SB Nation has his first post-Super Bowl mock draft posted, and it includes a trade involving Baylor's Robert Griffin III.
Feb 6, 2012 - When the Giants claimed their second Super Bowl in five seasons last night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, fans of the 31 other teams who did not win the Lombardi Trophy began to truly focus on the next big event for 2012: The NFL Draft.
With the 2012 season closed, the official draft order of the first round is completed. The Indianapolis Colts will draft No. 1 overall, and the NY Giants will draft 32nd.
Ryan Van Bibber of SB Nation has his first post-Super Bowl mock draft posted, and it includes a trade involving Baylor's Robert Griffin III. For the Colts, Van Bibber stands by his notion that RG3 is not in Indy's cards. Their sites are on Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, and only Andrew Luck.
1. Indianapolis Colts, Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
Unless you've been living in a Tebow-induced state of semi-rapture, you know the ugly dance going on between the Colts and Peyton Manning. He's leaving town next month, iffy neck and all. Lost in ridiculous cable shouting matches is the fact that the Colts have a new regime. New regimes mean new quarterbacks, especially when the incumbent quarterback is in his mid thirties, coming off major neck surgery and due a gazillion dollars. At the end of the day, the NFL is just a business. Peyton Manning is just another redundancy on the ledger sheet.
As for the trade for Robert Griffin III:
3. Seattle Seahawks, Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor (Projected trade: from Vikings)
This is not necessarily a prediction; I'm just exploring the possibility. With Washington and Miami finding solutions elsewhere, and Cleveland waffling on trading their picks, the next best fit for RGIII would be the Seahawks. Minnesota would be more than willing to trade down. Seattle is a good landing spot for Griffin with a pretty good roster to make the transition easier for a rookie quarterback. Hell, he could even sit for a while behind Tarvaris Jackson.
With the Colts looking to switch to a 3-4 defense next year under new head coach Chuck Pagano, a nose tackle in round two seems likely, if not required.
For more on the 2012 NFL Draft, visit Mocking The Draft, SB Nation's NFL Draft blog.
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