Finding a home at center for the Crimson Tide, a position he never played at Florida State, Dickerson is thriving as both a pass and run blocker while showing the makeup of an NFL starter.

His performance at 6-foot-6 and pounds has been eye-opening. As we sort things out the rest of the way, Dickerson is building a resume of a topworthy prospect.

This one might be my fault. A three-year starter for Tulane, Johnson is versatile and productive with good size and athleticism.

In his last 33 games, Johnson has 33 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, 11 pass breakups, and six forced fumbles. I can envision a defense believing he has the ability to start for them.

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Patrick Surtain Jr. Cornerback CB. Gregory Rousseau. Defensive End DE. LA Chargers. Ja'Marr Chase. Wide Receiver WR. Shaun Wade. Devonta Smith.

NY Giants. Rashod Bateman. Carlos Basham Jr. Wake Forest. Kyle Pitts. Tight End TE. Jay Tufele. New England. Wyatt Davis.

Offensive Guard OG. Kyle Trask. San Francisco. Paulson Adebo. Las Vegas. Jevon Holland. Safety S. Micah Parsons. Outside Linebacker OLB.

Penn State. Alex Leatherwood. Jaylen Waddle. Trey Smith. Kwity Paye. Jalen Mayfield. Tampa Bay. Marvin Wilson.

Florida State. Walker Little. Creed Humphrey. Offensive Center OC. Travis Etienne. Running Back RB. Caleb Farley. Virginia Tech.

New Orleans. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah. Notre Dame. Samuel Cosmi. Green Bay. Jaycee Horn. South Carolina. Kansas City. Quincy Roche. Tyson Campbell.

Jaylen Twyman. Charlie Kolar. Iowa State. A mock draft is a prediction of the actual draft results. Big boards are a more difficult analysis, as assigning a raw number of quality to players regardless of position is a tricky proposition.

Look for writers that explain themselves logically and thoroughly. It is easier to do a little elimination of many mock drafts right from the start.

You want to avoid mock drafts that:. Answer: This is where it should always start, not by first looking at shiny new players and how they would help.

The NFL draft is simply an exercise in allocating finite resources. By understanding how your team uses and needs resources, you can be well prepared to enjoy the draft process.

Answer: Start locally. Covering the entire league is a daunting task, so if you start by studying what the folks that cover your team day in and day out say, you are logically getting more focused opinion.

That is not a given, as local sports coverage varies greatly from town to town and reporter to reporter. You should be able to identify the thoughtful, intelligent reporters from the goofballs.

Next, for overall draft coverage triangulate. That is what DraftBlaster is all about, providing multiple, and diverse sources of analysis on each player.

If you identify a player you are interested in, read a few player profiles from different sites and look for patterns.

Next, for national analysis on your team, look for analysts that played, coached, or are familiar with your teams systems. For instance, if your team employs the West Coast Offense, you would give a little more weight to what someone like Steve Young says, as he played in that offense during his Hall of Fame career.

For instance, your team might be desperate for a RB. Your local sports radio shows and columnists are saying how your team must draft a RB in the first round, as it is their biggest need.

The first round comes and goes, and your team picks up a defensive end. The sky falls, and the local sports press panders to the lowest common denominator thinking, and the calls flood in to the afternoon shock radio station.

Look at the entire RB class as a whole.