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):
- CAR – CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
- HOU – Bryce Young, QB Alabama
- ARI – Will Anderson Jr, Edge Alabama
- IND – Anthony Richardson, QB Florida
- SEA – Jalen Carter, DL Georgia
- DET – Christian Gonzalez, CB Oregon
- LV – Will Levis, QB Kentucky
- ATL – Tyree Wilson, Edge Texas Tech
- CHI – Peter Skoronski, OT Northwestern
- PHI – Devon Witherspoon, CB Illinois
- TEN – Paris Johnson Jr, OT Ohio State
- HOU – Quentin Johnston, WR TCU
- NYJ – Broderick Jones, OT Georgia
- NE – Joey Porter JR, CB Penn State
- GB – Lukas Van Ness, EDGE Iowa
- WAS – Darnell Wright, OT Tennessee
- PIT – Myles Murphy, Edge Clemson
- DET – Bijan Robinson, RB Texas
- TB – Brian Branch, S Alabama
- SEA – Nolan Smith, EDGE Georgia
- LAC – Michael Mayer, TE Notre Dame
- BAL – Jordan Addison, WR USC
- MIN – Deonte Banks, CB Maryland
- JAX – O’Cyrus Torrence, IOL Florida
- NYG – Zay Flowers, WR Boston College
- DAL – Dalton Kincaid, TE Utah
- BUF – Jalin Hyatt, WR Tennessee
- CIN – Anton Harrison, OT Oklahoma
- NO – Calijah Kancey, DL Pitt
- PHI – Jahmyr Gibbs, RB Alabama
- KC – Dawand Jones, OT Ohio State
- PIT – Kelee Ringo, CB Georgia


Current Consensus Mock Draft (Round 1):
- CAR – CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
- HOU – Bryce Young, QB Alabama
- ARI – Will Anderson Jr, Edge Alabama
- IND – Anthony Richardson, QB Florida
- SEA – Tyree Wilson, Edge Texas Tech
- DET – Devon Witherspoon, CB Illinois
- LV – Christian Gonzalez, CB Oregon
- ATL – Bijan Robinson, RB Texas
- CHI – Paris Johnson Jr, OT Ohio State
- PHI – Jalen Carter, DL Georgia
- TEN – Will Levis, QB Kentucky
- HOU – Jaxon Smith-NJigba, WR Ohio State
- NYJ – Broderick Jones, OT Georgia
- NE – Joey Porter JR, CB Penn State
- GB – Michael Mayer, TE Notre Dame
- WAS – Deonte Banks, CB Maryland
- PIT – Anton Harrison, OT Oklahoma
- DET – Calijah Kancey, DL Pitt
- TB – Darnell Wright, OT Tennessee
- SEA – John Michael-Schmitz, IOL Minnesota
- LAC – Dalton Kincaid, TE Utah
- BAL – Quentin Johnston, WR TCU
- MIN – Zay Flowers, WR Boston College
- JAX – Brian Branch, S Alabama
- NYG – Jordan Addison, WR USC
- DAL – Mazi Smith, DT Michigan
- BUF – O’Cyrus Torrence, IOL Florida
- CIN – Cam Smith, CB South Carolina
- NO – Bryan Bresee, DL Clemson
- PHI – Nolan Smith, EDGE Georgia
- KC – Adetomiwa Adebawore, EDGE Northwestern
- 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.
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