2014 NFL Draft Order: Selection Listing and Predictions for 1st Round

With the NFL landscape in a frenzy over the scouting combine, now seems like a good time to take another gander at the official draft order to figure out where some of the "Underwear Olympics" heroes may end up in the first round.

The combine does a lot for a prospect's stock, but mostly in the closed-door sessions via the interview process. The sometimes misleading physical drills make for good entertainment but do not come close to game film, medical analysis and personal interviews.

Regardless, team needs have not changed much in recent months and the prospects destined for the first round mostly helped their stock in Indianapolis. If the draft were today, the order and exact picks after the combine may look similar to this:

Pick No.	Team	Projected Pick
1	Houston Texans	Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
2	St. Louis Rams	Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina
3	Jacksonville Jaguars	Blake Bortles, QB, UCF
4	Cleveland Browns	Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
5	Oakland Raiders	Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson
6	Atlanta Falcons	Khalil Mack, OLB, Buffalo
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Anthony Barr, OLB/DE, UCLA
8	Minnesota Vikings	Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
9	Buffalo Bills	Greg Robinson, OT, Auburn
10	Detroit Lions	Darqueze Dennard, CB, Michigan State
11	Tennessee Titans	C.J. Mosley, LB, Alabama
12	New York Giants	Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M
13	St. Louis Rams	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama
14	Chicago Bears	Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
15	Pittsburgh Steelers	Louis Nix III, DT, Notre Dame
16	Dallas Cowboys	Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri
17	Baltimore Ravens	Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State
18	New York Jets	Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina
19	Miami Dolphins	Zack Martin, OL, Notre Dame
20	Arizona Cardinals	Taylor Lewan, OT, Michigan
21	Green Bay Packers	Ra'Shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota
22	Philadelphia Eagles	Calvin Pryor, FS, Louisville
23	Kansas City Chiefs	Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
24	Cincinnati Bengals	Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State
25	San Diego Chargers	Jason Verrett, CB, TCU
26	Cleveland Browns	Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State
27	New Orleans Saints	Dee Ford, DE, Auburn
28	Carolina Panthers	Odell Beckham Jr., WR, LSU
29	New England Patriots	Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech
30	San Francisco 49ers	Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt
31	Denver Broncos	Cyrus Kouandjio OT, Alabama
32	Seattle Seahawks	Marqise Lee, WR, USC

Here is further analysis on three potential top-10 selections.

5. Oakland Raiders: Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson

The Oakland Raiders have no choice given how the board falls.

While there is some talent left at quarterback, fifth overall is simply too high to take a player the franchise is not fully invested in as the future under center—especially with Sammy Watkins on the board.

Watkins blew away the combine with a 40-yard-dash time of 4.34 seconds and posted other impressive numbers to boot:

The numbers alone mean little, but when cross-checked against the tape, everything about Watkins as an elite, can't-miss prospect bears out. Yahoo! Sports' Frank Schwab concurs:

Watkins in no way fixes the problems under center, where holdovers Terrelle Pryor and Matt McGloin struggled in 2013. But the Clemson product is a franchise cornerstone whom the team cannot afford to pass up.

8. Minnesota Vikings: Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State

The duo of Christian Ponder and Matt Cassel are simply not getting it done in Minnesota, and new head coach Mike Zimmer is going to want a franchise signal-caller to call his own.

Before the combine, this pick was bleak with Teddy Bridgewater, Blake Bortles and Johnny Manziel surely off the board.

But Derek Carr was a highlight of the spectacle in Indianapolis and reasserted himself as a first-round pick.

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Carr ran the second-fastest 40 behind Manziel and put up strong numbers in the vertical jump (34.5 inches) and broad jump (110 inches), confirming that his the pocket mobility he demonstrated in college will surely transfer to the pros.

Thanks to his brother being a former No. 1 overall pick, Carr is also armed with the knowledge of what it takes to succeed, as he told the media via CBS Sports' Jeremy Fowler:

"You're going to get praised a lot, you're going to get criticized a lot -- ignore both, because neither matters," Derek recalled as the best advice his brother gave him during the draft process.

For Minnesota, the defense figures to be strong with Zimmer in place. A versatile quarterback who can extend plays with his feet and rely on weapons such as Adrian Peterson and Cordarrelle Patterson could find success as a rookie.

9. Buffalo Bills: Greg Robinson, OT, Auburn

This is meant in the kindest way possible—Greg Robinson is a freak.

The Auburn product ran an official 4.92 40-yard-dash at the combine—at 6'5" and 332 pounds.

That time gave him the second-best mark of all offensive linemen. He ranked in the top 10 with 32 reps on the bench press. The rest of his numbers were high enough to garner a second look.

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In other words, Robinson reinforced what some were beginning to whisper: He is the best tackle in the draft and should be the first offensive lineman first off the board.

Which is perfectly fine with the Buffalo Bills, who must surround quarterback EJ Manuel with as much talent as possible. Robinson can slide in at right tackle immediately, hold up well in pass protection and maul defenses on the ground before someday taking over at left tackle.

*All combine results courtesy of NFL.com's results tracker.