Fantasy Football 2008

NFL Mock Draft 2008

August 19th, 2008

For the SportsOverdose mock draft, we’ve taken 6 expert drafts from around the web - Mock Draft Central’s expert draft 1 (MD1), Mock Draft Central’s expert draft 2 (MD2), ESPN (ESPN), CBS (CBS), USA Today (USA) and NFL.com (NFL) - then combined the results and ran them through our statistical clustering algorithm (it groups the players based on the distance from their picks to the other players picks).

The result is basically the best guideline for how players are going to be drafted that you will find anywhere. Chances are (if you are in a standard 10 or 12 team fairly competitive league) that if you just drafted a player in group 3 then by your next pick you will be choosing from players in group 4. This gives you a feel for how your draft will go and who will be available at any given point allowing you to game plan your picks round by round.

So below is our mock draft, where you will find each player’s position in the 6 expert drafts and their best, worst, and average position taken, all grouped according to most likely picked together.

Group 1 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
1 LaDainian Tomlinson RB SD 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.0
2 Adrian Peterson RB MIN 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 4 2.8
3 Brian Westbrook RB PHI 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 4 3.0
4 Steven Jackson RB STL 3 5 5 6 4 3 3 6 4.3
5 Joseph Addai RB IND 6 2 4 5 6 6 2 6 4.8
6 Frank Gore RB SF 7 6 6 9 7 5 5 9 6.7
7 Marion Barber RB DAL 8 7 11 11 5 8 5 11 8.3
8 Clinton Portis RB WAS 11 8 8 8 9 11 8 11 9.2
9 Randy Moss WR NE 5 11 10 12 8 15 5 15 10.2
10 Larry Johnson RB KC 9 12 13 10 10 12 9 13 11.0
11 Marshawn Lynch RB BUF 12 14 9 13 11 7 7 14 11.0
12 Tom Brady QB NE 10 17 7 3 20 9 3 20 11.0
Group 2 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
13 Ryan Grant RB GB 14 9 12 21 12 16 9 21 14.0
14 Willis McGahee RB BAL 17 10 14 16 17 14 10 17 14.7
15 Peyton Manning QB IND 22 21 16 7 22 10 7 22 16.3
16 Terrell Owens WR DAL 19 15 21 15 13 21 13 21 17.3
17 Reggie Wayne WR IND 21 13 23 14 14 20 13 23 17.5
18 Maurice Jones-Drew RB JAX 15 18 15 23 18 28 15 28 19.5
19 Braylon Edwards WR CLE 26 20 17 24 19 23 17 26 21.5
20 Larry Fitzgerald WR ARI 28 19 26 19 26 19 19 28 22.8
21 Jamal Lewis RB CLE 13 34 18 40 16 17 13 40 23.0
22 Reggie Bush RB NO 25 16 36 17 15 37 15 37 24.3
23 Andre Johnson WR HOU 18 27 27 26 25 26 18 27 24.8
24 Marques Colston WR NO 27 24 31 22 23 29 22 31 26.0
25 Tony Romo QB DAL 31 38 22 20 34 13 13 38 26.3
26 Laurence Maroney RB NE 16 22 30 28 24 39 16 39 26.5
27 T.J. Houshmandzadeh WR CIN 24 25 29 25 28 33 24 33 27.3
28 Steve Smith WR CAR 30 23 28 30 29 31 23 31 28.5
29 Earnest Graham RB TB 23 28 37 27 30 30 23 37 29.2
Group 3 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
30 Brandon Jacobs RB NYG 20 32 19 47 31 50 19 50 33.2
31 Ronnie Brown RB MIA 42 42 25 35 36 22 22 42 33.7
32 Chad Johnson WR CIN 35 31 33 33 32 45 31 45 34.8
33 Michael Turner RB ATL 29 29 35 55 38 24 24 55 35.0
34 Torry Holt WR STL 33 35 39 37 33 36 33 39 35.5
35 Drew Brees QB NO 38 46 24 39 41 25 24 46 35.5
36 Plaxico Burress WR NYG 41 36 40 32 35 35 32 41 36.5
37 Darren McFadden RB OAK 46 53 34 29 43 18 18 53 37.2
38 Willie Parker RB PIT 40 54 20 57 21 34 20 57 37.7
39 Brandon Marshall WR DEN 51 41 38 34 27 38 27 51 38.2
40 Wes Welker WR NE 43 30 44 31 42 41 30 44 38.5
41 Anquan Boldin WR ARI 34 26 58 36 39 46 26 58 39.8
Group 4 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
42 Roy Williams WR DET 36 37 52 38 46 52 36 52 43.5
43 Edgerrin James RB ARI 32 59 42 58 37 42 32 59 45.0
44 Jason Witten TE DAL 47 40 53 48 44 44 40 53 46.0
45 Thomas Jones RB NYJ 44 47 47 59 47 40 40 59 47.3
46 Carson Palmer QB CIN 48 58 32 44 57 47 32 58 47.7
47 Santonio Holmes WR PIT 50 44 45 62 40 48 40 62 48.2
48 Hines Ward WR PIT 37 45 61 41 63 43 37 63 48.3
49 Rudi Johnson RB CIN 59 61 46 18 50 59 18 61 48.8
50 Antonio Gates TE SD 52 51 41 56 48 51 41 56 49.8
51 Ben Roethlisberger QB PIT 53 70 43 46 67 27 27 70 51.0
Group 5 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
52 Kellen Winslow TE CLE 57 43 55 54 60 54 43 60 53.8
53 Greg Jennings WR GB 56 33 72 49 49 65 33 72 54.0
54 Calvin Johnson WR DET 55 39 62 60 52 57 39 62 54.2
55 Julius Jones RB SEA 67 60 50 42 56 53 42 67 54.7
56 Jonathan Stewart RB CAR 45 50 56 51 45 86 45 86 55.5
57 Marvin Harrison WR IND 49 52 75 45 54 60 45 75 55.8
58 Dwayne Bowe WR KC 58 48 67 53 59 55 48 67 56.7
59 Derek Anderson QB CLE 76 71 51 50 68 32 32 76 58.0
60 LenDale White RB TEN 39 69 49 75 51 71 39 75 59.0
61 Matt Forte RB CHI 54 62 57 43 53 93 43 93 60.3
62 Roddy White WR ATL 73 57 59 68 64 49 49 73 61.7
63 Tony Gonzalez TE KC 62 72 63 64 62 56 56 72 63.2
Group 6 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
64 Lee Evans WR BUF 65 56 68 69 58 78 56 78 65.7
65 Donovan McNabb QB PHI 61 73 60 65 66 69 60 73 65.7
66 Kevin Smith RB DET 70 49 73 71 61 81 49 81 67.5
67 Dallas Clark TE IND 60 76 64 72 74 64 60 76 68.3
68 Donald Driver WR GB 78 66 74 63 76 58 58 78 69.2
69 Fred Taylor RB JAX 66 67 54 87 72 72 54 87 69.7
70 Chris Cooley TE WAS 63 80 71 61 82 63 61 82 70.0
71 Chris Chambers WR SD 68 55 76 70 69 84 55 84 70.3
72 Matt Hasselbeck QB SEA 88 77 48 73 71 67 48 88 70.7
73 Selvin Young RB DEN 69 63 69 67 55 120 55 120 73.8
74 Laveranues Coles WR NYJ 83 75 77 77 79 62 62 83 75.5
Group 7 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
75 Santana Moss WR WAS 96 83 80 74 73 70 70 96 79.3
76 Joey Galloway WR TB 74 65 89 80 78 91 65 91 79.5
77 Jerricho Cotchery WR NYJ 80 68 93 84 70 87 68 93 80.3
78 Kevin Curtis WR PHI 64 64 86 109 65 98 64 109 81.0
79 DeAngelo Williams RB CAR 84 89 79 81 77 82 77 89 82.0
80 Rashard Mendenhall RB PIT 72 93 82 104 81 68 68 104 83.3
81 Marc Bulger QB STL 103 79 90 52 94 83 52 103 83.5
82 Bobby Engram WR SEA 87 78 94 85 93 73 73 94 85.0
83 Anthony Gonzalez WR IND 77 74 91 98 84 88 74 98 85.3
84 Bernard Berrian WR MIN 90 99 88 66 89 80 66 99 85.3
85 Vernon Davis TE SF 75 95 108 78 96 61 61 108 85.5
86 Nate Burleson WR SEA 82 87 97 79 75 103 75 103 87.2
87 Jay Cutler QB DEN 89 81 66 93 80 122 66 122 88.5
Group 8 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
89 Todd Heap TE BAL 92 110 99 99 83 76 76 110 93.2
90 Vincent Jackson WR SD 79 85 100 88 116 79 116 93.6
91 Justin Fargas RB OAK 85 117 70 108 113 75 70 117 94.7
92 Chester Taylor RB MIN 71 122 78 106 85 110 71 122 95.3
93 Deuce McAllister RB NO 98 109 84 76 104 111 76 111 97.0
94 Eli Manning QB NYG 120 102 95 97 92 77 77 120 97.2
95 Javon Walker WR OAK 97 82 115 95 111 85 82 115 97.5
96 Kenny Watson RB CIN 95 94 114 91 91 114 98.5
97 David Garrard QB JAX 101 96 112 92 106 90 90 112 99.5
98 Heath Miller TE PIT 113 129 92 86 79 79 129 99.8
99 D.J. Hackett WR CAR 94 103 103 94 103 100.0
100 Ahman Green RB HOU 107 115 107 89 87 96 87 115 100.2
101 Owen Daniels TE HOU 93 92 127 91 103 97 91 127 100.5
Group 9 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
102 Jake Delhomme QB CAR 115 91 120 101 86 99 86 120 102.0
103 Minnesota Vikings DEF MIN 100 107 98 105 101 98 107 102.2
104 Philip Rivers QB SD 99 90 113 96 112 108 90 113 103.0
105 Reggie Brown WR PHI 86 104 102 110 95 121 86 121 103.0
106 Felix Jones RB DAL 91 131 81 111 97 109 81 131 103.3
107 Chris Johnson RB TEN 124 106 96 82 102 112 82 124 103.7
108 Bryant Johnson WR SF 109 98 137 90 100 92 90 137 104.3
109 Jeremy Shockey TE NYG 102 84 124 98 115 84 124 104.6
110 Derrick Mason WR BAL 129 86 126 94 101 95 86 129 105.2
111 San Diego Chargers DEF SD 114 121 87 107 107 87 121 107.2
112 Tony Scheffler TE DEN 112 111 65 141 65 141 107.3
113 Ahmad Bradshaw RB NYG 118 101 83 128 83 128 107.5
114 Patrick Crayton WR DAL 81 100 129 113 108 119 81 129 108.3
115 Aaron Rodgers QB GB 110 113 135 120 66 66 135 108.8
116 Jerry Porter WR JAX 116 136 105 115 90 100 90 136 110.3
117 Matt Schaub QB HOU 105 108 85 130 109 126 85 130 110.5
118 Donte’ Stallworth WR CLE 108 118 111 88 116 127 88 127 111.3
119 Sammy Morris RB NE 106 120 110 123 106 123 114.8
Group 10 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
120 Ricky Williams RB MIA 155 114 134 83 99 136 83 155 120.2
121 Jerious Norwood RB ATL 125 97 109 112 125 154 97 154 120.3
122 Mark Clayton WR BAL 125 117 126 117 126 122.7
123 Isaac Bruce WR SF 117 126 116 125 122 132 116 132 123.0
124 Jabar Gaffney WR NE 104 123 118 148 104 148 123.3
125 Sidney Rice WR MIN 130 116 152 103 114 130 103 152 124.2
126 Alge Crumpler TE TEN 139 127 119 113 113 139 124.5
127 New England Patriots DEF NE 134 138 119 142 102 102 142 127.0
128 Derrick Ward RB NYG 146 117 118 117 146 127.0
129 Matt Leinart QB ARI 119 119 147 117 134 117 147 127.2
Group 11 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
130 Kevin Jones RB CHI 111 88 123 145 185 88 185 130.4
131 Chicago Bears DEF CHI 132 148 121 126 121 148 131.8
132 Ben Watson TE NE 151 105 143 105 151 133.0
133 Vince Young QB TEN 150 112 139 157 118 124 112 157 133.3
134 Chris Brown RB HOU 138 139 122 127 107 171 107 171 134.0
135 Reggie Williams WR JAX 131 124 101 143 175 101 175 134.8
136 Ryan Torain RB DEN 166 140 118 116 116 166 135.0
137 Justin Gage WR TEN 165 149 132 94 94 165 135.0
138 Darrell Jackson WR DEN 121 137 115 174 115 174 136.8
139 Jon Kitna QB DET 126 159 110 152 110 159 136.8
140 Jason Campbell QB WAS 128 155 140 121 140 121 155 136.8
141 Seattle Seahawks DEF SEA 183 104 149 114 104 183 137.5
Group 12 MD1 MD2 ESPN CBS USA NFL High Low Avg
142 Drew Bennett WR STL 149 156 147 124 129 124 156 141.0
143 Ted Ginn Jr. WR MIA 173 130 142 123 123 173 142.0
144 Tatum Bell RB DET 136 133 141 122 181 122 181 142.6
145 Dallas Cowboys DEF DAL 140 154 144 135 135 154 143.3
146 Ladell Betts RB WAS 159 160 128 133 128 160 145.0
147 James Hardy WR BUF 142 169 114 161 114 169 146.5
148 Ronald Curry WR OAK 157 128 157 146 128 157 147.0
149 Nick Folk K DAL 182 175 144 138 106 106 182 149.0
150 DeShaun Foster RB SF 127 161 135 176 127 176 149.8
151 New York Giants DEF NYG 171 164 125 142 125 171 150.5
152 Pittsburgh Steelers DEF PIT 152 177 132 148 145 132 177 150.8
153 Jacksonville Jaguars DEF JAX 146 166 141 141 166 151.0
154 Josh Brown K STL 184 181 155 151 89 89 184 152.0
155 Stephen Gostkowski K NE 178 134 151 137 167 134 178 153.4
156 Zach Miller TE OAK 154 158 140 162 140 162 153.5
157 Green Bay Packers DEF GB 174 174 133 150 138 133 174 153.8
158 Brandon Jackson RB GB 175 167 123 123 175 155.0
159 Adam Vinatieri K IND 185 172 159 152 147 147 185 163.0
160 Rob Bironas K TEN 181 190 156 159 139 139 190 165.0
161 Shayne Graham K CIN 188 173 153 156 153 188 167.5
162 Mason Crosby K GB 186 183 149 153 172 149 186 168.6
163 Phil Dawson K CLE 187 187 154 156 154 187 171.0
164 Nate Kaeding K SD 191 170 154 173 154 191 172.0
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