All right, here’s my first attempt at anything major his offseason. I have a bunch of FA signings (including some signing of players I expect to be released), because I find it hard to slot players in the draft if I don’t predict some of what will happen in the offseason leading up to it. I tried to do most of the big free agents, though I’m sure I left plenty out and some I’ve included aren’t too significant. I also have some trades, just to spice things up. Some of my moves are expected, some are not, some probably don’t even make sense. I’d love to hear all comments and critiques because as much as I tried to research your teams needs, you know your team and your system better than I do. Let me know if I have a team picking in the wrong place or if I use a player twice and/or completely overlook a clear first day pick. I’m sure I’ll make some grand update in the weeks after the combine. I’ve also put my ideal whole Bears offseason at the end, but you’ll probably be too mad at me by then to care.

To borrow from Stephen Colbert, open wide, baby bird, because pappa’s got a fat nightcrawler of MOCK …

Signings:
-QB Josh McCown signs with Detroit Lions
-RB Edgerrin James signs with Minnesota Vikings
-RB Shaun Alexander resigns with Seattle Seahawks
-RB Jamal Lewis signs with Carolina Panthers
-RB DeShaun Foster signs with NY Jets
-RB Michael Bennett signs with Arizona Cardinals
-WR Reggie Wayne resigns with Indianapolis Colts
-WR Antwan Randel El signs with Washington Redskins
-WR David Givens signs with Philadelphia Eagles
-WR Antonio Bryant signs with New England Patriots
-WR Eric Moulds signs with San Francisco 49ers
-OT Jeff Backus signs with New Orleans Saints
-OT Jon Runyan signs with Houston Texans
-OG Steve Hutchinson resigns with Seattle Seahawks
-C/G LeCharles Bentley signs with Dallas Cowboys
-DE Darren Howard signs with Washington Redskins
-DE Kyle Vanden Bosch resigns with Tennessee Titans
-DT Rocky Bernard signs with Green Bay Packers
-DT Kimo Van Oolhofen signs with Arizona Cardinals
-LB Julian Peterson signs with NY Giants
-LB Will Witherspoon resigns with Carolina Panthers
-LB Akin Ayodele signs with New Orleans Saints
-CB Charles Woodson signs with Chicago Bears
-CB Nate Clements resigns with Buffalo Bills
-CB Will Allen signs with St. Louis Rams
-CB Ty Law signs with Cleveland Browns
-CB Sam Madison signs with New England Patriots
-S Adam Archuleta signs with Cincinnati Bengals
-S Tank Williams signs with Atlanta Falcons

Trades:
-Jets trade DE John Abraham & # 102 to Browns for #43
-Texans trade RB Domanick Davis to Colts for #94
-Eagles trade WR Terrell Owens to Chiefs for 5th round pick
-Titans trade #3 to Detroit for #9, #40, & #74
-49ers trade #7 pick to Rams for #11, #77, & #108
-Vikings trades #17 & #114 to Chiefs for #20 & #85

First Round
1. Houston – Reggie Bush, HB, USC
2. New Orleans – Matt Leinart, QB, USC
3. *Detroit – D’Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, Virginia
4. New York Jets – Vince Young, QB, Texas
5. Green Bay – Mario Williams, DE, NC State
6. Oakland – AJ Hawk, LB, Ohio State
7. *St. Louis – Haloti Ngata, DT, Oregon
8. Buffalo – Michael Huff, DB, Texas
9. *Tennessee – Jay Cutler, QB, Vanderbilt
10. Arizona – Vernon Davis, TE, Maryland
11. *San Francisco – DeAngelo Williams, RB, Memphis
12. Cleveland – Tamba Hali, DE, Penn State
13. Baltimore – Manny Lawson, DE, NC State
14. Philadelphia – Mattias Kiewanuka, DE, Boston College
15. Falcons – Winston Justice, OT, USC
16. Miami – Chad Greenway, LB, Iowa
17. *Kansas City – Jimmy Williams, CB, Virginia Tech
18. Dallas – Ko Simpson, S, South Carolina
19. San Diego – DeMarco Ryan, LB, Alabama
20. *Minnesota – Gabe Watson, DT, Michigan
21. New England – LenDale White, RB, USC
22. Denver – Darnell Bing, S, USC
23. Tampa Bay – Santonio Holmes, WR, Ohio State
24. Cincinnati – Tye Hill, CB, Clemson
25. New York Giants – Broderick Bunkley, DT, Florida State
26. Chicago – Leonard Pope, TE, Georgia
27. Carolina – Thomas Howard, LB, UTEP
28. Jacksonville – Lawrence Maroney, RB, Minnesota
29. Denver – Marcus McNeil, OT, Auburn
30. Indianapolis – Antonio Cromartie, CB, Florida
31. Seattle – Bobby Carpenter, LB, Ohio State
32. Pittsburgh – Ernie Sims, LB, Florida State

Second Round
33. Houston – Max-Jean Gilles, OG, Georgia
34. New Orleans – Ashton Youbouty, CB, Ohio State
35. New York Jets – Rodrique Wright, DT, Texas
36. Green Bay – Davin Joseph, OG, Oklahoma
37. San Francisco – Abdul Hodge, LB, Iowa
38. Oakland – Orien Harris, DT, Miami
39. Tennessee – Jon Scott, OT, Texas
40. *Tennessee – Chad Jackson, WR, Florida
41. Arizona – Eric Winston, OT, Miami
42. Buffalo – Charles Spencer, OG, Pittsburgh
43. *New York Jets – Kameron Wimbley, DE, Florida State
44. Baltimore – Richard Marshall, CB, Fresno State
45. Philadelphia – Claude Wroten, DT, LSU
46. St. Louis – Domonique Byrd, TE, USC
47. Atlanta – Parys Haralson, DE, Tennessee
48. Minnesota – D’Qwell Jackson, LB, Maryland
49. Dallas – Sinorice Moss, WR, Miami
50. San Diego – Daryn College, OT, Boise State
51. Miami – Charlie Whitehurst, QB, Clemson
52. New England – Deuce Latui, OG, USC
53. Washington – Kelly Jennings, CB, Miami
54. Kansas City – Omar Jacobs, QB, Bowling Green
55. Cincinnati – Marcedes Lewis, TE, UCLA
56. New York Giants – Maurice Stovall, WR, Notre Dame
57. Chicago – Ryan O’Callaghan, OT, Cal
58. Carolina – Anthony Fasano, TE, Notre Dame
59. Tampa Bay – Dusty Dvoracek, DT, Oklahoma
60. Jacksonville – Charles Gordon, CB, Kansas
61. Denver – Donte Whitner, S, Ohio State
62. Indianapolis – Nick Mangold, C, Ohio State
63. Seattle – Martin Nance, WR, Miami (OH)
64. Pittsburgh – Darrell Hunter, CB, Miami (OH)

Third Round
65. Houston – Greg Blue, S, Georgia
66. Houston – Joel Klopfenstein, TE, Colorado
67. Green Bay – Brian Calhoun, RB, Wisconsin
68. Oakland – Elvis Dumervil, DE, Louisville
69. San Francisco – Devin Hester, CB/WR/KR, Miami
70. Buffalo – Babatunde Oshinowo, DT, Stanford
71. New York Jets – Jeremy Trueblood, OT, Boston College
72. Arizona – Will Blackmon, CB, Boston College
73. Buffalo – Pat Watkins, S, Florida State
74. *Tennessee – Daniel Bullocks, S, Nebraska
75. New England – Gerris Wilkenson – LB – Maryland
76. Philadelphia – Kevin Booth, OT, Cornell
77. *San Francisco – Terna Nande, LB, Miami (OH)
78. Cleveland – Andrew Whitworth, OT, LSU
79. Atlanta – Joseph Addai, RB, LSU
80. Dallas – Mark Setterstrom, OG, Minnesota
81. San Diego – Jason Allen, S, Tennessee
82. Miami – Johnathan Joseph, CB, South Carolina
83. Minnesota – Brodie Croyle, QB, Alabama
84. Washington – Joe Toledo, OT, Washington
85. *Minnesota – Anthony Smith, S, Syracuse
86. New England – Ray Edwards, DE, Purdue
87. New York Giants – DeMario Minter, CB, Georgia
88. Chicago – Cedric Griffin, CB/S, Texas
89. Carolina – Demetius Williams, WR, Oregon
90. Tampa Bay – Daniel Manning, CB/S, Abilene Christian
91. Cincinnati – Victor Adeyanju, DE, Indiana
92. Jacksonville – Spencer Havner, LB, UCLA
93. Denver – Greg Eslinger, C, Minnesota
94. *Houston – Jesse Mahelona, DT, Tennessee
95. Seattle – Kyle Williams, DT, LSU
96. Pittsburgh – Hank Baskett, WR, New Mexico

The aforementioned Chicago Bears Offseason you don’t care about:
-Sign CB Charles Woodson
-Sign WR Corey Bradford
-Sign LB Tommy Polley
-Sign QB Chris Weinke
Draft
1) Leonard Pope, TE,Georgia
2) Ryan O’Callaghan, OT, Cal
3) Cedric Griffin, CB/S, Texas
4) Jason Hatcher, DE, Grambling State
5) Garrett Mills, FB, Tulsa
6) Stephen Gostkowski, K, Memphis

The End

I like the signing of Edge and getting Jackson in the 2nd round, but there is no reason for the Vikings to draft a DT in the first round. They have Pat and Kevin Williams. Watson doesn''t make any sense. I would rather see Bing there.

First of all, I like the Eric Moulds signing in the offseason. I like the Mock but with Peterson signing elsewhere I think LB would be a priority in the first round instead of RB. Chad Greenway would be the more than likely pick there. If Marcedes fell to the 49ers in round 2 then they'd pick him up in a heartbeat. Terna Nande is way too small to play in the 3-4 at LB. He'd be more of a SS in that defense IMO.

You don't like the Lions . The only player in the draft worth moving up to pick 3 is Vince Young. Throw his name in there and i'll agree otherwise never. I look for the Lions to be stuck at 9 and take D help. Jimmy Willams or Huff.

Exactly, defensive tackle is the last position that the Vikings need right now, especially since we have CJ Mosley developing as Pat Williams eventual successor.

Houston's offseason makes me smile, a lot... even if DD is a cap hit, who cares? Bush, Runyan, AND M J-G? AND a tight end? That definitely makes me happy.

One Problem with all this......

-OT Jeff Backus signs with New Orleans Saints
* FRANCHISED - This Means that the #2 pick belongs to the Lions. As well as NO 07' and 08' !st rounders.

-Titans trade #3 to Detroit for #9, #40, & #74
Not going to happen now! So your new 1st round....

First Round
1. Houston – Reggie Bush, HB, USC
2. Detroit – D’Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, Virginia
3. Tennessee – Matt Leinart, QB, USC
4. New York Jets – Jay Cutler, QB, Vanderbilt
5. Green Bay – Mario Williams, DE, NC State
6. Oakland – Vince Young, QB, Texas
7. *St. Louis – AJ Hawk, LB, Ohio State
8. Buffalo – Haloti Ngata, DT, Oregon
9. Detroit – Micheal Huff, DB, Texas
10. Arizona – Vernon Davis, TE, Maryland
11. *San Francisco – DeAngelo Williams, RB, Memphis
12. Cleveland – Tamba Hali, DE, Penn State
13. Baltimore – Manny Lawson, DE, NC State
14. Philadelphia – Mattias Kiewanuka, DE, Boston College
15. Falcons – Winston Justice, OT, USC
16. Miami – Chad Greenway, LB, Iowa
17. *Kansas City – Jimmy Williams, CB, Virginia Tech
18. Dallas – Ko Simpson, S, South Carolina
19. San Diego – DeMarco Ryan, LB, Alabama
20. *Minnesota – Gabe Watson, DT, Michigan
21. New England – LenDale White, RB, USC
22. Denver – Darnell Bing, S, USC
23. Tampa Bay – Santonio Holmes, WR, Ohio State
24. Cincinnati – Tye Hill, CB, Clemson
25. New York Giants – Broderick Bunkley, DT, Florida State
26. Chicago – Leonard Pope, TE, Georgia
27. Carolina – Thomas Howard, LB, UTEP
28. Jacksonville – Lawrence Maroney, RB, Minnesota
29. Denver – Marcus McNeil, OT, Auburn
30. Indianapolis – Antonio Cromartie, CB, Florida
31. Seattle – Bobby Carpenter, LB, Ohio State
32. Pittsburgh – Ernie Sims, LB, Florida State


40. Detroit – Charles Spencer, G, Pitt

74. Detroit – Andrew Witworth, OT, LSU

Why do people keep on giving the Texans 1st day DT's? The team is moving from a 3-4 to a 4-3 and so has a surplus of DT's--fact is they have too much money tied up in Gary Walker, Seth Payne, Travis Johnson and Robaire Smith. What they desparately need is a true 4-3 DE as the only 4-3 DE types they have are tweeners who have been playing OLB like Jason Babin, Antwan Peek, Shante Orr and Charlie Anderson.

Also, while Giles looks like a great OG prospect, he isn't a great fit for the Texans. The Texans run a zone blocking scheme which is going to be further tweaked to resemble Denver's system. 355lb linemen are not the bread and butter of that system--typically they are if anything undersized rather than supersized.

WTF is that???? this entire post is terrible topped off with MIN taking a DT (The LEAST of there needs in rd 1)

the vikings have wayyyy to many needs, DT being one of them, seems legit

Yeah. Kevin Williams and Pat Williams are terrible. They NEED a DT badly. :rolleyes:

DT may be the Vikings best position. Watson is a reach at a position we don't need.

Keep in mind that this was made in February. Don't pay much attention to it, because a lot has changed.

are you a vikings fan?

Yeah I am, and not only do they have the 2 Williams, but also they have C.J. Mosely who will replace Pat Williams in a couple years, and Spencer Johnson is the #4 DT, and has started for the Vikings in the past. Both Johnson and Mosely are still developing their games.