Mock Draft: Picks 13-16

Buffalo Bills Nation's first Mock Draft continues today with picks 13-16. To see any of the three previous installments, please click the links below:

Picks 1-4
Picks 5-8
Picks 9-12

The St. Louis Rams are on the clock...

13. St. Louis Rams (8-8): Adam Carriker, DE, Nebraska
- The Rams have spent a lot of money this off-season improving the talent at their offensive skill positions, signing players like WR Drew Bennett, TE Randy McMichael and RB Travis Minor. Perhaps the teams' biggest problem, however, is its lack of a pass rush - the team acquired DE James Hall from Detroit, but he was never very effective there. The team needs a versatile presence who can provide a pass rush from the edge as well as inside. Adam Carriker (above, right) has the ability to play both tackle and end in any scheme and would give the Rams the versatile line presence they sorely need.

14. Carolina Panthers (8-8): Dwayne Jarrett, WR, USC
- For having one of the game's most explosive wideouts in Steve Smith, Carolina's pass offense was awful in 2006. Jake Delhomme threw for just 2,805 yards, getting outstripped by players such as Tony Romo (who was on the bench to start the season in Dallas) and Alex Smith. Keyshawn Johnson was a letdown as the much-hyped #2 receiver last season and could be released. Even if he remains with the team, he is very near the end of his career. The team has a solid foundation on defense, so the only other position they could look at here is offensive line. Dwayne Jarrett (left), however, is just too good of a football player for the Panthers to pass up at this point. Jarrett has great size, adequate speed and his athleticism and body control are just short of Calvin Johnson-like status. He is the ideal possession-type compliment to Smith who also has the explosiveness to become a huge threat himself. Smith will turn 28 in May and while he is absolutely still in his prime, he is susceptible to injury and it is unknown how long he will be able to play. In the event Smith leaves early, Jarrett certainly has the ability to take over as the team's #1 down the line.

15. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-8): Jarvis Moss, DE, Florida
- Blessed with the highest level of consistency the NFL has ever seen, this has been a strange off-season in Pittsburgh. Mike Tomlin replaces Bill Cowher as head coach, and team leader Joey Porter was released prior to the start of free agency. Porter has since signed with the Dolphins. Cowher ran a 3-4 defense for nearly two decades in Pittsburgh, but Tomlin is a student of the Cover-2 system being widely used in the NFL. Which ever system the Steelers use, Jarvis Moss (right) fits that system. The Steelers lost a huge pass rushing presence with the exodus of Porter and they need to reclaim it as quickly as possible. Moss would play outside linebacker in a 3-4, where his size and athleticism would make him a terrorizing pass-rushing threat. Moss can also be a fantastic edge rusher as an end in a Cover-2 scheme. Whatever way the Steelers decide to point their franchise, Moss fits the bill for this team.

16. Green Bay Packers (8-8): Marshawn Lynch, RB, California
- At this point in time, there is a gaping hole on the Packers' roster, and it was left there by RB Ahman Green. Green signed with the Texans this off-season, leaving the Packers without a bonafide starting running back. The team has other needs, but no rookie would have a bigger impact in Lambeau than Marshawn Lynch (left). There is a lot of upside when discussing Lynch - he has great size for a runner, has more-than-adequate speed, is very tough to bring down and has the potential to become a good receiver out of the backfield as well. There are, however, downsides - he has some character flaws, has never been the most durable of backs and does not have the breakaway speed or shiftiness of the league's elite backs. I'm guessing that any team interested in Randy Moss will look past character issues, and Lynch's upside far outweighs his drawbacks. This is the ideal pick for Packers GM Ted Thompson, and unless Lynch goes higher (possibly to the Bills?), this appears to be a sealed deal.

Jacksonville, Cincinnati, Tennessee and the New York Giants pick tomorrow!