For the seventy-eighth pick in the second-annual Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, Oxalis selected for the St. Louis Rams, who have the standard three picks available. Here is the pick...
With the seventy-eighth pick in the 2011 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, the St. Louis Rams select...
Bruce Carter, OLB, UNC
One of the thinnest groups for the Rams coming into this offseason has been their linebackers, and not just a single position either. They could use either depth or starting caliber players at each of the three spots. While there is really only one middle linebacker on the roster, it happens to be an excellent player in James Laurinaitis. With him locking down the middle, I chose to focus on the outside with this pick, where the Rams are going to have to have a better answer than Na'il Diggs, Chris Chamberlain and former Mr. Irrelevant David Vobora if they want to field a defense that does better than the league average against the run (17th in the league last season) and against the pass (19th). They're going to need a guy who can compete for significant playing time right away and who can hopefully make an impact.
For my money, and my pick, that guy is Bruce Carter, an outside linebacker out of North Carolina. A reportedly high character guy (who avoided the UNC suspensions and came back for his senior season), I think Carter has the ability to play either OLB position at the pro level. For the Rams, I see him playing the Will spot, using his natural athleticism to rush the passer as well as filling in some of the gaps in coverage that were regularly left by the Rams' current LB corps.
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Draft Overview:
# | Team | Picked By | Name/Positon of Pick |
1 | Carolina | James Shively | Nick Fairley / DT |
2 | Denver | sexsalad | Patrick Peterson / CB |
3 | Buffalo | Elguapo09 | Von Miller / OLB |
4 | Cincinnati | Jason Garrison +2 | A.J. Green / WR |
5 | Arizona | Broski | Da'Quan Bowers / DE |
6 | Cleveland | Joe Goodberry | Marcell Dareus / DL |
7 | San Francisco | Heybrown | Prince Amukamara / CB |
8 | Tennessee | Oxalis | Cam Newton / QB |
9 | Dallas | Jim0ijk | Robert Quinn / DE |
10 | Washington | Pardon_My_French | Blaine Gabbert / QB |
11 | Houston | Joe27 | Julio Jones / WR |
12 | Minnesota | CarsonOrBust | Tyron Smith / OL |
13 | Detroit | The_Black_Stripes | Cameron Jordan / DL |
14 | St. Louis | Jaegner | Aldon Smith / DE |
15 | Miami | JaredM | Mark Ingram / RB |
16 | Jacksonville | Whodatchemsit | JJ Watt / DE |
17 | New England (from Oakland / Seymour) | UpStateMike | Anthony Castonzo / OT |
18 | San Diego | Quickslant | Mike Pouncey / OG |
19 | New York Giants | TheDealio | Akeem Ayers / OLB |
20 | Tampa Bay | Doc Scratch | Ryan Kerrigan / DE |
21 | Kansas City | Indesignkat | Corey Liuget / DT |
22 | Indianapolis | Ddbumpus | Nate Solder / OT |
23 | Philadelphia | Buckeyenut12 | Gabe Carimi / OT |
24 | New Orleans | FriarBob | Cameron Heyward / DE |
25 | Seattle | IgnatiusJReilly | Jake Locker / QB |
26 | Baltimore | FriarBob | Adrian Clayborn / DE |
27 | Atlanta | TruWhoDey | Justin Houston / DE/OLB |
28 | New England | UpStateMike | Muhammad Wilkerson / DL |
29 | Chicago | Bsmith4256 | Derek Sherrod / OL |
30 | New York Jets | Polo_614 | Phil Taylor / DT |
31 | Pittsburgh | Jason Garrison | Jimmy Smith / CB |
32 | Green Bay | Sean Weaver | Stephen Paea / DL |
33 | New England (from Carolina / Armanti Edwards) | UpStateMike | Brooks Reed / OLB |
34 | Buffalo | Elguapo09 | Allen Bailey / DE |
35 | Cincinnati | Jason Garrison +2 | Christian Ponder / QB |
36 | Denver | sexsalad | Kyle Rudolph / TE |
37 | Cleveland | Jason Garrison | Torrey Smith / WR |
38 | Arizona | Broski | Rodney Hudson / OG |
39 | Tennessee | Oxalis | Marvin Austin / DT |
40 | Dallas | Jim0ijk | Danny Watkins / OG |
41 | Washington | Pardon_My_French | Jonathan Baldwin / WR |
42 | Houston | Joe27 | Rahim Moore / FS |
43 | Minnesota | CarsonOrBust | Ryan Mallet / QB |
44 | Detroit | The_Black_Stripes | Stefen Wiesnewski / C/G |
45 | San Francisco | Heybrown | Andy Dalton / QB |
46 | Denver (from Miami / Brandon Marshall) | sexsalad | Drake Nevis / DT |
47 | St. Louis | Jaegner | Leonard Hankerson / WR |
48 | Oakland | NoodleXV | Brandon Harris / CB |
49 | Jacksonville | Whodatchemsit | Aaron Williams / S |
50 | San Diego | Quickslant | Jabaal Sheard / DE |
51 | Tampa Bay | Doc Scratch | Martez Wilson / MLB |
52 | New York Giants | TheDealio | Mikel Leshoure / RB |
53 | Indianapolis | Ddbumpus | Titus Young / WR |
54 | Philadelphia | Buckeyenut12 | Davon House / CB |
55 | Kansas City | Indesignkat | Sam Acho / OLB |
56 | New Orleans | FriarBob | Mason Foster / OLB |
57 | Seattle | IgnatiusJReilly | Marcus Cannon / OT/OG |
58 | Baltimore | Joe Goodberry | Ben Ijalana / OT/OG |
59 | Atlanta | TruWhoDey | Ryan Williams / RB |
60 | New England | UpStateMike | Quinton Carter / FS |
61 | San Diego (from NYJets / Antonio Cromartie) | Quickslant | Colin McCarthy / ILB |
62 | Chicago | Bsmith4256 | Tandon Doss / WR |
63 | Pittsburgh | FriarBob | Will Rackley / OG/OT |
64 | Green Bay | Sean Weaver | Randall Cobb / WR |
65 | Carolina | James Shively | Colin Kaepernick / QB |
66 | Cincinnati | Jason Garrison +2 | Curtis Brown / CB |
67 | Denver | sexsalad | DeMarco Murray / RB |
68 | Buffalo | Elguapo09 | Ras-I Dowling / CB |
69 | Arizona | Broski | DeAndre McDaniel / SS |
70 | Cleveland | FriarBob | Jurrell Casey / DT |
71 | Dallas | Jim0ijk | Christian Ballard / DE |
72 | New Orleans (from Washington / Jammal Brown) | FriarBob | Kendrick Ellis / DT |
73 | Houston | Joe27 | Jerrell Powe / DT |
74 | New England (from Minnesota / Randy Moss) | UpStateMike | Kendall Hunter / RB |
75 | Detroit | The_Black_Stripes | Tyler Sash / SS |
76 | San Francisco | staff | Sione Fua / NT |
77 | Tennessee | Oxalis | Buster Skrine / CB |
78 | St. Louis | Jaegner | Bruce Carter / OLB |
79 | Miami | staff | |
80 | Jacksonville | Whodatchemsit | |
81 | Oakland | NoodleXV | |
82 | San Diego | Quickslant | |
83 | New York Giants | TheDealio | |
84 | Tampa Bay | Doc Scratch | |
85 | Philadelphia | Buckeyenut12 | |
86 | Kansas City | Indesignkat | |
87 | Indianapolis | Ddbumpus | |
88 | New Orleans | FriarBob | |
89 | San Diego (from Seattle / Charlie Whitehurst) | Quickslant | |
90 | Baltimore | Jason Garrison | |
91 | Atlanta | TruWhoDey | |
92 | New England | UpStateMike | |
93 | Chicago | Bsmith4256 | |
94 | New York Jets | Polo_614 | |
95 | Pittsburgh | Joe Goodberry | |
96 | Green Bay | Sean Weaver | |
97 | Carolina (compensatory) | James Shively |