Fantasy 2012 Mock

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Here's a 2012 mock with the Bengals trading Carson and Chad and getting an extra 1st and 3rd round pick. I have them trading Carson to Arizona and Arizona getting the 4th overall pick next year.

4. Matt Kalil, OT, USC: This guy is so good he had Tyron Smith the ninth overall pick in this year's draft playing RT and he projects to be a LT in the NFL. Kalil would be my LT from day one I'd move Whit to RT and the line would look like this: Kalil, Boling, Cook, Smith, Whitworth. That's possibly the best offensive line in the NFL and Dalton would have all day to throw and the RB would have big holes to run through.

14. Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama: I've said this guy could be Adrian Peterson special. He has a rare blend of power, size, and speed. This would give the Bengals their own version of the big 3 with Dalton, Richardson, and Green. Add to that Shipley, Gresham, Simpson, and Caldwell and you have the best young group on offense in the NFL. Plus if they draft Kalil and have that line above in place you could be talking about the best offense in the NFL period.

2nd Round. Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson: This would add an excellent one gap penetrator to stuff the run next to Domata Peko. Put Dunlap and Micheal Johnson on the ends of that line and you have a very good front four. With the LB's and the duo at CB in place the defense could be back into the top five again. Add that to the explosive offense listed above and you have one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl. No team in the NFL would have a better offense and defensive balance.

2 3rd round picks: I'm not going to name individual players at this point in the draft because you don't know who'll be rated here or earlier for that matter but it's easier to project the top players right now. The positions I would go after here would be CB and Safety. Sure up that secondary. Really though if you land the players above at this point you are able to take the best player available. That means if there's a solid number two WR still available or someone as talented as Micheal Johnson is who was available in the 3rd you pull the trigger on them. Or a multi purpose player like a Randall Cobb or someone.