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With the No. 32 pick in the DBN 2015 NFL Mock Draft, the New England Patriots select...
Carl Davis, DT, Iowa
The selection and write-up were made by Ezweav:
The Patriots are the wildest of wild-cards when it comes to projecting draft activity. In fact, my gut on this team is that they trade out of the first round, as is their M.O., however as that is not a possibility here I also do not see this team drafting for need - not that they have a great many of those (amazing what a franchise QB can do for you).
Nevertheless, they lost a great team captain this last offseason in the person of Vince Wilfork. They sort of preemptively took care of this by drafting Dominique Easley last season, so you wouldn't think they'd spend another #1 on a DT this year.
But that's what they want you not to think. Since they run basically whatever they want to from week to week in terms of 4-3 vs. 3-4, there is always room for a big, strong, talented interior lineman, and Carl Davis certainly fits this mold.
Davis is 6'5'', 320 lbs and every bit a first round talent. The knock on him is that he doesn't always play inspired, though there were similar question marks surrounding Wilfork back in '04.
The upside is that he is a strong, powerful player who doesn't get moved around very easily. In the Patriot system where he won't be required to make a critical impact right away, he goes to a place where he has a chance to flourish for a long time...
As long as Tom Brady is around, this team will keep ticking. Teams need deep defensive line rotations to be successful these days, and when you're as good as New England, you can afford to use your first round pick on a position that isn't necessarily a glaring need.
Our community mock draft is complete! Thanks to everybody who participated.
2015 DBN Community Mock Draft Results (so far)
Pick | Team | Player | Position | School | Username |
1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jameis Winston | QB | Florida State | BuenosAires_Dawg |
2 | Tennessee Titans | Marcus Mariota |
QB |
Oregon |
scott tizzle |
3 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Vic Beasley |
DE/OLB |
Clemson |
Legoman0721 |
4 | Oakland Raiders | Amari Cooper |
WR |
Alabama |
makeaplay59 |
5 | Washington Redskins | Leonard Williams |
DE |
USC |
michael.hamper |
6 | New York Jets | Dante Fowler |
OLB |
Florida |
aszabo1 |
7 | Chicago Bears | Kevin White |
WR |
West Virginia |
Barnestorm |
8 | Atlanta Falcons | Melvin Gordon |
RB |
Wisconsin |
OhioCityBrownsBeliever |
9 | New York Giants | Randy Gregory |
DE |
Nebraska |
Bizono |
10 | St. Louis Rams | DeVante Parker |
WR |
Louisville |
Ted Washington's Belly |
11 | Minnesota Vikings | Trae Waynes |
CB |
Michigan St. |
MConley17 |
12 | Cleveland Browns | Bud Dupree |
OLB |
Kentucky |
Adam Rice |
13 | New Orleans Saints | Shane Ray |
DE/OLB |
Missouri |
TuckJob |
14 | Miami Dolphins | Arik Armstead |
DT |
Oregon |
Brocolis154033 |
15 | San Francisco 49ers | Brandon Scherff |
OL |
Iowa |
Manly and Loving It |
16 | Houston Texans | Brett Hundley |
QB |
UCLA |
troy145 |
17 | San Diego Chargers | Malcom Brown |
DT |
Texas |
Crawford_T |
18 | Kansas City Chiefs | Ereck Flowers |
OT |
Miami |
JamesPowell |
19 | Cleveland Browns | Danny Shelton |
NT |
Washington |
Royce Groff |
20 | Philadelphia Eagles | La'el Collins |
OT |
LSU |
Matt Wood |
21 | Cincinnati Bengals | Dorial Green-Beckham |
WR |
Missouri |
styrofoamboots |
22 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Landon Collins |
SS |
Alabama |
Marquess of Rockingham |
23 | Detroit Lions | Andrus Peat |
OT |
Stanford |
tmptplayer |
24 | Arizona Cardinals | Shaq Thompson |
OLB |
Washington |
a2342432a |
25 | Carolina Panthers | Jaelen Strong |
WR |
Arizona State |
PaduaDSP |
26 | Baltimore Ravens | Todd Gurley |
RB |
Georgia |
unoservix |
27 | Dallas Cowboys | Jalen Collins |
CB |
LSU |
Twilightcall06 |
28 | Denver Broncos | Cameron Erving |
OL |
Florida State |
Maverick Hunter X |
29 | Indianapolis Colts | Eddie Goldman |
DL |
Florida State |
Mudville |
30 | Green Bay Packers | Eric Kendricks |
ILB |
UCLA |
syndrome |
31 | New Orleans Saints | Breshad Perriman |
WR |
UCF |
pt_999 |
32 | New England Patriots | Carl Davis |
DT |
Iowa |
Ezweav |