NFL Draft 2012 Results: Bruce Irvin and This Year's Most Perplexing Picks

Any fair or complete evaluation of the moves made at the 2012 NFL draft will realistically have to wait at least a few years. There's no telling yet which of the top prospects—Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III included—will pan out (or not). Nor can anyone say with certainty which of the later picks, if any, will develop into productive pros.

That being said, you don't have to be Miss Cleo to figure out that these three selections are likely to yield rather disconcerting results before too long.

Bruce Irvin to the Seattle Seahawks at No. 15

There's a surprisingly good chance that Bruce Irvin leads all rookies in sacks this coming season.

For what the Seahawks spent to get him,—and what they expect him to do—he'd better. The 6'3, 245-pound "linebacker" out of West Virginia isn't big enough and doesn't possess the proper skill set to play the position on even most downs.

Instead, he'll be asked to do one thing and one thing only—attack the quarterback.

He certainly has the speed (4.4 in the 40-yard dash) to do just that.

Still, spending a first-round pick on a kid with one projectable skill—whose personal history suggests a propensity for off-field malfeasance and a questionable ability to absorb coaching—merits more than a few scratches of the ol' noggin.

Especially with Melvin Ingram, the top pass-rusher in this year's draft class, still on the board at that point.

Bryan Anger to the Jacksonville Jaguars at No. 70

Jaguars GM Gene Smith is either a sneaky genius or a daft headcase.

Or somewhere in between, though I'd tend to lean toward the latter after seeing him draft a punter in the third round.

Sure, Cal's Bryan Anger was the best bootman in the draft and should help a Jacksonville special-teams unit that ranked near the bottom of the NFL in yards per punt, both net and gross, and punts inside the 20-yard line. 

And, truth be told, they'll need someone to help manage field position—if/when Blaine Gabbert throws more dead ducks than a serial pond polluter.

But, for a third-round pick? Really, Gene? Did you think someone else was going to snap him up or something? The only other punter drafted this weekend—Wisconsin's Brad Nortman—went in the sixth round to the Carolina Panthers.

The Jags needed a right tackle, and certainly could've snagged one in the third round, but instead failed to pick one up over the weekend entirely .

Kirk Cousins to the Washington Redskins at No. 102

In and of itself, the selection of Kirk Cousins in the fourth round was a good one. The Michigan State product will have the opportunity to develop as a backup and, perhaps, bring back a second- or third-round pick at some point down the line if he develops into a serviceable starting NFL quarterback.

Trouble is, it probably shouldn't have been the Redskins making that pick. They got their guy with the No. 2 overall pick in Robert Griffin III. The last thing the Shanaclan should've done was pick up another signal caller who would grow alongside RGIII and, perhaps, put pressure on him to succeed right away...or else.

So what happens if RGIII struggles during his rookie year, as most QBs do? Will fans in DC start calling for Cousins to take over?

There's just no need to put any more pressure on Griffin to play well, or (worse) create an atmosphere in which he'd be afraid to fail.

Follow @J0shMart1n