2007 NFL Draft Order and Team Needs

The tentative draft order is in and teams have intensified their evaluation of college football’s finest players. Below, I have laid out the draft order and the team needs. Regarding the team needs, they have been developed using numerous knowledge sources. Undoubtedly, this will serve as a useful resource for mock drafts.

This order will change depending on playoff results. Within a tied segment, non-playoff clubs are given priority over playoff clubs. Priority of playoff clubs within a tied segment will be based on their advancement in the playoffs, but they will not drop out of their tied segment unless they participate in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl champion will select 32nd and the runner-up 31st.

The NFL Draft will take place on April 28 and April 29.

Pick	Team	Needs
1	Oakland	QB, OT, DT, DE, TE, RB, FB, WR
2	Detroit	OL, CB, MLB, DE, LB, WR, QB
3	Cleveland (x)	OL, DE, NT, CB, RB
3	Tampa Bay (x)	DL, WR, OL, DB, OLB
5	Arizona	LT, FS, OLB, C, CB, FB, DL
6	Washington	DT, CB, OG (elevate if Dockery does not re-sign), DE, OL
7	Minnesota	WR, OG, TE, OT, LB, QB, DT, CB (if Smoot traded/cut)
8	Houston	RB, FS, CB, SLB, DT, OG/C to fit Kubiak cheating system
9	Miami	LT, CB, OLB, DE, MLB, OG, RB, NT, QB (subject to change dramatically after free agency period)
10	Atlanta	DE, DT, DB, QB, TE, OG/C, RB, K, WR
11	San Francisco	34ILB, 34DE, CB, RT, WR, S, NT, WR
12	Buffalo	Tall WR, (CB if Clements does not re-sign), LT, DE, MLB, OG, DT, WR(big)
13	St. Louis	NT, DE, MLB/SLB, CB, FS, OG/C
14	Carolina	MLB, QB, S, OG
15	Pittsburgh	OL, LB, CB, RB, WR, DL
16	Green Bay	RB (if Peterson or Lynch is available), DE, pass-catching TE, CB, (HB if not available in 1st round), WR, DE, S, SLB, OT
17	Jacksonville	FS, DE, OLB, WR, OG/C, RB
18	Cincinnati	DT, OLB, CB, DE, SS, OL
19	Tennessee	RE, CB, FS, WR, OG, MLB
20	NY Giants (y)	CB, S, LT, smaller RB, DT, LB, OL
21	Denver	DE, DT, LT, S, WR, LB
22	Seattle (a, y)	C, LT, TE, S
23	Dallas (y)	RG, WR, NT, LT, 34OLB, CB, TE, QB
24	Kansas City (y)	DT, OT, MLB, WR, OG, CB, QB maybe
25	New Orleans (y)	CB, MLB, DT, OL, QB, WR
26	NY Jets (y)	34NT, 34OLB (edge rusher), RT, RB, RG, 34DE
27	Philadelphia (y)	S, CB, WR (if Stallworth does not re-sign), MLB, big RB, OT
28	New England (y)	34 ILB, CB (esp. if Samuel does not re-sign), SS, WR, C
29	Indianapolis (y)	DT, OLB, OG, DE, OT/QB, RB
30	Chicago (y)	OT, SS, WR (big), CB, TE, DT (elevate if Tank Johnson is cut/traded), OLB, RB
31	Baltimore (y)	OG, RT, QB, DE, RB, CB
32	San Diego (y)	OG, 34ILB, RB, CB, SS, WR, DE

a – 1^st round pick belongs to New England (Deion Branch trade)
x – Subject to coin flip
y – Subject to playoffs