How many mock drafts had Clausen in the 1st round this year? Too many.
How many mocks had E.Brown in the 1st round last season? Too many.
!@#$ mock drafts, unless they're done by a former scout (see Daniel Jeremiah who's now with the Eagles). Don Banks had Youboty in the first round in his '06 mock drafts, we got him in the 3rd. Mock drafts are time wasters unless they're done by people who've scouted for a living. I'm not saying Maybin was a 2nd/3rd round talent, I'm not a football scout so I have no clue, but we shouldn't be surprised by statements like this. Everyone evaluates talents differently.
Look at Jerry Hughes with the Colts. Scouts raved about him, so did his college coaches, and yet he can't find the field with the Colts. Granted, they already have 2 outstanding DEs, but he's been deactivated both games and the Colts feel that he's trying to get by on his "athleticism" which doesn't work in the NFL. Hughes needs to develop pass rushing moves, self-admittedly, before he'll step foot on an NFL field.
Sound familiar? Except we don't have the luxury to wait on someone's eventual development (if it ever happens). I still I have no idea how a coach whose job security was in question at the time, doesn't lobby the FO to take a NFL ready player like Brian Cushing. Fine, Orkapo/Matthews were seen as tweeners, wtf is Maybin? Take Cushing, a guy who played in a 4-3 under scheme for all 4 years, coached by former NFL coaches and players. I get angry just thinking about it.