2014 NFL Mock Draft: Projecting Where The Top Six Quarterbacks Will Land

By Derrik Klassen on Wednesday, April 16th 2014
2014 NFL Mock Draft: Projecting Where The Top Six Quarterbacks Will Land

1. Houston Texans, Blake Bortles

Despite not being the best quarterback in the class, Bill O'Brien has taken somewhat of a fondness toward the former Central Florida quarterback. Size-wise, he is similar to Christian Hackenberg, who was O'Brien's star quarterback at Penn State. Bortles will likely have growing pains early on, but will come into his own, especially considering he has a wonderful supporting cast to ease into the professional level with.


2. St. Louis Rams (via Washington Redskins), Jadeveon Clowney

3. Jacksonville Jaguars, Teddy Bridgewater

After the failure that was Blaine Gabbert, the Jaguars are in the market for a franchise quarterback. Low key, the Jaguars supporting cast is serviceable and no other quarterback in this class would get more out of them than Bridgewater. Bridgewater will be able to be a solid, smart contributor on day one and will be able to conduct the offense with a veteran feel.


4. Cleveland Browns, Jake Matthews

5. Oakland Raiders, Sammy Watkins

6. Atlanta Falcons, Greg Robinson

7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, CJ Mosley

8. Minnesota Vikings, Johnny Manziel

Last year, the Vikings had three different starting quarterbacks, but new head coach Mike Zimmer would like to get that number down to one. Manziel fills the most gaping hole on an explosive offense. With Manziel, the Vikings offense becomes much more versatile and terrifying. His presence will also take pressure off of Adrian Peterson.


9. Buffalo Bills, Eric Ebron

10. Detroit Lions, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix

11. Tennessee Titans, Khalil Mack

12. New York Giants, Xavier Su'a-Filo

13. St. Louis Rams, Kyle Fuller

14. Chicago Bears, Timmy Jernigan

15. Pittsburgh Steelers, Taylor Lewan

16. Dallas Cowboys, Aaron Donald

17. Baltimore Ravens, Ra'Shede Hageman

18. New York Jets, Jace Amaro

19. Miami Dolphins, Gabe Jackson

20. Arizona Cardinals, Derek Carr

The NFC West is littered with some of the NFL's best defenses. To counter that, Arizona needs the intelligence and understanding of the game that Carr brings. His strong arm will make him a solid fit in Arians' offense, especially with Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd at his disposal.


21. Green Bay Packers, Jimmie Ward

22. Philadelphia Eagles, Jeremiah Attaochu

23. Kansas City Chiefs, Jason Verrett

24. Cincinnati Bengals, Darqueze Dennard

25. San Diego Chargers, Odell Beckham Jr.

26. Cleveland Browns (via Indianapolis Colts), Mike Evans

27. New Orleans Saints, Demarcus Lawrence

28. Carolina Panthers, Bradley Roby

29. New England Patriots, Zack Martin

30. San Francisco 49ers, Justin Gilbert

31. Denver Broncos, Ryan Shazier

32. Seattle Seahawks, Dominique Easley

33. Houston Texans, Louis Nix III

34. Washington Redskins, Stanley Jean-Baptiste

35. Cleveland Browns, Billy Turner

36. Oakland Raiders, Anthony Barr

37. Atlanta Falcons, Kony Ealy

38. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Brandin Cooks

39. Jacksonville Jaguars, Jarvis Landry

40. Minnesota Vikings, Kyle Van Noy

41. Buffalo Bills, Cyril Richardson

42. Tennessee Titans, Carlos Hyde

43. New York Giants, Telvin Smith

44. St. Louis Rams, Jack Mewhort

45. Detroit Lions, Jared Abbrederis

46. Pittsburgh Steelers, Bashaud Breeland

47. Dallas Cowboys, Calvin Pryor

48. Baltimore Ravens, Troy Niklas

49. New York Jets, Marqise Lee

50. Miami Dolphins, JaWuan James

51. Chicago Bears, Deone Bucannon

52. Arizona Cardinals, Morgan Moses

53. Green Bay Packers, Joel Bitonio

54. Philadelphia Eagles, Josh Huff

55. San Francisco 49ers (via Kansas City Chiefs), Lamarcus Joyner

56. Cincinnati Bengals, Travis Swanson

57. San Diego Chargers, Andre Hal

58. Indianapolis Colts, Terrence Brooks

59. New Orleans Saints, Weston Richburg

60. Carolina Panthers, Allen Robinson

61. New England Patriots, Kelvin Benjamin  

62. San Francisco 49ers, Justin Ellis

63. Denver Broncos, Tyler Larsen

64. Seattle Seahawks, Trai Turner

65. Houston Texans, Shayne Skov

66. Washington Redskins, Stephon Tuitt

67. Oakland Raiders, David Yankey

68. Atlanta Falcons, Crockett Gillmore

69. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Chris Smith

70. Jacksonville Jaguars, Cam Fleming

71. Cleveland Browns, Aaron Murray

Shanahan’s system is tailored perfectly for Murray’s skill set. He is not a quarterback that will thrive when forced to make multiple reads, so Shanahan;s system will allow him to have a set receiver in which he can accurately hit. Murray’s ball placement is dependable on all levels of the field, but he may struggle when he is forced to improvise and move on from is initial read.


72. Minnesota Vikings, Dexter McDougle

73. Buffalo Bills, Kareem Martin

74. New York Giants, Ego Ferguson

75. St. Louis Rams, David Fales

The 2013 Rams went terribly downhill after Sam Bradford was injured. Even then, he may not be the quarterback to take them all the way. Not only does Fales provide immediate insurance as a solid backup, but he has the makings to be a future starter and may be able to allow St. Louis to move on from Bradford once his contract is up.


76. Detroit Lions, Chris Borland

77. San Francisco 49ers (via Tennessee Titans), Yawin Smallwood

78. Dallas Cowboys, Brandon Thomas

79. Baltimore Ravens, Bishop Sankey

80. New York Jets, Dion Bailey

81. Miami Dolphins, Bryan Stork

82. Chicago Bears, Terrence Brooks

83. Cleveland Browns (via Pittsburgh Steelers), Lache Seastrunk

84. Arizona Cardinals, Aaron Lynch

85. Green Bay Packers, Shaq Barrett

86. Philadelphia Eagles, Pierre Desir

87. Kansas City Chiefs, Cody Latimer

88. Cincinnati Bengals, Scott Crichton

89. San Diego Chargers, Dakota Dozier

90. Indianapolis Colts, Daniel Sorensen

91. New Orleans, EJ Gaines

92. Carolina Panthers, Cyrus Kouandjio

93. New England Patriots, Austin Seferian-Jenkins

94. San Francisco 49ers, Marcus Martin

95. Denver Broncos, Preston Brown

96. Minnesota Vikings (via Seattle Seahawks), Sean Parker

97. Pittsburgh Steelers*, Dan McCullers

98. Green Bay Packers*, DeDe Lattimore

99. Baltimore Ravens*, Tre Boston

100. San Francisco 49ers*, Jordan Zumwalt

(* = comp. pick)
 

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