback. Josh Norman was a surprising find in the 5th round, but the Panther’s absolutely nailed it. He’s been an absolute beast for Tampa Bay, leading the team in tackles every year and even leading the team in interceptions in 2015.

Dallas Cowboys – DT Fletcher Cox (Mississippi State). While the Buccaneers made the correct call to grab a running back late in the first round, the Giants made a huge mistake by picking up David Wilson. Is he too mean? However, Slay and Jenkins would have made a strong cornerback duo on a team that still to this day hasn’t found a good #2 cornerback. The biggest bust was Greg Robinson, the #2 overall pick in 2014, who has struggled mightily in 3 seasons in the league. The Vikings line has been mediocre at best, and Kalil has been the weakest piece. But he’s only 26-years-old and has ample time to reinvent himself and find what made him rookie of the year back in 2012. Cleveland Browns – OT Mitchell Schwartz (California). 10.