What Makes A Good Mock Draft?

With the end of the NFL regular season and the first 20 picks solidified for the 2013 NFL draft, we begin the unofficial, official Mock Draft Open Season.  So, I thought, with the new year upon us, that it was a good time to think about what makes a good mock draft.

A good mock draft is really just a collection of 32 correct selections.  So, how should we grade a selection?

1. Matching the team and player at the correct pick number should yield the most points.
2. However, due to unforeseen trades, matching the team and player at another pick number is good as well.  Also, matching the pick number and player is good as well if there is a trade.
3. Matching a player plus or minus one pick number should get some consolation points since they had the player graded around the correct pick.

Now, on to the punishments.

1. If the mock draft has a team and player matched up and the real team passes on said player if he is available during the real draft, that is very bad.  That is the sign of a bad mock draft.
2. If the player mocked in the 1st round is actually not picked in the real 1st round, that is bad as well.

Other mock draft scoring algorithms do not go nearly this far. *cough* Huddle Report *cough*.  NFL mock draft grading is more intricate than just matching player to team.