THE CLOSEST THING TO A "MOCK DRAFT" I WILL DO

We are still about a month off from the NFL Draft. But since I have seen mock drafts since January, I'm not going to feel too bad about jumping the gun.  I will preface my "Mock" by saying that the exciting part of this draft is the unpredictability of what might actually happen.  So instead of trying to predict what is going to actually happen, I am going to put together this draft in the most likely scenario for a draft following the "Browns Rules for drafting."  If you have followed the team like I have you will know, there are some simple rules for our team to follow in the draft:

• The guy most of the fan base wants is just out of our reach
• The guy we end up with has some question marks and we fear we may have reached
• We pass on a player perceived to be more impactful than the pick we make
• Fans aren't left completely satisfied we did our best

I think most of you will agree with that so with no further delay, I present the "Browns Rules" mock draft.

#1 Houston Texans: QB Blake Bortles, UCF -

The Texans went from the elevator to the penthouse, to tumbling into the outhouse.  They will be tempted to go a different direction, but in the end they are going to take "The Prototype" QB of the draft, and just hope.  I've said before I think Bortles needs to be taught simple fundamentals, and fear the offense he comes from hasn't prepared him for the NFL style of football.   But hey at least they aren't going to be the team that drafted both of the Carr brothers.

#2 St. Louis Rams: OT Greg Robinson, Auburn - 

The Rams will be in great position to take a safe pick for their offense.  Greg Robinson is this year's "can't miss" offensive lineman.  This will be encouraging to many Browns fans, because at this point they will know that either Sammy Watkins or Johnny Manziel will be available for the Browns at #4.

#3 Jacksonville Jaguars: QB Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M - 

This is where the Browns fans begin to freak out a little.  Jacksonville will not be able to resist the urge to take Johnny Football, because they struggle to sell tickets.  This will be a move by the team to get themselves onto prime time telecasts, sell jerseys and expand the fan base.  It will likely work for them for a bit, but in the end I think the Jags role in this draft will be saving some team who was hoping he would fall to them from themselves.  And now that Johnny is gone here comes the #4 pick!

#4 Atlanta Falcons (via trade w/ Browns): DE Jadeveon Clowney - 

Here is where Browns twitter goes into full meltdown mode.  I foresee the prospect of Clowney being there too tempting for the Browns to leverage into future draft picks.  So they go ahead and make a move.  The Atlanta Falcons will like pay dearly for the pick, and the Browns will move down two spots to #6.  Everyone happy, but the fans.

#5 Oakland Raiders: WR Sammy Watkins, Clemson - 

At this point in the draft, heads begin to explode in Cleveland.  Watkins looks to be the most explosive playmaker in this year's draft.  And another guy high on many Browns fan's wish list for this draft ends up somewhere else.  So now we put the Browns back on the clock...

#6 Cleveland Browns (via trade w? Falcons): OLB Khalil Mack, Buffalo - 

And Browns Twitter officially blows up at this point.  While most people don't realize it, Khalil Mack may very well be the #1 guy on the Browns draft board after a guy like Greg Robinson.  I don't know that this front office covets Derek Carr or Teddy Bridgewater enough to pull the trigger in the top 10 of this draft, and I think Ray Farmer wants his official first pick to be a "lock".  While Mack might be a stretch for being a "lock," he has a ton of potential to be a huge playmaker for this Browns defense.

While I am at it, I will make predictions on who we will land in the first two round of the draft.

#26 - CB Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech

#35 - WR Allen Robinson, Penn State

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