Here is
my final competition version 2017 NFL Mock Draft.
This is not a mock draft where I substitute my judgment for that of the teams. I try to research the opinions of those who most closely follow NFL teams like scouts, insiders and beat writers from all of the NFL cities. I then try to make the most educated prediction as to which way each team will go in the draft based upon that information.
I start out by targeting each team's most obvious need, and then try to home in on the most logical pick based upon value and need as roster cuts and free agency transpires.
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1st Round
1. Cleveland Browns – Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M:
2. San Francisco 49'ers– Solomon Thomas, DE/DT, Stanford:
3. Chicago
Bears - Jamal Adams, S, LSU:
4. Jacksonville Jaguars - Leonard
Fournette, RB, LSU:
5. Cleveland Browns (projected trade with the Tennessee Titans, from the Los Angeles Rams) – Mitchell Trubisky, QB, North Carolina:
6. New York Jets - Marshon Lattimore, CB, Ohio State:
8. Carolina Panthers - Christian
McCaffrey, RB, Stanford:
9. Cincinnati Bengals - Jonathan Allen, DT/DE, Alabama:
10. Buffalo
Bills – Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson:
11. New
Orleans Saints – Derek
Barnett, DE, Tennessee:
12. Tennessee Titans (projected trade with the Cleveland Browns, from the Philadelphia Eagles) – Reuben Foster, ILB, Alabama:
13. Arizona Cardinals - O.J. Howard, TE, Alabama:
14. Philadelphia Eagles (from the Minnesota Vikings) – Mike Williams:
15. Indianapolis Colts – Charles Harris, OLB, Missouri:
17. Washington Pigskins – Haason Reddick, LB, Temple:
18. Tennessee
Titans – John Ross, WR, Washington:
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State:
20. Denver Broncos– Ryan Ramczyk, T, Wisconsin:
21. Detroit Lions - Jarrad Davis, LB, Florida:
22. Miami Dolphins - David Njoku, TE, Miami:
24. Oakland Raiders - Adoree' Jackson, CB, USC:
25. Houston Texans - Patrick Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech:
26. Seattle Seahawks - Garett Bolles, T, Utah:
27. Kansas City Chiefs - Takkarist McKinnley, DE, UCLA:
28. Dallas Cowboys - Obi Melifonwu, S, UConn:
29. Green Bay Packers - T.J. Watt, LB/DE, Wisconsin:
30. Pittsburgh Steelers - Jourdan Willis, DE, Kansas State:
31. Atlanta Falcons - Taco Charlton, DE, Michigan:
32. New Orleans Saints (from the New England Patriots) - Kevin King, CB, Washington:
