You asked for it: Blogger mock draft

<em>Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky</em> <p>Throw eight bloggers in a blender with the first-round draft order, hit stir, mix or puree and you get the <a href="/blogs/nfcwest/0-8-684/Bloggers--mock-draft--Stafford-to-Mack.html" target="_blank">NFL Blog Network's mock draft</a>.</p> <p>My comments seem to run the longest of anybody's and I don't want to repeat myself here.</p> <p>But here is a quick look at my thinking and the primary alternatives:</p> <p><strong>No. 8: Jacksonville, <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?id=23838&year=2009" target="_blank">B.J. Raji</a></strong> -- There may be character issues for the Jaguars with Raji. But in this scenario he seems the clear choice with the top two tackles and top two receivers gone. The better scenario is probably them trading down, handing over the pick to a team that covets <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=24676">Mark Sanchez</a> and getting additional players later.</p> <p><strong>No. 15: Houston, <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=24669">Clay Matthews</a></strong> -- They may look to drop back a bit for him. If <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=24453">Brian Cushing</a> or <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=23967">Malcolm Jenkins</a> were there at 15, I think I would have gone a different direction and I can see the Texans going with either of them. There has been so much focus on linebackers, maybe it's all been a smokescreen. Or isn't it possible they decide the best way to help the defense is to get even better on offense? What if an offensive player is their highest rated when they go on the clock? Might they spring a surprise with <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=24685">Knowshon Moreno</a>?</p> <p><strong>No. 27: Indianapolis, <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=24744">Hakeem Nicks</a></strong> -- This one is the least predictable, as Bill Polian could take a player form just about any position. In this scenario, maybe <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=23879">Evander Hood</a>, maybe a guy a lot of experts consider a second-rounder and Polian considers a perfect fit for a role on the Colts.</p> <p><strong>No. 30: Tennessee, <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=23927">Alphonso Smith</a></strong> -- Tennessee has former NFL defensive backs as GM, coach and defensive coordinator and minimal depth behind its two starters and nickel. Perhaps the Titans prefer <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=24474">Darius Butler</a> or <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=24712">Sean Smith</a> at corner, maybe the first of the next tier of outside linebacker, <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=24763">Connor Barwin</a> of <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?draftyear=2009&id=24761">Larry English</a>.</p>

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