2023 NFL Mock Draft Consensus – Early April Check-In

The 2023 NFL Draft is nearly upon us! Here’s another consensus temperature check on what the community sees as the favorite pick for all of our teams. It’s been interesting to see how things have changed since the combine, free agency, and big trades. I will say that looking back I’d think probably 50% or better of these picks will be pretty close to accurate (that’s just a guess at this point though!). As always, I am using the NFL Mock Draft Database to get the information for these mocks.

Last Month’s Consensus Mock Draft (Round 1):

1. CAR – CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
2. HOU –  Bryce Young, QB Alabama
3. ARI – Will Anderson Jr, Edge Alabama
4. IND – Anthony Richardson, QB Florida
5. SEA – Jalen Carter, DL Georgia
6. DET – Christian Gonzalez, CB Oregon
7. LV – Will Levis, QB Kentucky
8. ATL – Tyree Wilson, Edge Texas Tech
9. CHI – Peter Skoronski, OT Northwestern
10. PHI – Devon Witherspoon, CB Illinois
11. TEN – Paris Johnson Jr, OT Ohio State
12. HOU – Quentin Johnston, WR TCU
13. NYJ – Broderick Jones, OT Georgia
14. NE – Joey Porter JR, CB Penn State
15. GB – Lukas Van Ness, EDGE Iowa
16. WAS – Darnell Wright, OT Tennessee
17. PIT – Myles Murphy, Edge Clemson
18. DET – Bijan Robinson, RB Texas
19. TB – Brian Branch, S Alabama
20. SEA – Nolan Smith, EDGE Georgia
21. LAC – Michael Mayer, TE Notre Dame
22. BAL – Jordan Addison, WR USC
23. MIN – Deonte Banks, CB Maryland
24. JAX – O’Cyrus Torrence, IOL Florida
25. NYG – Zay Flowers, WR Boston College
26. DAL – Dalton Kincaid, TE Utah
27. BUF – Jalin Hyatt, WR Tennessee
28. CIN – Anton Harrison, OT Oklahoma
29. NO – Calijah Kancey, DL Pitt
30. PHI – Jahmyr Gibbs, RB Alabama
31. KC – Dawand Jones, OT Ohio State
32. PIT – Kelee Ringo, CB Georgia

Current Consensus Mock Draft (Round 1):

1. CAR – CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
2. HOU –  Bryce Young, QB Alabama
3. ARI – Will Anderson Jr, Edge Alabama
4. IND – Anthony Richardson, QB Florida
5. SEA – Tyree Wilson, Edge Texas Tech
6. DET – Devon Witherspoon, CB Illinois
7. LV – Christian Gonzalez, CB Oregon
8. ATL – Bijan Robinson, RB Texas
9. CHI –  Paris Johnson Jr, OT Ohio State
10. PHI – Jalen Carter, DL Georgia
11. TEN – Will Levis, QB Kentucky
12. HOU – Jaxon Smith-NJigba, WR Ohio State
13. NYJ – Broderick Jones, OT Georgia
14. NE – Joey Porter JR, CB Penn State
15. GB – Michael Mayer, TE Notre Dame
16. WAS – Deonte Banks, CB Maryland
17. PIT – Anton Harrison, OT Oklahoma
18. DET – Calijah Kancey, DL Pitt
19. TB – Darnell Wright, OT Tennessee
20. SEA – John Michael-Schmitz, IOL Minnesota
21. LAC – Dalton Kincaid, TE Utah
22. BAL – Quentin Johnston, WR TCU
23. MIN – Zay Flowers, WR Boston College
24. JAX – Brian Branch, S Alabama
25. NYG – Jordan Addison, WR USC
26. DAL – Mazi Smith, DT Michigan
27. BUF – O’Cyrus Torrence, IOL Florida
28. CIN – Cam Smith, CB South Carolina
29. NO – Bryan Bresee, DL Clemson
30. PHI – Nolan Smith, EDGE Georgia
31. KC – Adetomiwa Adebawore, EDGE Northwestern
32. PIT – Trenton Simpson, LB Clemson

We’re Not Seeing As Many Changes in The Players

We are seeing them bounce around a bit but I think the top 32 are getting close to being locked in. It will be interesting to see how things play out, for instance, I don’t see Detroit going CB at 6. We haven’t seen them bring in Jalen Carter for a private visit but it wouldn’t surprise me to see him go there. The biggest question with a guy like Jalen is culture and Detroit’s culture is strong now. Seeing him go to Philly would be wild to pair him with Jordan Davis.

With the quarterback-needy teams, it’ll be fun to see how they value these players coming into the draft. Is CJ Stroud the consensus #1 pick? Could Frank Reich want to go with a guy like Bryce Young instead? Either way, he would have had to trade up from 9 (probably) to get either player. I still see Levis/Richardson as the two that are hard to project if the hype from the draft season is pushing them up further or not.

I do like seeing a few new names back on or for the first time because I could see some surprises from pick 14 on really. We know New England sees players much differently, and some of these wideouts may slip to round two just because it’s such a deep, talented class.

Thanks for Stopping By!

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