Consensus big board for NFL draft - updated

Jared verse at 14? Sign me up.

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Instead of arguing about where a prospect is ranked, let nerds do the work!

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This is interesting to look at, but the problem with these things--just mocks in general, but certainly a consensus of several--is that by the time the draft rolls around, every year fans (not us on ST, we are way above that ) convince/delude themselves that these accurately reflect the consensus of the actual teams' big boards. And they're just not. At least for confident organizations that have a clear vision for the traits they're looking for, their ability to identify them, and trust in their scouting departments' evaluations. And don't care about what post-draft grade they're given. Almost all fans wind up judging a draft simply based on the perceived value of each pick, with those perceptions being based solely on these mocks. How many spots lower can you get a guy than his ranking. That's it. You got the consensus #5 overall guy at 14? GREAT pick!! You took the consensus overall #28 at 14? Who plays the same position? HORRIBLE pick!! You should be fired!!!

Despite the fact that, in that hypothetical, the team clearly had the #28 player ranked higher than the #5 one. I used the Saints and OTs (Alt from Notre Dame is at 5 and Guyton from OU is at 28) because it's easy to understand, and I recently saw a mock on YouTube (may have been a couple of PFF guys, but not 100% sure) and one of the guys didn't love Alt for some reason. He still had him as his #1 tackle, but there was something he didn't love about him, maybe him being 6'9" might be a detriment to blocking shorter, speed-rushing edges.

They didn't love Latham or Mims (didn't like how little football Mims played in college. Way too few snaps. Remember the correlation--that still exists, I believe--with the number of games QBs started in college and their overall NFL success that was talked up so much for a while? This was similar to that. Like there is a clear delineation of college snaps that correlate to NFL success. Provided they have the requisite physical traits. Which leads me to Fashanu from Penn State. I think they were concerned with his lateral movement in pass pro--said he got beat some laterally, but his arms were so long and he was so strong that he could overcome it by just stoning them as soon as he got his hands on them. But he may not have ideal traits for a zone blocking/rushing team. And the Saint may just not be able to get over his abnormally small hands (for a human, much less what you hope will be a Pro Bowl LT).

The only realistic prospect that scares me is OT JC Latham.

Seemingly every single first round Bama OT over the past 20 years has underwhelmed relative to their pre-draft hype. But much like the sad history of Ohio St QBs, watch Latham pull a CJ Stroud and make fools out of the doubters.