Can you feel it? We are inching ever so closely to Round 1 of the NFL DRAFT! This will be my last check-in with our friends at Mock Draft Database, and what the consensus for round 1 looks like.
Previous 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
FINAL Consensus Mock Draft for 2023!
- CAR – Bryce Young, QB Alabama
- HOU – CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
- ARI – Will Anderson Jr, Edge Alabama
- IND – Anthony Richardson, QB Florida
- SEA – Jalen Carter, DL Georgia
- DET – Devon Witherspoon, CB Illinois
- LV – Christian Gonzalez, CB Oregon
- ATL – Tyree Wilson, Edge Texas Tech
- CHI – Paris Johnson Jr, OT Ohio State
- PHI – Lukas Van Ness – EDGE Iowa
- TEN – Will Levis, QB Kentucky
- HOU – Jaxon Smith-NJigba, WR Ohio State
- NYJ – Broderick Jones, OT Georgia
- NE – Zay Flowers, WR Boston College
- GB – Dalton Kincaid, TE Utah
- WAS – Joey Porter JR, CB Penn State
- PIT – Darnell Wright, OT Tennessee
- DET – Calijah Kancey, DL Pitt
- TB – Myles Murphy, EDGE Clemson
- SEA – Nolan Smith, EDGE Georgia
- LAC – Quentin Johnston, WR TCU
- BAL – Jordan Addison, WR USC
- MIN – Deonte Banks, CB Maryland
- JAX – Brian Branch, S Alabama
- NYG – John Michael-Schmitz, IOL Minnesota
- DAL – Bijan Robinson, RB Texas
- BUF – O’Cyrus Torrence, IOL Florida
- CIN – Michael Mayer, TE Notre Dame
- NO – Bryan Bresee, DL Clemson
- PHI – Will McDonald IV, EDGE Iowa State
- KC – Anton Harrison, OT Oklahoma
- PIT – Mazi Smith, DT Michigan
So You’re Telling Me There’s A Chance…
Lukas Van Ness, Myles Murphy, and Will McDonald appear on our final list, what do they have in common? All are Edge rushers. Thanks to that fifth-year option, quarterbacks and Edge Rushers are the premiere pieces to target in round 1. It is crazy to think about Bryan Bresee and Michael Mayer falling that far but stranger things have happened.
Looking over this list, it makes a lot of sense to me, players and team fits. Looking at my Detroit Lions, after the trade of Jeff Okudah, I could see cornerback on the table at either pick. Calijah Kancey seems like more of a reach, I still see him as a 2nd round prospect.
I also still think Will Levis is the consensus #3 quarterback in this class, Anthony Richardson really needed some more time in college to develop. Both players have plenty of red flags but at least we have a better idea of the floor with Levis, Richardson could need to sit for 2-3 years while he learns the pro game. I also wouldn’t be surprised if Hendon Hooker snuck up into the 1st round, starting to hear more about a connection to the Minnesota Vikings, who pick at 23.
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