With the start of free agency last Friday at midnight, I chose to focus solely on all the news and rumors and put off this post for a week. But my inbox was surprisingly flooded with e-mails from people wondering where the updated mock draft post was.
Sorry to disappoint you all last week, but it's back today and will be back every Friday between now and the draft. I'm glad you all like this little feature. So let's get to it. The list of 44 mocks is below after the jump. And they should be a bit more interesting now that free agency has played out for a week and the big names that were available have found new homes, clarifying the needs of many teams throughout the league.
| 2010 MIAMI DOLPHINS MOCKS AROUND THE NET |
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| Site | Upd. | 1st Round (12th) |
2nd Round (43rd) |
3rd Round (74th) |
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| Mocking The Draft | 3/5 | ILB | Rolando McClain |
FS | Nate Allen |
NT | Torell Troup |
| New Era Scouting | 3/1 | RB |
C.J. Spiller |
WR |
Arrelious Benn |
NT | Cam Thomas |
| ESPN's Mel Kiper | 3/10 | NT |
Dan Williams |
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| ESPN's Todd McShay | 3/10 | NT | Dan Williams | ||||
| SI.com's Don Banks | 3/4 | OLB | Sergio Kindle |
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| NFL.com's Pat Kirwan | 3/10 |
DE | Jared Odrick |
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| NBC Sports' Evan Silva | 3/9 | OLB | Sergio Kindle |
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| National Football Post | 3/10 | WR |
Dez Bryant |
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| Pro Football Weekly | 1/30 | OLB | Sergio Kindle | ||||
| Al Fronczak | 3/10 | FS |
Earl Thomas |
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| NESN | 3/11 | OLB | Ricky Sapp |
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| FOX Sports | 3/2 | NT | Dan Williams | WR | Brandon LaFell | ILB | Brandon Spikes |
| Scout.com | 3/8 | NT |
Dan Williams |
RB |
Dexter McCluster |
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| Roto Times | 3/1 | WR | Dez Bryant |
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| Football's Future | 3/5 | S |
Taylor Mays |
OLB |
Thaddeus Gibson |
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| Walter Football | 3/9 | OLB | Jason Pierre-Paul |
FS |
Nate Allen |
NT |
Torell Troup |
| Draft Countdown | 2/11 | OLB | Jason Pierre-Paul |
WR | Brandon LaFell | ||
| CBS Sports Rob Rang | 3/9 | NT |
Dan Williams |
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| CBS Sports Chad Reuter | 3/8 | NT |
Dan Williams |
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| CBS Sports' Pete Prisco | 3/4 | OLB |
Brandon Graham | ||||
| Russ Lande | 3/8 | WR | Demaryius Thomas | ||||
| Weller and Bryan | 3/6 | RB | C.J. Spiller |
WR | Brandon LaFell | NT | Cam Thomas |
| DrafTek | 3/11 | RB |
C.J. Spiller | FS |
Nate Allen |
WR |
Carlton Mitchell |
| The Draft Matters | 2/13 |
WR | Dez Bryant | ||||
| Draft King | 3/5 | WR |
Dez Bryant |
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| Football Jabber | 3/7 | NT |
Dan Williams |
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| Fantasy Football Jungle | 2/20 | OLB |
Jason Pierre-Paul |
WR |
Damian Williams |
ILB |
Pat Angerer |
| NFL Draft Dog | 2/28 | OLB | Jason Pierre-Paul | ||||
| Saturdays2Sundays | 1/12 | WR | Arrelious Benn | ||||
| NFL Draft 101 | 3/8 | NT |
Dan Williams |
OLB |
Ricky Sapp | TE |
Aaron Hernandez |
| NFL News and Rumors | 3/11 | RB |
C.J. Spiller |
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| Fantasy Football Xtreme | 3/6 | CB | Joe Haden | ||||
| NFL Mocks | 1/28 | OLB | Sergio Kindle | ||||
| QI Sports | 3/4 | WR |
Dez Bryant |
OLB |
Jerry Hughes |
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| Draft Huddle | 3/3 | OLB |
Brandon Graham |
OLB | George Selvie | WR | Demaryius Thomas |
| Draft Board Insider | 3/5 | OLB | Brandon Graham |
WR |
Brandon LaFell |
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| Scout's Notebook | 3/11 |
OLB |
Jason Pierre-Paul |
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| Redzone Report | 2/11 | OLB | Sergio Kindle | ||||
| Draft Zoo | 2/12 | WR | Dez Bryant | NT | Cam Thomas | OLB | Koa Misi |
| Sunday Kickoff | 3/11 | OLB |
Jason Pierre-Paul |
WR |
Arrelious Benn |
OG |
Mitch Petrus |
| ProFootballTalk | 2/18 | WR | Dez Bryant | ||||
| Scout's Mock Draft Muncher | 3/11 | NT |
Dan Williams |
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| KFFL | 3/3 | NT |
Dan Williams |
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| Sideline Scouting | 3/8 | OLB | Brandon Graham | ||||
Trends:
(Denotes if percentage is up or down over last edition)
Dan Williams: 23% (+)
Dez Bryant: 16% (+)
Jason Pierre-Paul: 14% (-)
Sergio Kindle: 11% (-)
C.J. Spiller: 9% (+)
Brandon Graham: 9% (+)
It should come as no surprise that many of these mocks are aboard the "Dan Williams to Miami bandwagon," especially following the Jason Ferguson suspension. Williams has been seeing draft stock rise in general, too, since his performance all week at the Senior Bowl.
It's also interesting to see that Dez Bryant is seeing an increase despite many "scouts" claiming his stock is actually falling. One of the mocks that had the Dolphins taking Bryant may have said it best, calling the Dolphins one of the organizations strong enough to help mold Dez.
It should come as no shock, though, that Rolando McClain is not being connected to the Dolphins as he once was. Just two weeks ago, 20% of these mocks had Miami taking McClain with the 12th overall pick. But the signing of Karlos Dansby and McClain's potentially falling stock has changed that.
But we're now in the weeks of the "Pro Day" workouts. So these mocks will be very fluid between now and April's draft - especially as the "misinformation" really starts to fly. So it'll be interesting to see how these mocks shift week in and week out.