Rich Gosselin's final mock draft is almost always the most predictive of any of the pundits every year.  It's not that he's a particularly excellent appraiser of talent, but rather that he has a great knack for taking the pulse of probably the best college of insider sources across the entire league.  He knows the right people in almost every war room, and he gets great info.

However, that final mock draft is usually quite different from his first and second ones.  A quote about his mock draft approaches after the jump:

Rick Gosselin: I've got three mock drafts coming up -- each of the two Sundays leading up to the draft and then the final mock on the day of the draft. So the first mock will be in the newspaper and on the web site this Sunday. My first mock always leans toward my draft board, the second mock leans toward team need and the third mock will be the players I think each team should draft with their selections on the clock."

So this one, his first of 2010, will depend largely on his own draft board.  Again, I don't consider him a brilliant judge of talent, but it's still worth examining his first mock, because it's likely that a certain degree of his sourcing could influence the results a bit:

1. St. Louis Rams:

Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma

2. Detroit Lions:

Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska

Best player in the draft slides to the Lions

3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers:

Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma

4. Washington Redskins:

Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma State

5. Kansas City Chiefs:

Eric Berry, S, Tennessee

6. Seattle Seahawks:

Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma

7. Cleveland Browns:

Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre Dame

8. Oakland Raiders:

Derrick Morgan, DE, Georgia Tech

9. Buffalo Bills:

Bryan Bulaga, OT, Iowa

10. Jacksonville Jaguars:

Brandon Graham, DE, Michigan

11. Denver Broncos:

Rolando McClain, MLB, Alabama

12. Miami Dolphins:

Earl Thomas, S, Texas

 13. San Francisco 49ers:

Anthony Davis, OT, Rutgers

14. Seattle Seahawks:

Ryan Mathews, HB, Fresno State

15. New York Giants:

Dan Williams, DT, Tennessee

16. Tennessee Titans:

Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, South Florida

17. San Francisco 49ers:

Joe Haden, CB, Florida

18. Pittsburgh Steelers:

Kyle Wilson, CB, Boise State

19. Atlanta Falcons:

Maurkice Pouncey, C, Florida

20. Houston Texans:

C.J. Spiller, HB, Clemson

21. Cincinnati Bengals:

Jermaine Gresham, TE, Oklahoma

22. New England Patriots:

Sergio Kindle, OLB, Texas

23. Green Bay Packers:

Jerry Hughes, OLB, TCU

24. Philadelphia Eagles:

>Brian Price, DT, UCLA

25. Baltimore Ravens:

Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma State

26. Arizona Cardinals:

Demaryius Thomas, WR, Georgia Tech

27. Dallas Cowboys:

Mike Iupati, G, Idaho

28. San Diego Chargers:

Jahvid Best, RB, California

29. New York Jets:

Devin McCourty, CB, Rutgers

30. Minnesota Vikings:

Kareem Jackson, CB, Alabama

31. Indianapolis Colts:

Rodger Saffold, G, Indiana

32. New Orleans Saints:

Sean Weatherspoon, OLB, Missouri

Discuss.