Tomorrow, we'll know. But for one more day, we mock.
The Darrelle Revis trade forced ESPN.com's Todd McShay to go back in and reevaluate the Mock Draft 5.0
that he released earlier this month. That was a good looking mock draft for the Pac-12, which had Oregon's Dion Jordan going No. 2, Utah's Star Lotulelei going No. 4, Washington's Desmond Trufant at No. 21 and UCLA's Datone Jones going No. 29.
But the Revis trade sent shockwaves -- at least through the mock world. Things look a little different for the conference in Mock Draft 5.1.
Jordan is now at No. 7 to the Arizona Cardinals.
Lotulelei is now at No. 14 to the Carolina Panthers.
Trufant is (rather surprisingly) nowhere to be found in the top 32.
Jones holds steady at No. 29 to the New England Patriots.
Stanford tight end Zach Ertz rejoins the first-round at No. 31 to the San Francisco 49ers, where he would be reunited with former Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh.
The trade also has Mel Kiper Jr. re-thinking his first round. Here's where the Pac-12 players stand in his updated mock draft.
Jordan at No. 6 to the Cleveland Browns.
Lotulelei at No. 10 to the Tennessee Titans.
Trufant at No. 19 to the New York Giants.
USC wide receiver Robert Woods at No. 27 to the Houston Texans.
Jones drops out of the first round.
Oregon offensive tackle Kyle Long at No. 30 to the Atlanta Falcons.
Interesting to see that McShay dropped Trufant all the way off his board, while Kiper has him in the top 20. Also, an appearance from Long in the first round suggests that his stock has risen considerably in the last few weeks.
Obviously, tomorrow will settle the debate. But we've now seen anywhere from three to nine Pac-12 players who could go in the first round. As of Feb. 19, the consensus among the fans (though not by much) was that the Pac-12 would have four players go in the first round.
Right now Jordan and Lotulelei seem like locks. We thought Trufant was a lock (and the Pac-12 blog still believes he is), though McShay thinks otherwise. Ertz has been on the fence -- though Notre Dame's Tyler Eifert has widened the gap between the top two tight ends. One scout told the San Jose Mercury News' Jon Wilner that Ertz's "lack of being a blocker " likely has him targeted for the second round. Stepfan Taylor might disagree.
Jones and Long are intriguing possibilities. Jones' stock has been climbing since the NFL scouting combine in February. Woods, USC quarterback Matt Barkley and Cal's Keenan Allen are all up in the air and have been projected anywhere from the first to third rounds.
