2011 MCM Mock Draft - Pick #5

by gramsey712 on Jan 26, 2011 3:00 PM CST in MCM Mock Draft

With the fifth pick of the 2011 Music City Miracles Mock Draft, the Arizona Cardinals (represented by Ice0ne(CAJ)) select:

Robert Quinn, OLB/DE, University of North Carolina

(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

From Ice0ne(CAJ):

I have talked to some people at Revenge of the Birds on SB nation and they say they really like this pick as well as Patrick Peterson, Nick Fairley, AJ Green and others who haven't been taken yet.

Even though he didn't play last season due to his suspension, I suspect he will impress at the combine.
The Arizona Cardinals ranked 29th in overall defense and 18th in sacks.

Although the offense was ranked at least 29th or worse defense wins games!.

But like the ROTB fans said, they need alot of help in the Draft and FA mostly on defense so I'll look to later rounds to pick up some other positions.

Now on the clock: CanuckTitan27 and the Cleveland Browns

Carolina Panthers - A.J. Green, WR, UGA
Denver Broncos - Patrick Peterson, DB, LSU
Buffalo Bills - Nick Fairley, DT, AU
Cincinnati Bengals - Mark Ingram, RB, UA
Arizona Cardinals - Robert Quinn, OLB/DE, UNC
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Wow No QB?!

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by MexicanTitanFreak on Jan 26, 2011 3:04 PM CST reply actions

Ya a bit surprised.

I have the Cardinals taking a QB here.

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 26, 2011 3:13 PM CST up reply actions

I agree, the way our mock has played out (and in reality), I expect Gabbert to go here.

At least we have a backup option in Collins, the Cardinals have nothing to speak of.

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We've had five-game losing streaks for twelve years now...and in no way is that depressing.

by ronburgundy7427 on Jan 26, 2011 3:21 PM CST up reply actions

Don't worry, we've got Todd Collins coming here too.

We’ll run a 2-QB system with both Collins’. We’ll be unstoppable!

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 26, 2011 3:33 PM CST up reply actions

COLLINSES WILDCAT!!!!!!!11111

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by gramsey712 on Jan 26, 2011 3:34 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs

Belichick's going to have to spend months trying to figure out how to stop our new scheme.

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 26, 2011 3:36 PM CST up reply actions

I bet he could close his eyes

Pick a random play
And stop that crap.

If we have 2 Collinses I’m going to need a bunch of Tom Collins to stay sane.

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by crazylegs28 on Jan 26, 2011 3:41 PM CST up reply actions

NO Collins tis better than 1 or 1/2 Collins!

by titanwarrior1 on Jan 26, 2011 3:48 PM CST up reply actions

our collins is better than your collins!!!

someone should make a tshirt

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by nolesbroncos3456 on Jan 26, 2011 4:10 PM CST up reply actions

no Bowers?

wow. I would’ve bet my life that it’d be Bowers.

Get 'em.
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by danielreese05 on Jan 26, 2011 3:21 PM CST reply actions

how crazy would it be if we have the 3 QBs to choose from @ 8.

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by nolesbroncos3456 on Jan 26, 2011 3:21 PM CST reply actions

What three are you thinking of?

I think they’d choose between Mallett and Gabbert and wouldn’t even consider Newton. I’m also becoming more firmly entrenched in the “Take a defensive player at 8 or trade down and go QB/defensive player in round one” camp, so I could be biased. None of the QBs wow me, especially in the Top 10.

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by ronburgundy7427 on Jan 26, 2011 3:23 PM CST up reply actions

I was thinking of Mallet, Gabbert, and Cam

Locker isn’t even in the 1st round any more based on reports everywhere

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by nolesbroncos3456 on Jan 26, 2011 3:24 PM CST up reply actions

Mayock still has him rated as the No.2 QB, but that may drop after this week.

I would LOVE to have no QB taken ahead of us. If Gabbert is there, it’ll be hard to pass him up. That means the top 7 defensive players are already off the board.

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 26, 2011 3:35 PM CST up reply actions

Blaine Gabbert is not the answer.

by SuperHorn on Jan 26, 2011 4:15 PM CST up reply actions

depends on the question

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by DonFrancisco on Jan 26, 2011 4:15 PM CST up reply actions

the best q and a is

if we take Gabbert , would we let him sit and learn behind Palmer for a bit before he gets the start?

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by nolesbroncos3456 on Jan 26, 2011 4:19 PM CST up reply actions

Question: Do you want to use a top ten draft pick on a QB from a shotgun spread system, with awful footwork, with a year over year decline from sophomore to junior year, that's an underclassman, and hasn't won a meaningful game in his college career?

by SuperHorn on Jan 26, 2011 4:20 PM CST up reply actions

yes we do!!!

we don’t even have a QB coach right now so it can’t get any worse

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by nolesbroncos3456 on Jan 26, 2011 4:21 PM CST up reply actions

It's all a conspiracy to get Andrew Luck

Haven’t you figured it out yet

Carolina almost succeeded but he went back to school and you can only stay in college for so long :)

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by NJD28 on Jan 26, 2011 10:55 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Take out the underclassman part

and that describes Jake Locker as well.

One trick is to tell em stories that don't go anywhere - like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Give me five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah - the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones.....

Draft Andy Dalton

by TitanFan2K on Jan 26, 2011 4:24 PM CST up reply actions

W/O the shotgun spread. And, IMO, he's infinitely worse.

Gabbert is interesting to me, but not at 8. He’s a guy that you could get in most drafts in the second round…more likely the third.

As much as we’re under center, he’ll be a real project. Missouri quarterbacks always have bad footwork. It’s by design. They don’t move their feet/drop back. It’s just stand and throw. It allows them to get the ball out quicker, and it’s the same thing you see at a number of Texas high schools like Southlake Carroll.

Problem is that it takes a while to break those habits. The reality is that if we want a Mizzou QB, we’re better off trading a draft pick for Chase Daniel in New Orleans.

by SuperHorn on Jan 26, 2011 4:31 PM CST up reply actions

My reasoning for taking Gabbert is this:

a) If he’s there at 8, that means every other team in front of us went defense (most likely). I would rather take the top QB available than the 3rd best DT at 8.
b) If he’s there, then the teams in front of us are still looking for a QB. If we pass on Gabbert, we have to be certain that there is a QB for us at 40 that we really like. Worst case scenario is that we pass on Gabbert and then have Buffalo, Cincinnati, Arizona, and San Fran, all teams ahead of us, begin to pick off the second round QBs. Combine that with the fact that the first round QBs will be gone before 40 and suddenly, we’re sitting there at 40 with extremely limited QB options.

It all depends on how the draft falls. I think Gabbert will be gone early, possibly at 3 or 5. That means we can get a top defensive player and still have some good QB options in the second round, because the teams ahead of us bit on all the first round guys.

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 26, 2011 5:17 PM CST up reply actions

what is the imperative to take a QB super early in the draft?

Surely we aren’t expecting them to start this year

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by rothbard on Jan 26, 2011 6:56 PM CST up reply actions

I'll consider it a failed draft if we don't get a QB in the first or second round (unless by some miracle Dalton drops to the third)

The QBs on the roster are Kerry Collins and Rusty Smith. That’s why it is crucial we take a QB this year early at some point. And to answer your question, I think its reasonable to guess (and expect) that they will start at least a few games for us this year. Vince did his first year and he wasn’t exactly a master of the playbook.

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 26, 2011 7:17 PM CST up reply actions

He's projected to go in the 3rd right now

So it wouldn’t be a miracle he just probably won’t make it there due to the fact teams that have a need at QB outnumber the quality draft eligible QBs

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by NJD28 on Jan 26, 2011 11:00 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I will be working on a fanpost soon on first round QBs

But consider this as well. Of the 14 teams that had over .500 records, 11 of them were lead by first round QBs. The others? Tom Brady, Matt Cassel and Drew Brees.

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 26, 2011 7:23 PM CST up reply actions

We don't HAVE to take any of them this year either

Theres always next year and there’s no sense in taking a QB that you don’t undoubtably believe will be your franchise QB now or in a couple of years because that is just wasting a pick. When drafting a QB early there should be absolutely without a doubt in your mind that this is the face of our franchise.

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by NJD28 on Jan 26, 2011 11:06 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

I love this comment so much

rec’d

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by natidawg on Jan 27, 2011 8:40 AM CST up reply actions

I don't think you watched enough Mizzou games this year.

I think the reason you think Gabbert has bad footwork is because taking a sack at Mizzou is a cardinal sin.

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by King Titan on Jan 26, 2011 7:59 PM CST up reply actions

I'm sure somebody will think he is

Im looking at you Mr. Davis

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by NJD28 on Jan 26, 2011 10:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I like Mallett and Stanzi.... A LOT! I believe those are the Tom Bradys and Peyton-ish guys this year.

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by nathangouge on Jan 26, 2011 4:41 PM CST up reply actions

You mean possibly two of the best QBs in NFL history?

by SuperHorn on Jan 26, 2011 4:46 PM CST up reply actions

I loled too.

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by gramsey712 on Jan 26, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions

possibly?

depending on who you’re talking to, one of them is the G.O.A.T., just comes down to whether you prefer stats or rings.

Get 'em.
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by danielreese05 on Jan 26, 2011 4:50 PM CST up reply actions

Here's one for you:

Does Rapistberger get included in that discussion if the Steelurz win in a week and a half? (Dear Football Gods: Please do not let this happen, I know too many obnoxious Steelurz fans who are insufferable as it is).

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by ronburgundy7427 on Jan 26, 2011 4:53 PM CST up reply actions

He will be the greatest rapist quarterback in the Hall Of Fame

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by gramsey712 on Jan 26, 2011 4:56 PM CST up reply actions

they can induct his bar tabs

and highlight which drinks he bought for teenagers

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by hal41605 on Jan 26, 2011 4:58 PM CST up reply actions

hard to say

he’s a pretty damn good QB though. he’ll be up there. probably like Bradshaw who’s very highly regarded but who probably wouldn’t have won anything if it weren’t for his defenses.

Get 'em.
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by danielreese05 on Jan 26, 2011 5:04 PM CST up reply actions

Yup.

Three rings by the age of 28. He’s building quite the resume and he’ll be there in Brady-Manning-Brees-Roethlisberger order, possibly surpassing Brees later..

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 26, 2011 5:19 PM CST up reply actions

They've got the talent. They just have to be in the right spot.

Media - "How does it feel to be that fast?"
CJ - "It feel real good."

by nathangouge on Jan 27, 2011 9:44 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Mallett has off field issues and hasn't impressed me much but the combine could change that

Stanzi on the other hand looked great in the pro bowl practices. He was on the mark with his passes at every level from on the run and in the pocket. He looked calm while facing pressure and it seemed like he had eyes in the back of his head the way he avoided pressure by stepping up. His footwork was good and he seems to have the most upside outside of Kaepernick and Dalton

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by NJD28 on Jan 26, 2011 11:35 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Personally I like Stanzi more than Mallett , but I'm not sure the Titans are willing to take him at 8 and I'm not sure he'll be there in the 2nd round.

Media - "How does it feel to be that fast?"
CJ - "It feel real good."

by nathangouge on Jan 27, 2011 12:34 PM CST up reply actions

I like this pick too

We all know that defense wins championships, and they need defense. Maybe they go for a quarterback in later rounds or in free agency. I’ve seen a lot of people that think Ryan Mallett to fall into the second round, so if they are lucky, they can take him there.

I wonder if LenDale White should get back on the tequila...

by Bryan J. Boltik on Jan 26, 2011 5:58 PM CST reply actions

Thank You!

I feel like i got a lil disappointment from this pick.

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by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Jan 26, 2011 7:48 PM CST up reply actions

After watching him personally mind Rapelisberger Jacory Harris on Saturdays

I give you an A+ he can play that edge position and he isn’t to shabby in coverage either. This kid looks like he could be a good one for years to come provided that he has the drive to become a great OLB

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by NJD28 on Jan 26, 2011 11:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions