“His 40-yard dash time was faster than Anquan Boldin,” NFL Network Analyst Mike Mayock said of Johnson. “His vertical at 34 inches was the same as A.J. Green – think about this, this is an offensive tackle at 300-plus pounds. He ran faster than Anquan Boldin, he jumped the same as A.J. Green and his broad jump at nine feet, 10 inches was the same as Steven Ridley. Think about those three things for a 300-pound offensive tackle and put that in perspective of what he can be.

Now, just like Hanna, who was drafted by the Cowboys last year in the 6th round Johnson has a lot to prove.  Winning the Combine is not an automatic bid to stardom, it is a view into the young mans potential.  He is a former Qb and TE which should serve him well when learning a new offense, and shows his ability to be coached.  This a a young man with a ton of potential.

And that’s exactly what I’m doing yet again for you loyal ‘This Week In Mock Drafts’ readers at GMEN HQ. Today’s website featured is one that many of you who have been sticking with me from the beginning are familiar with: WalterFootball.com.

Back on June 20^th I featured Walter himself from Walter Football and his mock draft from June 1 of this year. In that draft he had Notre Dame’s linebacker extraordinaire Manti Te’o going to the Giants at 22^nd overall.

This week we’ll be taking a look at contributing writer Charlie Campbell and his 2012 mock draft that he posted on August 16 of 2011 and later updated the next day.

One thing that’s different about his mock draft is who he has picking first overall. It’s not the Washington Redskins. They’re actually picking 6^th but still wind up with a quarterback: Matt Barkley out of USC. The team picking first, which would be the team that Campbell considers will finish with the worst record in the NFL is the Buffalo Bills and will have won the right to take Andrew Luck.

The Giants meanwhile come in at 26^th in Campbell’s draft, good for a second place finish in the NFC East behind the Eagles and a playoff spot. Today’s edition of  ‘This Week In Mock Drafts’ has a bit of a theme going for it and that theme, boys and girls, is familiarity.

We have a site we’ve featured before, the Redskins taking a QB, the Giants making the playoffs but not winning the NFC East and now we can add one more to that list: another linebacker mocked to the Giants.

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