15th Overall Options....

Before I list my options, I am going to try to eliminate some of the 14 players that I think will be gone by the time #15 rolls around, in no particular order:

1. QB: Teddy Bridgewater
2. QB: Blake Bortles
3. OT: Jake Matthews
4. OT: Greg Robinson
5. DE: Jadeveon Clowney
6. WR: Sammy Watkins
7. LB: Anthony Barr

Those are the 7 that I fully expect to be gone by the time #15 comes up. . We can only hope another couple of QBs go at the top to leave us better positional players. So here's who I would be targeting at the given positions:

OFFENSE:

WR: Mike Evans (Texas A&M), Marqise Lee (USC)

There's another few guys that will try to fight to be in the mix, but I feel if we go WR at #15, it will be for either Evans or Lee. I prefer Evans due to his size. But there's no denying that he has a little diva in him. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though. Lee is probably the more polished WR and should be really good, I just don't think he will ever be elite.

TE: Eric Ebron (UNC), Jace Amaro (Texas Tech)

You can mark me down as not liking a TE option in Round 1. I certainly wouldn't take either guy at #15 and I'm not sure I would bother trading down just to grab a TE either.

OT: Taylor Lewan (Michigan), Cyrus Kouandjio (Alabama), Cameron Irving (Florida St), OG/OT David Yankee (Stanford)

There's a couple of other juniors in the mix, and there's no guaranteeing all of the above guys will come out anyways. Regardless, I don't really like this option this year. I don't like Lewan and I thought the 'Bama kid showed way too many mistakes in the Sugar Bowl. I thought our O-line came together down the stretch this year and played the best it has in years. Maybe we can work with what we have.

DEFENSE:

3-4 DE: Stephon Tuitt (Notre Dame), Ra'Shede Hageman (Minnesota)

I would be completely against using our pick on a 3-4 DE. I think we have enough in the cupboard to compete.

NT: Louis Nix (Notre Dame)

Don't like this option either. I just think Nix will take time, like most NTs coming out of the NCAA lately. Time we don't have. Plus I just don't think Nix is THAT good.

OLB: Khalil Mack (Buffalo), Kyle Van Noy (BYU)

Not sure where these two ultimately pan out, Mack may be gone, he might not be. Will depend on the workouts. Neither really excite me though.

ILB: CJ Mosley (Alabama), Ryan Shazier (Ohio State)

Both of these are options I like. Mosley has everything you look for in a 3-4 ILB. I think you put him next to Timmons and then don't think about the position for a long time. He will be solid and has good sideline to sideline range. An anchor for Alabama that past couple of seasons. Shazier is definitely a HIGH CEILING guy. I don't think he translates to 3-4 ILB as easily though. But still, this guy is a FOOTBALL player who I think can succeed in multiple schemes at multiple positions. His career TFLs are off the chart. He has a NOSE for the football. Ultimately, he would be tough to pass on and I would have to figure our scouts know everything about this guy. He may fly up the boards after workouts though as a 4-3 WLB.

CB: Darqueze Dennard (Michigan St), Justin Gilbert (Okalhoma St), Jason Verrett (BYU), Louchiez Purifoy (Florida)

My problem with this group is, I just don't see an elite CB. I don't see a dominant corner. No one is taller than 6'0, and none of them have elite speed. I placed Purifoy in the gorup because I really like him, and from a H-W-S prospect I actually like him the best. He currently is listed as a 1st rounder by most, but I am hoping he will impress during workouts.

S: Haha Clinton-Dix (Alabama)

The only S that I really like this year. But I still think #15 is too high for him.

So from all the prospects listed above, if I'm picking at #15 my Top 5 is as follows:

1. WR Mike Evans
2. LB Ryan Shazier
3. LB CJ Mosley
4. WR Marqise Lee
5. An OT. Not all the JRs have declared yet, so its tough to pick one at the moment.