Are you starting to now see why you can’t put a ton of stock in mock drafts? Sure, they’re fun. Yes, it makes you feel smart when you get one right, but the NFL Draft isn’t an exact science. Recently, we ranked the best offensive tackle prospects in this year’s selection meeting, and Andre Dillard was second. Somehow the Philadelphia Eagles managed to land him at pick 22.
No one saw that coming. We, at ITI, joked once that we didn’t know what the Eagles were going to do and that they didn’t either.