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NFL Mock Draft 2012: What Would The St. Louis Rams Do If Justin Blackmon Goes Early?

I'm going to be honest: It's becoming increasingly difficult, in my position as 2012 NFL Mock Draft aggregator, to find anybody suggesting the St. Louis Rams will choose anyone but Justin Blackmon with the sixth overall pick. In my position as Rams fan I'm fine with this development, but as a mock draft reader... well, it's getting a little boring. The mock drafters at FFToolbox have finally come up with a scenario in which the Rams pick somebody else: The Cleveland Browns choose him first.

I'm not sure I buy their suggested replacement—DT Fletcher Cox, who's floated in and out of the top 10 for a while now—but I buy the Browns' interest; they've recently acted as though they're ready to give Colt McCoy another chance as starting quarterback, and if they are it makes sense to give him a weapon.

If the Browns take Blackmon, where could the Rams go? We've covered some suggestions over the last week; click on for...