Contrary to how it sounds, an "NFL mock draft" is not meant to make a mockery of the NFL draft. Therefore, you might find it stunning to see that a noted expert in the field chose a college quarterback that averaged 139 passing yards and just over one touchdown in 13 games against second rate competition as his top prospect in the pool. After all, there in no shortage of quality signal callers that would appear to be both available and far more efficient than someone who completed just over half his throws. That's why it's important to note that Mel Kiper Jr. isn't picking for himself. If he was, I highly doubt that the Wyoming quarterback whose first round stock became that of the laughing variety during a lackluster junior season would be his most prized future pro. He's picking for the Browns, so any type of half-assed logic that he uses in justifying Josh Allen's regressive resume as that of a top pick can be attributed - at least mildly - to their history of dumbass personnel decisions at that particular position. Think about it the following way. Who would be more stupid, Mel Kiper for believing that Cleveland would board the hype train for a guy whose arm strength bears an indirect correlation to his accuracy, or us for thinking it's completely out of the realm of possibility that they'd once again miss the boat on someone special? If any other organization were inept enough to go winless then it would be fair to assume that Mel got his Josh's mixed up when his moose seeped into his scalp. Perhaps he is super high on a guy who is far better in stature and theory than he has been in (a lack of) execution, but to have him the highest? Well, that would require taking into account the fact that the franchise picking first overall is the same one that went with Deshone Kizer instead of Deshaun Watson.
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