It’s my first mock draft of this offseason as teams put the finishing touches on their board and mock what they expect will happen around the league. Funny thing is, no one seems to really know.
Ever since the 2020 NFL Draft done during the pandemic, it seems that there’s less information on what teams will do compared to the Before Times. That year seems to have been a turning point — like so much else in life — in the way teams handle the draft.
One of the staples of my mocks has been Day One trades. But I’m not anticipating seeing as much next week. First of all, so many teams have already done their draft-position jockeying already via trades in March and earlier this month. Secondly, we didn’t see many draft-day trades last year. There were just three (Cowboys and Eagles, Giants and Bears, Jets and Vikings) on the first day of the draft last year, and I trimmed it to two this year.
All that said, let’s get to the mock!
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