I'll never get the 'burger flipping' insults.  There are people out there who have to make a living, and have no other opportunities than burger flipping.  Even though they have a college degree.  I see nothing wrong with someone who 'flips burgers'.  Someone has to do it.  Or you wouldn't get the burgers you want so much.  So I don't see why people use it as an insult.  Same with bagging groceries. Same with retail jobs, waiting tables, being a janitor, etc...  Your occupation is not a measure of your intelligence by any means.  Dumb people often go further in life than smart people because of who they know.  

 

I don't think this mock draft is Gene Smith-esque.  I think too many people make comparisons between players they don't like, and players they know failed, just as much as they do make comparisons between players they like, and players they know succeeded.  Same goes with GM's.  Yes, Gene thought he was the smartest guy in the room, and unfortunately he was off by 31.  TMD sometimes comes across that way as well.  But Bridgewater isn't a Gene-esque reach.  (It might be that way, come draft day.  But currently people are still projecting Bridgewater to go high. Just as they did Geno Smith, which they were wrong about.  But at this point projecting him high still makes sense, and nobody has any idea where he'll really go).  Troy Niklas might be -- but I think that Gene would be sold on Lewis.  

 

It's not a great mock draft.  (I'd do one, but it'd be pretty bad too  The more I read about a player, the more I'm convinced I don't want them).  There's a lot I disagree with.  But I don't think it's a Gene Smith-like mock draft just because I don't think it's a good one either. 

 

I think Troy Niklas will be there come Round 3.  And we'll know soon enough if he will be.  I think Jordan Matthews makes more sense with the 2nd round pick if you're going for a receiver.  Though he does have concerns such as being a diva.  

 

Really rounds 5-7 are a crapshoot.  Who will be taken when is anyone's guess.  People thought Matt Scott would go in Round 4.  In fact people thought he'd be our choice in round 4.  He wound up being a UDFA, and still wound up a Jag.  Nobody really knows where anybody is going until they've gone.  That's what makes draft day interesting though.  The first pick is almost always the most boring because we usually know who it's going to be.

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