Found January 19, 2012 on The Wayne Fontes Experience:
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Mel Kiper, the original NFL draftnik, now ESPN mouthpiece, has posted his first 2012 mock draft. Before I go forward, let me remind you I hate mock drafts (even more so when they are posted in January insetead of April), and find the heavily coiffed Kiper more of a used car salesman type and master self-promoter than "NFL expert." But when he talks draft, for better or worse, people listen (mostly due to his ESPN bully pulpit). Meaning I have to write about him, even if I find the whole "draftnik" thing incomprehensible. I'm an EXPERT on judging 20 year old kids. As always, Kiper's stuff is on ESPN Insider (aka the only way ESPN can to force readers to subscribe to their eye blisteringly bad magazine). So who does Kiper have the Lions selecting with the 23rd overall pick? Zach Brown, LB, North CarolinaDetroit again will go into the 2012 season with perhaps the best front four in the NFL. Martin Mayhew and Jim Schwartz calculated well that the secondar...
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