A Composite Big Board from All 4 Mock Drafts
The draft is less than a week away. Already we’ve seen four mock drafts published on the forum. Four different philosophies and perspectives . One number-one overall pick that everybody agreed on, and 67 other guys where our GMs could not have disagreed more if they tried.
I took Cook's, Barber's, Roberts', and Hinch's mocks and mashed them into a single composite ranking big board that rewards both how high a player got drafted and how many GMs actually believed in him. Full methodology and full 68-player list below.
A Couple of Important Notes Before We Get Into It. First, I did not include the JaMarcus Russell at 1.02 in Brad’s original mock which had his Packers taking JaMarcus Russell near the top of the board. So this composite ranking excludes his (hopefully) joke pick. If it wasn't a joke, well, Green Bay's front office has some explaining to do either way. Also, it’s unclear which mocks included knowledge of skew ratings, so this may account for some differences.
The Ranking Methodology
To create the rankings I used a basic Bourda count. Every mock draft covered the first round. For every mock a player appeared in, he earned points based on where he was drafted: 33 − pick number. So a 1st overall pick is worth 32 points, a 32nd overall pick is worth 1 point. A player who didn't appear in a given mock simply earns zero points for that mock — no penalty beyond the fact that nobody thought to put him on the board.
Then I summed points across all 4 mocks. That means a player who's a consistent late-round-of-round-1 guy in every single mock can out-score a player who was a top-10 pick in only one or two. Getting picked by everybody, even if not that highly, says something. Getting picked highly by one person, but ignored by three others, says something different.
The Full 68-Player Composite Big Board | RK | PLAYER | POS | PTS | MOCKS | AVG PICK | RANGE |
| 1 | Darrelle Revis | CB | 128 | 4/4 | 1.0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Patrick Willis | MLB | 121 | 4/4 | 2.8 | 2–3 |
| 3 | Joe Thomas | LT | 118 | 4/4 | 3.5 | 2–6 |
| 4 | Lawrence Timmons | MLB | 103 | 4/4 | 7.2 | 3–12 |
| 5 | Calvin Johnson | WR | 97 | 4/4 | 8.8 | 7–10 |
| 6 | Sidney Rice | WR | 93 | 4/4 | 9.8 | 4–20 |
| 7 | Aaron Rouse | S | 79 | 3/4 | 6.7 | 5–8 |
| 8 | Steve Smith | WR | 62 | 3/4 | 12.3 | 7–21 |
| 9 | Justin Durant | OLB | 61 | 3/4 | 12.7 | 12–13 |
| 10 | Zak DeOssie | LB | 58 | 3/4 | 13.7 | 5–18 |
| 11 | Alan Branch | DT | 58 | 3/4 | 13.7 | 5–25 |
| 12 | Chris Denman | LT | 51 | 2/4 | 7.5 | 6–9 |
| 13 | Jason Hill | WR | 49 | 3/4 | 16.7 | 13–23 |
| 14 | Anthony Waters | ILB | 48 | 2/4 | 9.0 | 6–12 |
| 15 | Marshawn Lynch | RB | 47 | 2/4 | 9.5 | 8–11 |
| 16 | Dwayne Bowe | WR | 46 | 2/4 | 10.0 | 9–11 |
| 17 | Paul Posluszny | MLB | 46 | 3/4 | 17.7 | 9–28 |
| 18 | LaMarr Woodley | DE | 45 | 2/4 | 10.5 | 6–15 |
| 19 | Anthony Spencer | LOLB | 42 | 3/4 | 19.0 | 16–25 |
| 20 | Brandon McDonald | CB | 40 | 3/4 | 19.7 | 18–23 |
| 21 | Dashon Goldson | S | 39 | 4/4 | 23.2 | 17–32 |
| 22 | Jacoby Jones | WR | 32 | 2/4 | 17.0 | 13–21 |
| 23 | John Beason | MLB | 32 | 2/4 | 17.0 | 14–20 |
| 24 | Ken Shackleford | OT | 30 | 2/4 | 18.0 | 17–19 |
| 25 | Joe Staley | RT | 29 | 1/4 | 4.0 | 4–4 |
| 26 | Ed Johnson | DT | 28 | 1/4 | 5.0 | 5–5 |
| 27 | Andrew Carnahan | LT | 28 | 2/4 | 19.0 | 15–23 |
| 28 | James Jones | WR | 27 | 2/4 | 19.5 | 19–20 |
| 29 | Ryne Robinson | WR | 23 | 1/4 | 10.0 | 10–10 |
| 30 | Clifton Ryan | DT | 22 | 1/4 | 11.0 | 11–11 |
| 31 | Adam Carriker | LE | 21 | 1/4 | 12.0 | 12–12 |
| 32 | Clark Harris | TE | 21 | 2/4 | 22.5 | 17–28 |
| 33 | Allen Barbre | LT | 20 | 2/4 | 23.0 | 20–26 |
| 34 | Ben Patrick | TE | 19 | 1/4 | 14.0 | 14–14 |
| 35 | Zach Miller | TE | 19 | 1/4 | 14.0 | 14–14 |
| 36 | Laurent Robinson | WR | 19 | 2/4 | 23.5 | 19–28 |
| 37 | Clint Oldenburg | RT | 18 | 1/4 | 15.0 | 15–15 |
| 38 | Levi Brown | LT/RT | 18 | 1/4 | 15.0 | 15–15 |
| 39 | Brian Smith | LOLB | 17 | 1/4 | 16.0 | 16–16 |
| 40 | Mike Sims-Walker | WR | 17 | 2/4 | 24.5 | 21–28 |
| 41 | Ben Grubbs | OG | 17 | 2/4 | 24.5 | 19–30 |
| 42 | Jermon Bushrod | RT | 16 | 1/4 | 17.0 | 17–17 |
| 43 | Scott Chandler | TE | 16 | 2/4 | 25.0 | 24–26 |
| 44 | LaRon Landry | S | 15 | 2/4 | 25.5 | 24–27 |
| 45 | Greg Peterson | DE | 15 | 2/4 | 25.5 | 21–30 |
| 46 | Reggie Nelson | FS | 11 | 1/4 | 22.0 | 22–22 |
| 47 | Trent Edwards | QB | 11 | 1/4 | 22.0 | 22–22 |
| 48 | Herb Taylor | RT | 10 | 1/4 | 23.0 | 23–23 |
| 49 | Tim Shaw | OLB | 10 | 2/4 | 28.0 | 25–31 |
| 50 | Adrian Peterson | RB | 9 | 1/4 | 24.0 | 24–24 |
| 51 | Greg Olsen | TE | 9 | 1/4 | 24.0 | 24–24 |
| 52 | Keyunta Dawson | OLB | 8 | 1/4 | 25.0 | 25–25 |
| 53 | Corey Hilliard | LT | 7 | 1/4 | 26.0 | 26–26 |
| 54 | Jordan Palmer | QB | 7 | 1/4 | 26.0 | 26–26 |
| 55 | Stephen Nicholas | ROLB | 6 | 1/4 | 27.0 | 27–27 |
| 56 | Chris Harris | DT | 6 | 1/4 | 27.0 | 27–27 |
| 57 | Paul Soliai | DT | 6 | 1/4 | 27.0 | 27–27 |
| 58 | C.J. Gaddis | CB | 6 | 2/4 | 30.0 | 29–31 |
| 59 | Drew Stanton | QB | 4 | 1/4 | 29.0 | 29–29 |
| 60 | Dante Hughes | CB | 4 | 1/4 | 29.0 | 29–29 |
| 61 | Matt Toeaina | DT | 4 | 1/4 | 29.0 | 29–29 |
| 62 | Arron Sears | LG | 3 | 1/4 | 30.0 | 30–30 |
| 63 | Ray McDonald | DE | 3 | 1/4 | 30.0 | 30–30 |
| 64 | Corey Graham | CB | 2 | 1/4 | 31.0 | 31–31 |
| 65 | Tyler Palko | QB | 2 | 1/4 | 31.0 | 31–31 |
| 66 | Daren Stone | S | 1 | 1/4 | 32.0 | 32–32 |
| 67 | Brad Banneman | RG | 1 | 1/4 | 32.0 | 32–32 |
| 68 | Josh Beekman | RG | 1 | 1/4 | 32.0 | 32–32 |
What the Data Shows
The top 3 is not up for debate. Darrelle Revis, Patrick Willis, and Joe Thomas all went in all 4 mocks, all within a tiny range of each other (Revis literally went #1 overall in every single one). If your league's mock drafters agree on nothing else this year, they agree on this. Book it.
Sidney Rice is going high in the 1st round…or not. He appeared in all 4 mocks — full marks for buzz — but his range is an absolutely wild 4th overall to 20th overall. That's not a guy people are unsure about in a "meh, maybe round 2" way. That's four smart evaluators looking at the exact same player and seeing four completely different players. Somebody's very right and somebody's very wrong.
Is Chris Denman a first rounder? Only 2 of 4 mocks had him at all — but both times, top 10 (6th and 9th overall). He outranks a pile of players who showed up in three separate mocks purely because when people do like him, they really like him.
Nobody trusts this quarterback class. Nearly every quarterback in the pool — Trent Edwards, Jordan Palmer, Drew Stanton, Tyler Palko — landed in the bottom third of the board, and none of them appeared in more than one mock (setting aside the Russell situation entirely). If your team is quarterback-needy heading into this draft, get comfortable, because the board says there isn't a consensus answer waiting for you.
The Receiver, O Line, and Linebacker class is DEEP. Across the 68 unique players who showed up on the four boards, the offensive line was the deepest position in this class by a mile — 15 different linemen got first round buzz from at least one GM. Linebacker wasn't far behind with 12 players identified as possible first round talent. Wide receiver came in next with 10 players. Cornerback, safety, and tight end each landed 5 players on somebody's board, while quarterback managed just 4 (setting aside the Russell situation) — and running back was the shallowest group of all, with only 2 different backs — Marshawn Lynch and Adrian Peterson — drawing first-round consideration from anyone.
