Mock Draft 2012

With only a week left until the draft, I thought it would be fun to do a mock draft, just to get an idea of what we can expect from the actual draft.  I hope this DOES influence the way you all draft, because, well.. that would make me an excellent predictor.  Enjoy.

1. Rainbow Warriors - Tom Brady

If Jeff had his way, he would draft Brady, Welker, AND Gronkowski all at once, and then sell the rest of his draft picks for $5.  Then he could just stare at his team all day and be happy.

2. choubacca - Trent Richardson 
Aaron read somewhere that Trent Richardson was going to be a big sleeper this year.  So why wait until Round 6 before picking him up?

3. RelientK - Chris Johnson 
Laura seems to have a soft spot for underperforming RBs.  Add the fact that he's an ECU alum, and this is a match made in heaven.

4. odoyle RULES - Cam Newton 
Speaking of soft spots, I suppose I have one for Carolina players as well.  Not the Carolina Tarheels, but the Carolina Panthers: DeAngelo Williams (2010, Round 2), Jonathan Stewart (2010, Round 5), DeAngelo Williams (2009, Round 1), Jeremy Shockey (2009, Round 15).  Although if Julius Peppers could be drafted, I definitely would have picked him up first round of every season, even with his shady 1.82 GPA.

5. JohnKasay#1 - Robert Griffin III 
Probably upset that I chose Cam before he did, Eric reaches for the "Cam Newton of this season" in RG3.  You know, I had to Google his real name, because I was so used to reading about him as RG3 that I didn't even know what the R stood for.

6. THE Pain Train - Arian Foster 
Gabs sleeps in (or forgets about the draft) and is forced to use Yahoo! autodraft yet again.  Luckily for him, Arian Foster has yet to be taken, so by default, Gabs picks him up.  Maybe autodraft isn't such a bad idea after all..

7. Spider Pig - John Kasay 
Luke decides this year he's going to take an unconventional approach to his draft and pick all of his players backwards.  He swears it's what will win it for him this year.  Surprisingly, this isn't even the worst pick of the draft so far.  I mean, Chris Johnson?  Come on.

8. The Debbinator - Aaron Rodgers 
David is still upset about all the questionable trades he was a part of last season.  Since Foster is already gone, he decides to pick up Rodgers again.  And hopes to keep him for longer than two weeks this time.  Although he's probably already thinking about trading up for Trent Richardson.  Or maybe even RobertG3.  It's all about potential, right?

9. JUSTINA OWNS - Marshawn Lynch
Convinced from her attractiveness-based power rankings last year that the reason why she won was because her team was so ugly (second to last, for those of you that don't recall), Justina decides to draft solely based on looks.  This might have been the smartest pick of the whole draft.  Next on her draft rankings are Jerome Simpson, Kerry Collins (Oh wait, he's not playing anymore?  Oh well.), Shelden Williams (Oh wait, wrong sport?  Oh well.), and Pat and Paul Mcquistan (Oh wait, they can't be drafted?  Who cares, they are SURE to bring her team to victory).

10. Terrific Tortoises - Ray Rice 
David, totally taken by surprise that Ray Rice fell this far in the draft, quickly snatches him off the board.  Hey, this year might not be so bad for David after all!